- #1 Watertight
97% matchVery Positive88% of 202 reviews2025
Dev: Tiny Studio
Windows
A short first-person horror game. An accident cripples your submarine while trying to find the wreck of the Titanic. In the darkness, you must restore life-support systems through tense puzzles, only to discover that you are not alone.
Why similar: Underwater 27.1% ★, Horror 16.2%, Psychological Horror 11.5%, Walking Simulator 10.9%, Interactive Fiction 8.9%
Why You'll Like It: Captures a similar short, atmospheric deep-sea horror narrative focusing on psychological tension.
- #2 Iron Lung
96% matchVery Positive92% of 11,291 reviews2022
Dev: David Szymanski
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 2.1 hrs≥1hr: 69%
A short horror game where you pilot a tiny submarine through an ocean of blood on an alien moon.
Why similar: Underwater 36.5% ★, Horror 17.5%, Psychological Horror 12.2%, Walking Simulator 9.9%, Atmospheric 8.6%
Why You'll Like It: Shares the tense, claustrophobic underwater horror atmosphere where you navigate blindly using limited technological interfaces.
- #3 How Fish Is Made
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 5,711 reviews2022
Dev: Wrong Organ
Windows
Are sardines trustworthy? Are you? Do you want to be? How Fish is Made is a janky little jaunt through the world of surrealist storytelling. Now featuring a Katamari-like DLC!
Why similar: Narrative 33.3% ★, Walking Simulator 14.4%, Surreal 14.3%, Horror 12.4%, Psychological Horror 9.1%
Why You'll Like It: Delivers the same surreal, unsettling narrative style combined with a dark, atmospheric presentation.
- #4 Still Wakes the Deep
95% matchVery Positive87% of 13,247 reviews2024
Dev: The Chinese RoomPub: Secret Mode
Windows
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 85%
1975. Disaster strikes the Beira D oil rig off the coast of Scotland. Navigate the collapsing rig to save your crew from an otherworldly horror on the edge of all logic and reality in this 3x BAFTA Games Award-winning narrative horror experience.
Why similar: Underwater 22.6% ★, Narrative 19% ★, Walking Simulator 15%, Horror 13.6%, Psychological Horror 11%
Why You'll Like It: Immerses you in a claustrophobic, narrative-driven horror experience set within an isolated structure surrounded by water.
- #5 The Trench
94% matchVery Positive86% of 167 reviews2022
Dev: Omar Chapa Hernandez
Windows
As captain of the Pandora sub, you must explore the Trench and retrieve data from the Neptune wreckage. But beware - the trench is home to unimaginable horrors that will test your courage. Can you survive the terrors of the deep and complete your mission, or will you become the next victim?
Why similar: Underwater 46.8% ★, Horror 17.8%, Interactive Fiction 12.8%, Mystery 10.8%, Atmospheric 9%
Why You'll Like It: Combines submarine exploration and Lovecraftian dread in a dark underwater environment reminiscent of Proximate's setting.
- #6 These Darker Tides
94% matchVery Positive91% of 82 reviews2025
Dev: Pixel Drip Games
Windows
Welcome [EMPLOYEE] to your new job protecting Deep Sea Cables from creatures of the deep. We're not liable for loss of limbs, sanity, or life while on the job. Don't forget to keep your desk clean and your eyes on those cameras!
Why similar: Underwater 51.2% ★, Horror 19.4%, Psychological Horror 15.3%, Mystery 11.5%, Singleplayer 1.4%
Why You'll Like It: Features a similar first-person, lovecraftian underwater horror vibe focused on dark exploration.
- #7 Static Dread: The Submarine
92% matchVery Positive81% of 363 reviews2026
Dev: solarsuit.gamesPub: Polden Publishing
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Descend into Lovecraftian horror aboard a claustrophobic military submarine. Assign tasks as a captain’s right hand, analyze sonar signals, make hard decisions, and keep the crew from madness. Dark horrors lurk both within… and beyond the hull.
Why similar: Underwater 22.2% ★, Narrative 16% ★, Horror 13.7%, Psychological Horror 12.2%, Surreal 9%
Why You'll Like It: Immerses players in a retro, atmospheric submarine horror scenario with heavy psychological tension.
