Games Like Pit of Despair

It is a psychological horror game and walking simulator. Explore a haunted apartment. Monsters jumping towards at your screen.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 32.1%, Psychological Horror 28.7%, 1980s 7.5%, Dark 7.3%, Psychological 6.8%

Dean Holt, popular Urbex vlogger, sets off on another exploration of an abandoned home but this time things aren't going as planned. Something dark is lurking inside and Dean quickly finds himself in over his head

Why similar: Psychological Horror 24.9%, Walking Simulator 22.4%, Psychological 12.5%, Narrative 11.3% ★, Atmospheric 10.1%

Rest Stop is a psychological horror game set in early 2000s Poland. What begins as a calm drive through the woods turns into something you weren't prepared for... Will you find out what awaits at the end of the road?

Why similar: Narrative 25.5% ★, Walking Simulator 23.7%, Psychological Horror 20.5%, Atmospheric 7.8%, Horror 5.8%

You're trapped in an old English pub. Unravel a chilling tale by identifying anomalies while trying to escape. Confront the horror as you survive the endless loop of Ten Bells.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 22.2%, Narrative 21.3% ★, Psychological Horror 17%, Psychological 8.7%, Dark 8.7%

The Binding Hour is a first-person psychological horror game set in a forgotten house lost deep in the woods. Explore shifting spaces, confront haunting echoes, and uncover a truth that refuses to stay buried. Every hour binds you tighter—will you break the loop, or become part of it?

Why similar: Psychological Horror 29%, Walking Simulator 15.2%, Mystery 11.1%, Dark 11.1%, Psychological 9.7%

An amateur TV crew disappeared during a 1997 shoot in Ontario’s deep woods. Step into that frostbitten night in the chilling first case in Entities Declassified, untangle their fate, and learn what silenced the crew.

Why similar: Narrative 25.6% ★, Walking Simulator 24.8%, Psychological Horror 21.9%, Atmospheric 8%, Dark 7%

Your car ran out of gas in the wrong place... Escape a bloodthirsty werewolf in an abandoned factory deep in the forest, where darkness is your worst enemy. Survive this night... if you can.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 31.8%, Walking Simulator 20.1%, Psychological 10%, Mystery 8.3%, Dark 7.6%

The Lies We Tell Ourselves is an episodic first person psychological action-adventure game with introspective/horror elements and a focus on subtle storytelling and atmosphere. Explore, solve puzzles, survive and uncover truths buried deep within a castle of lies.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 23%, Psychological Horror 22%, Narrative 17.7% ★, Dark 9.5%, Psychological 9%

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 36.7%, Walking Simulator 20.3%, Dark 16%, Atmospheric 11.4%, Horror 8.2%

Hollow Faces is an atmospheric narrative horror where you step into the role of creators documenting paranormal phenomena. The game blends an intense walking simulator with environmental observation, careful listening, and reacting to threats.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 26.7%, Walking Simulator 19.3%, Dark 12.4%, Narrative 10.7% ★, Atmospheric 8.5%

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: Psychological Horror 26.7%, Walking Simulator 19.4%, Narrative 15.9% ★, Psychological 10.7%, Dark 8.2%

"The Meaning" is a first-person psychological horror game focused on tense exploration and immersive storytelling. You are Ethen Daniels, a man who is struggling with the loss of his family and is now pursuing the meaning of life once again.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 25.6%, Psychological Horror 22.3%, Dark 10.4%, Psychological 9.7%, Mystery 9.1%

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 27.6%, Walking Simulator 27.1%, Dark 15.6%, Atmospheric 13.1%, Horror 8.6%

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: Walking Simulator 32.9%, Psychological Horror 29%, Dark 9.2%, Horror 8.4%, Atmospheric 7.7%

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

Why similar: Walking Simulator 25.6%, Psychological Horror 25.5%, Dark 10.5%, Atmospheric 9.1%, Mystery 8.8%

David Lagani is an ordinary Filipino worker whose quiet life turns to dread when a mysterious figure begins breaking into homes and making people disappear. Each night feels longer, every sound closer, and all he can do is pray the footsteps don’t reach his door.

