Games Like Pharos

Shadow of Pharos is a short first-person horror game.

Why similar: Immersive 39.2% ★, Horror 15.2%, Mystery 10.2%, Psychological Horror 9.1%, Walking Simulator 8.7%

Trapped in a mysterious space shrouded in an unsettling atmosphere, a unknown presence creeps up from behind— "it" doesn't move while you're watching. But the moment you look away, it closes in without a sound. Can you escape "it" and find your way out of this enigmatic space?

Why similar: Immersive 38.7% ★, Horror 17.6%, Psychological Horror 13.7%, Walking Simulator 13.3%, Atmospheric 5.1%

On Halloween night, an 8-year-old boy sneaks onto an elderly woman's property to find her secret homemade treats. Soon he will discover some macabre events that will be repeated in his head forever.

Why similar: Immersive 43.2% ★, Horror 17.6%, Mystery 14.1%, Atmospheric 8.7%, Exploration 5.3%

ISO/2004 is a grounded psychological horror game about guilt, trauma, and disturbing memories rotting inside a decaying provincial home. Step into a suffocating, atmospheric nightmare where raw emotional tension slowly warps reality. Face what you left behind before the shadows consume you.

Why similar: Immersive 47.9% ★, Horror 19.4%, Atmospheric 9.9%, Psychological Horror 7.8%, Exploration 4.4%

Trapped in a frozen cabin during a relentless storm, you begin to realize the silence around you isn’t empty… something is watching, waiting, and getting closer.

Why similar: Immersive 32.6% ★, Horror 14.7%, Mystery 12.2%, Psychological Horror 11.4%, Atmospheric 9.3%

Animas is a first-person psychological horror experience that plunges you into the dark secrets of the Blanco family. Explore a cursed house in the Venezuelan mountains, where time unravels to reveal decades of sectarian rituals and familial tragedies.

Why similar: Immersive 24.3% ★, Psychological Horror 14.2%, Horror 13.1%, Walking Simulator 13%, Mystery 10.2%

Infiltrate a strangely beautiful botanical facility to investigate its closure. Things get more surreal the deeper you go. Alter your surroundings with weather-changing mechanics, align 3D objects to unlock pathways. Two modes: Entities or pure exploration.

Why similar: Immersive 35.8% ★, Horror 13.6%, Walking Simulator 13.1%, Psychological Horror 11.5%, Mystery 10%

After a long and harrowing day, you have come to the beach to unwind. Something is different about tonight though. It's just the beach, there's nothing out there. Right?

Why similar: Immersive 34.9% ★, Walking Simulator 14.9%, Psychological Horror 14.5%, Horror 14.2%, Atmospheric 6.8%

"System Malfunction" is a first-person horror game set in a mysterious building. The player takes on the role of a security guard who witnesses strange occurrences during the night shift. In a fear-inducing environment, the player explores the building to uncover hidden truths.

Why similar: Immersive 33.4% ★, Horror 18.4%, Walking Simulator 15.9%, Psychological Horror 15.1%, Atmospheric 7.8%

"99%" is a first-person survival horror puzzle game set in an eerie research facility. The protagonist, having lost all memories, explores the twisted and terrifying environment in a desperate attempt to escape.

Why similar: Immersive 39.4% ★, Horror 15.4%, Walking Simulator 13.4%, Psychological Horror 12.8%, Atmospheric 4.6%

Angstraum is an oppressive horror game that traps you in a threatening, never-ending loop. Observe your surroundings, uncover deviant anomalies, and escape deadly threats to find the exit.

Why similar: Immersive 20.7% ★, Walking Simulator 16.3%, Psychological Horror 15.3%, Horror 11.1%, Atmospheric 9.6%

You wake up alone in a quiet hotel. The corridors loop. The rooms change. Somewhere between the walls and the noise on the radio, a memory is trying to surface. A short, PS1-style psychological horror about guilt, repetition, and the weight of consequences.

Why similar: Immersive 36.5% ★, Psychological Horror 15%, Horror 14.7%, Walking Simulator 8.3%, Atmospheric 8.1%

"Void Path" is a first-person horror game set in a residential area of ​​Japan. There are no grotesque monsters. You explore a town depicted with retro-style graphics.

Why similar: Immersive 37.5% ★, Horror 14.9%, Walking Simulator 13.8%, Psychological Horror 12.4%, Atmospheric 7.6%

A 3D horror game where your only goal is to finish your work… and survive the night. Unnatural anomalies creep into the office as you complete your tasks. Can you make it to the end of your shift alive.

Why similar: Immersive 37.5% ★, Horror 17.4%, Walking Simulator 16%, Psychological Horror 11.7%, Atmospheric 8.6%

Grandma never showed up and Grandpa's tragic passing 3 days later left me in anger, confusion and sadness. I couldn't just let this go like it never happened, so I decided to go and find out what happened on my own. Will you survive a first-person psychological horror game and uncover the mystery?