- #8 The Sirena Expedition
93% matchVery Positive83% of 139 reviews2023
Dev: Giraffe Cat
Windows
The Sirena Expedition is a short PSX-style horror-platformer in which you explore a mysterious underwater facility.
Why similar: Underwater 50.7% ★, Horror 19.2%, Atmospheric 10.7%, Mystery 10%, Exploration 5.4%
Why You'll Like It: Blends atmospheric underwater exploration with supernatural dread and narrative mystery.
- #9 Loan Shark
91% matchVery Positive85% of 701 reviews2025
Dev: Studio Ortica
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 1.7 hrs≥1hr: 51%
The loan shark is coming for you. Catch enough fish to repay your debt before it is too late. Go fish.
Why similar: Underwater 19% ★, Satire 12.8% ★, Dark Humor 11.7%, Interactive Fiction 8.7%, Psychological Horror 8.5%
Why You'll Like It: Features a dark, narrative-driven atmospheric experience with sharp, cynical writing.
- #10 CARIMARA: Beneath the forlorn limbs
89% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 3,001 reviews2025
Dev: Bastinus RexPub: CRITICAL REFLEX
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 2.1 hrs≥1hr: 69%
A mute little thing with borrowed magic. A house that murmurs back. Ask wrong, and you might wake something that remembers your name.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 19.6%, Walking Simulator 15.3%, Horror 11.4%, Interactive Fiction 10.8%, Surreal 10.6%
Why You'll Like It: Provides a story-rich, mysterious exploration adventure with heavy horror elements.
- #11 Pact of Joy: Prologue
91% matchVery Positive94% of 65 reviews2023
Dev: Just Sauce Studio
Windows
As Jack Argyle, you are tasked with restoring communication at the underwater ex-Aegis facility known as Phorcys Station. Be careful, or risk joining the spirits trapped inside.
Why similar: Underwater 40.6% ★, Horror 15.5%, Walking Simulator 14.4%, Mystery 9.3%, Story Rich 7.1%
Why You'll Like It: Explores isolated sci-fi horror themes with an atmospheric narrative focus.
- #12 MOLDRISE
88% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 570 reviews2026
Dev: Raffaele Picca
Windows · Linux
It started in your foot. Now it’s in your head. All that remains is the command: GO UP. Meet strange neighbors. Make bad trades. Every ascent teaches you what you should have done differently.
Why similar: Narrative 27.2% ★, Dark Humor 14.8%, Horror 12.8%, Psychological Horror 11.5%, Walking Simulator 10.3%
Why You'll Like It: Shares the dark humor, retro aesthetic, and psychological horror tone found in quirky narrative games.
- #13 The Oily Depths
89% matchVery Positive83% of 113 reviews2026
Dev: Ryan R. Burns
Windows
Operate an oil-drilling submarine while taking instructions from a mysterious voice. Fail your quota, and they’ll cut your oxygen. This is deep-sea horror. Obey or drown.
Why similar: Underwater 35.3% ★, Horror 14.3%, Psychological Horror 14%, Surreal 11.2%, Mystery 10.7%
Why You'll Like It: Delivers a short, dark, atmospheric submarine horror experience centered on deep-sea claustrophobia.
- #14 Aphotic Descent
90% matchMixed63% of 80 reviews2023
Dev: Broiled Squid Studios
Windows
In Aphotic Descent, you play as a diver whose submarine crashed at the bottom of the ocean. With no other option for survival, you must make your way to a nearby underwater research facility facing terrifying creatures, all while descending deeper and deeper...
Why similar: Underwater 47% ★, Walking Simulator 16.8%, Horror 15.2%, Atmospheric 9.6%, Exploration 7.1%
Why You'll Like It: Offers deep-sea atmospheric adventure and dread that matches the aquatic isolation themes.
- #15 Dreamcore
86% matchVery Positive89% of 2,017 reviews2025
Dev: MontraluzPub: Tlön Industries
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Experience backrooms like never before. Dreamcore is the ultimate psychological exploration game, set in the largest liminal world ever made. No guides, no path—only intuition. Will you keep your bearings in a world designed to make you lose them?
