60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Walking Simulator, Adventure, Indie, Atmospheric.
A contemplative experience where you’ll wander through the dreams, memories and fantasies emerging from a dialogue between a grandfather and his grandchild.
Proteus
Proteus is a game about exploration and immersion in a dream-like island world where the soundtrack to your play is created by your surroundings. Played in first-person, the primary means of interaction is simply your presence in the world and how you observe it.
Dream
Dream is an exploration game that takes place within the subconscious mind of Howard Phillips, a young man whose waking hours are tedious and dull, but whose dreams are lucid and powerful.
Proteus is a game about exploration and immersion in a dream-like island world where the soundtrack to your play is created by your surroundings. Played in first-person, the primary means of interaction is simply your presence in the world and how you observe it.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 29.6%, Experimental 25.7%, Relaxing 14.6%, Exploration 12.1%, First-Person 4.4%
Dream is an exploration game that takes place within the subconscious mind of Howard Phillips, a young man whose waking hours are tedious and dull, but whose dreams are lucid and powerful.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 39%, Exploration 15.5%, Atmospheric 11.1%, Surreal 8.8%, First-Person 8.2%
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: Experimental 29.1%, Walking Simulator 24.3%, Psychological 17.6%, Story Rich 9.6%, Atmospheric 8.2%
Traverse a harmonious hand painted forest in this first person hike. ☀️The trees guide you with gentle whispers, as you explore a philosophical story.
Why similar: Experimental 40%, Walking Simulator 23%, Cinematic 10.7%, Stylized 8.2%, Relaxing 7.3%
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 30.1%, Surreal 19%, Exploration 11%, Relaxing 9.1%, First-Person 7.6%
She continues to dream. A first-person dream simulator where you explore a corner of a dream.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 34.2%, Surreal 31.3%, Relaxing 15.1%, Atmospheric 6.6%, First-Person 5.3%
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 35%, Story Rich 17%, Atmospheric 13.5%, Surreal 12.3%, Adventure 8.6%
A surrealist indie first-person adventure game based on art and derealization. Explore the idea of a mind losing its grasp with reality, as reality turns into a dream, and that dream turns into a nightmare.
Why similar: Experimental 26.6%, Surreal 18.2%, Walking Simulator 15.6%, Psychological 14.2%, Story Rich 6.4%
A Walk with Yiayia is a heartfelt solo-developed, bite-sized adventure game about taking your Greek grandmother on a walk after she's lost her confidence from a scary fall. Connect through engaging conversations, explore a relaxing environment, and complete microquests in this thoughtful adventure.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 41.3%, Cinematic 20.8%, Exploration 13.1%, Stylized 11.3%, Pixel Graphics 8.2%
my brother lives in a canyon is a short adventure game about two brothers reminiscing over short-wave radios.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 34.4%, Mystery 12.2%, Exploration 10.8%, Relaxing 9.2%, First-Person 8.6%
The Old City: Leviathan is an experiment in first person exploration that focuses entirely on story. All that exists is you and the world. Set in a decaying city from a civilization long past, The Old City: Leviathan puts the player in the shoes of a sewer dwelling isolationist.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 37.9%, Surreal 17.7%, Atmospheric 12.4%, Exploration 11.3%, Story Rich 7.4%
The Beginner's Guide is a narrative video game from Davey Wreden, the creator of The Stanley Parable. It lasts about an hour and a half and has no traditional mechanics, no goals or objectives. Instead, it tells the story of a person struggling to deal with something they do not understand.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 28.4%, Experimental 18.7%, Surreal 12.3%, Story Rich 11.8%, Psychological 10.4%
Atuel is an award-winning surrealist documentary game in which you explore beautiful, dreamlike landscapes inspired by the topography and wildlife of the Atuel River Valley in Argentina.