Why similar: Immersive 30.8% ★, Horror 14.8%, Psychological Horror 12.3%, Walking Simulator 11.6%, Mystery 11.2%

Life has been tough for you after the tragic incident with your parents. Your way of coping has been through reliving all the good memories with them, but all the memories had a dark turn this time... will you be able to figure out why?

Why similar: Immersive 33.6% ★, Horror 15.1%, Psychological Horror 12.9%, Walking Simulator 12.4%, Mystery 10%

This cave diving expedition was a bad idea. Your heart is racing, lungs are starving for fresh air, and this burrow never seems to end. Keep crawling. Dédale is a horror game that plunges you in a cave diving expedition that is bound to go wrong.

Why similar: Immersive 30.1% ★, Walking Simulator 17%, Horror 15.3%, Mystery 9.8%, Psychological Horror 7.9%

BRUTALISTIKA is an immersive and contemplative experience. In this walking simulator, explore mysterious and intriguing liminal spaces with neo-brutalist architecture at your own pace, filled with serene pools and interactive works that invite you to be aware of your emotions.

Why similar: Immersive 47.4% ★, Walking Simulator 15.3%, Psychological Horror 8.6%, Mystery 8%, Atmospheric 7.8%

A late-night thrill turns into a nightmare. Olivia sneaks into Creepwood Wonderland Carnival with her boyfriend, expecting a fun night alone in the park. But something feels off. Distant footsteps. Faint whispers. Someone else is here… Watching.

Why similar: Immersive 34.6% ★, Horror 15.4%, Mystery 12.6%, Walking Simulator 12.2%, Psychological Horror 8.9%

Escaped from Liam's obsession, Kate seeks refuge in her grandpa's mansion. Strange occurrences raise questions about Liam's presence or another figure. Unraveling mysterious letters, Kate embarks on a journey, seeking peace.

Why similar: Immersive 34.2% ★, Horror 16.2%, Mystery 11.8%, Walking Simulator 11.2%, Psychological Horror 8.9%

When a flash of light catches Kali Müller, she will have no choice but to advance through the depths of Rockrose to find out if the legends are true.

Why similar: Immersive 50.8% ★, Mystery 17%, Atmospheric 10.4%, Horror 7.8%, Exploration 7.1%

Clap Clap is a short indie horror game that puts you in the shoes of a house sitter, experiencing strange occurrences in a seemingly ordinary home.

Why similar: Immersive 27.5% ★, Horror 24.3%, Psychological Horror 13.5%, Walking Simulator 12.4%, Atmospheric 8.2%

A slow, atmospheric horror experience set aboard an abandoned orbital station - the last echo of humanity. Explore cold corridors, flickering terminals, and forgotten logs of a failed salvation program. No monsters. No jumpscares. Only silence, loneliness, and the weight of extinction.

Why similar: Immersive 37.2% ★, Walking Simulator 14.8%, Psychological Horror 13.6%, Horror 8.3%, Atmospheric 7.8%

You were supposed to have a relaxing cabin trip on a island all alone but after several strange encounters you had a mystery to solve, will you be able to survive a first-person psychological horror game or will you run away?

Why similar: Immersive 36.2% ★, Horror 13.3%, Psychological Horror 11.4%, Walking Simulator 10.7%, Mystery 10.4%

Welcome to Level 37, commonly known as the Poolrooms, a psychological horror experience that immerses players in an eerie, otherworldly environment.

Why similar: Immersive 35.5% ★, Horror 13.6%, Walking Simulator 11.6%, Psychological Horror 11.3%, Atmospheric 8.5%

A first person psychological horror game. Explore an ever-changing mansion in a slow-paced, atmospheric experience that combines hauntingly beautiful melodies with a suffocating environment. Uncover the tragic past, escape or confront the spirit.

Why similar: Immersive 26.4% ★, Horror 15.2%, Psychological Horror 14.1%, Walking Simulator 11.9%, Mystery 11.7%

"The Stalked 2" is a standalone horror sequel to "The Stalked", where you play as Rachel, an avid hiker. What begins as a relaxing hike to a cabin turns into a nightmare filled with eerie interactions and unsettling events. Will you survive?

Why similar: Immersive 23.7% ★, Horror 18.3%, Psychological Horror 13.5%, Walking Simulator 12.5%, Mystery 12.1%

Trapped in a sinister post-Soviet basement, uncover the truth behind dark experiments and eerie anomalies. Solve puzzles, find keys, and survive against terrifying entities as you explore this atmospheric survival horror. Can you escape the depths of the KELDER?

