Games Like Protocol - Chapter 1: Limbo

The School Grudge Tapes is a first-person horror anomaly-hunting game. Explore an abandoned school, identify anomalies, and record them with your camera. Correct choices let you descend. Mistakes send you back and damage your sanity. Can you escape?

Why similar: Walking Simulator 28.5%, Adventure 16.2%, Puzzle 12.1%, Thriller 10%, Exploration 9.1%

Don’t Blink is a first-person psychological horror game. Navigate an abandoned asylum where blinking reshapes your surroundings - sometimes helping you, sometimes unleashing terror. The game blends slow-burn tension, stealth and psychological horror.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 31.2%, Puzzle 13.6%, Psychological Horror 12.1%, Adventure 9.9%, First-Person 9%

You step into a street both strange and familiar, where eerie events unfold one after another. The air is thick with lingering spirits and overwhelming resentment, as if something in the shadows is waiting to drag you into the abyss…

Why similar: Walking Simulator 29.7%, Thriller 19.9%, Adventure 11.4%, Exploration 10%, Psychological Horror 8.6%

An abandoned inn where lost souls wander, your decision will determine its outcome.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 37.7%, Adventure 22.8%, Exploration 12.8%, First-Person 9.3%, 3D 7.8%

Demersus is a first-person atmospheric walking sim that explores the horrific reality of alcohol addiction through environmental storytelling and puzzles. Navigate the protagonist's fractured psyche, rendered as a beautifully haunting, hand-crafted clay mindscape and see what lies beneath.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 32.3%, Adventure 13.3%, Exploration 11.1%, Thriller 9.1%, First-Person 8%

Ether One is a first person adventure that deals with the fragility of the human mind. There are two paths in the world you can choose from. At its core is a story exploration path free from puzzles where you can unfold the story at your own pace.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 33.5%, Adventure 18%, Puzzle 15.2%, Exploration 12.1%, First-Person 10.6%

「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 31.5%, Adventure 19%, Puzzle 9.7%, Horror 8.5%, Exploration 7.4%

You had a pretty rough fall. Trying to regain your composure you try to look around before realizing you can't see anything. Hope that your other senses will serve you better.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 30.5%, Adventure 19.7%, Puzzle 14.9%, Exploration 10.1%, First-Person 5.9%

You've been trapped in a looping Finnish summer cottage. Use your observation and memory to find anomalies and make the right choice to escape the Finnish Cottage 8.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 25.9%, Puzzle 11.3%, Thriller 10.5%, Psychological Horror 9.6%, Exploration 8.1%

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Why similar: Walking Simulator 35.5%, Adventure 21.5%, Exploration 12%, First-Person 9.3%, Horror 8.5%

A cheesy short horror game where you play as an exterminator on a dark and rainy night. The house has rats within its walls, but what if something more sinister lies deep within the home? Survive and complete your job, or face down the wrath of the wererat!

Why similar: Walking Simulator 34.1%, Exploration 14%, Thriller 13.1%, Adventure 11.8%, First-Person 9.2%

"Unknown Memoirs" is a short horror game series focusing on distressing tales of horror. "The Rental" centers on the main character moving into a rental that they found online. Little do they know of the horrors that await them.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 29.9%, Puzzle 14.5%, Exploration 13.3%, Thriller 10.3%, Horror 8%

"Alone in the house" is a short horror game. In this chilling horror game, you return to an empty house. Your mother has left a message with tasks for you to complete. As you fulfill each task, eerie events unfold around you. Will you uncover the dark secrets, or succumb to the fear?

Why similar: Walking Simulator 28.2%, Thriller 14.3%, Exploration 11.1%, Horror 10.6%, Psychological Horror 8.7%

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 33.2%, Puzzle 14.4%, Adventure 13.8%, Exploration 11.1%, Psychological Horror 9.8%

Ocean Desolation is a Free Simple Linear horror game. After falling out of your boat during a thunderstorm you are left stranded in the South Pacific Ocean. Swim your way to different locations and find a way to call for help. But be careful, something lurks at the bottom.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 33.1%, Exploration 13%, First-Person 9.3%, Psychological Horror 9.3%, Horror 9.1%

You shouldn't be awake. After watching a late-night show about urban legends, paranoia takes hold: has your favorite toy, Mr. Zippy, come to life? Explore the house and survive this tense narrative-driven mascot horror experience featuring puzzle mechanics.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 27.1%, Adventure 17.3%, Puzzle 11.4%, Psychological Horror 10.4%, Horror 9.7%

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 27.3%, Adventure 12.9%, Exploration 11.5%, Psychological Horror 10.9%, Horror 9.9%

You ignored the whispers, but curiosity trapped you in the Chizzo Tunnel. Now, evade the sinister Cheddar Chizzo in this heart-pounding, claustrophobic horror escape!