Why similar: Narrative 29.8% ★, Psychological Horror 23.8%, Walking Simulator 16.7%, Atmospheric 9.4%, Horror 6.8%

[Data Expunged], Eastern Bloc, September ██th, 19██A narrative discovery walking game. Slow paced and might get scary at times. (Cozy horror, if you will...) Walk through a soviet hotel. Knock at every door. Hold staring contests with paintings. But don't ever look into a mirror for too long...

Why similar: Walking Simulator 32.1%, Psychological Horror 23.7%, Narrative 14.9% ★, Dark 12.1%, Atmospheric 6.7%

An atmospheric horror journey between reality and madness. Three paths lie ahead only one is free of anomalies. Observe closely. Choose wisely. Save the lost souls.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 33.7%, Psychological Horror 32.1%, Dark 10.3%, Atmospheric 9.9%, Horror 7.4%

It is a psychological horror game and walking simulator. Monsters jumping towards at your screen. Do housework. You get haunted by a monsters.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 30.1%, Walking Simulator 29.8%, Psychological 14.9%, 1980s 7.8%, Horror 6.8%

An experimental found footage horror game set in 2017.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 29.2%, Psychological Horror 20.5%, Psychological 9.4%, Atmospheric 8.2%, 1980s 7.7%

Escaping from a car trunk, you find yourself in the garage of a mysterious house, with no memory of what happened. Step inside this first-person psychological horror experience and uncover the truth hidden inside.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 26.1%, Psychological Horror 24.1%, Dark 12.1%, Atmospheric 9.8%, Mystery 8.5%

Silent Wounds is an episodic psychological horror anthology. Each episode offers a compact and intense narrative experience. In this first episode, a man returns home and trades reality for the dangerous, silent obsession with a perfect doll.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 25.6%, Narrative 21.7% ★, Psychological Horror 19.4%, Atmospheric 9.2%, Dark 7.5%

A first-person psychological horror game set in a childhood home. Explore, uncover four days of missing memory, and survive something that has been listening since you arrived.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 27.8%, Psychological Horror 27.1%, Psychological 9.6%, Dark 9.5%, Atmospheric 9.1%

This is a first-person indie horror game. In 9 Childs Street you will find the terrifying atmosphere of a recently abandoned house, and its captive inhabitants, through the eyes of a curious little boy in a red cap.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 27.4%, Psychological Horror 26.9%, Dark 13.6%, Atmospheric 8.5%, Horror 7.4%

“SHE WAS 98” - you play as a grandson who returns to his elderly grandmother's home to care for her.....

Why similar: Walking Simulator 29.6%, Psychological Horror 26.7%, Atmospheric 12.2%, Dark 10.4%, Horror 8.3%

INVARIANT is a first-person psychological horror game. Step into the shattered mind of a mathematician. Rely on your destructive addiction to bend reality, explore ever-changing environments, and hide from the terrifying manifestations of your grief. Truth and lies are a sip apart.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 32.9%, Psychological Horror 30.6%, Atmospheric 10.7%, Horror 5.7%, Psychological 5.6%

In a remote village ravaged by the Black Death, a young man uses his late mentor's knowledge of medicinal herbs to help a desperate community, facing more than just the plague.

Why similar: Narrative 32.8% ★, Walking Simulator 23.7%, Psychological Horror 23.1%, Horror 6.2%, 3D 5.7%

The Kitchen Knife is a psychological horror game that throws you into the fragmented mind of a man haunted by memory, guilt, and something much darker. As the world shifts around you, you must uncover the truth about that morning... This house isn't haunted. It’s waiting for you to come home.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 26.3%, Psychological Horror 23.1%, Dark 11%, Atmospheric 10.3%, Narrative 8.4% ★

Explore a looping supermarket aisle in a first-person psychological horror walking simulator. Observe the environment to spot anomalies: turn back when something is wrong, otherwise move forward. Progress reveals a story of guilt and grief, as a man searches for his lost wife and son.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 27.7%, Narrative 25.4% ★, Psychological Horror 24.3%, Mystery 8.4%, Atmospheric 8%

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: Narrative 24.8% ★, Walking Simulator 21.7%, Psychological Horror 17.8%, Dark 9%, Atmospheric 7.4%

You have been sent photographs of a place where, according to rumors, an artifact of an ancient civilization is hidden... Do you dare to go there?!

