60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Story Rich, Atmospheric, Walking Simulator, Singleplayer.
As a young soldier returning to an eerily deserted home, you'll explore enigmatic rooms and uncover a haunting, tragic story. Experience an atmospheric journey filled with suspense, mysterious encounters, and a deep narrative.
Luto
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.
Homesick
Explore an abandoned building, encountering puzzles and clues to discover what happened, as you try to escape in both your nightmares and the waking world. Be immersed in the hauntingly beautiful 3D atmosphere in this puzzle exploration mystery game.
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 19%, Psychological 11.8%, Thriller 9.6%, Mystery 9.1%, Dark 9.1%
Explore an abandoned building, encountering puzzles and clues to discover what happened, as you try to escape in both your nightmares and the waking world. Be immersed in the hauntingly beautiful 3D atmosphere in this puzzle exploration mystery game.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 26.3%, Atmospheric 15.2%, Mystery 15.2%, First-Person 12.6%, Exploration 12.4%
A story-driven, first-person adventure game offering a cinematic experience. Embark on a journey to HaustVille, an abandoned settlement in a post-apocalyptic world. Explore your surroundings and uncover the mystery behind the disappearance of the last survivors.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 22.1%, Mystery 14.7%, Investigation 13.9%, Story Rich 9.9%, Emotional 8.9%
The Haunting of Joni Evers is a dark supernatural mystery about a broken family from small-town Oklahoma. Haunted by a specter that's hunted her family for generations, Joni must uncover the mysteries of the Cunningham House, dig through lost memories, and face the past to break the curse.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 18%, Investigation 13.1%, Mystery 11.9%, Emotional 11.1%, Story Rich 8.6%
An orphan returns to the house of the deceased fortune-teller to uncover the secret of his family's death. He must accept his legacy and become a prognostic before supernatural madness engulfs people of his town.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 24.7%, Story Rich 14.1%, First-Person 13.3%, Exploration 9.1%, Atmospheric 8.8%
Lost Brothers is a single-player first-person adventure, taking place in an abandoned mine. All you have is a walkie-talkie and a map. Explore a mysterious forest and a labyrinth of underground passages to rescue a mysterious lady.
Why similar: Narration 22.7%, Walking Simulator 17.1%, Drama 15.7%, Emotional 10%, First-Person 7.4%
BROKEN LIFE is an atmospheric, fully voiced Point-and-Click Adventure set in a war-torn world. Follow Leo, a former soldier, as he returns to his hometown to uncover the fate of his family, restore his home, and confront the dark secrets hidden within.
Why similar: Story Rich 20%, Dark 19%, Atmospheric 15%, Emotional 13.9%, Walking Simulator 11.8%
June 7th, 1995. 1:15 AM. You arrive home after a year abroad. You expect your family to greet you, but the house is empty. Something's not right. Where is everyone? And what's happened here? Unravel the mystery for yourself in Gone Home, a story exploration game from The Fullbright Company.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 56.2%, Exploration 8.4%, First-Person 7.4%, Atmospheric 7.4%, Story Rich 7.4%
Left Alone plunges you into a first-person psychological horror journey, where darkness and memories intertwine. As secrets emerge from shadows, use your wits to solve puzzles and explore haunting, forgotten locations. Every step echoes with the past; can you face the truths that await?
Why similar: Walking Simulator 21.6%, Investigation 11.5%, Psychological 11.5%, Mystery 9.4%, First-Person 9.3%
Hitchhiker is a mystery game set along lost highways, where your goal is to solve the puzzle of your own backstory.