Why similar: Walking Simulator 28.2%, Puzzle 16.9%, Thriller 15.6%, Horror 13.5%, Psychological Horror 12.3%

POOLIMINAL is an atmospheric liminal space horror game set in endless, procedurally generated poolrooms. A Backrooms-inspired descent into thalassophobia, where the real terror lies in the dark water below.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 31.9%, Adventure 18.6%, Thriller 14.6%, Exploration 10.9%, First-Person 8.5%

This is a short, first-person psychological horror game with VHS effects. Be careful, you are facing a terrifying being.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 32.8%, Adventure 14.5%, Psychological Horror 12.3%, Horror 11.7%, Thriller 10.3%

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 33.2%, Adventure 19.3%, Exploration 11.3%, Thriller 8.7%, First-Person 8.2%

Car breakdown, deserted road, the dead of night. The only option is to follow the signs to the gas station. But on this last mile, not everything is as it seems.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 34.2%, Adventure 22.4%, Puzzle 16.8%, Exploration 11.5%, Psychological Horror 7.5%

Brews & Blood is a Atmospheric Horror game where you manage your uncle's liquor shop for one night in a remote Indian village.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 31.2%, Thriller 15.6%, Horror 10.6%, Adventure 10.5%, Exploration 9.9%

In this first-person horror experience you will solve puzzles while navigating the pitch black Reed forest. Armed with only your flashlight you are at the mercy of the forests inhabitants, with limited time to find your way before they find you and end your adventure.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 20%, Puzzle 15.4%, Horror 12.3%, First-Person 10.1%, Exploration 10.1%

A mysterious caller sends you on a surreal journey to find a colorful egg in a sprawling warehouse. Meet the workers, collect items, and solve puzzles in this first person adventure with multiple endings.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 29.1%, Adventure 18%, Puzzle 14.7%, Exploration 10.2%, Old School 10.2%

DON'T FACE UP is a first-person horror game. Never make eye contact with them. They may appear and disappear. They may be standing in the direction you suddenly turn your eyes. Even in such a situation, you must proceed with your search for the building. Therefore, "DON'T FACE UP."

Why similar: Walking Simulator 30.9%, Thriller 16.9%, Horror 10.9%, Psychological Horror 9.3%, Adventure 9.2%

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

Why similar: Walking Simulator 31.5%, Adventure 17.8%, Exploration 11.1%, Thriller 10.4%, First-Person 8.1%

After the Curtain Call is a first-person, narrative puzzle game, which holds the story of Yujin who thinks her life as a play. She uses a special 'dimension camera' to switch the dimension of objects and solve puzzles. Through the journey, she face the truth that was forgotten...

Why similar: Walking Simulator 32.5%, Adventure 20.6%, Puzzle 15.9%, Thriller 12.3%, First-Person 8.6%

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 35.3%, Adventure 21.2%, Exploration 12%, Horror 8.6%, Psychological Horror 7.9%

Enter the patient's inner world. Seek out the abnormal, uncover the truth. You will step into the patient's mental world, explore their psyche, and search for anomalies and fragmented memories. Every wrong choice will send you back to the beginning—can you reach the eighth level?

Why similar: Walking Simulator 30.2%, First-Person 13%, Psychological Horror 12%, Horror 11.5%, Puzzle 10.4%

Search a dark bunker for a missing brother. Solve puzzles, uncover hidden clues, and survive terrifying encounters in a tense, immersive world.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 27.7%, Puzzle 13.4%, Adventure 12.8%, Exploration 9.5%, Thriller 9.3%

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 38.1%, Adventure 23.1%, Exploration 12.9%, First-Person 9.1%, 3D 7.9%

Find your way out of a haunted house like a maze. A first-person horror exploration adventure.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 44.4%, Adventure 19.1%, Exploration 14%, Horror 11%, First-Person 9%

Mindbound is a short single-player horror game that revolves around uncovering what has happened. After a business trip, Marty returns home eagerly anticipating seeing his wife and daughter. But, things turn out differently than expected. The game emphasizes a deep atmosphere.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 29.9%, Thriller 17.3%, Psychological Horror 12.1%, Horror 11.4%, First-Person 8.9%

You are trapped in a never-ending street loop. Observe your surroundings carefully and identify anomalies. Make the right choice at the end of each street and try to escape the loop.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 28.6%, Puzzle 13.3%, Thriller 13%, Adventure 12.5%, Exploration 10.2%

You wake up in a strange place, not knowing who you are, where you are, or how you got here. Trapped in an environment that twists to break your sanity, your only way out is to delve into the unknown and face the horrors of a past your mind is trying to hide.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 16.8%, Psychological Horror 13.3%, Adventure 12.4%, Exploration 11.1%, Horror 10.7%

You are blind and trapped in an infinite hospital corridor. Use your guide cane and other senses to detect anomalies, question illusions, and find a way out.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 31.5%, Puzzle 14.9%, Exploration 13.1%, Psychological Horror 10.8%, First-Person 8%

A first-person psychological stealth thriller set inside a private villa. Infiltrate, gather critical intel, steal what you can, and escape unnoticed where silence is your only protection & every sound you make could be your last.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 28.4%, Adventure 17.1%, Puzzle 13.7%, Exploration 9.7%, Thriller 8.2%

