Games Like Prospero: Unknown Planet

Unveil the truth in a genre-blending sci-fi mystery. Awaken from cryogenic slumber you find your shelter damaged by unknown circumstances. Scavenge your surroundings, repair the shelter and explore the ruins in hopes of uncovering – or perhaps avoiding – the uncomfortable truth of what has transpired.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 37.2%, Sci-fi 25.9%, Adventure 18.9%, Mystery 12.2%, Indie 5.8%

Uncover the secrets of an oil refinery operated by an obscure organization in this short, atmospheric narrative adventure.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 48.5%, Adventure 21.7%, Dark 15.3%, Atmospheric 12.9%, Singleplayer 1.6%

Take part in an historic mission that could finally turn the tides of war in favor of humanity. As a prisoner, you are forced to work in the bowels of the Behemoth-class Assault Walker, the Iron Roland, take care of the machinery, discover what brought you here, and, most importantly, follow orders.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 43.1%, Sci-fi 22.5%, Mystery 11.3%, Adventure 11.1%, Dark 9.4%

The Station is a first-person sci-fi mystery set on a space station sent to study a sentient alien civilization. Assuming the role of a recon specialist, players must unravel a mystery which will decide the fate of two civilizations.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 35%, Sci-fi 27.4%, Adventure 14.6%, Atmospheric 11.5%, Mystery 6.7%

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 38.5%, Sci-fi 19.1%, Adventure 12.2%, Dark 10.2%, Atmospheric 9.9%

They have no names, only serial numbers. They have no freedom, no memories from the past. You are one of them. Explore the last center of civilization on a shattered Earth to understand what is really going on.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 43.1%, Adventure 21.8%, Mystery 15.2%, Atmospheric 13.7%, Indie 6.1%

Lapso is a single player first-person exploration game, with particular attention paid to the environmental narrative and sound. It develops through the figure of a scientific illustrator camping near a lake, documenting a special assignment.

Why similar: Sci-fi 35.1%, Walking Simulator 21%, Mystery 17.2%, Atmospheric 12.1%, Adventure 9.7%

The jury selection of the 22nd Japan Media Arts Festival. I woke up alone in the countryside, where people had disappeared and I lost my memory.What is the truth that I see at the end of my journey through the memories of Natsugiri? ...... A Novel / Walking simulator.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 51.6%, Adventure 28.9%, Atmospheric 11.2%, Indie 8.3%

Tacoma is a sci-fi narrative adventure from the creators of Gone Home. Set aboard a high-tech space station in the year 2088, explore every detail of how the station’s crew lived and worked, finding the clues that add up to a gripping story of trust, fear, and resolve in the face of disaster.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 43.6%, Sci-fi 26.5%, Adventure 10.2%, Mystery 8.4%, Atmospheric 7.4%

You are aboard an endless train. Find anomalies, report them, and move on. But be careful—missing just one may cost you the loop.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 51.6%, Adventure 17.5%, Atmospheric 13.8%, Dark 13.1%, Indie 2.3%

This game is about reliving mysterious tales surrounding the haunted location, 'Lantern House.'

Why similar: Walking Simulator 66.9%, Atmospheric 18.1%, Adventure 12.5%, Indie 2.6%

Survive a deadly descent from a mountain peak. One wrong step ends it all. Be slow, focused, and patient caution is your only ally in this unforgiving journey. There’s no map, no help just you, your instincts, and the will to make it out alive. One mistake, and it’s all over.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 53.4%, Adventure 26.1%, Atmospheric 18.4%, Singleplayer 2.1%

A puzzle solving adventure game that tells the story of a dying man stranded on a mysterious island. Alone he must explore the island's various locations and even the deepest depths of his dreams to uncover the island's secrets and mysteries, and come to terms with what may be the end of his life.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 63.3%, Adventure 36.7%

A short Horror game about navigating a pitch-black urban environment, using limited sources of light.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 43.3%, Adventure 17.7%, Sci-fi 17.3%, Atmospheric 10.8%, Dark 8.5%

After Life is a short interactive story with a lot of atmosphere and little gameplay. Immerse yourself with the story of Rick Dennehy, a soul who explores the memories of his loved ones after he dies in an accident.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 57%, Adventure 38.1%, Indie 4.9%

Featuring a beautiful, detailed open-world and a haunting soundtrack, Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture is non-linear storytelling at its best.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 65.9%, Atmospheric 12.7%, Adventure 7.5%, Sci-fi 6%, Mystery 4.1%

A short, dark story about a man who has lost everything after an accident and is faced with a choice.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 45.4%, Dark 26.9%, Adventure 22.7%, Indie 2.5%, Singleplayer 2.5%

Montague's Mount is disturbing psychological thriller set in the bleakness of an abandoned Irish island, featuring exploration and challenging puzzle solving. This game is part one of a two part story, some questions are left unanswered and open to interpretation.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 58.3%, Adventure 23.8%, Atmospheric 10.2%, Indie 7.6%

