Games Like Paratopic

You're stranded at a cathedral-like train station in the near future, searching for a ticket out of town. Explore the secret passageways, interact with strangers, dig for records, and get hypnotized by the soundtrack – a batch of original music courtesy of the band, Archie Pelago.

Why similar: Surreal 40.9%, Great Soundtrack 16.2%, Walking Simulator 13.1%, Horror 9.7%, Indie 7%

Why You'll Like It: Created by Cosmo D, this surreal walking simulator shares the same dreamlike, experimental exploration found in Paratopic.

Placed in a world without change, you must create fate by watering an ancient plant. Determine a future and live with it.

Why similar: Surreal 26.6%, Retro 17.7%, Horror 12.2%, Indie 11.1%, Adventure 9.8%

Why You'll Like It: This game perfectly captures the PS1-era surrealism and cryptic, dreamlike atmosphere that defines the Paratopic experience.

The five crew members of the Tulpar are stranded in the empty reaches of space, shrouded in perpetual sunset. God is not watching.

Why similar: Surreal 20.2%, Horror 17.4%, Psychological Horror 16.1%, Retro 13.4%, Walking Simulator 8.8%

Why You'll Like It: It delivers a deeply psychological, retro-aesthetic horror experience that focuses on intense narrative dread and surreal character interactions.

OK/NORMAL is a short, experimental third-person horror experience, inspired by early 3D console games of the 90's. Journey through a dark, disjointed, dreamlike dimension with your cloud companion! Remember a good diet, take your medicine, and you should be fine!

Why similar: Experimental 26% ★, Surreal 25.6%, Retro 13.2%, Horror 12.1%, Psychological Horror 10.6%

Why You'll Like It: A short, experimental experience that leans heavily into the psychedelic and surreal themes present in Paratopic.

Explore the mysterious Hotel Norwood in this surreal first-person adventure. Curious characters, forgotten secrets, and head-nodding music await your arrival.

Why similar: Surreal 29.4%, Great Soundtrack 18.4%, Horror 10%, Walking Simulator 9%, Psychological Horror 7.3%

Why You'll Like It: This title offers a similarly bizarre and atmospheric world filled with eccentric characters and a unique, surreal sense of place.

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: Surreal 27.9%, Horror 17.7%, Walking Simulator 12.2%, Psychological Horror 12%, Stylized 7%

Why You'll Like It: This walking simulator excels at creating a claustrophobic, psychological-horror environment with a distinct, low-fidelity aesthetic.

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: Surreal 18.8%, Horror 18.4%, Psychological Horror 13.7%, Great Soundtrack 13.3%, Retro 11.5%

Why You'll Like It: A masterclass in psychological horror that uses a retro-aesthetic to create a deeply personal and terrifying experience.

What you are about to do has not been approved by the Vatican. As a young priest, struggle against demons, cultists, and your own weakening faith in this pixel horror game inspired by the era of classic 8-bit gaming and the "Satanic Panic" of the 1980s.

Why similar: Horror 24.8%, Retro 16.7%, Psychological Horror 16.3%, Great Soundtrack 12.5%, Atmospheric 7.1%

Why You'll Like It: Its commitment to a retro, lo-fi aesthetic combined with intense psychological dread makes it a perfect companion to Paratopic.

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

Why similar: Horror 27.9%, Psychological Horror 17.7%, Retro 15.4%, Atmospheric 12.8%, Great Soundtrack 8.7%

Why You'll Like It: It utilizes retro technology and a fragmented narrative structure to deliver a chilling, psychological experience.

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

Why similar: Horror 29.2%, Psychological Horror 17.1%, Atmospheric 12%, Surreal 10.8%, Walking Simulator 8%

Why You'll Like It: A short, claustrophobic experience that relies on atmosphere and environmental storytelling to build immense tension.

What is inside the Red Fridge? Collection of six episodes of psychological analog horror. Tour through liminal spaces filled with surreal events and uncanny strangers. Inspired by retro horrors of the PSX era.

