Games Like Poolrooms

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 21.2% ★, Walking Simulator 13.2%, Psychological Horror 11.8%, Realistic 11.3%, Horror 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: Psychological Horror 14.9%, Walking Simulator 12.5%, Horror 11.1%, Immersive 10.8% ★, Realistic 8.1%

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 27.4% ★, Walking Simulator 14.2%, Psychological Horror 13.4%, Horror 13.1%, Adventure 8.9%

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 21.6% ★, Walking Simulator 13.4%, Psychological Horror 11.1%, Realistic 10.8%, First-Person 7.1%

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: Walking Simulator 14.5%, Realistic 14.5%, Immersive 12.6% ★, Psychological Horror 12.5%, First-Person 9.2%

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 16.2% ★, Walking Simulator 12.7%, Psychological Horror 12.7%, First-Person 10.3%, Horror 8.9%

The Maid is a first-person psychological horror and mystery game that focuses on creating fear and tension in the player.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 16.6%, Realistic 14.2%, First-Person 10.8%, Psychological Horror 10%, Horror 9.5%

The horror game where you are an abandoned urban explorer who gets trapped inside a long-abandoned bunker deep in the woods. Now you have to find your way out of this place, but deep underground, the only thing awaiting you is unimaginable horror.

Why similar: Realistic 15.4%, Psychological Horror 13.5%, First-Person 12.6%, Horror 12%, Immersive 9.5% ★

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 23% ★, Walking Simulator 12.9%, Realistic 11.8%, Psychological Horror 11.2%, Nonlinear 8.7%

Walking simulator. Explore cozy liminal spaces that feel unsettlingly familiar and spark your imagination, like a dream you’ve been in before.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 16.5%, Psychological Horror 12.2%, Nonlinear 9.9%, First-Person 9.7%, Exploration 8.6%

A first-person psychological horror game about an ex-con working nights at a self-storage facility, where an old mirror reveals the spirits stalking him.

Why similar: Realistic 14.7%, Horror 14.6%, Psychological Horror 13.9%, First-Person 13.4%, Walking Simulator 9.5%

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 30.2% ★, Walking Simulator 14.2%, Psychological Horror 7.4%, Nonlinear 6.9%, First-Person 6.9%

At night, you're alone in a half-finished building. Your task is simple: patrol the floors, check the rooms, and watch for any signs of intrusion. But as the nights pass, you begin to realize you're not alone.

Why similar: Realistic 14.6%, Psychological Horror 14.2%, Immersive 13.8% ★, Horror 13.7%, Action 9%

"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 26.3% ★, Walking Simulator 13.1%, Psychological Horror 11.4%, Horror 10.5%, First-Person 7.4%

Anna, an 18-year-old university freshman in a different city. Together with her friend, she rented a small apartment in the station district. They had no idea what would happen during their very first week in the new place.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 18%, Walking Simulator 15.6%, Horror 13.5%, First-Person 12.7%, Realistic 9.4%

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

Why similar: Immersive 35.5% ★, Horror 14.1%, Walking Simulator 11.5%, Psychological Horror 11.1%, Atmospheric 8.4%

Pharos is a short first-person horror game.

Why similar: Immersive 35.8% ★, Horror 13.6%, Walking Simulator 11.5%, Psychological Horror 11.2%, Atmospheric 8.4%

BACKROOMS: LIMINAL ESCAPE is a VHS-style horror game where you explore eerie liminal spaces through a camcorder. BACKROOMS: LIMINAL ESCAPE is More than just a walking sim, it features intense levels that require you to hide, run, stay quite, and survive in a creepy, analog nightmare.

Why similar: Realistic 17.3%, Psychological Horror 13.7%, Horror 12%, First-Person 11%, Walking Simulator 10.4%

"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 22.9% ★, Walking Simulator 15.9%, Psychological Horror 13.9%, Horror 12.8%, Realistic 9.3%

A psychological horror game where you enter the Greenhouse at your own risk to uncover the truth behind the friendly façade. Change the environment and weather to progress, hoping to get out. Switch off the entities to enjoy eerie serenity.

Why similar: Immersive 25% ★, Walking Simulator 13.3%, Psychological Horror 10.8%, Horror 9.7%, Realistic 7.9%

The Hike is a first person horror/survival game in which you must survive the horrors that start while investigating a mysterious emergency message in a simple hike through the Red River National Park. Your chance of making it back to society relies entirely on your legs, you're no fighter.