Why similar: Mystery 14.8%, Story Rich 11.3%, Psychological 10.5%, First-Person 10.1%, Dark 10%
After their mother's suicide, Lazarus returns home to his sister Lyudmila. But unexplained events make the world and even reality collapse around him. Looming death, a spreading malediction and the supernatural threaten his sanity, yet Lazarus pushes forward to find the truth about his family.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 20%, Thriller 13.9%, Mystery 12.9%, Dark 10.8%, Story Rich 8.7%
A short find it game that helps you make sense of a tragic accident as you uncover a piece of the story with each item found.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 22.4%, Psychological 18.6%, Emotional 14.9%, Dark 10.3%, Story Rich 10.2%
Empathy: Path of Whispers is an atmospheric and story-driven adventure game where you explore a seemingly abandoned world through the emotions and memories of the people who once inhabited it, trying to restore the world’s lost balance by journeying through its past.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 34.3%, Story Rich 18.1%, Atmospheric 14%, Adventure 12.2%, First-Person 7.6%
House of Lost Souls is a story-driven horror game about Jack, who returns to his old family home in search of answers. Explore distorted memories, uncover dark secrets, and learn the truth about the tragedy that changed his life forever.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 30.8%, Dark 13.8%, Thriller 11.3%, Mystery 10.7%, First-Person 10.4%
This story-driven adventure follows a mystery of death and despair from reality into the surreal realms of objective memories and subjective experiences. Search the mind, solve puzzles, and unravel the dark truth in this psychological thriller.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 15.1%, Investigation 12.9%, Thriller 12.1%, Emotional 10.1%, Mystery 8.4%
Torn Away is an award winning interactive story with a unique blend of adventure games, side-scrollers, and cinematic first-person levels. Help little Asya find her way home in the middle of war.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 28.9%, Emotional 20.9%, Story Rich 16.6%, Atmospheric 13.7%, Exploration 10.4%
What Remains of Edith Finch is a collection of strange tales about a family in Washington state. As Edith, you’ll explore the colossal Finch house, searching for stories as she explores her family history and tries to figure out why she's the last one in her family left alive.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 27.1%, Story Rich 18.1%, Mystery 12.4%, Atmospheric 11%, First-Person 8.8%
Home is Where One Starts... is a short, first-person exploration game in the same vein as Dear Esther or Gone Home. It’s a story about childhood, hope, and the miracle of memory. You play as a little girl from a broken home somewhere in the American South.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 28%, Narration 15.3%, Drama 10.6%, First-Person 10.1%, Atmospheric 7.8%
Step into the mind of John Morley, a 1940s detective on his final case. Explore shadowed places long forgotten by time, and piece together crime scenes in a narrative adventure steeped in mystery, unexpected twists, and a truth buried for decades.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 20.6%, Mystery 12.2%, Interactive Fiction 9.2%, First-Person 9.2%, Story Rich 9.1%
Step into ZAAM's surreal world, a bone-chilling psychological thriller that will leave you questioning your sanity. Unravel a complex story in search of a missing daughter, with choices determining her fate. A must-play for fans of the genre.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 25.1%, First-Person 12.7%, Mystery 12.4%, Exploration 9.3%, Atmospheric 8%
Uncover the mystery of Thalassa, a first-person psychological drama set under the sea. Ill-fate has fallen on your former crew and friends and it’s up to you to find answers onboard the wreckage. Experience the melancholic underwater journey of human stories facing life and loss.
Why similar: Psychological 13.4%, Emotional 12.3%, Interactive Fiction 11.5%, First-Person 10.8%, Atmospheric 8.8%
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: Walking Simulator 20.6%, Psychological 12.8%, Dark 10.5%, Mystery 9.8%, First-Person 8.3%
Forgotten Hope is a short, single-player narrative-driven video game presented through the eyes of a teenage girl who is trying to reconnect with her past to find answers.
Why similar: Narration 23.6%, Walking Simulator 15.1%, Story Rich 9.4%, First-Person 8.6%, Exploration 7.7%
In the wake of catastrophe find the means to make your family whole again.
Why similar: Emotional 22.9%, Story Rich 15.4%, Atmospheric 15.2%, Dark 14.9%, Walking Simulator 8.3%
Darkness Ahead is an adventure game about a man searching for his little brother. A plateau between mountains holds a dark secret about its past. You have to stay alive and collect everything you need to complete your quest.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 20%, Mystery 11.3%, Dark 10.9%, Adventure 10.4%, First-Person 9.6%
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 24.5%, Mystery 11.2%, Dark 10.8%, Thriller 10.4%, Psychological 10%
The Shattering is a first-person, story-driven, psychological thriller. Its defining features are the dynamic environments, beautiful aesthetic and intriguing story. The gameplay is meant to submerge you in the mind of John, as you take each step forward into the twisted mystery of what happened.
