- #1 Pact of Joy: Prologue
97% 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 40.7% ★, Horror 15.4%, Walking Simulator 14.3%, Mystery 9.4%, Story Rich 7.1%
- #2 Watertight
96% matchVery Positive88% of 199 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 27.2% ★, Horror 16.2%, Psychological Horror 11.5%, Walking Simulator 10.9%, Interactive Fiction 8.9%
- #3 PAGER
96% matchVery Positive88% of 146 reviews2025
Dev: bilge
Windows
You are wetware, working a mysterious job.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 21.9%, Dark Humor 16.9%, Horror 15.3%, Surreal 14.5%, Psychological Horror 13.8%
- #4 These Darker Tides
95% 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 19.3%, Psychological Horror 15.3%, Mystery 11.5%, Singleplayer 1.5%
- #5 Overtime Anomaly
94% 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 13.5%, Mystery 13.4%, Horror 10%
- #6 Static Dread: The Submarine
94% matchVery Positive84% of 275 reviews2026
Dev: solarsuit.gamesPub: Polden Publishing
Windows
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 22.1% ★, Narrative 16% ★, Horror 13.7%, Psychological Horror 12.1%, Surreal 9%
- #7 Iron Lung
93% matchVery Positive92% of 11,191 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 36.6% ★, Horror 17.4%, Psychological Horror 12.2%, Walking Simulator 9.9%, Atmospheric 8.6%
- #8 Still Wakes the Deep
92% matchVery Positive88% of 12,881 reviews2024
Dev: The Chinese RoomPub: Secret Mode
Windows
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 84%
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 22.5% ★, Narrative 19% ★, Walking Simulator 14.9%, Horror 13.6%, Psychological Horror 11%
- #9 CARIMARA: Beneath the forlorn limbs
91% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 2,839 reviews2025
Dev: Bastinus RexPub: CRITICAL REFLEX
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 2.1 hrs≥1hr: 70%
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+ 19.5%, Walking Simulator 15.2%, Horror 11.4%, Interactive Fiction 10.8%, Surreal 10.6%
- #10 The Oily Depths
90% matchVery Positive84% of 112 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 14.2%, Psychological Horror 14%, Surreal 11.1%, Mystery 10.7%
- #11 The Trench
91% 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 17.7%, Interactive Fiction 12.8%, Mystery 10.8%, Atmospheric 9.1%
- #12 How Fish Is Made
89% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 5,665 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 33.5% ★, Walking Simulator 14.3%, Surreal 14.2%, Horror 12.4%, Psychological Horror 9.1%
- #13 Loan Shark
89% matchVery Positive85% of 688 reviews2025
Dev: Studio Ortica
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 1.7 hrs≥1hr: 52%
The loan shark is coming for you. Catch enough fish to repay your debt before it is too late. Go fish.
Why similar: Underwater 18.9% ★, Satire 12.9% ★, Dark Humor 11.7%, Interactive Fiction 8.7%, Psychological Horror 8.5%
- #14 Project Threshold
88% matchMostly Positive73% of 85 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 35%, Horror 19.8%, Psychological Horror 13.8%, Surreal 12.2%, Atmospheric 9.8%
- #15 Office After Hours
87% matchVery Positive95% of 165 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%
- #16 Dingir OS
86% matchVery Positive85% of 67 reviews2025
Dev: SpoocleMacBoogle
Windows
Congratulations, you've found Dingir OS — an operating system that lets you glimpse into the darkest corners of the internet. Browse forbidden websites, investigate lethal files, and immerse yourself in the world of digital legends. (We are not responsible for anything that may happen to you.)
