- #1 Fragments of Self: Thoughts
97% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Nothing
Windows
My life has changed drastically: a new country, university, dormitory, work. Drowsiness and fatigue have become a habit, just like the silhouettes I’ve started seeing in my peripheral vision.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 29%, Adventure 15.2%, Emotional 10.7%, Exploration 10.1%, First-Person 8.9%
- #2 Ouija Rumours
96% matchMostly Positive76% of 51 reviews2022
Dev: LsGamedev
Windows
Oujia: Rumors provides a first-person thriller-horror survival experience taking in a haunted house. The fictional storyline is set to raise awareness against rumors. The wise do not buy rumors, do you?
Why similar: Walking Simulator 27.3%, Adventure 11.4%, Gore 10%, Exploration 9.2%, First-Person 8%
- #3 Caution Ahead: Part 3
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ionic Relay
Windows
Descend into darkness as John, a search and rescue officer, reaches the final destination of his journey. Explore claustrophobic mines in this horror experience that blends atmospheric exploration with stealth-based survival.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 32.4%, Adventure 17.5%, Exploration 11.2%, First-Person 10.7%, Mystery 7.3%
- #4 Don't Be Afraid 2
95% matchMostly Positive73% of 257 reviews2024
Dev: Eneida Games
Windows
Descend deep into the nightmare that seamlessly blends with reality in this uncanny horror escape room game. Can you find your way out of the horrid mansion or will you succumb to your fears? Can you face and overcome your past, or will it break you?
Why similar: Walking Simulator 18.8%, Emotional 10.1%, Gore 8.5%, Survival Horror 8.3%, First-Person 8%
- #5 Soviet Village
94% matchMostly Negative38% of 13 reviews2025
Dev: Ghost_RUS Games
Windows
A deadly search for a grandmother in the village. Can you escape the loop? Unpredictable horror.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 29.6%, Adventure 15%, Exploration 10.6%, First-Person 9.6%, Gore 6.3%
- #6 GhostlyRyokan
94% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2024
Dev: Taiga
Windows
An abandoned inn where lost souls wander, your decision will determine its outcome.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 37.4%, Adventure 20.4%, Exploration 12.9%, First-Person 11.6%, Horror 8.4%
- #7 REliC
93% matchNo user reviews50% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: WEM3
Windows
WEM3 presents their debut horror adventure! Wield your camera to materialize invisible entities and reveal the hidden truth.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 36.1%, Adventure 20.3%, Exploration 12.3%, First-Person 11.7%, Horror 9.4%
- #8 The Lighthouse Whispers
92% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: HEADWINDS
Windows
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 26.2%, Adventure 15.9%, Horror 13.2%, Psychological Horror 8.9%, Exploration 8.1%
- #9 The Maid
91% matchVery Positive81% of 170 reviews2025
Dev: 99 Grados Games
Windows
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 28%, Adventure 10.9%, First-Person 10.3%, Exploration 10.1%, Horror 8.2%
- #10 Insanitorium - Don’t Be Afraid
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Fallen LeafPub: Unseen Silence
Windows
Trapped in a psychiatric hospital, you must escape demons lurking in the shadows.Explore Insanitorium only with your flashlight and scarce batteries, defend yourself with a machete and a dart gun, and face the strange patients. Remember, do not listen to the mannequins that whisper inside your head.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 21.6%, Emotional 9.6%, Adventure 8.6%, Psychological Horror 8.1%, Exploration 7.2%
- #11 ❌ M A N D A T O R Y ✅
90% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Appnormals Team
Windows
- - - - - - - Your participation is NOT OPTIONAL ❌🔒 Productivity is key. 💻 🌣 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - COMPLIANCE is required. 📝 ✅
Why similar: Walking Simulator 35.4%, Adventure 19.3%, Exploration 12.2%, First-Person 11.7%, Horror 9.5%
- #12 Recurring Dream
89% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2024
Dev: Grow Now!
