Games Like Platform 8

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

Why similar: Walking Simulator 18.8%, Psychological Horror 14%, Immersive Sim 13.7%, Puzzle 7.7%, Exploration 6.9%

Why You'll Like It: This is the definitive game that popularized the loop-based anomaly-spotting genre.

Shinkansen 0 | 新幹線 0号 is a game set in Japan where players are tasked with finding anomalies in the Shinkansen. (Japanese bullet train)

Why similar: Psychological Horror 21.2%, Walking Simulator 18.7%, Hidden Object 13.7%, Immersive Sim 13.1%, Horror 11%

Why You'll Like It: It captures the exact same train-based, surreal horror atmosphere as the seed game.

You are trapped in an underground subway. Observe your surroundings carefully and take the correct trains to reach the 'Station 5' and exit the subway.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 21.9%, Simulation 12.2%, Immersive Sim 11.8%, Puzzle 9.1%, Adventure 7.9%

Why You'll Like It: Features a similar loop-based gameplay loop where you must identify anomalies to progress.

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 19.9%, Hidden Object 16.7%, Psychological Horror 15.9%, Puzzle 6.7%, First-Person 6.7%

Why You'll Like It: A highly focused anomaly-spotting game that tasks you with finding subtle changes in a repeating environment.

In Floor 9, you find yourself trapped in a mysterious hotel known as "Hotel Liminal." To escape, you must identify anomalies on each floor. These anomalies can be anywhere - on the ground, in paintings, or even right in front of your eyes.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 15.3%, Walking Simulator 15.3%, Immersive Sim 12.8%, Puzzle 7.3%, Surreal 6.3%

Why You'll Like It: A surreal horror experience that relies on spotting anomalies within a confined, repeating space.

You are alone in a deserted station. Or are you? Take pictures of strange anomalies around the station and you might find a way out.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 18.6%, Hidden Object 17.5%, Psychological Horror 13.6%, Horror 8.2%, Realistic 7.9%

Why You'll Like It: Combines loop-based exploration with the constant pressure of spotting environmental anomalies.

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 21.6%, Psychological Horror 15%, Immersive Sim 10.3%, Cinematic 9.8%, Horror 7.4%

Why You'll Like It: Uses a repeating corridor setting to test your observation skills against increasingly strange occurrences.

You've been trapped in a looping Finnish summer cottage. Use your observation and memory to find anomalies and make the right choice to escape the Finnish Cottage 8.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 20.5%, Psychological Horror 16.8%, Puzzle 7.8%, Horror 7.2%, Immersive Sim 7.1%

Why You'll Like It: A psychological horror game that utilizes loop-based progression and environmental puzzles.

You find yourself trapped in the endless maze of Kyoto's backstreets, trying to reach the temple of Hōkan-ji before the main tourist rush. Inspect the street for anomalies, choose the right path, and reach your destination... or be trapped forever.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 15.9%, Psychological Horror 13.8%, Hidden Object 12.4%, Immersive Sim 8.4%, Realistic 6.4%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on identifying subtle, unsettling changes within a Japanese-inspired setting.

You're trapped in an endlessly looping art gallery — familiar, yet uncanny. If you can notice the changes, maybe you can find your way out.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 24.1%, Psychological Horror 19.3%, Immersive Sim 10.2%, Horror 7.6%, First-Person 7.2%

Why You'll Like It: Explores surreal, looping environments that require careful observation to survive.

This is a thriller game based on memory puzzles that supports PC play and VR mode. The theme is inspired by people's depression and tension while waiting in the hospital.In an infinite loop space, one must carefully observe all abnormal information and strive to escape from the infinite space

Why similar: Psychological Horror 15.1%, Walking Simulator 14.3%, Immersive Sim 13.2%, Hidden Object 8.8%, Exploration 6.9%

Why You'll Like It: A direct thematic successor that leans into the claustrophobic, loop-based horror style.

As an employee of a mysterious organization your job is to monitor live surveillance camera footage and spot anomalies using your sharp eyes and good memory. Can you survive the entire night shift or will you succumb into paranoia?

Why similar: Psychological Horror 41.9%, Horror 22.9%, Puzzle 16.8%, Hidden Object 14.5%, Atmospheric 4%

Why You'll Like It: The original title that established the core mechanics of monitoring environments for supernatural changes.

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

Why similar: Walking Simulator 18.4%, Psychological Horror 14.8%, Immersive Sim 12.2%, Realistic 8.1%, Puzzle 7.1%

Why You'll Like It: A psychological horror game centered on repeating cycles and environmental dread.