Why similar: Surreal 21.6%, Horror 14.5%, Retro 12.7%, Psychological Horror 9.7%, Walking Simulator 7.3%

Why You'll Like It: An episodic, surreal horror game that uses retro graphics to tell a fragmented and deeply unsettling story.

Meet colorful characters, discover mysterious secrets, and reassemble the fractured remains of an ethereal crystal as you explore a series of abstract worlds based on dreams, nightmares, and the places in between.

Why similar: Surreal 30.2%, Horror 15.1%, Retro 13.2%, Walking Simulator 9.6%, Atmospheric 7.8%

Why You'll Like It: This game captures the essence of a fever dream through its surreal environments and dreamlike exploration mechanics.

A reverse-detective adventure, where you control your character's face

Why similar: Surreal 44.9%, Horror 29.2%, Psychological Horror 20.8%, First-Person 5.2%

Why You'll Like It: This game features a unique, surreal narrative structure and a retro visual style that challenges the player's perception of reality.

A psychological horror short story. Explore the untouched wilderness of rural Wales as you uncover the forgotten remains of a mysterious facility and find the truth behind the missing villagers of Hearth.

Why similar: Horror 26.4%, Psychological Horror 18%, Walking Simulator 17%, Atmospheric 12.2%, Dark 10.6%

Why You'll Like It: This game uses a low-poly aesthetic and atmospheric sound design to craft a compelling, narrative-driven horror story.

A humorous adventure set in a 3D parody of the internet. Diverse puzzles, beautiful worlds, friends, experiences, upgrades and more, await those who 'log on'!

Why similar: Surreal 37.4%, Retro 16%, Great Soundtrack 12.6%, Walking Simulator 12%, Indie 7.8%

Why You'll Like It: A surreal, retro-styled adventure that explores the uncanny nature of digital spaces and internet culture.

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: Surreal 22.5%, Horror 16.8%, Retro 13.9%, Psychological Horror 12.5%, Walking Simulator 9.1%

Why You'll Like It: A deeply atmospheric, retro-inspired psychological horror game that focuses on the unsettling nature of the mundane.

An atmospheric retro survival horror game. Your first night on the job as a mall cop gets rudely interrupted, and you must survive somehow.

Why similar: Surreal 29%, Horror 17.6%, Retro 15.5%, Stylized 9.2%, Atmospheric 8.9%

Why You'll Like It: It features a highly stylized, retro-horror aesthetic that creates a sense of isolation and dread similar to Paratopic.

The Repairing Mantis is a narrative horror game that lets you experience the disturbing, violent (yet absurdly poetic) story of a mantis on a mission to repair a bridge made of flying squirrel flesh.

Why similar: Surreal 24.1%, Horror 19.3%, Psychological Horror 13.2%, Walking Simulator 12.5%, Atmospheric 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: This game offers a strange, surreal exploration experience that feels like a dark, interactive fable.

Deliver packages to the weirdly happy folk of Little Vale and discover the terrifying secrets they hide. Are you brave enough to face the many monsters and sinister locations of this first-person horror adventure game? There's only one way to find out...

Why similar: Surreal 17.7%, Horror 16.1%, Retro 13.5%, Psychological Horror 11.1%, Atmospheric 7.7%

Why You'll Like It: A retro-styled horror game that emphasizes atmospheric dread and psychological tension in a small, isolated town.

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: Surreal 34.1%, Psychological Horror 14.5%, Walking Simulator 14.4%, Horror 9.7%, Atmospheric 9.4%

Why You'll Like It: A walking simulator that focuses on surreal, atmospheric exploration within a mysterious and alien environment.

CoRoT is a first-person psychological meta-horror game. Search for cassettes in a transforming house, unraveling its macabre past. A sinister atmosphere surrounds you as you try to understand what's happening and where you really are. Can you discover the truth hidden in its walls?

Why similar: Surreal 29.2%, Horror 15.6%, Psychological Horror 12.8%, Experimental 10.9% ★, Walking Simulator 9.1%

Why You'll Like It: This game combines psychological horror with surreal puzzle elements to create a dense, atmospheric experience.