Why similar: Underwater 27.4% ★, Walking Simulator 16.8%, Surreal 11.8%, Horror 11%, Psychological Horror 10.3%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on atmospheric walking-simulator exploration and psychological unease.
- #16 The Repairing Mantis
87% matchVery Positive95% of 145 reviews2021
Dev: Erupting Avocado
Windows
The Repairing Mantis is a narrative horror game that lets you experience the disturbing, violent (yet absurdly poetic) story of a mantis on a mission to repair a bridge made of flying squirrel flesh.
Why similar: Narrative 24.7% ★, Walking Simulator 16.8%, Horror 12.6%, Psychological Horror 10.3%, Surreal 9.4%
Why You'll Like It: Delivers a short, unsettling walking-simulator experience with deep psychological horror undertones.
- #17 Moral Dilemma: The Interview
86% matchVery Positive83% of 1,203 reviews2025
Dev: Hectic
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 2.5 hrs≥1hr: 64%
A fourth-wall-breaking narrative adventure. It’s interview day, and you really need this job—enough to ignore the talking printer, the anomaly corridor, and the ridiculous life-or-death trials your interviewer keeps putting you in. But deep down, you know... something here is very, very wrong.
Why similar: Narrative 26.1% ★, Walking Simulator 18.9%, Satire 18% ★, Funny 7.5%, Story Rich 6.3%
Why You'll Like It: Mirrors the text-heavy, choice-driven, and slightly comedic narrative structure of an interface-based interaction.
- #18 Liminal Shroud
85% matchVery Positive91% of 106 reviews2026
Dev: Everdeep Studios
Windows
A different kind of liminal experience. Explore surreal spaces inspired by nostalgia, discover hidden paths, and unravel a mystery that is shaped by your own mind. No monsters, no combat. Just atmosphere, discovery, and dread.
Why similar: Narrative 23.6% ★, Walking Simulator 18.6%, Horror 13.8%, Psychological Horror 12.1%, Surreal 10.3%
Why You'll Like It: Emphasizes psychological horror and lonely walking-simulator exploration through mysterious spaces.
- #19 Office After Hours
84% matchVery Positive95% of 167 reviews2025
Dev: gameandcode
Windows
Spot anomalies and uncover hidden clues to escape an office where overwork turns strange and experiments happen more often than coffee breaks.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 23.1%, Surreal 15%, Psychological Horror 14.8%, Horror 14.8%, Funny 9.6%
Why You'll Like It: Builds psychological tension through a first-person walking-simulator format in an isolated setting.
- #20 THRESHOLD
83% matchVery Positive85% of 1,354 reviews2024
Dev: Julien EveilléPub: CRITICAL REFLEX
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 78%
In a lonely station atop a mountain, a train rumbles its precious cargo to places unknown. Now is your shift. Keep the pace. Uncover a mystery. Fight for your last breath. The air is thin up here.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 20.8%, Horror 16.4%, Psychological Horror 13.5%, Surreal 12.7%, Atmospheric 9%
Why You'll Like It: Uses a dark, atmospheric walking-simulator framework to build creeping psychological horror.
- #21 Overtime Anomaly
84% matchVery Positive85% of 78 reviews2025
Dev: BiteMe Games
Windows
You're working overtime again in your dead-end job, whilst your boss is on vacation. However, strange things are happening throughout the office. Complete your daily work tasks, explore your office, report any anomalies you may find, and you may just find yourself getting a promotion...
Why similar: Walking Simulator 21.5%, Psychological Horror 14.6%, Surreal 13.6%, Mystery 13.4%, Horror 10.1%
Why You'll Like It: Combines atmospheric exploration and psychological mystery in a confined workplace setting.
- #22 PAGER
82% matchVery Positive89% of 149 reviews2025
Dev: bilge
Windows
You are wetware, working a mysterious job.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 22%, Dark Humor 16.7%, Horror 15.3%, Surreal 14.6%, Psychological Horror 13.7%
Why You'll Like It: Immerses the player in a first-person exploration walking-simulator filled with psychological tension.
- #23 The Hungry Fly
81% matchVery Positive92% of 128 reviews2024
Dev: Erupting AvocadoPub: indie.io
Windows
Once upon a time, there was a fly. A hungry fly. A fly with razor-sharp teeth, with a taste for dead things. This is the tale of its adventure to find something dead to devour, in a swamp where nothing dies, everything is grotesque, and every choice matters, no matter how surreal.