Escape your doomed mission from the Moon. Explore a vast open-world landscape and evade its dangers. Land shuttles, solve puzzles, control cameras, hack systems, uncover mysteries, and roam tranquil plains in your Rover. Survive the mission. Make your escape.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 34.9%, Sci-fi 30.2%, Adventure 17.9%, Mystery 11.2%, Indie 4.8%

A slow burn walking sim with an interactive soundtrack and horror vibes. You explore abstract locations and create your own unique sound for each of them by moving around and using Monoliths.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 41.6%, Sci-fi 24.2%, Atmospheric 11.7%, Dark 8.2%, Adventure 6.1%

Room Rules is an experimental simulator focused on the study of anomalous rooms. Follow the protocols, complete test sessions, and analyze the behavior of anomalous “Rooms.”

Why similar: Walking Simulator 43.7%, Adventure 19.9%, Sci-fi 15.2%, Dark 10.1%, Atmospheric 8.3%

An action-adventure blending 3D exploration with 2.5D platforming sections. Overcome obstacles, solve puzzles, and face legendary threats. Experience South American folklore as the Luz Mala—a restless light seeking eternal peace.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 48.8%, Adventure 17.9%, Atmospheric 17.6%, Dark 13.3%, Singleplayer 2.3%

Cradle is a sci-fi first-person-view quest designed for the player to explore the surrounding world. The story is built around the relations of the protagonist and a mechanical girl who by quirk of fate found themselves amidst the desert.

Why similar: Sci-fi 36.3%, Walking Simulator 24.7%, Adventure 18.8%, Atmospheric 14.2%, Indie 4.6%

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 64.5%, Adventure 16.6%, Atmospheric 16.3%, Singleplayer 2.6%

Walk in the shoes of this teenage boy who learns to live with his inner demon.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 58.1%, Adventure 32.1%, Indie 9.8%

Drive inside a dream, explore one of Saturn's moons, and discover the afterlife. John's Tombstone is a walking simulator; a story split in three chapters, each chapter very different from the other. It's a sci-fi story with some emotional overtones.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 33.9%, Sci-fi 25.2%, Dark 12.7%, Atmospheric 11%, Adventure 9.3%

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 40.7%, Adventure 30.8%, Mystery 9.3%, Indie 7.5%, Dark 6%

Far into the future, in the year 1999: David, a systems operator, runs from his troubles by taking a job on a space station. After arriving, his mundane work turns into a struggle for his very life as he makes a shocking discovery.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 42.5%, Sci-fi 26%, Mystery 15.2%, Atmospheric 10.6%, Adventure 3.1%

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 48.2%, Adventure 14.5%, Dark 13%, Atmospheric 12%, Mystery 9.2%

The Fall of Lazarus is first person exploration and puzzle game. A deeply narrative scifi mystery game based on the exploration of an abandoned cargo spaceship about redemption and second chances.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 31%, Sci-fi 30.3%, Mystery 14.1%, Adventure 12%, Atmospheric 7.4%

Descend into darkness as John, a search and rescue officer reaching the final destination of the journey. Explore claustrophobic mines in this horror experience that blends atmospheric exploration with stealth-based survival.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 50.9%, Adventure 22.1%, Atmospheric 12.5%, Mystery 11.2%, Indie 2%

Reaching for Petals is a poetic adventure about love, loss, and ambition. You will travel to the peak of the ever-reaching mountain to uncover the true nature of your mysterious and seemingly unguided journey.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 53.2%, Adventure 23.7%, Atmospheric 15.5%, Indie 7.6%

Welcome to meditative story adventure about worlds, fantasies and eternal reasoning of mankind. Do not get lost.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 28.1%, Adventure 26.5%, Sci-fi 17.9%, Mystery 9.8%, Atmospheric 8.2%

The Letter: Classic Edition is the ORIGINAL experience from the classic title "The Letter", with a few changes and additions. Relive the Wii U game that gathered so much hate it became a cult classic. Embark on a creepy narrative driven tale about a boy in search of his missing father.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 46.6%, Adventure 19.9%, Dark 12.1%, Atmospheric 9.8%, Mystery 8.7%

Worker 42 is a single-player first-person exploration game. Use your scanner to find your way in the interstellar darkness of space. Repair the various systems of the station, complete your tasks and return to Earth. But something seems wrong on this planet.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 40.3%, Sci-fi 24.5%, Adventure 12.5%, Mystery 11.3%, Atmospheric 10.6%

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 31%, Adventure 23.8%, Dark 14.1%, Mystery 10.8%, Atmospheric 9.8%

my brother lives in a canyon is a short adventure game about two brothers reminiscing over short-wave radios.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 51.2%, Adventure 22.6%, Mystery 12.3%, Atmospheric 10.9%, Indie 1.6%

It's Clara's last day on the island where she grew up. She needs to complete preparations, visit her favorite places, and say her goodbyes before leaving on a journey she may not return from.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 60.3%, Adventure 18.3%, Atmospheric 14.7%, Indie 5.4%, Singleplayer 1.4%

A short, atmospheric narrative adventure about fatherhood, memory, and healing. Explore a beautiful world, relive pivotal moments from a new father’s past, and see how they shape the parent he chooses to become.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 47.5%, Atmospheric 16.4%, Mystery 15.4%, Adventure 15.4%, Indie 3%

A hand-drawn story exploration game set 300 years after the apocalypse. You play an archaeologist named Professor Zay, joined by her companion, ARORA, a centuries-old AI capable of recreating human memories from scanned relics.