Windows
Recurring Dream is a short, atmospheric walking simulator where you revisit a cold, majestic mountain lost in memory and longing. Explore the surreal, dreamlike landscapes as you search for a loved one, unravelling a deeply emotional story.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 31.4%, Adventure 17.3%, Emotional 11.8%, Exploration 10.9%, First-Person 8.8%
- #13 obakeyashiki
89% matchPositive91% of 11 reviews2025
Dev: Gattorocco
Windows
Find your way out of a haunted house like a maze. A first-person horror exploration adventure.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 43.6%, Adventure 16.9%, Exploration 14%, Horror 12%, First-Person 11.1%
- #14 Just a Stay at the Inn
88% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: 箱庭Prot
Windows
A horror-inspired game set in a Japanese inn, similar to Exit 8. Random anomalies occur as you explore, bringing new scares with each run. Simple controls make it easy to pick up and play.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 42.6%, Adventure 13.6%, First-Person 13.2%, Horror 10.8%, 3D 8.6%
- #15 Unmixable Syrup
87% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: asobinuku
Windows
I wolf down a cold, lonely meal. Work's wearing me down, and money's shaky. The syrup I pour into my cold coffee never mixes, no matter how much I stir. So I figure I'll just wander around in my dreams.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 44.9%, Exploration 14.5%, Adventure 14.3%, First-Person 12.8%, Atmospheric 7%
- #16 Selling Souls
86% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2024
Dev: Taiga
Windows
Something is wrong with this store
Why similar: Walking Simulator 31.1%, Adventure 19%, Horror 16.3%, First-Person 15.8%, Exploration 9.3%
- #17 Office Inspector
84% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Ice Break INQ
Windows
Identify anomalies and dangers in a mysterious office complex and make the right decisions to escape using the elevator.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 38.7%, First-Person 12.1%, Adventure 10.7%, Gore 7.9%, 3D 7.8%
- #18 エスカレーター | Escalator
85% matchMostly Negative39% of 124 reviews2024
Dev: Toyasky
Windows
Escalator is a horror game in which you must find something unusual while riding an escalator and try to escape from an enclosed space.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 39.8%, Adventure 15.3%, Horror 12.9%, First-Person 10.3%, 3D 7.6%
- #19 Strange Midnight
86% match7 user reviews57% of 7 reviews2020
Dev: Red Forest Games
Windows
The plot of the game will tell about the adventures of Alice, about her feelings for her grandfather.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 36.1%, Adventure 19.4%, Exploration 12.4%, First-Person 11.2%, Horror 11%
- #20 Tuya
84% match9 user reviews78% of 9 reviews2023
Dev: Taiga
Windows
A frightening experience in the Japanese countryside!
Why similar: Walking Simulator 35.6%, Adventure 18.9%, Horror 15.4%, First-Person 11.6%, Exploration 8.3%
- #21 Liminal Sick Pizza Blue
81% matchPositive100% of 17 reviews2026
Dev: POCKET HORROR BOX
Windows
Make pizzas and deliver them. The hardest part of running the shop alone is that the delivery destinations are "liminal spaces." A story-driven 3D horror game. There is a kind of worst possible outcome that can only be born in infinite space. Once you understand it, it is already too late.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 36.1%, Adventure 13.4%, Exploration 12.5%, First-Person 11.1%, 3D 7.2%
- #22 Feywing
83% match9 user reviews78% of 9 reviews2023
Dev: Dinoleaf LLC
Windows · Linux
Feywing is a short game loosely inspired by classic internet ritual stories. You must memorize and navigate the strange environment of the Crossroads to collect materials for the ritual, and escape the Crossroads. During all of this, the whimsical Feywing will be there to guide you along.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 26.8%, Survival Horror 15.9%, Adventure 15%, Exploration 14.7%, First-Person 8.5%
- #23 Basement
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: RealStorm
Windows
You’ve just moved into your new home. The neighbors are quiet. But the basement... isn’t empty. Uncover the tragic truth behind the house’s previous owners in this story-driven psychological horror experience. Explore, and survive the lingering presence of a soul trapped in darkness.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 22.6%, Adventure 17.9%, Survival Horror 13.8%, Horror 12.1%, Exploration 7.8%
- #24 Hoiwa Hub
82% matchMostly Positive79% of 19 reviews2022
Dev: BeanKing Computer Entertainment
Windows
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 33.7%, Adventure 17.5%, Exploration 11.7%, First-Person 8.6%, 3D 6.8%
- #25 HOLLOW EARTH
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: MyrhadevPub: Myrhadev (OL Software)