Why similar: Immersive 32.3% ★, Horror 14.8%, Walking Simulator 14.6%, Psychological Horror 14.5%, Mystery 11%

Wake up in a closed mall and you are alone.. or maybe not? With no way out but going down, you must descend using elevator through each floor.

Why similar: Immersive 25.4% ★, Horror 17%, Walking Simulator 16.1%, Psychological Horror 14.3%, Mystery 10%

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: Immersive 39.2% ★, Walking Simulator 17.8%, Psychological Horror 16.2%, Atmospheric 9.4%, Exploration 4.4%

You wake up to find yourself standing before an old house. The painful memories buried deep within your heart suddenly return. You don’t remember it well, but you used to live here. This is where it happened.

Why similar: Horror 24%, Walking Simulator 20.2%, Psychological Horror 18.9%, Mystery 10.6%, Atmospheric 7.7%

In this atmospheric, slow-burn horror, you must unravel the mystery of the disappearance of your fellow light keepers. Traverse the island's rugged terrain, discover clues, and make your way through the eerie lighthouse to reveal the dark truth.

Why similar: Horror 25.3%, Walking Simulator 18%, Psychological Horror 17.1%, Atmospheric 12%, Mystery 9.5%

Your job is to climb the tallest towers in the world to maintain them, this time you were called urgently to fix the only tower providing cover to the small Crimsonpine city that is currently on quarantine.

Why similar: Immersive 35% ★, Horror 18.4%, Psychological Horror 15.1%, Atmospheric 10.1%, Walking Simulator 8.2%

The abandoned cemetery always intrigued you. Today you finally entered. While exploring, time distorted. It's midnight now. A chapel appears before you. Inside there's a manual: "Survival Protocol. Follow the rules until dawn or something worse than death awaits you."

Why similar: Horror 22.5%, Psychological Horror 17.8%, Immersive 13.8% ★, Walking Simulator 13%, Atmospheric 10.8%

BETWEEN LIFE AND DEATH. Survive within surreal mazes in this retro first-person horror, where only by reassembling your soul can you escape.

Why similar: Immersive 45.7% ★, Horror 17.8%, Mystery 14.5%, Atmospheric 8.5%, First-Person 4.9%

PLAYOVER is a first-person psychological horror game set in an underground drilling facility. You are sent to investigate missing workers and continue the operation

Why similar: Horror 28.2%, Mystery 19.8%, Psychological Horror 15.2%, Walking Simulator 14.4%, First-Person 7.8%

Night Security | 夜間警備 is a Japanese psychological horror game about night security.

Why similar: Immersive 42.5% ★, Horror 13.5%, Psychological Horror 11.9%, Mystery 9.8%, Atmospheric 7.4%

You were on the brink of becoming homeless, but that's when you found a sewer job application, you got accepted. What seemed like a chill work at first turned quickly in to an unsettling experience.

Why similar: Immersive 41.5% ★, Horror 15.9%, Mystery 13.1%, Walking Simulator 8.9%, Atmospheric 8.7%

Explore an abandoned liminal space. Uncover dark secrets through eerie exploration and environmental storytelling. Evade unpredictable supernatural entities and face psychological horror. Will you reveal the truth or become another lost soul?

Why similar: Horror 20.2%, Psychological Horror 20.1%, Immersive 18.7% ★, Walking Simulator 16.8%, Exploration 5.8%

No Return is a first-person psychological horror game set in modern-day China. With a focus on family tragedy, the story unfolds as our protagonist is mysteriously prevented from returning home by an unseen force. Can he navigate a nightmarish maze of hallways and uncover the disturbing truth?

Why similar: Immersive 36.8% ★, Horror 13%, Walking Simulator 11.6%, Psychological Horror 11.3%, Mystery 9.2%

Ashes of Torment is a harrowing psychological horror where reality fractures under a tragic past. Solve mind-bending puzzles and survive the darkness as the lines between memory and madness blur. Will you unearth the roots of this curse, or become just another pile of ashes?

Why similar: Immersive 39.6% ★, Horror 18.2%, Psychological Horror 18.1%, Mystery 11.8%, First-Person 5.2%

A horror game where you pilot a crude sealed airplane over the North Atlantic.

Why similar: Immersive 50.4% ★, Horror 16.7%, Mystery 13.1%, Atmospheric 9.2%, First-Person 3.3%

In this horror adventure, your only weapons are ink, paper, and will. Explore shifting paths, chart them by hand, and uncover ancient secrets buried beneath root and stone. Every step takes its toll.

Why similar: Horror 33.7%, Psychological Horror 18.2%, Walking Simulator 11.2%, Mystery 9.2%, Atmospheric 8.5%

The era-defining first-person psychological horror in all its terrifying glory. All of the game’s chapters collected into one convenient package that allows you to plumb the depths of madness in pursuit of artistic revelation.