Why similar: Thriller 20.4%, Psychological 17.4%, Adventure 15.7%, Indie 11%, Walking Simulator 10.8%
Coming back to the family hotel after years, a young woman finds herself trapped with the ghosts from her past and an old cellular telephone as the only way to unveil a terrible truth.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 19.1%, Thriller 12.3%, Mystery 11.8%, Psychological 11.6%, Dark 8.2%
The Wellmonts Case is a first-person psychological horror game set in 1993, Northern Maine. As a private detective, you explore the abandoned Wellmont farm, search for clues, photograph unsettling evidence, and uncover the truth behind a family's unexplained disappearance.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 20.1%, Thriller 14.3%, Mystery 10.2%, Investigation 9.8%, Dark 9.5%
it's always monday - is a first person exploration game
Why similar: Adventure 77.9%, Walking Simulator 4%, Drama 3.2%, Emotional 2.3%, Mystery 2.1%
Atmospheric first person adventure game focusing on immersion and exploration. Meet strange characters, discover secrets and try to unfold the mystery of the Fragmentation.
Why similar: Mystery 19.9%, First-Person 15.8%, Investigation 15.3%, Exploration 14.5%, Atmospheric 13%
Welcome to The Fabled Woods, a dark and mysterious narrative short story. Despite the picturesque beauty, ugly and terrible secrets lurk among the shifting boughs, darkness that no amount of dappled sunlight can erase. Take the first step, and experience an unforgettable journey.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 22.6%, Narration 17.3%, Adventure 11.6%, First-Person 9%, Mystery 8.5%
RESTORER is a classic walking simulator set in an old, atmospheric mansion. Something roams the halls… It wants to share its secret—with the price being your sanity.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 32.2%, Thriller 13.3%, Atmospheric 11.6%, Dark 10.7%, Story Rich 6.1%
Wander through an interactive nightmare set within the confines of a once-happy household. Piece together the mystery behind a harrowing series of events while struggling to survive encounters with an entity that relentlessly stands in the way of finding absolution.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 25.6%, Dark 11.9%, Story Rich 11.3%, First-Person 11.1%, Atmospheric 10.5%
A first-person atmospheric horror-puzzle game that focuses on the narrative to tie together the gruesome world with creative puzzles. Explore the mind of a twisted serial killer who wants nothing else than to show his work of art as well as tell his story to the world.
Why similar: Narration 30%, Thriller 13%, Atmospheric 11.7%, Mystery 9.9%, Adventure 6.2%
A few months have passed since the death of my son, Simon. Ever since that tragic day, I find myself falling into the darkest emotions I could ever imagine. I am haunted everyday with what I have done; But sometimes, I am haunted by more than just my emotions...
Why similar: Walking Simulator 28.1%, Thriller 18.3%, Dark 15.9%, Story Rich 15.3%, Atmospheric 8.4%
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: Walking Simulator 22%, Mystery 11%, Dark 10.2%, Thriller 9.8%, Psychological 9.8%
"Purpose 1951" is an almost pure walking simulator set in the United States of 1951. You play as a retired doctor whose life falls apart.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 20.4%, Drama 19.7%, Narration 19.5%, Mystery 8.2%, Emotional 6.7%
A psychological first-person horror game where you enter a memory-erasing protocol and relive a trauma. Uncover dark secrets, and experience fear through immersive atmosphere.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 28.6%, Thriller 17.1%, Dark 12.4%, Atmospheric 10.4%, First-Person 9.7%
A psychological horror experience set in a forgotten apartment filled with dark memories, eerie puzzles, and emotional scars waiting to resurface.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 26.7%, Investigation 16.8%, Dark 12.3%, Story Rich 11%, Atmospheric 11%
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: Walking Simulator 23.2%, Thriller 14.2%, Dark 10%, First-Person 9.9%, Atmospheric 9.9%
Get lost in a lucid dream, bending the lines between reality and fiction. Utilize the strange camera to navigate through the ghosts' mysterious residence. Find the purpose of your nocturnal visit in a vivid and dreamlike setting.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 21.2%, Psychological 17.2%, Mystery 12.1%, Emotional 12%, Story Rich 10%
Torn is a dark science-fiction mystery. Explore the abandoned mansion of Dr. Lawrence Talbot, an eccentric scientist missing for 64 years. Use the Gravity Tool to activate Talbot’s machines, then transport to the strange dimension known as “The Parallel.”