Why similar: Surreal 17.9%, Horror 17.4%, Psychological Horror 14.2%, Walking Simulator 10.6%, Story Rich 9.1%
Why You'll Like It: Presents a surreal, narrative-heavy psychological horror experience with dark themes.
- #24 Shifting To The Backrooms
81% matchVery Positive87% of 76 reviews2026
Dev: Oopsome Games
Windows
Experience Will's complicated story, find a way out of the nightmare of liminal spaces by solving challenging puzzles and avoiding dangerous entities — all this awaits you in "Shifting To The Backrooms".
Why similar: Walking Simulator 19.7%, Horror 18.8%, Psychological Horror 14.7%, Surreal 12.4%, Story Rich 9.9%
Why You'll Like It: Blends narrative puzzle elements with psychological horror and first-person exploration.
- #25 Dreamcore: Rabbit Hole
79% matchMostly Positive72% of 420 reviews2026
Dev: Ankoku
Windows
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 22.9%, Underwater 22.2% ★, Psychological Horror 12.7%, Surreal 11.2%, Horror 10%
Why You'll Like It: Continues the surreal, exploration-focused walking simulator style with eerie psychological environments.
- #26 Effugium
82% matchMixed60% of 67 reviews2023
Dev: Souporno GhoshPub: Team Glasses
Windows
Explore a cold, abandoned, and dreary facility to piece together its mysteries and find a means for escape from the horror that lurks within.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 31.8%, Horror 24.1%, Atmospheric 16.4%, Psychological Horror 13.2%, Exploration 9.7%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on atmospheric, solitary walking-simulator exploration within an eerie environment.
- #27 Project Threshold
78% matchMostly Positive73% of 90 reviews2026
Dev: Murushii Studios
Windows
You are a participant in Project Threshold, an experiment designed to force people to confront their deepest fears. Pass through sets of blue and red doors, survive what waits beyond them, and reach the end, if escape is even possible.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 34.7%, Horror 20.1%, Psychological Horror 14%, Surreal 12.1%, Atmospheric 9.7%
Why You'll Like It: Presents a cinematic first-person journey with atmospheric exploration and tension.
- #28 Darkness Under My Bed
80% matchVery Positive91% of 96 reviews2021
Dev: Desert Fox
Windows
Wander through intricate maze under the bed, and discover the secrets hidden in the long, dark tunnels. Document the existence of monsters. Retrieve the stolen treasures and memories.
Why similar: Horror 20.6%, Surreal 18.1%, Psychological Horror 16.8%, Mystery 13.3%, Atmospheric 8.9%
Why You'll Like It: Features short, atmospheric first-person psychological horror and supernatural dread.
- #29 My Last Appointment
79% matchMostly Positive76% of 148 reviews2024
Dev: Ells&Pills
Windows
The doctor said today was my last appointment, I'm healthy. Time to go home, what could go wrong?
Why similar: Walking Simulator 24.6%, Horror 17.3%, Psychological Horror 15.4%, Surreal 13%, Exploration 8.1%
Why You'll Like It: Centers on first-person psychological horror and narrative exploration in a confined space.
- #30 Below, Rusted Gods
76% matchVery Positive88% of 381 reviews2026
Dev: FromSouthGames
Windows
You are the lifeline supporting an expedition into the unknown. Keep both yourself and your squad alive by interpreting instrument readings, explore the facilities, and uncover something ancient and eager to be born.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 29.6%, Horror 22.4%, Psychological Horror 19.3%, Atmospheric 12.4%, Exploration 10.5%
- #31 SUBSUMED
77% matchVery Positive83% of 64 reviews2026
Dev: HazzyPub: adjective noun
Windows
A claustrophobic first-person horror game about crawling through a dark, winding cave system in search of three missing divers.
Why similar: Horror 30.4%, Psychological Horror 20.7%, Atmospheric 16%, Walking Simulator 15.2%, Exploration 11.8%
- #32 Isolomus
77% matchVery Positive95% of 442 reviews2020
Dev: Michael Rfdshir
Windows · Linux
Bite-sized surreal horror with multiple choices. Make your own way through the claymation madness!