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 23%, Psychological Horror 20.7%, Immersive Sim 14.2%, Horror 10.2%, Realistic 6.7%

Why You'll Like It: Features atmospheric horror with a heavy emphasis on environmental storytelling and observation.

A thrilling psychological horror game. Your job is to look for anomalies in a haunted house. If you see anyhting suspicious (furniture moving, extra objects, intruders), take a photo and send a report. Includes both VR- (windows only) and non-VR (windows, mac, linux)-versions.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 20%, Hidden Object 19.1%, Puzzle 9.4%, Horror 9.1%, Mystery 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: Refines the surveillance-based horror gameplay with a wider variety of unsettling anomalies.

Your job is to monitor live surveillance camera footage and spot anomalies in the monitored rooms. Anomalies range from furniture movement to otherworldly intruders. When you spot an anomaly you have to file a report to fix it. You will need sharp eyes and good memory to survive the entire night.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 48.8%, Horror 25.3%, Puzzle 20.8%, Atmospheric 5.1%

Why You'll Like It: Expands the original formula with more complex environments and challenging anomaly detection.

A spot the difference -type of puzzle horror game about monitoring live surveillance camera footage and spotting anomalies. Anomalies range from furniture movement to intruders. Fix anomalies by filing reports. You will need sharp eyes and good memory. The goal is to survive the entire night.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 24.2%, Hidden Object 19.8%, Puzzle 11.3%, Horror 11.2%, Mystery 10.5%

Why You'll Like It: Continues the series' focus on identifying subtle, often terrifying, environmental shifts.

Explore the truly frightening subway cars and find out what fears the main character will have to face.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 24.3%, Cinematic 15.3%, Psychological Horror 14.7%, Horror 9.8%, Simulation 9.6%

Why You'll Like It: A psychological horror experience that relies on environmental changes to build tension.

As an employee of a mysterious organization your job is to monitor live surveillance camera footage and spot anomalies using your sharp eyes and good memory. Can you survive the entire night shift or will you succumb into paranoia?

Why similar: Psychological Horror 25.2%, Hidden Object 19.3%, Horror 11.9%, Puzzle 11.3%, Dark 10.5%

Why You'll Like It: Offers a polished take on the classic anomaly-spotting surveillance experience.

You’ve been trapped in a school by a mysterious God. Memorize your surroundings, spot the anomalies, and reach floor 0 to earn your escape.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 18.6%, Hidden Object 15.6%, Psychological Horror 15%, Horror 6.8%, Simulation 6.4%

Why You'll Like It: Psychological horror set in a school environment that utilizes loop-like progression mechanics.

As an employee of a mysterious organization your job is to monitor live surveillance camera footage and spot anomalies using your sharp eyes and good memory. Can you survive the entire night shift or will you succumb into paranoia?

Why similar: Hidden Object 27.9%, Psychological Horror 26.2%, Puzzle 13%, Horror 11.9%, Mystery 11.2%

Why You'll Like It: The latest entry in the series, providing fresh environments to monitor for supernatural activity.

You're trapped in a small six-room hotel. The only way to escape is to observe your surroundings and follow the family's rules.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 18.9%, Psychological Horror 15.6%, Puzzle 7.1%, Horror 6.9%, First-Person 6.4%

Why You'll Like It: Anomaly-based horror set in a confined, repeating location that forces constant vigilance.

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: Walking Simulator 25%, Psychological Horror 20.9%, Dark 10.8%, Horror 10.2%, Exploration 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: Atmospheric horror that uses environmental observation to create a sense of unease.

In Lost in Anomaly, 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 18.9%, Psychological Horror 17.1%, Immersive Sim 10.2%, Horror 8.4%, Puzzle 6.7%

Why You'll Like It: Directly inspired by the recent trend of loop-based anomaly-spotting horror games.

You are all alone in this dark and frightening place. Run and hide, hurry to find a way out, because it follows you...

Why similar: Walking Simulator 17.9%, Psychological Horror 13.8%, Hidden Object 13.4%, Immersive Sim 11.7%, Stealth 9.4%

Why You'll Like It: First-person horror that focuses on the feeling of being stalked within a repeating, confined space.

ANOMALY LOOP ADVENTURE Play solo or with up to 6 players. Spot anomalies, solve puzzles, and escape the loop. Will you reach Room 9 or stay trapped forever?