An atmospheric horror micro-game that touches on topics of anxiety, isolation, body image and obsessive habits with a surreal PSX aesthetic.

Why similar: Surreal 28.6%, Experimental 20.9% ★, Horror 15.3%, Atmospheric 8%, Walking Simulator 7.9%

Why You'll Like It: A psychological, surreal horror game that uses a 1990s aesthetic to create a sense of nostalgia mixed with terror.

EPONYMOUS: In Which a Work Is Known by Its Reading is a short-form narrative about unreliable infrastructures.

Why similar: Surreal 31.5%, Retro 10.8%, Great Soundtrack 10.6%, Psychological Horror 10.4%, Walking Simulator 10.4%

Why You'll Like It: An abstract, surreal mystery that relies on atmosphere and environmental storytelling to engage the player.

You are thrown into a weird world by the machine Garage. Can you escape from it?

Why similar: Retro 41.2%, Dark 22.5%, Adventure 14.7%, Psychological Horror 13.7%, Mystery 8%

Why You'll Like It: A classic surreal, psychological horror game that feels like a fever dream brought to life through its unique art style.

A short horror game where you dig through the flesh of a giant whale

Why similar: Horror 21.6%, Psychological Horror 17.5%, Surreal 15%, Atmospheric 8.5%, Adventure 8.4%

Why You'll Like It: A dystopian, psychological horror game that uses a unique, indie aesthetic to tell a dark and unsettling story.

A classic survival horror experience set in a dystopian future where humanity has uncovered a dark secret. Unravel a cosmic mystery, escape terrifying creatures, and scavenge an off-world government facility as Elster, a technician Replika searching for her lost dreams.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 35.1%, Atmospheric 21%, Dark 15.2%, Violent 14.2%, Adventure 7.1%

Why You'll Like It: While more mechanical, its retro-aesthetic and deeply surreal, psychological narrative align perfectly with the tone of Paratopic.

A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.

Why similar: Experimental 39.9% ★, Horror 20.8%, Psychological Horror 18.6%, Retro 8.6%, Surreal 5%

Why You'll Like It: A short, intense, and highly surreal psychological experience that focuses on the fragility of the human mind.

Join Brian Pasternack on his first working day at Sintracorp. Uncertain, unprepared, and massively unqualified, will Pasternack have what it takes to shine in Sintracorp’s hierarchy? It all depends on how he performs on his first assignment… and whether he survives it.

Why similar: Horror 49.2%, Psychological Horror 36.8%, Adventure 12.4%, Singleplayer 1.6%

Why You'll Like It: This game blends retro-pixel art with surreal, psychological horror to create a uniquely disturbing office-based nightmare.

Dread Delusion is an open world RPG brimming with strange places and dark perils. Carve your own path through the flying continents of a shattered land. Discover curious towns, unearth occult secrets, master powerful magic - and change the world through your choices.

Why similar: Stylized 39.4%, Adventure 34.8%, First-Person 25.8%

Why You'll Like It: This game features a dark, surreal fantasy world with a distinct retro-aesthetic that evokes a sense of constant unease.

Before the Backrooms ... before analog horror ... there were the tapes

Why similar: Experimental 20.7% ★, Surreal 20.2%, Horror 10.6%, Retro 10.2%, Psychological Horror 8.7%

In a lonely station atop a mountain, a train rumbles its precious cargo to places unknown. Now is your shift. Keep the pace. Uncover a mystery. Fight for your last breath. The air is thin up here.

Why similar: Surreal 21.9%, Horror 17%, Psychological Horror 11.6%, Walking Simulator 10.4%, Retro 10%

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

Why similar: Horror 27.6%, Psychological Horror 18.1%, Walking Simulator 16.3%, Retro 10.3%, Adventure 8.8%

Before you realize it, dreams have become a curse. Wander through a darkened room and descend into the depths of her mind. A story-driven first-person horror game that leads you into an abyss of anguish and despair. Dedicated to those who once pursued their dreams—and to those who still do.

Why similar: Surreal 25.4%, Retro 20.8%, Adventure 9.7%, Walking Simulator 8.4%, Indie 8.2%

A fever-dream-like puzzle horror game. Descend to the depths of a sleeping curse, survive every floor and find your way out of the never ending nightmare.