Why similar: Dark Humor 22.7%, Surreal 18.6%, Psychological Horror 15.9%, Horror 14.8%, Story Rich 7.1%
- #33 Creepy Support
74% matchVery Positive89% of 133 reviews2026
Dev: Squirrel Melting
Windows
Save people from terrible paranormal dangers as a support operator of a secret SCP-like organization! Ask questions, give advice and watch the consequences of your choices... multiple endings in each story ;-)
Why similar: Narrative 20% ★, Text-Based 17%, Dark Humor 14.8%, Interactive Fiction 12.5%, Horror 11.1%
- #34 BACKROOMS ANOMALY
75% matchMostly Positive76% of 68 reviews2026
Dev: liminal_games
Windows
An anomaly-spotting horror game set in Level 0 of the Backrooms. Study the looping corridor and identify changes ranging from subtle details to terrifying entities. Decide to turn back if something has changed, or continue ahead if everything seems normal.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 21.3%, Horror 15.4%, Surreal 15%, Psychological Horror 12.7%, Mystery 10.6%
- #35 First Session
78% matchVery Positive81% of 90 reviews2021
Dev: Lappi Soft
Windows
First Person Psychological Horror. Addicted to virtual ecstasy, trapped in digital hell. Navigate glitchy dreamscapes and a city that never sleeps. Every mission brings you closer to your next dose, but will you follow your protective AI, or the man behind a liberating new drug?
Why similar: Narrative 21.5% ★, Walking Simulator 14.3%, Horror 12.7%, Psychological Horror 11.3%, Surreal 10.2%
Why You'll Like It: Delivers a retro-styled psychological horror experience driven by atmospheric storytelling.
- #36 Inhuman Resources: A Literary Machination
75% matchVery Positive92% of 74 reviews2025
Dev: Finnegan MotorsPub: Indie Asylum
Windows · Mac · Linux
A literary machination about corporations, conspiracies, and the unspeakable horrors you’ll commit for minimum wage.
Why similar: Text-Based 19.7%, Interactive Fiction 13.6%, Surreal 13.1%, Dark Humor 12.7%, Horror 12.7%
- #37 Social Caterpillar
74% matchVery Positive98% of 53 reviews2026
Dev: Twelve Tiles
Windows · Mac · Linux
The only hands-on puzzle adventure guaranteed to accurately and humanely teach Socialization to Introverts, heh heh!
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 24.6%, Walking Simulator 19.5%, Interactive Fiction 14.9%, Surreal 13%, Exploration 7.5%
- #38 POOLS
72% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 6,717 reviews2024
Dev: Tensori
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 62%
Walking simulator. Explore, admire and listen. Uncanny. Relaxing. Unnerving. Eerie. Immersive. No monsters chasing you or jumping at your screen, but can feel oppressive at times by invoking fears of getting lost, the dark, tight spaces and liminal space architecture. Inspired by backrooms.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 24.5%, Underwater 20.5% ★, Psychological Horror 15.3%, Surreal 13.7%, Atmospheric 10.2%
- #39 Blood Orange: Definitive Edition
73% matchVery Positive95% of 273 reviews2023
Dev: Decent TreatmentPub: Semicolon
Windows
Underwater psychological horror with a shocking, character-driven narrative. Explore ruins beneath the amazon river basin, and converse with their dolphin inhabitants. Skillfully capture and develop photographs with your underwater camera.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 29.1%, Walking Simulator 24.8%, Psychological Horror 17.2%, Atmospheric 12.2%, Story Rich 10.2%
- #40 There's Nothing Down There
71% matchVery Positive84% of 404 reviews2026
Dev: Tim Trankle
Windows
There's Nothing Down There is a short undersea horror exploration game. Descend into a sinkhole at the bottom of the ocean and discover the remains of a lost, yet not dead, civilization.
Why similar: Underwater 26.4% ★, Horror 26.2%, Walking Simulator 24.7%, Exploration 10.2%, Atmospheric 5.7%
- #41 Unusual Tales: Deep Below
72% matchVery Positive95% of 86 reviews2026
Dev: Jall
Windows
You, a normal working Joe, decide to try to solve the mystery of the missing girl... Will you make it out alive? A horror game filled with mystery!