Windows
An experimental found footage horror game set in 2017.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 27.3%, Emotional 12.7%, Exploration 10.5%, First-Person 10.1%, Horror 8.7%
- #26 The Shattered Mind of Lucas Hayes
80% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: ilyandily
Windows
A first-person walking simulator focused on atmosphere and introspection, where players explore surreal spaces, discover memories, and move at their own pace through a calm, dreamlike experience.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 41.7%, Adventure 13.3%, First-Person 13%, Exploration 11.4%, Atmospheric 7.1%
- #27 Visiting Grandma
79% matchMostly Positive75% of 16 reviews2026
Dev: Sysreb Games
Windows
Prepare for a chilling and suspenseful first-person horror journey with a spooky atmosphere. What starts as a warm and welcoming stay at grandma's house soon reveals a tragic story.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 30.6%, Adventure 15.4%, Exploration 10.7%, Emotional 9.7%, First-Person 8.2%
- #28 Fox Pines
78% match6 user reviews83% of 6 reviews2025
Dev: Smuttheir Studios
Windows
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: Walking Simulator 32.2%, Horror 12.7%, Exploration 12.5%, First-Person 12%, Mystery 10.4%
- #29 House of Saturn
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: XCATHEDRA Games
Windows
Exorcize the demonic in this psychological horror game set in early 1900s England. Navigate a haunted university by solving light puzzles, fueling your lantern, and hiding from a demon that can phase through walls. The gates of hell shall not prevail.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 30%, Horror 11.7%, Adventure 9.6%, First-Person 8.3%, Psychological Horror 7.8%
- #30 13层:公寓异常管理员 13 Floors: Anomalies
77% matchMixed66% of 125 reviews2024
Dev: LU
Windows
You get a strange job. Your job is to patrol a 13th-floor apartment, look for anomalies...
Why similar: Walking Simulator 30.5%, Exploration 15.7%, First-Person 12.9%, Mystery 9.1%, 3D 8.6%
- #31 SCP Studies
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: FestiveAltrumPub: AltrumGames
Windows
In this game you explore a SCP Facility, while trying to stay sane and finish objectives by completing everything the SCP's have to offer. Interact with anomalous objects; experience, avoid, destroy, and use them. Learn how the facility operates and try to to keep it running as long as you can.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 30.1%, Adventure 18.3%, Exploration 10.3%, First-Person 8.2%, Gore 7.4%
- #32 Backward poiesis
76% matchPositive89% of 36 reviews2024
Dev: sur
Windows
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 34.7%, Exploration 14.8%, First-Person 12%, Horror 9.6%, 3D 7.5%
- #33 LiDAR Exploration Program
75% matchVery Positive90% of 282 reviews2025
Dev: KenForest
Windows
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 28.1%, Exploration 12.2%, Adventure 12.1%, Horror 11.5%, First-Person 10.6%
- #34 Path to Heaven
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: OldcoldstonePub: Yahaha Studios
Windows
When heaven is tainted by evil, where shall we find redemption? Or, is this a path to heaven, or a road to hell?
Why similar: Walking Simulator 34.7%, Adventure 13%, Exploration 11.8%, Horror 9.6%, Psychological Horror 8.9%
- #35 Fragments of Fear
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Pradyum Mistry
Windows
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 32.9%, Exploration 13.9%, First-Person 11.1%, Horror 9.2%, Adventure 8.6%
- #36 Night Clerk
73% matchMixed65% of 20 reviews2026
Dev: Arzolath®
Windows
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 33.3%, Adventure 17.2%, Exploration 11.6%, First-Person 10.4%, 3D 6.7%
- #37 The Forest Watches
73% match8 user reviews88% of 8 reviews2026
Dev: RanSio
Windows
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: Walking Simulator 27.5%, Adventure 17.4%, Horror 11.1%, Psychological Horror 10.7%, First-Person 9%
- #38 The three little pigs at the slaughterhouse
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Nostrom game
Windows
Deep inside a slaughterhouse, play as three little pigs trying to escape in this first‑person horror adventure. Between twisted experiments and industrial death, will you survive this hell where madness and hatred reshape flesh
Why similar: Walking Simulator 15.2%, Survival Horror 13.2%, Horror 12%, Adventure 11%, First-Person 10.3%
- #39 Mansion of the Dead
73% matchVery Positive94% of 108 reviews2025
Dev: Caicai Studio
Windows
Step into the shoes of Agent Kim, drawn into a chilling mystery deep in the wilderness. Find hidden clues, solve intricate puzzles, and outsmart the relentless zombies that roam the estate. Will you make it out alive, or will you too vanish without a trace?