Why similar: Adventure 100%
REVEIL is a narrative first-person psycho-thriller game that focuses on story, puzzles and exploration. Find out what’s going on inside Walter Thompson and what his dark past at the Nelson Bros Circus has to do with it.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 22.5%, Mystery 12.2%, Drama 11.7%, Dark 10%, First-Person 9.7%
A woman alone in a house. A mystery and a love story. Explore the present to uncover the past, in a short story of love and loss and a life well-lived. A narrative exploration game that examines a world where memories are constantly fading and jumbled.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 29%, Emotional 16%, Mystery 13.8%, Exploration 10.9%, Atmospheric 10%
It Happened At Night is a short horror game where the player must complete basic objectives to advance the story and immerse themselves through the eyes of the protagonist.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 22.5%, Mystery 13.5%, Thriller 9.2%, Atmospheric 9.1%, Exploration 8.9%
Are You Lost? Wander endless corridors where shifting environments, sinister voices, and echoes of real events create a chilling atmosphere. Andrey doesn’t remember who he was, but the walls know the truth. It’s time to remember everything.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 35.4%, First-Person 14.5%, Dark 12.6%, Story Rich 12.4%, Atmospheric 10.3%
You are on a bleak, cold, windy island. And you seem to be alone... but fires and candles still burn. As you explore, a story of guilt, loneliness, and faith begins to take shape. And it becomes obvious that something is hunting you...
Why similar: Walking Simulator 29%, First-Person 11.6%, Investigation 10.7%, Story Rich 10.1%, Exploration 9.6%
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 21.1%, Psychological 11.9%, Story Rich 9.9%, Dark 9.8%, Emotional 9.3%
Immerse yourself in the obscure and mysterious autumnal forest, where every wrong step could be your last. As you travel uncover the dark story behind this place, where beauty and danger have become as one.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 29.7%, Mystery 11.9%, Atmospheric 10.8%, Exploration 10.2%, Dark 10%
A "Blind" simulator that lets you experience a new perspective and immersive sensory journey. Step into a world of darkness using your guide cane.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 27.6%, Psychological 17%, Emotional 16%, Story Rich 11.8%, Atmospheric 9.8%
Uncover the mysteries of Whitehaven Orphanage in this first-person psychological horror game. Explore the place, collect clues and put the pieces together to find out what happened years ago as you delve deep into your mind.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 19.1%, Psychological 14.5%, Thriller 14.4%, Dark 11.6%, First-Person 10.1%
INFRA puts you into the boots of a structural analyst on a routine mission. Quickly though, your task turns into a fight for survival, all caused by deep-rooted schemes of the past. Your tools are simple: your camera and the wits to navigate a labyrinth of debris.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 26.6%, Mystery 13.7%, Exploration 12.5%, Atmospheric 11.8%, First-Person 11.8%
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 24.7%, Mystery 13.1%, Dark 12.9%, Psychological 9.4%, Atmospheric 8.7%
Insight is a single-player horror story game shrouded in mystery. You'll take control of different characters to solve crimes and unveil the dark secrets behind them.
Why similar: Thriller 25%, Emotional 17.1%, Story Rich 16.5%, Dark 16.1%, Walking Simulator 10.2%
Delve into a dark adventure following the boy with a prosthetic face and a tragic past. Unravel the sinister mysteries of Sally's world to find the truth that lies hidden beneath the shadows.
Why similar: Story Rich 17.5%, Mystery 17.2%, Dark 15.2%, Emotional 14%, Atmospheric 10.4%
A game about the short journey of a boy who left home. Experience a dense story in around 2 hours, along with rhythm gameplay and music puzzles. Enjoy live acoustic sounds and a story that feels like a musical film!
Why similar: Drama 27.9%, Emotional 22.5%, Story Rich 18.5%, Dark 16.9%, Adventure 5%
Paranormal Torment is a psychological horror game in the spirit of P.T., where you're trapped in a loop of memory and guilt, forced to relive a tragedy over and over again. He's still waiting for you to come back...
Why similar: Walking Simulator 27.5%, Psychological 12.6%, First-Person 11.1%, Exploration 10.2%, Dark 9.2%
The Silent Swan is a contemplative first-person narrative experience across a megalithic, derelict world. Mixing elements from both walking simulator and open levels.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 18.8%, Mystery 11.5%, Thriller 11.3%, Dark 10.6%, Emotional 9%
