Games Like Paratopic: Overdub

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: Experimental 20.4%, Surreal 19.9%, Horror 10.5%, Retro 10%, Psychological Horror 8.6%

Henry is an elderly man with regrets. Over the course of his life, he has killed three times. He is about to kill again. Survive a home invasion as you recount his life through a series of dreamy vignettes featuring a thief, a friend, a lover, and mysterious bartender.

Why similar: Experimental 20.7%, Surreal 16.9%, Psychological Horror 13.7%, Walking Simulator 11.8%, Retro 9.7%

A free first-person horror game about dream puzzles - unsettling, surreal and built on strange logic.

Why similar: Experimental 19.1%, Surreal 15.6%, Psychological Horror 15.1%, Walking Simulator 12.2%, Horror 9.8%

You're a security guard for hire set to work on a train when it is hijacked at night! Take guns and shoot your way through each car until the train is fully liberated.

Why similar: Experimental 21.4%, Surreal 19.6%, Psychological Horror 13.6%, Retro 11.2%, Stylized 7.9%

Once upon a time, there was a fly. A hungry fly. A fly with razor-sharp teeth, with a taste for dead things. This is the tale of its adventure to find something dead to devour, in a swamp where nothing dies, everything is grotesque, and every choice matters, no matter how surreal.

Why similar: Surreal 21.4%, Psychological Horror 15.3%, Horror 11.1%, Retro 10.6%, Violent 9.1%

Mother Seed is a fixed-camera point and click psychological horror game about identity collapse, loss of bodily autonomy, and horrified fascination. A woman inhabits a universe where nothing makes sense and something beyond her understanding keeps driving her forward.

Why similar: Experimental 34.9%, Surreal 20.5%, Psychological Horror 14%, Horror 9%, Dark 7.1%

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

Why similar: Surreal 21.4%, Psychological Horror 14.9%, Horror 11.5%, Dark 10.4%, Walking Simulator 9.4%

Hollow Floor is a psychological horror walking simulator set in a looping, scorched apartment. Stalked by a restless corpse, you must unravel the truth before you're consumed by it.

Why similar: Surreal 24.5%, Walking Simulator 17.2%, Psychological Horror 15.6%, Horror 14.2%, Retro 8.3%

Testimonium is a bite-sized, experimental analog horror game designed to push your psychological limits. PLAY THE TAPE.

Why similar: Experimental 25.8%, Psychological Horror 15.7%, Walking Simulator 14.9%, Surreal 12.6%, Horror 11.9%

A retro themed psychological horror-mystery game that hopes to challenge your expectations. After you come into contact via walkie-talkie with a mysterious woman, you must search an abandoned industrial site to find her.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 19.7%, Surreal 16.5%, Retro 14.3%, Walking Simulator 11.1%, Dark 9.2%

Enter the depths of a silent facility as a D-Class subject. Test the limits of SCP-294, a machine that can produce any liquid imaginable. But remember: in this low-poly PS1-style nightmare, every cup has a price. A short, narrative-driven psychological horror experience.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 19.1%, Walking Simulator 14.7%, Retro 13.1%, Horror 11.9%, Surreal 10.2%

The most accurate depiction of the backrooms.

Why similar: Surreal 15.7%, Retro 15.6%, Walking Simulator 15.6%, Horror 15.1%, Psychological Horror 13.2%

Load dice as bullets. Shoot d-heads. Survive the arcade machine that wants you dead.

Why similar: Experimental 31.8%, Surreal 19%, Psychological Horror 10.7%, Retro 10.2%, Violent 9.6%

Your father needs a beer, and it's your job to get it. He doesn't care what it takes, so do what you must. Be quick though - it's not so safe in the dark.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 20.2%, Horror 15.4%, Psychological Horror 12.2%, Dark 12.1%, Surreal 11.5%

Withered Haven is a first-person psychological horror game. After the tragic loss of his wife and daughter, a broken man struggles to endure a collapsing reality. Familiar apparitions drift closer, echoing memories that mask a darkness beyond comprehension.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 17.5%, Surreal 15.1%, Horror 12.8%, Walking Simulator 12.1%, Dark 12.1%

Quiet House Massacre is a psychological horror game in which you try to find your missing cat. You come across an abandoned house and run in after it. Can you reveal the dark secrets hidden in a familiar old, quiet house? The truth awaits revelation!

Why similar: Psychological Horror 16.4%, Surreal 15.4%, Horror 10.6%, Retro 9.7%, Violent 9.1%

The Daughter is a first-person narrative horror game where the line between reality, dream, and memory slowly fades. You search for your missing daughter in a forest, only to find a house and a silent child who offers to help you… on one condition.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 20%, Horror 15.8%, Dark 13.4%, Walking Simulator 12.1%, Experimental 11.6%

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 16.3%, Psychological Horror 13%, Retro 11%, Walking Simulator 10.7%, Horror 9.7%

You find yourself stranded in a forest after your car breaks down. A short psychological horror game.