Why similar: Sci-fi 26%, Walking Simulator 24.4%, Adventure 19%, Mystery 12.8%, Atmospheric 11%

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

Why similar: Walking Simulator 47.7%, Adventure 19.1%, Dark 12%, Atmospheric 9.4%, Mystery 9.1%

How do you go about your life when self-isolation has become the new normal? CHESTNUT GROVE is based on my personal experience of quarantine and features 100% real documents and notices.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 56.5%, Adventure 24.8%, Dark 14.5%, Indie 2.5%, Singleplayer 1.7%

The Graveyard is a very short computer game. You play an old lady who visits a graveyard. You walk around, sit on a bench and listen to a song. It's more like an explorable painting than an actual game. An experiment with poetry and storytelling but without words.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 89.8%, Atmospheric 5.9%, Indie 3.8%, Singleplayer 0.4%

A first-person Walking Simulator exploring the deeper meaning of family, life goals, and personal choices (with a bit of humor and old-school sci-fi homage mixed in) – set on beautiful and lonely alien worlds.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 58.9%, Adventure 32.3%, Indie 8.7%

You’re operating a drill machine beneath an abandoned chemical lab. You’ll feel the ground tremble, hear faint whispers in the dark, and glimpse shadows just beyond your lights. Stay focused—ignore what you see and hear—and keep drilling until your tasks are done.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 28.7%, Adventure 21%, Sci-fi 16.5%, Atmospheric 14.6%, Dark 8.9%

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 65.2%, Adventure 16.8%, Atmospheric 13.6%, Indie 2.5%, Singleplayer 1.9%

A walking sim in which you can explore all kinds of mysterious places and dive into a world full of atmosphere. Let this experience unfold in your head. Let it inspire you.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 54.6%, Sci-fi 19.8%, Atmospheric 11.8%, Adventure 6.3%, Indie 5.5%

Night Clerk is a first-person psychological 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 48.9%, Adventure 20.3%, Dark 10.9%, Atmospheric 9%, Mystery 8.3%

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 62.2%, Atmospheric 17.1%, Adventure 16%, Singleplayer 2.5%, Indie 2.2%

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 61.1%, Adventure 18.6%, Atmospheric 15.3%, Indie 2.9%, Singleplayer 2.1%

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 43.9%, Adventure 15%, Mystery 13.3%, Atmospheric 11.7%, Sci-fi 9.4%

Caligo is the darkness everyone descends into one way or another, and to each of us it's something different. For some it's a short but exciting adventure, some will see it as a place to relax. Yet others will be reminded of their worst nightmare, while for a few, it might come as a revelation.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 52%, Adventure 17.3%, Atmospheric 12.6%, Dark 10.9%, Indie 5.4%

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 41.1%, Adventure 20.1%, Atmospheric 15.3%, Dark 11.1%, Mystery 9.3%

50 binary questions. Infinite consequences. Observe every detail... the environment could change. Fail to notice an anomaly, and you fail the test. The further you progress, the more rooms you have to remember. Permadeath.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 53.9%, Adventure 16.2%, Dark 14.7%, Atmospheric 13.9%, Singleplayer 1.4%

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 45.2%, Adventure 18.5%, Dark 16.4%, Mystery 8.8%, Atmospheric 8.3%

A friend called Loneliness is a third-person exploration game based on the song from The Beatles, Eleanor Rigby. Uncover the truth of our main character Norra, as she will leave you clues through her poems that she has written.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 53.4%, Adventure 23.1%, Dark 12.2%, Atmospheric 10.1%, Singleplayer 1.2%

Spaceship is a small-scale technical demo showcasing high-end rendering of the Unity Game Engine. It presents a 5 minute long sequence of narrative first-person game play, You can also download the open-source project and open it using Unity Editor to learn how it was made.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 46.8%, Sci-fi 30.9%, Adventure 11.1%, Atmospheric 8.1%, Singleplayer 3%

While the Great Stargazer is deeply sleeping, the Celestial Guardians protect the equilibrium of the forgotten world…

Why similar: Walking Simulator 29%, Sci-fi 20.2%, Adventure 13.7%, Dark 11.6%, Mystery 10.6%