Why similar: Surreal 27.2%, Horror 20.1%, Psychological Horror 13.7%, Walking Simulator 12.5%, Atmospheric 8.9%

God's Basement is a first-person, narrative-driven, single player horror game. Uncover the secrets of an afterlife shrouded in mystery, as an entity known as "The Operator" leads you deeper into the fringes of a seemingly eternal purgatory.

Why similar: Horror 20.6%, Psychological Horror 13.9%, Surreal 13.7%, Walking Simulator 12.2%, Atmospheric 8.5%

Paranormal VHS is a horror game that features a VHS tape-inspired aesthetic. The game's story revolves around a popular vlogger who spends a night in haunted locations in search of paranormal activity. Brace for intense jumpscares.

Why similar: Surreal 19.7%, Horror 18.2%, Walking Simulator 12.2%, Indie 11.6%, Adventure 10.5%

Visage is a first-person psychological horror game. Explore a mysterious ever-changing house in a slow-paced, atmospheric world that combines both uncannily comforting and horrifyingly realistic environments, and enjoy a genuinely terrifying experience.

Why similar: Horror 38.4%, Psychological Horror 20.7%, Surreal 10.7%, Dark 7.2%, Atmospheric 5.5%

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

Why similar: Surreal 28.1%, Horror 17.1%, Psychological Horror 10.8%, Retro 9.7%, Dark 6.8%

You are an Earworm. You are an underworld contractor who hacks memories for a living. Dive into the memories of your victims in order to unlock the security questions to their bank account.

Why similar: Surreal 32.9%, Psychological Horror 14.5%, Horror 14.3%, Walking Simulator 10.7%, Atmospheric 5.9%

A slow burn retro horror game, in which you arrive at the old lighthouse on a small island near the coast of the United States. After the previous keeper has gone missing, you need to take over his duties and watch after the light.

Why similar: Horror 20.3%, Surreal 17.5%, Retro 11.2%, Psychological Horror 9.6%, Atmospheric 7.2%

On the corner of July Avenue and Yam Street, all is not what it seems. What role will you play in a city's fate?

Why similar: Surreal 33.1%, Great Soundtrack 20.3%, Walking Simulator 10.6%, Atmospheric 8.8%, Stylized 8%

The well has gone dry. It's up to you to find out why. Traverse through abandoned tunnels. Discover remnants of a ritual never meant to be seen. Power dying machinery to bring light into darkness. Dig into broken earth and crawl your way out. Down here you’re not exploring... you're trespassing.

Why similar: Surreal 18.8%, Horror 17.1%, Retro 13.4%, Psychological Horror 12.6%, Stylized 8.5%

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 22.8%, Surreal 18.2%, Psychological Horror 14.8%, Walking Simulator 9.2%, Violent 7.8%

A first-person psychological horror with a strong emphasis on atmosphere and storytelling. Explore an ever-shifting Victorian mansion as a painter seeking to complete his masterpiece, even at the cost of his own sanity.

Why similar: Horror 64.5%, Psychological Horror 9.7%, Walking Simulator 5.9%, Atmospheric 4.6%, Great Soundtrack 4%

A first-person horror adventure game that will take you on a journey through an ancient castle and that lies beneath. Dangers and forgotten horrors await in the dark...

Why similar: Horror 24.3%, Great Soundtrack 16.6%, Indie 12.1%, Walking Simulator 12.1%, Adventure 11.9%

"Trapped in a cocoon, the silkworm weaves her final dream." Hollow Cocoon is a first-person horror adventure game set in 1980s Japan. Immerse yourself in meticulously recreated environments as you venture into the depths of unspeakable horrors that await you.

Why similar: Surreal 21.2%, Horror 19.2%, Psychological Horror 12.6%, Retro 9.7%, Walking Simulator 8.7%

Necrophosis is a first-person horror adventure, plunging you into a nightmarish realm teeming with grotesque forms and ominous visuals. Delve into eerie landscapes and uncover secrets in this atmospheric journey through the macabre.