Why similar: Experimental 26.8%, Surreal 16.4%, Psychological Horror 13.7%, Walking Simulator 13.2%, Horror 8.8%

Navigate the never-ending hallway of the Hudson: A hotel that doesn’t want its guests to leave. Observe your surroundings, spot irregularities, and choose the correct path to escape.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 21.1%, Walking Simulator 18.1%, Surreal 16.9%, Retro 9.4%, Horror 9.1%

The Space Between is a surreal short narrative experience in three acts about the walls we build for us.

Why similar: Experimental 28.6%, Surreal 18.6%, Walking Simulator 15%, Dark 8.8%, Horror 7.8%

You're driving away on a forest road, late at night, under a heavy storm. Your car breaks down. Luckily, there might be a gas station nearby. But a misfortune never comes alone. The storm has brought something else, something otherworldly that oddly smells of spilled diesel oil.

Why similar: Surreal 19.9%, Psychological Horror 15.7%, Walking Simulator 13.2%, Horror 11.3%, Dark 11%

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 14.5%, Surreal 14.2%, Psychological Horror 14%, Walking Simulator 10.7%, Retro 10.2%

Parasomnia Verum is an atmospheric horror game about a recurring dream.

Why similar: Surreal 27.1%, Horror 16.9%, Psychological Horror 16.3%, Atmospheric 9%, Walking Simulator 8.3%

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 16.5%, Psychological Horror 15.7%, Walking Simulator 15.1%, Horror 11.2%, Dark 10.7%

Uncover the mystery of an arctic cargo outpost's lost crew in this horror game. Take in the frozen sea and delve into the depths of the facility, finding items and uncovering new paths with each one to learn what really happened here. But be careful, because something else might be here with you.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 18.9%, Horror 15.6%, Walking Simulator 14.5%, Surreal 11.8%, Dark 8.5%

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: Surreal 15.1%, Psychological Horror 13.6%, Walking Simulator 12.2%, Horror 9.9%, Violent 9.4%

A dark/sad/weird/funny first person exploration game. You play a man on his last night alive as he obsesses over a mysterious painting. More of a story game in that it emphasizes mood and character over gameplay. Takes ten minutes to play and has "next-gen" features like a shrimp tank.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 27.5%, Horror 16.3%, Walking Simulator 16%, Dark 15.2%, Surreal 7.8%

Unfound Footage is a short, atmospheric psychological horror game where you must survive inside a mysterious mansion after a strange disappearance.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 22.8%, Horror 17.9%, Retro 14.6%, Walking Simulator 10%, Adventure 8.3%

A psychological horror where reality fractures around musician John Hale. Explore a non‑linear story, haunting memories, and immersive sound as you slip between truth, delusion, and the darkness of your own mind.

Why similar: Surreal 22.7%, Psychological Horror 21.5%, Horror 12.2%, Walking Simulator 11.8%, Dark 10.6%

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 29.1%, Surreal 23.6%, Psychological Horror 17.4%, Retro 14%, Horror 9.9%

Image is a first-person horror game. Explore haunted, ever-changing environments in an atmospheric, confused world and enjoy a truly terrifying gaming experience.

Why similar: Experimental 32%, Violent 12.5%, Psychological Horror 12.3%, Horror 11.1%, Surreal 7.9%

The most relaxing horror game you'll ever play. Anemoiapolis exists in the uncanny valley of American architecture -- endless carpeted floors and lonely malls. Escape for your life, and enjoy the scenery.

Why similar: Experimental 20.4%, Surreal 14.8%, Psychological Horror 14.2%, Walking Simulator 11.6%, Horror 10.1%

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

Why similar: Surreal 14.6%, Psychological Horror 14.1%, Retro 12.3%, Walking Simulator 12.2%, Horror 11.2%

You are sentenced to 30,000 hours in prison. Earn your freedom by identifying and reporting spam.

Why similar: Surreal 19.6%, Retro 14%, Psychological Horror 12.7%, Dark 11.4%, Experimental 9.8%

NOT YET is a first-person psychological horror experience where silence grows heavier the deeper you go, and hesitation becomes its own consequence.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 21.5%, Surreal 18%, Walking Simulator 14.3%, Atmospheric 8.2%, Retro 7.2%

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 19.5%, Walking Simulator 16.6%, Psychological Horror 15%, Horror 11%, Stylized 7.2%

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 22.5%, Psychological Horror 17.7%, Walking Simulator 13.5%, Horror 10.6%, Experimental 10.2%

The family lives in isolation, following the strict rules of the father. But the attempt to escape evil turns into a horror that grows from within.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 17.4%, Surreal 16.5%, Walking Simulator 13.9%, Retro 12.6%, Horror 11.4%

It is a psychological horror game and walking simulator. Only half of the rooms are safe. When you enter an unsafe room, you must leave immediately. Ghosts can be dispelled with a flute or a guitar.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 28.1%, Horror 16.9%, Dark 16.2%, Walking Simulator 13.1%, Atmospheric 8.8%

Find your way out of BABBDI. A short, first person exploration experience.