Why similar: Walking Simulator 28.3%, Psychological Horror 24.1%, Dark 10.2%, Psychological 9.7%, Atmospheric 8.9%

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: Walking Simulator 29.9%, Psychological Horror 26.8%, Atmospheric 12.2%, Horror 9.1%, Dark 8.6%

A psychological horror game with NO jumpscares. Feel the tension and suspense, get goosebumps, experience strange frightening events, and explore, look for keys, solve puzzles, while thinking hard to find a way to get out of this huge, and maybe not so empty prison.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 30.8%, Psychological Horror 24.7%, Atmospheric 10%, Dark 8.2%, Mystery 7.8%

Scarred is a first-person atmospheric horror puzzle game where you must uncover the truth about one of your schoolmates before it’s too late. Traverse a world of nightmares inspired by nostalgic Singaporean architecture as you fight to survive.

Why similar: Narrative 26.3% ★, Psychological Horror 23.8%, Dark 12.9%, Atmospheric 9.7%, Walking Simulator 8.6%

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 28.5%, Psychological Horror 24.5%, Dark 11.2%, Atmospheric 9.7%, Psychological 8.1%

You are a broken ex–police officer haunted by your partner’s disappearance. A mysterious clue drags you into decaying places infected by a devilish presence, breathing, waiting, watching from the dark. Solve cryptic puzzles, face buried guilt, and uncover a truth that was never meant to surface.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 30.6%, Psychological Horror 28.1%, Psychological 13.7%, Atmospheric 7.6%, Horror 6.2%

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 36.9%, Psychological Horror 32.8%, Dark 14.6%, Horror 7.6%, Action 4.3%

Are sardines trustworthy? Are you? Do you want to be? How Fish is Made is a janky little jaunt through the world of surrealist storytelling. Now featuring a Katamari-like DLC!

Why similar: Narrative 26.5% ★, Walking Simulator 20.4%, Psychological Horror 17.5%, Psychological 11.8%, Atmospheric 8.3%

In the end, everybody gets what they deserve. The sins of the past always manifest within the minds of the sinners. An eternity of suffering awaits, welcome to The Survey.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 28.3%, Psychological Horror 23.9%, Dark 13.3%, Atmospheric 9.2%, Mystery 9.1%

Implements of Hell is a first-person psychological horror game. Explore the mysteries, unlock the secrets, and change the outcome in a slow-paced atmospheric, and extremely horrifying experience.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 27.3%, Psychological Horror 21.4%, Psychological 12.2%, Dark 9.8%, Atmospheric 8.9%

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: Psychological Horror 30.4%, Walking Simulator 29.7%, Atmospheric 11.1%, Dark 9.7%, Mystery 7.7%

This is a game where you move 5 boxes. Move it from the first point to the next point, and then back to the first point. That's just the game.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 52.2%, Psychological Horror 36.9%, 3D 8.5%, Singleplayer 2.5%

In Newspaper Day, you take on the role of a newspaper delivery person in a seemingly quiet neighborhood. Every morning, you carry out your job, delivering the day's news to your neighbors' doors. However, you soon realize that things are not what they seem.