Why similar: Walking Simulator 20.4%, Survival Horror 12.3%, Gore 11.6%, Horror 10.1%, Exploration 9.7%
- #40 Price of theft
71% match5 user reviews60% of 5 reviews2025
Dev: Artmonsy
Windows
A first-person psychological horror game about fear, guilt, and obsession. Explore a cursed estate, solve puzzles, find notes, and confront what lurks in the darkness. Atmosphere, suspense, and jump scares will make your heart beat faster.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 34.6%, Exploration 12%, First-Person 10.7%, Emotional 10%, 3D 7%
- #41 御祝呪 -oshukuju-
72% matchMostly Positive79% of 14 reviews2024
Dev: TENJO GAMES
Windows
This is the story of curse and blessing hidden under a bloodline. Tamako wakes up to see an unfamiliar ceiling. She seeks an escape from the mansion, through traces of distorted feelings. “Novel-to-Experience” Adventure Horror.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 43.1%, Adventure 13.1%, Horror 11.9%, Psychological Horror 11.6%, Exploration 10.6%
- #42 SILENT CONFESSION
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: CHEESEIN
Windows
Silent Confession is a first-person psychological horror game. Living in a cramped urban village building, You develop a sick obsession with the woman in the opposite building. Voyeurism is your daily routine. But after giving in to your urges one day, something in your room no longer feels right.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 28.9%, Emotional 13.8%, First-Person 11.9%, Mystery 10.7%, Psychological Horror 10.2%
- #43 ZAAM
74% matchMostly Positive74% of 61 reviews2020
Dev: Alon ZubinaPub: Alon Zubina
Windows
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 29.9%, First-Person 13.4%, Adventure 12.6%, Exploration 10.8%, Mystery 9.3%
- #44 Dream Prison
71% matchMixed58% of 24 reviews2025
Dev: Budai
Windows · Linux
"Dream Prison" is a 3D horror escape game similar to Exit 8. Find the anomalous rooms and escape the cult church.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 38.3%, First-Person 13.4%, Horror 11.3%, Psychological Horror 10.5%, Adventure 9.3%
- #45 Destined Corp: Awakening
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Voidspark Studio
Windows
Destined Corp, once a pioneer in AI-driven robotics, sees its creations evolve into self-aware beings who come to believe that humanity is "obsolete." These robots begin developing plans to create a new generation of humans—genetically engineered to be fully under their control.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 31.6%, Adventure 16.4%, Exploration 11%, First-Person 8.1%, Gore 6.6%
- #46 20 Floors
70% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: KORY
Windows
You are left alone on the top floor of an apartment. Your only goal is to reach the ground. But as you descend, the corridor you once knew begins to warp into something grotesque. There’s no telling what horror awaits. Just don't stop. Keep going down.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 34.9%, Adventure 18.1%, Exploration 11.2%, First-Person 10.8%, Mystery 7.1%
- #47 Yellowstone
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Pedro Hertz
Windows
Yellowstone is a first-person survival horror game set in Yellowstone National Park. Explore a hidden cave system where ancient creatures lurk in the shadows. Navigate the ever-changing labyrinth, evading these creatures as you uncover the cave’s dark secrets and struggle to survive.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 19.8%, Survival Horror 12.1%, First-Person 10.8%, Exploration 10.6%, Horror 10.2%
- #48 Last Sighting
70% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2024
Dev: ArachnisGames
Windows
Wake up to the sound of your neighbors dog outside. Take your trusty lantern and escort him home. With night looming. Use your lantern to guide you on your way. With something lurking in the night and your car broken down you'll have to find a way to defend yourself as you make your way to safety.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 35.9%, Exploration 15.4%, First-Person 13%, Horror 10.7%, Survival Horror 8.1%
- #49 Spectral Sonata
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Feeric Studio
Windows
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: Walking Simulator 19.3%, Emotional 12.5%, Survival Horror 9.2%, Horror 8.7%, Mystery 8.2%