Why similar: Immersive 21.2% ★, Realistic 16.9%, Horror 14.9%, First-Person 12.4%, Action 12.3%

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: Psychological Horror 18.5%, Horror 16.5%, First-Person 14.7%, Atmospheric 12.1%, Walking Simulator 12%

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 35.6% ★, Horror 14.7%, Atmospheric 9.1%, First-Person 7.9%, Psychological Horror 7.7%

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: Realistic 17.3%, Psychological Horror 15.5%, Horror 14.8%, Walking Simulator 12.3%, Atmospheric 8.7%

Liminality sets in the near future, where humanity discovers a liminal hell full with anomalies, explore multiple unique levels with increasing difficulty and teamwork, good luck on your next expedition.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 17.7%, Realistic 15.2%, First-Person 10.7%, Psychological Horror 8.6%, Exploration 8.5%

「隔離病院」は、閉鎖された病院の廊下を歩きながら異変を探す一人称ホラーゲームです。あなたは病棟の一角に閉じ込められ、同じ通路を何度も繰り返し歩くことになります。壁の掲示、扉の位置、天井の照明、耳に届く音。前に通ったときと何かが違っていないか、些細な違和感を見逃さずに進まなければなりません。異変を見つけたら引き返す。何も無ければそのまま進む。判断を誤れば、また最初の廊下へ戻される。静寂に包まれた病院で、あなたはどこまで正しく見極められるでしょうか。

Why similar: Walking Simulator 20.3%, Adventure 12.3%, Horror 12%, Realistic 11.4%, First-Person 8.3%

Your dog Marla got lost in the most terrifying forest in New Jersey while on a walk, and now it's up to you to find her. Search the area, clean up Marla's poop, and avoid the creatures that may be lurking in the darkness.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 22.7%, First-Person 17.9%, Walking Simulator 14.7%, Realistic 11.1%, Adventure 9.1%

Train 113 is a first-person horror game in which you play a passenger who wakes up aboard a seemingly empty subway train. As you move around the train, trying to get from car to car, you'll begin to sense that things around you are not what they appear to be.

Why similar: Realistic 20.6%, Psychological Horror 17.1%, Horror 16.7%, First-Person 10.1%, Atmospheric 8.1%

Explore the world of backrooms from this solo developed game. explore creepy and eerie levels, and also calm and liminal levels, but be careful, you're not the only one there.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 20.7%, Realistic 18.9%, Psychological Horror 15.8%, Horror 15.3%, First-Person 12%

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: Walking Simulator 17.2%, Psychological Horror 15.4%, Horror 13.7%, First-Person 11.4%, Atmospheric 10.3%

Survive relentless entities, solve mind-bending puzzles, and uncover the dark secrets of your surroundings. With an XP system, crafting, and resource management, every decision matters. Will you find your way out or become another lost soul?

Why similar: Walking Simulator 14.9%, Realistic 11.9%, Psychological Horror 11.1%, Horror 10.3%, First-Person 10.3%

Michael Clow is a photographer who documents what he sees. But after following his neighbor into the woods, his camera begins capturing things he never witnessed.

Why similar: Horror 15.6%, Walking Simulator 14.2%, Realistic 13.8%, First-Person 11.6%, Adventure 9.6%

Trapped in the endless liminal spaces of the Backrooms by accident, your only way out is to uncover the truth. Explore over 30 unique locations, unravel the dark experiments of the F.O.T. foundation, and piece together Arthur Penn’s story—all while fighting panic attacks to maintain your sanity.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 17.9%, Realistic 13.3%, First-Person 12.9%, Walking Simulator 12.1%, Horror 11.9%

Descend into terror in this first-person psychological horror experience as you follow your lost kitten into an ancient pirate crypt. Explore, shoot and dig for clues…literally, while unravelling a chilling mystery, all in a desperate bid to rescue your helplessly curious pet from this dark tomb.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 16.2%, Psychological Horror 15%, Horror 11.8%, Exploration 8.8%, Realistic 8.7%

Would you like to win $1,000,000? Survive the night at the Hotel Stardust, capture every anomaly on camera, and the prize is yours. Be careful, some anomalies aren't very friendly.

Why similar: Immersive 16.7% ★, Walking Simulator 14.8%, Psychological Horror 13.4%, Horror 10.5%, First-Person 9.8%

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 32.9% ★, Horror 13.6%, Realistic 12.2%, Exploration 9.1%, First-Person 8.8%

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 16.8% ★, Walking Simulator 15.5%, Realistic 13.4%, Psychological Horror 12.7%, Horror 11.5%

Jorogumo’s Cradle is a short first person horror game. You are stuck in the woods with a monster that attacks you during the night. Explore the area, build tools to fend off incoming attacks, and most importantly, survive until the very end.

Why similar: Horror 16.3%, First-Person 14.5%, Psychological Horror 13.3%, Adventure 10.2%, Walking Simulator 9.7%

A VHS found-footage horror anthology where everyday chores become your worst nightmares. Experience a growing collection of bite-sized analog horror episodes, from a late-night trip to the laundromat to a terrifying walk home. Can you survive the mundane?