Why similar: Surreal 25.2%, Walking Simulator 18.9%, Experimental 12.9%, Psychological Horror 12.8%, Atmospheric 10.2%

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: Psychological Horror 16.7%, Walking Simulator 15.9%, Horror 12.3%, Dark 11.4%, Violent 11.2%

Every floor looks normal… until it isn't. Go up if everything is fine, down if something is wrong. One mistake sends you back. The deeper you go, the less the corridor obeys its own rules.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 19.1%, Surreal 16.7%, Walking Simulator 14.7%, Horror 12.6%, Dark 10.8%

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: Psychological Horror 16.6%, Surreal 13.9%, Retro 11.3%, Horror 11.2%, Walking Simulator 11%

Rumors of a serial killer stalking your local town are all over the news, and you have a meeting with your counselor in an hour. The problem is, the walk there is long and dark.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 18.4%, Horror 16.9%, Surreal 14.4%, Retro 13.7%, Dark 9.6%

Darkness Inside is a first-person atmospheric horror game. The game takes place in an old house. You will be playing the game as James, who is a paranormal investigator.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 21.1%, Horror 17.8%, Walking Simulator 17.5%, Dark 15.8%, Atmospheric 10.2%

A computer engineer arrives in a remote mountain village, where tech failures and missing residents put him face to face with an unsettling force lurking behind the screen.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 18.4%, Surreal 17.8%, Walking Simulator 16.2%, Horror 11.5%, Dark 7.4%

A lightweight psychological horror and a walking simulator, where the player needs to carefully observe the surroundings to succesfully flee from this wretched place.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 22.1%, Walking Simulator 20.1%, Surreal 16.8%, Horror 12.8%, Retro 7.5%

"Office 8" is a psychological walking simulator exploring the unsettling nature of liminal office spaces. Pay close attention — your sanity depends on it.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 21.9%, Walking Simulator 19.9%, Surreal 17.3%, Horror 12.7%, Violent 7.2%

Fading father is a man consumed by addiction and memories

Why similar: Psychological Horror 23.3%, Horror 18.3%, Retro 15.8%, Dark 12.9%, Adventure 8.4%

Delirium is a psychological horror game set in a suburban house. After a mysterious explosion, reality begins to unravel.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 19.5%, Walking Simulator 16.5%, Horror 12.7%, Dark 10.7%, Surreal 10%

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: Walking Simulator 17.8%, Surreal 17.8%, Psychological Horror 17.3%, Horror 12.6%, Violent 8.4%

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 25.2%, Walking Simulator 20.7%, Psychological Horror 19.1%, Atmospheric 7.6%, Dark 6.8%

Next Station: A surreal Survival Horror/Walking Simulator. Trapped in mysterious, lonely rooms, you must solve puzzles, survive monsters, and avoid traps to find the exit. Experience a dark, immersive atmosphere with unique NPCs and creatures reflecting the void. Can you find your way out?

Why similar: Walking Simulator 20.2%, Surreal 18.3%, Horror 15.3%, Psychological Horror 12.7%, Stylized 6.6%

Spot the anomalies. Escape the loop. Akeno’s Veil is a psychological horror game where spotting anomalies is your only escape—from the relentless demon determined to pull you back.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 18.8%, Surreal 17.9%, Walking Simulator 17.4%, Horror 12.2%, Stylized 6.4%

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: Psychological Horror 14.2%, Surreal 12.6%, Retro 11.1%, Walking Simulator 10.4%, Horror 10.1%

Noah had run from his past, from his sins. But they had other plans for him. The mind always harbors its deepest dread, and when the time comes, you must face it. For Noah, that time has come.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 24.3%, Horror 15%, Dark 13.6%, Retro 9.3%, Violent 7.6%

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: Psychological Horror 18.8%, Horror 15.4%, Surreal 13.1%, Violent 9.5%, Dark 9%

A horror game where the monster watches you through your webcam. Hide by physically ducking beneath your desk while exploring a strange game never meant to be played.

Why similar: Experimental 21.8%, Psychological Horror 17.6%, Horror 12.9%, Dark 9.9%, Surreal 9.5%