Why similar: Surreal 38.2%, Horror 19.7%, Psychological Horror 15.3%, Walking Simulator 14.5%, First-Person 3.8%

Someone slipped a mysterious videotape under your door... Do you dare watch it?!

Why similar: Horror 28.1%, Psychological Horror 19.3%, Walking Simulator 17.6%, Atmospheric 11.9%, Dark 8.5%

INFRA puts you into the boots of a structural analyst on a routine mission. Quickly though, your task turns into a fight for survival, all caused by deep-rooted schemes of the past. Your tools are simple: your camera and the wits to navigate a labyrinth of debris.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 18.4%, Walking Simulator 17.8%, Horror 16.2%, Atmospheric 15.4%, Adventure 7.7%

Explore an abandoned building, encountering puzzles and clues to discover what happened, as you try to escape in both your nightmares and the waking world. Be immersed in the hauntingly beautiful 3D atmosphere in this puzzle exploration mystery game.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 21.2%, Horror 20.6%, Atmospheric 16.2%, Walking Simulator 14.6%, Indie 6.7%

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 26.3%, Psychological Horror 20.1%, Walking Simulator 14.4%, Atmospheric 13.7%, Adventure 8.8%

Welcome to Amygdala, seeker of nightmares. In the presence of the Absolute Judge, you are assigned a task that only you can accomplish. Immerse yourself in this place made of emotions. Discover unique creatures called 'lords of nightmares' and uncover the beauties of horror in this unique adventure.

Why similar: Horror 25.4%, Surreal 19.2%, Psychological Horror 15.4%, Adventure 8.2%, Walking Simulator 6.7%

A different kind of liminal experience. Explore surreal spaces inspired by nostalgia, discover hidden paths, and unravel a mystery that is shaped by your own mind. No monsters, no combat. Just atmosphere, discovery, and dread.

Why similar: Surreal 27.6%, Horror 22.1%, Psychological Horror 16.3%, Walking Simulator 14.4%, Atmospheric 9.2%

"Do you think a house can dream?" Ritual Static is a surreal first-person photography horror game following a young man in his childhood home the day before a big move. Surf the television, sink into static, and rot in the dark.

Why similar: Horror 29.8%, Psychological Horror 22%, Walking Simulator 15.3%, Atmospheric 12.9%, Adventure 9.3%

A game about hunting rats, feeding them to your family, and going to bed.

Why similar: Surreal 20.9%, Horror 18.2%, Retro 15.3%, Psychological Horror 11.3%, Stylized 9.1%

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: Horror 28.5%, Psychological Horror 19.1%, Walking Simulator 16.8%, Atmospheric 11.7%, Dark 9.8%

Narrative-driven first person horror adventure inspired by Lovecraft's short novel "The Nameless City". Explore the ruins of a city that some say they are older than humanity itself. While you delve deeper into the ancient buildings, reality and visions blend into an indistinct haze.

Why similar: Surreal 26.3%, Psychological Horror 13.1%, Horror 12.9%, Retro 12.2%, Walking Simulator 12%

In Rise of Insanity, as a doctor of psychology you will explore the darkest recesses of the human mind. Overcome your fear to find the truth behind the tragedy that has befallen your family.

Why similar: Horror 19.8%, Surreal 18.3%, Great Soundtrack 12.7%, Psychological Horror 12.1%, Walking Simulator 10.1%

Experience Will's complicated story, find a way out of the nightmare of liminal spaces by solving challenging puzzles and avoiding dangerous entities — all this awaits you in "Shifting To The Backrooms".

Why similar: Surreal 25.6%, Horror 23.3%, Psychological Horror 15.2%, Walking Simulator 11.8%, Atmospheric 6.6%

The Derailed is a first-person psychological horror game. Beneath the dusty arches of a nearly forgotten depot, shadows of the past tremble. Whether you want to or not, you will have to uncover the dark secrets of this place.

Why similar: Horror 31.4%, Psychological Horror 19.8%, Walking Simulator 12.9%, Dark 12.1%, Violent 9.1%