Why similar: Experimental 24.1%, Walking Simulator 19%, Surreal 17.2%, Relaxing 9%, Stylized 7.8%
Embark on an emotional first-person narrative adventure where you control the story—and affect its outcomes—with your real-life blinks. With this innovative technique you will fully immerse yourself in a world of memories, both joyous and heartbreaking, as your whole life flashes before your eyes.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 21.2%, Story Rich 17.7%, Surreal 15.5%, Psychological 15.5%, Mystery 8.4%
"I hope that someday, you'll dream of me." -- CINERIS SOMNIA is a 3D adventure through a beautifully strange and mesmerizing world - and a young girl's cruel and forlorn dreams.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 36.9%, Mystery 13.5%, Realistic 12.9%, Story Rich 12.1%, Cinematic 11.6%
An immersive, narrative videogame that retells Joel Green’s 4-year fight against cancer through about two hours of poetic, imaginative gameplay that explores themes of faith, hope and love.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 34.3%, Surreal 21.5%, Story Rich 18.4%, Atmospheric 11.2%, Adventure 4.2%
Unable to sleep, you navigate a quiet condo complex. There's no rush - just you, the building, its inhabitants, and the stories they hold.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 35.8%, Exploration 11.9%, Atmospheric 11.6%, Relaxing 10.2%, First-Person 9.1%
Enter a world that’s utterly surreal and eerily familiar. Escape the mundanity of your existence in an experience that will stay with you. Mosaic is a narrative-driven modern adventure game with a story that lasts about 2-3 hours.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 35.7%, Cinematic 18.8%, Adventure 17.9%, Atmospheric 15.2%, Indie 12.4%
Get lost beneath the fog in The Wild Eternal, a reflective first-person exploration game. Embark on a meditative journey to heal the scars of your past. Can you escape the cycle of reincarnation?
Why similar: Walking Simulator 24.6%, Mystery 11%, Surreal 10.7%, Relaxing 9%, Story Rich 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 19.6%, Psychological 18.7%, Surreal 16.3%, Mystery 10.1%, Atmospheric 8.7%
Lucid Cycle offers a set of short but unique experiences.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 31.5%, Surreal 19.1%, Mystery 16.7%, Atmospheric 10.4%, Exploration 9.5%
Forgotten Fields is a game about yearning and nostalgia. Play as Sid - a struggling writer who travels back to his childhood home one last time before it's sold off. Visit old friends, relive memories and play through sections of Sid's book in this warm game about the passage of time.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 27.4%, Cinematic 14%, Soundtrack 12.8% ★, Story Rich 11.7%, Relaxing 11.4%
Wander through dreamscapes woven from memories of the millennium. Use your camera to freeze tender fragments of days gone by, collecting lost shards of childhood. In an atmosphere where Chinese Dreamcore and Liminal Space intertwine, savor a warmth that feels both familiar and strange.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 31.8%, Relaxing 13.9%, Cinematic 12.7%, Atmospheric 10.7%, Exploration 10.7%
From the creators of What Remains of Edith Finch. Enter the surreal world of The Unfinished Swan and explore a mysterious, hidden kingdom by splatting paint to reveal the world around you.
Why similar: Surreal 29.8%, Walking Simulator 18.5%, Exploration 12.7%, Mystery 11.1%, Story Rich 6.3%
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 21.2%, Exploration 15.5%, Stylized 15.3%, Atmospheric 14.5%, First-Person 12.3%
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 34.9%, Mystery 15%, Exploration 12%, Atmospheric 11.3%, Stylized 10.1%
Help Lily use her imagination to unlock her memories and relive the events of a night that changed her life. Discover what happened and what is 103.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 23.2%, Surreal 21.3%, Psychological 9.4%, Relaxing 9.2%, Atmospheric 9.1%
The Honours Project is an autobiographical walking simulator. Enjoy a narrative experience, adventuring through dream-like levels, solving an occasional puzzle and listening to the dark and sometimes comical dialogue that acts as a commentary about being a student and game development.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 35%, Story Rich 14%, Cinematic 12.8%, Stylized 9.6%, Surreal 7.6%
In Drizzlepath you are set on a journey to the top of the Mountain of Fire. It aims to be an atmospheric, relaxed and enigmatic experience. Downloadable soundtrack included.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 25.5%, Relaxing 11.8%, Realistic 10.1%, Atmospheric 8.9%, Exploration 8.2%
The Space Between is a surreal short narrative experience in three acts about the walls we build for us.