Why similar: Walking Simulator 15.9%, Psychological Horror 12.7%, Hidden Object 11.7%, Immersive Sim 10.4%, Cinematic 8.7%

Why You'll Like It: A co-op variation of the loop-based anomaly genre that requires communication to spot changes.

You have wandered into an infinite looping shopping mall in Japan. If you notice changes within the mall, you might be able to escape.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 30.3%, Psychological Horror 19.4%, Hidden Object 18.9%, Realistic 11.7%, Surreal 7.7%

Why You'll Like It: Anomaly spotting within a shopping mall setting that creates a unique, eerie atmosphere.

You are trapped in a memory of your past. Observe your surrounding carefully to end your nightmare.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 19.8%, Hidden Object 17.1%, Psychological Horror 16.2%, Immersive Sim 8.8%, Horror 7.2%

Why You'll Like It: Surreal horror that uses environmental anomalies to build psychological tension.

You arrive at a deserted street that feels familiar yet is filled with unease. Pick up your camera, capture the hidden anomalies, and break this endless loop.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 25%, Immersive Sim 18.9%, Psychological Horror 18.8%, Realistic 8%, First-Person 7.8%

On your way home on the train, you weren't paying attention. Until you realised the train had been stopping at the same station over, and over again. Watch out for anomalies, and avoid the Anomaly Exit! Made for singleplayer and 2-6 co-operative multiplayer.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 23.1%, Hidden Object 22.9%, Psychological Horror 21.5%, Puzzle 10.3%, Horror 9.6%

Why You'll Like It: An online co-op take on the loop-based anomaly formula that emphasizes teamwork.

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 29.8%, Psychological Horror 19.9%, Immersive Sim 15.5%, Exploration 9.5%, First-Person 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the investigative side of anomaly detection in a first-person perspective.

You are trapped in a small house, suffering from psychosis with no memory. Carefully observe your surroundings to distinguish reality from hallucinations, and overcome your illness by taking medication from visitors at the right time.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 21.6%, Immersive Sim 14.4%, Psychological Horror 10.9%, Realistic 8.7%, Simulation 8.5%

You are trapped at home in an endless loop. Remember your surroundings and watch out for anomalies, if you ever want to leave.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 20.4%, Hidden Object 19%, Psychological Horror 17.2%, Puzzle 8.4%, Realistic 7.2%

Anant Express is set aboard a haunted sleeper-class indian train. You board the train as an ordinary traveler, but as the journey progresses, strange events begin to unfold. Mysterious passengers. Shifting compartments. Whispers in the dark. Nothing is as it seems.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 24%, Psychological Horror 19.9%, Hidden Object 13.6%, Immersive Sim 11%, Realistic 9.4%

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 25.9%, Immersive Sim 16.2%, Simulation 14.7%, Puzzle 11%, Psychological Horror 10.7%

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 19.9%, Immersive Sim 15.9%, Psychological Horror 13.5%, Puzzle 8.6%, Realistic 6.7%

The Ghost Train | 幽霊列車 is a psychological train horror game.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 22.8%, Hidden Object 19.4%, Immersive Sim 16.8%, Psychological Horror 14.7%, First-Person 7.8%

Get out of the building via the stairway. Observe the levels carefully for a successful exit.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 26.3%, Psychological Horror 23.6%, Immersive Sim 15.2%, Mystery 9.3%, Simulation 8.7%

Trapped in what appears to be an endless hallway in your home, rooms begin to feel unfamiliar. Capture anomalies on camera and stay away from any sinister entities.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 19%, Hidden Object 17.5%, Immersive Sim 14.8%, Horror 8.7%, Puzzle 7.7%

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 20.2%, Psychological Horror 17.6%, Dark 9%, Horror 8.7%, Mystery 6.2%

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 19.9%, Psychological Horror 16.7%, Immersive Sim 9.8%, Realistic 8%, Horror 7.1%

Embark on a journey of anomalies and repetition in "Prison Loop," a captivating indie puzzle game. Trapped in a mysterious temporal loop within a high-security prison, your objective is to observe anomalies throughout the environment.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 17.2%, Psychological Horror 13.9%, Immersive Sim 11.3%, Modern 8.2%, Realistic 6.8%

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 22.1%, Psychological Horror 16.2%, Hidden Object 13.6%, Dark 8.3%, Realistic 7.9%

You find yourself trapped in a dream. If you capture anomalies in the dream with a camera, you might be able to escape.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 28.7%, Hidden Object 24.9%, Psychological Horror 15.2%, Horror 9.8%, Realistic 8.7%

Observe every corner of your apartment by moving your camera along a rail that runs through the rooms. Find and take pictures of paranormal anomalies to exorcise them. Locked in your surveillance room, will you survive tonight's 8 rounds?