A first-person atmospheric horror game. Explore and uncover secrets about the Paragon Corporation, a pharmaceutical on the forefront of innovation.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 31.1%, Puzzle 15.1%, Horror 11.9%, Adventure 11.3%, First-Person 8.2%

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 42.1%, Adventure 14.3%, Psychological Horror 13.1%, Horror 10.5%, Exploration 10.2%

2012. The Arctic research station "Persei" loses contact with the outside world. You are Ethan Miller, a technician sent to the facility to fix the issues. But something here has clearly gone out of control.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 31.1%, Adventure 15.5%, Psychological Horror 12.6%, Thriller 10%, First-Person 8.4%

A first-person psychological puzzle game set in Eastern Europe, 1999. Explore a surreal black-and-white world, decipher an invented alphabet using a reality-altering mask, and unlock the story letter by letter.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 30.1%, Puzzle 14.6%, Exploration 13.3%, Adventure 8.5%, First-Person 8.1%

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 30%, Adventure 17%, Horror 11.9%, Puzzle 9.7%, Exploration 8.6%

FIRED is a retro-styled puzzle adventure game centered around the story of a young employee who gets laid off under mysterious circumstances. Explore the world, solve puzzles, and work to take down the evil Orcus Corporation.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 31.7%, Puzzle 15.2%, Exploration 13.8%, Adventure 11.5%, Old School 10.3%

A surreal psychological horror game where familiar rooms become strange and unpredictable. Explore your home, uncover hidden details, and experience reality changing around you.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 31.7%, Puzzle 15.4%, Adventure 14%, Exploration 10.8%, First-Person 7%

A father. A condemned theatre. A son’s voice echoing from the beyond. Step into a narrative horror game about grief, obsession, and the act of holding on as a force older than grief pushes back.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 27.7%, Thriller 14.5%, Psychological Horror 11.8%, Puzzle 11.7%, First-Person 7.5%

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 30.9%, Puzzle 14.7%, Adventure 14.3%, Exploration 10.2%, First-Person 7.2%

EP.9 is the ninth and final game in the current series of projects. It is a psychological horror anthology featuring six novellas. Different locations. Different characters. Different situations.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 27.9%, Thriller 16.1%, Adventure 10.8%, Psychological Horror 9%, Horror 8.1%

A frightening experience in the Japanese countryside!

Why similar: Walking Simulator 36.2%, Adventure 21.3%, Horror 14.1%, First-Person 9.4%, Exploration 8.3%

Fee Payment & Cigarettes is a first-person psychological horror anomaly-spotting game. Enter a hospital in first-person, finish all payment checklists. Spot anomalies, then head to the payment counter or retreat to the smoking area to calm down.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 34.4%, Puzzle 16.8%, Exploration 15.7%, First-Person 9%, Psychological Horror 8.5%

A first-person survival horror game where you play as Riley, a night guard trapped in an abandoned summer camp. Explore, solve puzzles, and uncover the mystery while escaping a relentless creature that hunts you in the dark.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 25.6%, Puzzle 11.8%, Thriller 11%, Adventure 9.8%, Exploration 9.2%

Inside My Mind is a first-person psychological horror game set in an abandoned hospital. Explore dark corridors, solve puzzles, and uncover through notes who you are, why you are here, and the hospital’s dark past.

Why similar: Thriller 22.2%, Walking Simulator 18.6%, Horror 12.2%, First-Person 10.6%, Psychological Horror 10.5%

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 33.2%, Adventure 19.1%, Puzzle 15.4%, First-Person 8.5%, 3D 7.4%

You are the last human in the loop. Every ticket is someone's life. Every response is a choice. Survive one work week as a support agent at a company that pays you to deny fault, that quietly owns the things people need to live. Every service can be revoked. Every complaint can be reframed.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 33.2%, Exploration 13.9%, Adventure 10.1%, Thriller 10.1%, First-Person 9.6%

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Why similar: Walking Simulator 31.9%, Adventure 21.7%, Horror 15%, First-Person 12.9%, Exploration 9.4%

This is a first-person indie horror game. You play as a video blogger exploring an abandoned hospital, uncovering the dark secrets hidden within its walls.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 30.6%, Thriller 15.6%, Exploration 12%, Psychological Horror 9.7%, First-Person 9.2%

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 33.3%, Adventure 18.9%, Puzzle 14.1%, Exploration 10.6%, Psychological Horror 9.6%

Blind Sound is a Game about, Exploration and Puzzle-solving. This is a Linear Story Based horror game which sets in a science facility. You will discover tons of thing and find about the Creepy history of this facility with Full of Creatures That extremely Dangerous.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 22.9%, Thriller 15.4%, Puzzle 11.7%, Psychological Horror 9.7%, Exploration 8.8%

Explore unsettling, dark locations in a first-person psychological horror adventure. Restore power grids, solve environmental puzzles, and interact with physical objects to navigate through the dark—where sound is your only guide and greatest threat.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 31%, Puzzle 15%, Exploration 13.7%, Psychological Horror 7.2%, First-Person 7.1%