- #50 Don't Play This
66% matchVery Positive85% of 628 reviews2026
Dev: AdmiaPub: Notex
Windows
Five scary stories, but they all have the same ending. Can you play it? A psychological horror game from the first person, which few will pass.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 22.9%, Gore 11.8%, Exploration 9.6%, Mystery 9.6%, Horror 9.3%
- #51 Limirama
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Limirama
Windows
You are a ghost forever trapped in endless worlds you never even knew existed. An atmospheric experience focused on slow pacing, exploration, and deep environmental immersion.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 35.1%, Adventure 18.2%, Exploration 12.2%, First-Person 10.9%, Mystery 7.8%
- #52 Inside SCP-167
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: André Urian
Windows
Inside SCP-167 is a first-person psychological horror game that combines investigation and puzzle-solving. Take on the role of Alex, the most experienced agent of the SCP Foundation, and explore a labyrinth of cubic rooms in order to put an end to a growing evil that is spreading throughout the area
Why similar: Walking Simulator 31.8%, Adventure 12.5%, Exploration 11.4%, First-Person 10.6%, Mystery 8%
- #53 ExitApartment
66% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2025
Dev: Joseph
Windows
You awaken in an elevator. Something is terribly wrong with this apartment building. Find the scattered notes, follow the clues, and escape—before it's too late.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 37.1%, Adventure 20%, Exploration 12.8%, Horror 10%, 3D 7.4%
- #54 Exorcism of Montague Manor
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: GraveBound Studios
Windows
A first-person psychological horror game set in a pitch-black mansion where your only tool is a flashlight. Collect clues, make risky light-on or light-off decisions, and survive sudden shock jumpscares in a tense, combat-free experience focused on fear and uncertainty.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 34.8%, Adventure 13%, Exploration 12%, First-Person 11.6%, Gore 8%
- #55 -256
67% matchVery Positive82% of 214 reviews2023
Dev: CorpsePickle
Windows
The last scenery you faced was a quite unfamiliar hotel office. Leaving all the uncertainties behind, you have to perform significant or insignificant tasks from here on out. -256 is a pixel graphics first-person mystery hotel walking simulator.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 38.9%, Mystery 12.6%, Exploration 10.6%, Adventure 10.4%, 3D 8%
- #56 SIGNAL
69% matchMixed40% of 10 reviews2020
Dev: RPavel
Windows
A game in the genre of horror that tells you the story of the main character named John who works on the space station Atlant. You will find a leisurely gameplay with elements of small puzzles and story narration through the onboard crew records. Welcome to the space station Atlant!
Why similar: Walking Simulator 42.1%, Adventure 15.9%, First-Person 15.1%, Horror 13.5%, Atmospheric 6.5%
- #57 Psalm 2
63% matchVery Positive89% of 171 reviews2026
Dev: NotexPub: N4bA
Windows
First-person psychological horror where the elevator is the only safe place. Each floor is a new reality. Each floor has a new inhabitant. Find it to continue your descent downward.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 21%, Gore 14.4%, Horror 10.6%, Psychological Horror 10.4%, Exploration 9.8%
- #58 Foster: Ghost Child | 養小鬼
67% matchMixed42% of 74 reviews2022
Dev: Lsgamedev
Windows
Foster: Ghost Child provides an atmospheric horror that incorporates East Asian elements rarely used in games. The game makes use of Chinese traditional elements to convey a distinct and frightful storyline that incorporates Taoism, Buddhism, and Chinese mythology.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 20.2%, Survival Horror 14%, Horror 13.3%, Exploration 9.7%, Psychological Horror 8.8%
- #59 Kach
66% matchVery Positive81% of 292 reviews2022
Dev: Bhargav ModhaPub: BYGames
Windows · Mac
On a task to find your sister, you find yourself exploring an old abandoned house. But you soon find out that things are not as they seem.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 31.2%, Adventure 15.8%, Horror 13.8%, Exploration 9%, First-Person 7.8%