Why similar: Horror 32.4%, Psychological Horror 25.9%, Funny 16.3%, Mystery 8.2%, Atmospheric 7.6%
- #42 The Watson-Scott Test
76% matchMixed67% of 818 reviews2018
Dev: Normal Wholesome Games
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 2.9 hrs≥1hr: 25%
Take the Watson-Scott personality test and discover your deepest and darkest fears. 30 multiple-choice questions will tell you if you're more afraid of clowns, snakes, or something more sinister...
Why similar: Text-Based 27.8%, Psychological Horror 21.8%, Horror 20.8%, Interactive Fiction 18.2%, Atmospheric 9.5%
- #43 Desktop Explorer
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 2,312 reviews2026
Dev: Recurring Dream
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Rummage through the abandoned profiles of an old PC to unravel an inherited mystery. What secrets hide in this eerie adventure of cryptic games and outdated software? Who was using this computer? And what happened to them?
Why similar: Text-Based 26%, Interactive Fiction 18.7%, Psychological Horror 18.5%, Mystery 15%, Atmospheric 9.8%
- #44 Terminal Lucidity
69% matchVery Positive96% of 103 reviews2026
Dev: Happy Accident Studios
Windows
In a concrete slab beneath the earth, a lone technician is sent for routine maintenance on a network of supercomputers. Each terminal operates on its own hidden rules, and the only way to escape is to learn how to speak their language. Crack the code, unlock the truth.
Why similar: Horror 24.9%, Psychological Horror 19.2%, Interactive Fiction 14.6%, Dark Humor 14.5%, Mystery 8.7%
- #45 Chasing Static
71% matchVery Positive87% of 514 reviews2021
Dev: Headware Games
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 87%
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: Narrative 33.8% ★, Walking Simulator 16.5%, Horror 12.3%, Psychological Horror 10.1%, Mystery 7.6%
- #46 Mouthwashing
66% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 38,851 reviews2024
Dev: Wrong OrganPub: CRITICAL REFLEX
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 90%
The five crew members of the Tulpar are stranded in the empty reaches of space, shrouded in perpetual sunset. God is not watching.
Why similar: Narrative 19.7% ★, Psychological Horror 14.2%, Walking Simulator 13.4%, Horror 12.9%, Surreal 8.9%
- #47 Interactivity: The Interactive Experience
73% matchVery Positive80% of 51 reviews2019
Dev: Aetheric GamesPub: Pixeljam
Windows
A short and surreal meta-narrative experience. Explore the gallery and find a way to push The Button...
Why similar: Walking Simulator 39.2%, Surreal 29.2%, Atmospheric 16.5%, Adventure 10.2%, Indie 4.8%
- #48 Underwater
73% matchMixed67% of 75 reviews2021
Dev: Andreev WorldsPub: Gamesforfarm
Windows
Dive into a world of despair in the world of Underwater. Take the role of an unknown inmate entering the a deep sea prison where mutants roam and barely any traces of human life remain. You will have to use all your ingenuity to escape and avoid becoming the meal of the hideous denizens.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 25%, Psychological Horror 17.3%, Mystery 16.7%, Atmospheric 13.3%, Story Rich 13.1%
- #49 Whale Flesh
70% matchMostly Positive72% of 64 reviews2025
Dev: SUPERita
Windows
A short horror game where you dig through the flesh of a giant whale
Why similar: Horror 26.8%, Psychological Horror 25.9%, Walking Simulator 13.3%, Atmospheric 12.6%, Surreal 11.1%
- #50 LIMINAL WATERS - ENHANCED EDITION
68% matchVery Positive91% of 137 reviews2025
Dev: DK Productions
Windows
Explore, Listen and Observe. LIMINAL WATERS is a liminal space exploration game. Discover a large facility with diverse rooms and themes and be enchanted by the radiant beauty of Unreal Engine 5.6. Relaxation, anxiety, confusion or familiarity? The mysterious Poolrooms are waiting for you.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 32.8%, Horror 20.5%, Surreal 20.4%, Atmospheric 10.2%, Psychological Horror 6%
- #51 I'll Do It Tomorrow
69% matchVery Positive97% of 87 reviews2024
Dev: Luca Morotti
Windows
It's Sara's first day of work. However, when she takes the elevator to go to the office, she suddenly finds herself on a mysterious floor. What truth lies behind these weird rooms? Will you be able to move on? Or rather... will you want to move on?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 18.4%, Interactive Fiction 17%, Surreal 16.4%, Story Rich 11%, Horror 8.9%
- #52 The Test: Reality Check
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 654 reviews2025
Dev: Randumb Studios
Windows
The Test: Reality Check is one of multiple installments in an ongoing social experiment that can be classified as an atmospheric, psychological-simulation with horror elements. Dive deep into your own psyche to find answers to questions you've kept locked away, hidden from yourself for far too long.