Why similar: Narrative 31.1% ★, Walking Simulator 23.3%, Psychological Horror 22%, Psychological 6.4%, Horror 5.9%

Survival horror game about a girl trapped in a car

Why similar: Psychological Horror 24.6%, Walking Simulator 19.7%, Narrative 18.9% ★, Psychological 11%, Dark 8.5%

Wittengrad is no more is a surreal, narrative walking sim with horror elements. The city's foggy streets will lead you through the story of a single evening in Barnaba’s life. You will encounter the peculiar inhabitants of Wittengrad, though… does it even matter? After all, Wittengrad is gone.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 35.7%, Narrative 23% ★, 3D 8.5%, Atmospheric 8%, Dark 7.4%

The game is a test of courage for players who have come to a secluded shrine in the mountains to explore and try to escape from this unusual place. There are numerous horror gimmick elements to torment the player.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 33.5%, Psychological Horror 32.9%, Atmospheric 10.5%, Dark 8.9%, Horror 7.4%

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 25.4%, Narrative 15.2% ★, Walking Simulator 14.2%, Psychological 9.4%, Dark 9.2%

A story-rich psychological horror set aboard an ever-changing narrowboat. Experience Caroline Miller's descent into an increasingly twisted reality as she searches for her missing husband

Why similar: Walking Simulator 24.7%, Narrative 24.6% ★, Psychological Horror 14%, Psychological 11.4%, Mystery 8.7%

It's a short horror experience that deals with the fear of dark city streets. Or maybe it's the fear of the daily routine, when the maniac's break-in is just a deliverance

Why similar: Psychological Horror 31%, Walking Simulator 30%, Psychological 15%, Dark 11.4%, Horror 7%

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: Psychological Horror 21.6%, Walking Simulator 20.3%, Narrative 17.1% ★, Psychological 11.7%, Dark 8.9%

Indie anomaly-detection game set in a bleak Eastern-European stairwell. 11 floors, 40+ anomalies, minimal horror, maximal tension.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 26.8%, Psychological Horror 21.4%, Psychological 13.5%, 1980s 10.6%, Dark 9.6%

Explore the nightmarish, simulated world of Unwashed, a horror game that you must stay clean! Play as AA and uncover the truth behind Lumina, a government secret project, while racing against time to stop a secret mission that endangers countless millions of lives.

Why similar: Narrative 27.5% ★, Psychological Horror 20.5%, Walking Simulator 17.5%, Dark 10.3%, Atmospheric 8.5%

A missing father, a mysterious murder, paintings depicting missing children. A Short horror game in which the protagonist, who has lost his memory, is forced to get to a horrific truth. Who in the world are you?

Why similar: Psychological Horror 29.1%, Walking Simulator 22.6%, Atmospheric 11.5%, Horror 8.4%, Dark 7.4%

"Fire in the Dark" is a psychological meta-horror where the eerie game on the heroine’s computer and her room merge into one world, revealing each trauma through your actions.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 20.8%, Psychological Horror 20.8%, Narrative 17.8% ★, Psychological 12.3%, Dark 9.6%

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 49.8%, Psychological Horror 29.6%, 3D 10.8%, Horror 8.3%, Singleplayer 1.5%

It’s an indie horror game where John, a forensic photographer, after an unexpected and exhausting shift, is forced to spend the night away from home. What seemed like a temporary rest soon begins to turn unsettling.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 29.6%, Walking Simulator 26.4%, Atmospheric 10%, Dark 9%, Mystery 7.2%

In a fractured world where virtual drugs are used to escape reality, you’ve found the best. Or the worst. Hard to say. But your choices will have very real consequences.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 22.8%, Walking Simulator 21.1%, Narrative 14% ★, Psychological 12.7%, Dark 8.9%

A Psychological Horror Backrooms Found Footage Game

Why similar: Psychological Horror 24.4%, Walking Simulator 23.1%, Psychological 15.6%, Mystery 10.9%, Atmospheric 8.7%

A son returns to his childhood home to find his mother. The door is open. The house is frozen. Where is Mother is a harrowing horror walking simulator, oppressive… with every step pulling you further from reality.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 26.8%, Psychological Horror 25.4%, Psychological 15.5%, Dark 8.2%, Horror 7.3%

A psychological horror game where you solve puzzles, explore a haunted hospital, and uncover terrifying secrets to escape.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 32.2%, Psychological Horror 16.9%, Psychological 11.3%, Dark 11.1%, Atmospheric 9.1%