Why similar: Experimental 28.8%, Walking Simulator 17.7%, Surreal 16.1%, Psychological 9%, Mystery 8.9%
The Longest Walk is a deeply personal biographical walking-simulator game about my father's experience of living with depression.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 55.7%, Exploration 16%, First-Person 12.1%, Adventure 5.8%, Story Rich 5.4%
An atmospheric exploration game set in a Dark Fantasy world. Explore the ruins of an ancient civilisation and uncover it's forgotten past through a short nonlinear story with timeless retro graphics.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 33.5%, Cinematic 15.1%, Exploration 11.2%, Stylized 8.9%, Atmospheric 7.2%
Jung's Labyrinth is a psychological exploration game that uses Jungian psychology, mythology, alchemical and dream symbolism in a series of active imaginations to map the process of individuation. Confront your inner archetypes, collect messages that other travelers left behind and reach your Self.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 28%, Psychological 16%, Mystery 12.6%, Story Rich 10.4%, Atmospheric 9.7%
A calm and atmospheric "walking'n'watching simulator" about the beauty of nature. Use your gaze and attention in diverse gameplay experiences: Connect the stars, watch the grass grow, fly with the birds and remember many more of the wonders surrounding us each day.
Why similar: Soundtrack 20.7% ★, Walking Simulator 16.7%, Relaxing 16.1%, Experimental 15.2%, Atmospheric 12.3%
Niko is a spiritual journey through the dreams, where adventure, puzzles and mysteries come together in an oneiric and minimalist world. Dare to dream!
Why similar: Adventure 29.3%, Atmospheric 26.2%, First-Person 21.1%, Indie 17.4%, Singleplayer 5.9%
Dream On is a very short, atmospheric walking simulator (5-10 minutes) about making a wish. Walk through a symbolic dreamscape, explore your thoughts and feelings, and make a quiet, meaningful choice at the end of the journey.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 37%, Psychological 19.6%, Surreal 15.7%, Relaxing 9.6%, First-Person 9.2%
You are trapped in a strange dream from which there is no waking. It is stitched from Chinese nostalgia, childhood echoes, and liminal spaces—where sense and nonsense blend freely. All you can do is keep exploring, until you must choose: return to restless reality, or stay in the dream forever?
Why similar: Walking Simulator 25.2%, Surreal 22.3%, Psychological 18.8%, Exploration 8%, Atmospheric 7.9%
Spiral is a third-person narrative exploration game that shares a poetic vision of cognitive degeneration. Step into the shoes of Bernard as you help him and support him while braving his unravelling mind and reliving his most treasured moments.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 27.2%, Soundtrack 20.9% ★, Story Rich 12.8%, Stylized 9.2%, Exploration 8.5%
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 30.8%, Mystery 17%, Story Rich 13.1%, Atmospheric 10.3%, Exploration 10%
Discover the truth about Quern’s past, unfold the mysteries of its present, and be the explorer who shapes its future. Quern introduces reusable puzzle mechanics to the classic genre, making the player think about the game as a whole, and not just as a series of individual challenges.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 16.5%, Soundtrack 13.6% ★, Surreal 12.8%, Mystery 10.5%, Cinematic 7.7%
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 31.4%, Atmospheric 17.2%, Mystery 16.4%, Exploration 13.4%, First-Person 10%
Be prepared to be transported to a reality of dreams and nightmares. What will you discover about yourself in this journey through the subconscious?
Why similar: Experimental 31.6%, Walking Simulator 21.3%, Atmospheric 9.8%, First-Person 8.3%, Adventure 8.2%
Chionophile is a very short experience about the mood of winter in the woods.
Why similar: Experimental 42.4%, Walking Simulator 21.6%, Exploration 7.7%, Realistic 7.5%, Mystery 5.9%
Uncover secrets, experience history, solve puzzles and understand one another. Immerse yourself and explore a surreal and colorful world in this short, first-person adventure.