Why similar: Immersive 33.4% ★, Horror 15.3%, Psychological Horror 13.9%, Mystery 10.3%, Walking Simulator 8.8%

A short horror-experience made by a solo developer. Explore the abandoned Fox Pines park in search of your missing brother—but something is out here with you. Follow the trail he left behind, and track him down...if you can survive.

Why similar: Horror 24.2%, Walking Simulator 21.9%, Psychological Horror 17.5%, Mystery 16.4%, Exploration 7.3%

An immersive horror set in a forest feared for its disappearances and the Timber Trail murders. Uncover the truth behind your grandfather’s fate.

Why similar: Horror 21.4%, Walking Simulator 18.8%, Psychological Horror 18%, Mystery 11.2%, Atmospheric 10%

You are the newest member of a forest cult. Complete assigned rituals, obey their rules, and uncover the forest’s unsettling secrets. Every step is watched.

Why similar: Horror 21.5%, Psychological Horror 20.5%, Walking Simulator 18.9%, Atmospheric 11.6%, Mystery 11.5%

A psychological narrative horror game where you explore an abandoned government lab while an AI imitating your father guides you.. Would you rather sit quite OR discover the truth with Noah!!!

Why similar: Immersive 41% ★, Psychological Horror 17.1%, Horror 17.1%, Exploration 5.9%, 3D 5.5%

Putridum - Psychological dark horror in which the player will have to explore a large dark hous with only a weak flashlight, look for the right things, not be caught and find a way to escape from there.

Why similar: Horror 26.9%, Psychological Horror 22.9%, Atmospheric 16.2%, Walking Simulator 13.7%, First-Person 7.2%

Your daughter Leila ran away from home, so you're going after her to find where she's hiding. Your brother, Logan, accompanies you throughout your journey.

Why similar: Immersive 36.7% ★, Walking Simulator 18.8%, Mystery 18.2%, Atmospheric 8.1%, Exploration 6.8%

Immerse yourself in a first-person sci-fi horror experience, trapped in a desolate laboratory. Explore its dark corridors, unveil its horrors and find your way to survival, as you are stalked by atrocious threats. Question yourself, make decisions and discover your destiny.

Why similar: Immersive 46.5% ★, Horror 15%, Psychological Horror 13.1%, Mystery 10.3%, Atmospheric 7.8%

The Backrooms: Descent is a 1-4 player co-op horror experience. You are tasked with descending into the vast levels of the Backrooms which have dangerous entities while also finding evidence of previous research teams before you find your escape.

Why similar: Immersive 49.4% ★, Horror 22.7%, Psychological Horror 15.5%, First-Person 5.9%, Indie 2.6%

You come to your senses in this place, you do not understand what is happening, but you know that it is better to get out of here as soon as possible

Why similar: Horror 22.2%, Walking Simulator 16.4%, Psychological Horror 15.4%, Mystery 14.8%, Atmospheric 10.7%

Red Door Yellow Door is a first-person psychological horror game. Starting with what seems like a normal ritual but quickly revealing its sinister nature. Beware, something malevolent lurks in the shadows.

Why similar: Immersive 40.8% ★, Horror 16.3%, Psychological Horror 15.4%, Mystery 12.2%, Exploration 5%

LiDAR Exploration Program is a relaxing atmospheric game with light horror elements, where you explore in complete darkness using a scanner to reveal the world around you.

Why similar: Horror 22.6%, Walking Simulator 19.6%, Psychological Horror 19%, Atmospheric 14%, Exploration 7.2%

You are a MEG explorer seeking to uncover every accessible level and sub-level of the uncanny Backrooms. Atmospheric, captivating, oppressive and eerie locations await you - with no entities. Just you and pure liminality.

Why similar: Immersive 41.5% ★, Walking Simulator 16%, Psychological Horror 15%, Atmospheric 8.4%, Exploration 4.9%

A first-person body-cam horror game where reviewing your own recordings is the key to progression and uncovering a haunting truth.

Why similar: Immersive 41.7% ★, Horror 16.9%, Psychological Horror 16.7%, Atmospheric 9.4%, First-Person 5.3%

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

Why similar: Horror 27.5%, Psychological Horror 21.6%, Mystery 13.7%, Walking Simulator 10.7%, Atmospheric 9.2%

A short horror game where you unpack in a new house and experience paranormal occurrences.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 21.8%, Immersive 20.6% ★, Psychological Horror 17.2%, Horror 14%, Mystery 11.6%

Albert Innovation is an immersive, narrative, atmospheric semi-horror game, where you will attempt to unravel the mysteries of what was once the most brilliant technological innovation company of the olden days. Manipulate machines, run away, and put an end to this nightmare.

Why similar: Immersive 47.4% ★, Mystery 14.8%, Horror 13.7%, Atmospheric 9.6%, Exploration 4.9%