Why similar: Hidden Object 14.5%, Psychological Horror 13.6%, Stealth 11.5%, Modern 8.9%, Realistic 7.6%

Lost in a series of endless train station hallways, find your way to the exit Platform in this First-Person Anomaly Spotting game set in the Midnight Monitor universe. Watch out for anomalies - If you see any, turn back immediately! Can you find your way out of Aldercourt Station?

Why similar: Walking Simulator 20.9%, Hidden Object 16.8%, Psychological Horror 16.5%, Realistic 9.2%, Horror 7.7%

As an employee of a mysterious organization your job is to monitor live surveillance camera footage and spot anomalies using your sharp eyes and good memory. Can you survive the entire night shift or will you succumb into paranoia?

Why similar: Psychological Horror 31.6%, Hidden Object 24.1%, Horror 13.8%, Puzzle 11.4%, Surreal 6.8%

Escape from the looping office. Observe the office carefully and look for any anomaly to reach the main entrance.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 30.4%, Psychological Horror 23.9%, Hidden Object 15.2%, Horror 9.2%, Simulation 7%

You are locked inside a cinema. Your only way to escape is to follow the instructions of your task: Watch the same film clip repeatedly and search for flaws to break free. But this may sound easier than it is, every wrong decision or death will set you back. So be careful!

Why similar: Psychological Horror 18.7%, Walking Simulator 16.7%, Hidden Object 12.8%, Puzzle 9%, Dark 8.7%

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 23.3%, Realistic 11.6%, Exploration 7.8%, First-Person 7.8%

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 21.7%, Psychological Horror 18.2%, Cinematic 14.4%, Dark 8.8%, Puzzle 7.1%

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 25.3%, Psychological Horror 23%, Horror 9.7%, Puzzle 9.4%, Dark 7.4%

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 21.5%, Psychological Horror 17.7%, Realistic 7.6%, First-Person 7.2%, Horror 7.1%

Thirty minutes to New Year. You’re a train passenger. Something awful is unfolding- stop the train and survive. Look through the camera- it reveals the truth.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 26.4%, Cinematic 15.3%, Realistic 14.9%, Hidden Object 14.1%, First-Person 13.1%

Penguin × Exit 8 : A unique combination Escape from the endlessly looping hallway. If you find an anomaly, choose YES PEN. If there is no anomaly, choose NO PEN. All anomalies contain penguin elements. Penguins are after you.

Why similar: Hidden Object 24.3%, Walking Simulator 23.2%, Exploration 10.8%, Horror 10.7%, Cinematic 9%

Room 404 is a first-person Chinese horror game.Players must discern anomalies within an endlessly looping corridor, make decisions,and attempts to unravel the mysteries surrounding themselves and the four floors of the apartment.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 22.9%, Walking Simulator 20.5%, Immersive Sim 16.1%, Exploration 8.8%, Simulation 7.7%

Liminal City is a psychological horror and exploration game based on found footage, set in Backrooms Level 11. Walk through the streets of Level 11, filled with soulless buildings, dynamically moving to different levels and searching for a way out. Once you fall in here will you be able to get out?

Why similar: Walking Simulator 22.6%, Psychological Horror 19.2%, Realistic 10.1%, Exploration 7.5%, Horror 6.6%

You hear quiet whispers from deep inside the house, but no one sees. You begin to feel that you are not alone in this house. Curse of Elmwood is an atmospheric horror where you find yourself trapped in a gloomy 18th century mansion, steeped in mystery and horror.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 19.7%, Hidden Object 18.4%, Psychological Horror 13.1%, Puzzle 8.4%, Exploration 7.7%

You have to play as the historian-journalist Michael, plunge into the atmosphere of darkness of an abandoned hospital, where you will need to unravel the secrets of the past and try to get out in order to tell the whole world about those terrible events.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 21.6%, Hidden Object 15.9%, Cinematic 12.9%, Simulation 8.6%, Psychological Horror 7.4%

IFU is a psychological horror about a young guy who is forcibly locked in an abandoned mansion of a dead surgeon along with his restless soul.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 15.5%, Hidden Object 12.9%, Psychological Horror 12.3%, Cinematic 10.8%, Dark 6.7%