Why similar: Surreal 33.1%, Walking Simulator 27.9%, Exploration 10.1%, Stylized 8.3%, First-Person 6.3%
A thoughtful and deeply personal title with stripped-down mechanics. The lack of dialogue or text allows you to create your own narrative through your time with four characters. Each short story will allow players to be swept away by the haunting lyrics of over twenty original, nostalgic songs.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 47.5%, Relaxing 18.4%, Story Rich 15%, Pixel Graphics 12.2%, Indie 4%
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 40.2%, Atmospheric 10.6%, First-Person 9.6%, Mystery 8.2%, Story Rich 7%
Dear Esther immerses you in a stunningly realised world, a remote and desolate island somewhere in the outer Hebrides. As you step forwards, a voice begins to read fragments of a letter: 'Dear Esther...' - and so begins a journey through one of the most original first-person games of recent years.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 36.2%, Exploration 12.2%, Relaxing 12%, Mystery 10.4%, Story Rich 8.6%
An uncanny liminal space themed walking-simulator.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 37.2%, Psychological 25.2%, Atmospheric 10.8%, Surreal 9.8%, Realistic 6.9%
You are his last hope. The only one who can rescue him. Delve deep into the dreams of Luke Williams, a man diagnosed with depression, unfold the heartbreaking story of his life and prevent him from... fading away.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 26.1%, Psychological 21%, Story Rich 12.2%, Atmospheric 9.9%, Exploration 8.4%
Explore an unknown and abandoned world. Each step, each puzzle, brings you closer to discovering the history and secrets of a lost civilization. Can you find the light?
Why similar: Walking Simulator 29.6%, Mystery 17.9%, Relaxing 14%, Stylized 12%, Atmospheric 9.1%
A walking simulator about dear memories, overcoming obstacles, and finding your path. Experience a story inspired by finno-karelian folklore.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 40.9%, Atmospheric 12.4%, Exploration 12.4%, Story Rich 12.2%, First-Person 9.2%
A meditative experience that invites players to explore the serene beauty of a living, breathing cemetery as it changes with the seasons.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 35.2%, Relaxing 13.7%, Exploration 12.6%, Story Rich 10.6%, Stylized 9.9%
Cylne is a first person surreal exploration game having a poetic and philosophical side. Explore and feel unreal worlds filled with environmental enigmas to try to achieve the chapter called "The Choice"...
Why similar: Surreal 18%, Exploration 17.6%, Walking Simulator 16.9%, Atmospheric 15.5%, First-Person 13.8%
Spend one last afternoon exploring your childhood neighborhood before the world ends at 6:38 PM.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 28.9%, Surreal 23.1%, Exploration 9.5%, Stylized 9.1%, Story Rich 8.6%
“Grandma, Is That You?” is a psychological horror game. As we visit our elderly and ill grandmother to help her, the old mansion reveals buried memories and dark secrets. The line between reality and illusion begins to blur.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 30.5%, Surreal 18.8%, Psychological 12.2%, Exploration 10.4%, Mystery 10%
Titan Chaser is a surreal driving and walking experience, meant to evoke a feeling of being lost and discovering something mystical at your own pace instead of structured gameplay mechanics. Your job here is to scout giant creatures and scare them away without fighting or killing.
Why similar: Experimental 23.1%, Walking Simulator 19.7%, Surreal 17.8%, Mystery 10.4%, Relaxing 9.5%
You wake up, alone, on a strange island full of puzzles that will challenge and surprise you.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 25.2%, Exploration 17%, First-Person 12.7%, Atmospheric 10.5%, Surreal 9.5%
The Magnificent Trufflepigs is a first-person, metal-detecting narrative game. It combines laid-back detecting and exploration with a dramatic story, all set in a beautiful English countryside. It’s a game about trying to find something.
Why similar: Mystery 22.1%, Story Rich 19.1%, Walking Simulator 19%, Atmospheric 15.3%, First-Person 12.9%
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.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 25.5%, Psychological 15.3%, Mystery 13%, Story Rich 11.3%, Atmospheric 9.4%