Why similar: Text-Based 19.6%, Dark Humor 18.9%, Horror 15.7%, Surreal 14.4%, Psychological Horror 14.2%
- #53 Closer To Home
70% matchVery Positive98% of 65 reviews2022
Dev: itamu
Windows · Mac
Closer To Home is a dialogue-focused surreal horror exploration game. Navigate connections between reality and dreams, look for weird stuff and make friends. There is no reason to fear death.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 33.4%, Horror 26.5%, Psychological Horror 25%, Story Rich 14.2%, Indie 0.5%
- #54 Title_Pending
68% matchVery Positive95% of 447 reviews2022
Dev: DEVBEEF
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 2.9 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Congratulations! You've been hired by an up and coming Game Development Studio to play-test their New Game (which as of now does not have a title). Not only that, you'll get to talk with the Lead Developer of the project, Matthew Stanton, who will give insight on his team's creative process.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 36%, Dark Humor 17.5%, Psychological Horror 10.5%, Atmospheric 9.8%, Exploration 9.5%
- #55 The Abyss Below
67% matchVery Positive80% of 60 reviews2026
Dev: Broken RelayPub: PostHuman Interactive
Windows
The year is 1997. Pilot a small submersible into the depths of the Pacific to investigate a massive sonar anomaly. Navigate by instruments, scan targets, and uncover something far older than it should be.
Why similar: Underwater 50% ★, Horror 12.5%, Exploration 9.8%, Psychological Horror 9.7%, Mystery 8.5%
- #56 Narcosis
71% matchMostly Positive76% of 1,469 reviews2017
Dev: Honor Code, Inc.
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Survival, horror at the sunless depths of the Pacific Ocean: Stranded on the seafloor with low light and few tools, an industrial diver takes desperate steps to surface before his oxygen — and sanity — give out.
Why similar: Underwater 39.6% ★, Horror 17.7%, Psychological Horror 11.5%, Mystery 8.5%, Atmospheric 7.3%
- #57 Greetings
70% matchVery Positive84% of 642 reviews2018
Dev: Charlie Behan
Windows
Explore what is around every corner in hopes for answers to where you're going and why.
Why similar: Horror 79.5%, Atmospheric 13.9%, Indie 6.5%
- #58 Seybul Tech
68% matchVery Positive91% of 136 reviews2023
Dev: Lucas Rackliffe
Windows
Seybul Tech is a walking simulator. Navigate as an office employee, confronting peculiar encounters while in search of an exit from this enigmatic abyss.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 26%, Surreal 17.3%, Psychological Horror 16.9%, Horror 15.2%, Mystery 9%
- #59 FEED IT
66% matchVery Positive84% of 97 reviews2026
Dev: Games On A ChairPub: Pretty Soon
Windows · Mac
A first-person, PSX-style horror game about living with a monster. Do as you're told... or don't. Just be ready for the consequences.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 17.9%, Surreal 14.8%, Psychological Horror 13.3%, Horror 12.9%, Dark Humor 10.8%
- #60 Letters of Bernard Thorne
66% matchVery Positive98% of 203 reviews2025
Dev: Korean Linguistics Lab
Windows
『Letters of Bernard Thorne』 is a story-driven psychological horror game about trauma. Take a seat in Bernard's motorized wheelchair. Roam around the old man's house. Discover his scarred past. Flee from his sins. Climb up the attic.
Why similar: Narrative 33.2% ★, Text-Based 15.3%, Horror 11.7%, Psychological Horror 10.4%, Interactive Fiction 9%