Why similar: Walking Simulator 20.3%, First-Person 12.2%, Realistic 12.1%, Exploration 11.4%, Horror 11.1%

A deadly search for a grandmother in the village. Can you escape the loop? Unpredictable horror.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 20.1%, Realistic 13.6%, First-Person 11.5%, Adventure 11.4%, Exploration 9.5%

Immerse yourself in poolcore-inspired vibes as you explore a vast complex of mind-bending liminal architecture straight out of your dreams. Navigate through a facility filled with obstacles and puzzles, venturing into depths that descend far below the rippling, chlorinated waters.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 20.5%, Psychological Horror 13.3%, Realistic 12.4%, Adventure 11.8%, First-Person 9%

A short, atmospheric horror experience about daily life.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 19.6%, Horror 18.4%, Realistic 12.7%, First-Person 12.4%, Exploration 11.4%

Backrooms: Exploration is a single-player horror game, which takes place in 2020. Two friends have lost their jobs due to COVID-19, but they still have to bring food to the table. After a failed heist, one of them ends up in the Backrooms. Now your only mission is to survive.

Why similar: Realistic 20.2%, Horror 16.3%, First-Person 14.6%, Psychological Horror 13.4%, Walking Simulator 11%

Experience backrooms like never before. Dreamcore is the ultimate psychological exploration game, set in the largest liminal world ever made. No guides, no path—only intuition. Will you keep your bearings in a world designed to make you lose them?

Why similar: Walking Simulator 12.5%, Nonlinear 10.8%, Realistic 10.8%, Underwater 10.5% ★, Psychological Horror 10%

Horror Game made in Hong Kong. 1st POV walking simulator. Investigating weird case happened to next door. By Unreal Engine 5.2.1.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 21.1%, Realistic 17.3%, Adventure 12.3%, Exploration 9.7%, First-Person 9.6%

Experience Mark’s story through found footage as he becomes stuck in a loop whilst working the late shift at the cinema. Spot the anomalies and survive the night. Ensure that every room is checked...thoroughly.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 17.5%, Realistic 15.7%, Psychological Horror 15%, Horror 14.3%, First-Person 8.5%

Diving into Abyss is a cave diving horror game with Photorealistic graphics. It's not just a diving simulation. It's a deep-sea survival horror that needs to survive suffocating closure fears and unidentified beings.

Why similar: Horror 16%, Realistic 13.1%, Psychological Horror 11.6%, First-Person 7.2%, Adventure 7.1%

Dear Lamb is a cinematic first-person psychological horror about two souls trapped on opposite sides of the same nightmare. Survive a reality built from fear, perform forbidden rituals, and uncover what binds them before one world consumes the other.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 15.8%, Walking Simulator 13%, Horror 12.6%, Realistic 12%, First-Person 11.8%

The Guest is a first-person psychological horror game that focuses on creating fear and tension for the player.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 15.9%, Psychological Horror 15.4%, Horror 13.8%, First-Person 12.2%, Realistic 9%

After crashing in the winter wilderness, you wake up in the middle of a blizzard. The forest is dead, the roads are gone, communication is lost. The only chance of salvation is a village hidden in the snow.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 22.2%, Realistic 17.8%, First-Person 12.7%, Adventure 12.5%, Exploration 9.8%

One night alone at the campground he loved as a kid. Closed for years, chained at the gate, rotting. A friend arrives at sunrise. Episode 2 of The Night Archive.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 24.1%, First-Person 13.9%, 3D 8.8%, Action 8.7%, Adventure 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 19.3%, Psychological Horror 17.5%, Realistic 13.7%, Horror 10.7%, Atmospheric 8.7%

Wake up at an abandoned train station and find yourself in a dark garage. Solve puzzles, find clues, and uncover secrets to escape. With a suspenseful atmosphere and three different endings, this game will captivate you. Can you escape the nightmare?

Why similar: Realistic 15.3%, Adventure 13.4%, First-Person 12.9%, Casual 11.2%, Exploration 10.5%

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 21.7% ★, Walking Simulator 14.2%, Realistic 14.2%, Psychological Horror 13.1%, Horror 10.1%

Forced into working as an Anomaly Observer in a space stockroom, you must explore, observe carefully, and report inconsistencies. Earn Credits to buy upgrades, but beware: hideous horrors are creeping in the dark.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 17.4%, First-Person 14.2%, Horror 12.8%, Realistic 12%, Atmospheric 9.5%

Night Clerk is a first-person horror experience set in a quiet roadside motel. Monitor CCTV cameras, answer late-night calls, and uncover subtle anomalies as long stretches of silence slowly give way to unsettling patterns.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 20.9%, Realistic 14.3%, Adventure 12.1%, First-Person 11.6%, Exploration 9.7%

A short walking simulator with a horror feel that recreates actual found footage, which can be related to Liminal Space and Backrooms.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 21.8%, First-Person 13.4%, Exploration 12.3%, Horror 11.8%, Realistic 11.5%

You've been hired to keep watch in a mysterious building with an infinite stairwell. Your task is simple: investigate each floor for strange phenomena. If you find an anomaly, be careful. Test your skills on the global leaderboard and in the weekly challenge event.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 21.2%, Psychological Horror 19.7%, Horror 15.4%, Realistic 12.8%, First-Person 8.1%