Why similar: Horror 26.9%, Interactive Fiction 24.6%, Psychological Horror 22.7%, Story Rich 14.2%, Exploration 11.5%
- #17 Moral Dilemma: The Interview
85% matchVery Positive83% of 1,181 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 26.2% ★, Walking Simulator 18.8%, Satire 18.1% ★, Funny 7.5%, Story Rich 6.3%
- #18 Dreamcore
84% matchVery Positive89% of 1,955 reviews2025
Dev: MontraluzPub: Tlön Industries
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 70%
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 27.5% ★, Walking Simulator 16.7%, Surreal 11.8%, Horror 11%, Psychological Horror 10.2%
- #19 Aphotic Descent
86% matchMixed63% of 78 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 47.1% ★, Walking Simulator 16.8%, Horror 15.1%, Atmospheric 9.6%, Exploration 7.1%
- #20 Mouthwashing
81% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 38,381 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 19.9% ★, Psychological Horror 14.1%, Walking Simulator 13.4%, Horror 12.8%, Surreal 8.9%
- #21 BACKROOMS ANOMALY
82% matchMostly Positive76% of 59 reviews2026
Dev: liminal_games
Windows
Explore a looping corridor filled with anomalies. Walk through the fluorescent-lit backrooms environment, examine your surroundings, and spot subtle changes in reality.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 21.3%, Horror 15.3%, Surreal 15%, Psychological Horror 12.7%, Mystery 10.6%
- #22 Below, Rusted Gods
81% matchVery Positive89% of 309 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 22.3%, Psychological Horror 19.3%, Atmospheric 12.5%, Exploration 10.5%
- #23 Interactivity: The Interactive Experience
84% 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 39.1%, Surreal 29.2%, Atmospheric 16.7%, Adventure 10.1%, Indie 4.9%
- #24 Greetings
83% matchVery Positive84% of 641 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 79.4%, Atmospheric 14%, Indie 6.6%
- #25 MOLDRISE
79% matchVery Positive98% of 416 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 27.5% ★, Dark Humor 14.9%, Horror 12.8%, Psychological Horror 11.4%, Walking Simulator 10.3%
- #26 The Sirena Expedition
82% matchVery Positive83% of 135 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 50.8% ★, Horror 19.2%, Atmospheric 10.8%, Mystery 10%, Exploration 5.4%
- #27 POOLS
79% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 6,637 reviews2024
Dev: Tensori
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 6.1 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 24.3%, Underwater 20.6% ★, Psychological Horror 15.5%, Surreal 13.6%, Atmospheric 10.3%
- #28 SUBSUMED
77% matchVery Positive84% of 57 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 30.5%, Psychological Horror 20.8%, Atmospheric 16.1%, Walking Simulator 14.9%, Exploration 11.8%
- #29 Paratopic
80% matchMostly Positive73% of 2,173 reviews2018
Dev: Arbitrary MetricPub: Serenity Forge
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 54 minMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 47%
Smuggle contraband VHS tapes across the border. Discover the remnants of illicit industry. Prepare for an assassination. This is Paratopic, an atmospheric retro-3D horror adventure through a cursed fever dream.
Why similar: Horror 25.8%, Surreal 25.7%, Walking Simulator 13.7%, Psychological Horror 12.5%, Atmospheric 11.7%
- #30 LIMINAL WATERS - ENHANCED EDITION
77% matchVery Positive90% of 126 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 32.6%, Horror 20.6%, Surreal 20.4%, Atmospheric 10.3%, Psychological Horror 6%
- #31 Seybul Tech
78% 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 9.1%
- #32 There's Nothing Down There
76% matchVery Positive85% of 379 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: Horror 26.4%, Underwater 26% ★, Walking Simulator 24.9%, Exploration 10.3%, Atmospheric 5.6%
- #33 MY ADAPTATION IN(TO) HUMAN
78% matchMixed66% of 58 reviews2024
Dev: SpoocleMacBoogle
Windows
You are a body snatching creature. Capture the body, explore the environment, reproduce.
Why similar: Horror 21.1%, Interactive Fiction 18%, Surreal 12.6%, Psychological Horror 11.7%, Dark Humor 11.4%
- #34 Unusual Tales: Deep Below
75% matchVery Positive96% of 83 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 7.7%
- #35 Blood Orange: Definitive Edition
76% matchVery Positive95% of 262 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+ 28.9%, Walking Simulator 24.8%, Psychological Horror 17.3%, Atmospheric 12.3%, Story Rich 10.2%
- #36 The Test: Reality Check
74% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 653 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 19.7%, Dark Humor 19%, Horror 15.6%, Surreal 14.3%, Psychological Horror 14.2%
- #37 STASIS: BONE TOTEM
74% matchVery Positive93% of 2,654 reviews2023
Dev: THE BROTHERHOOD
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Get ready for a thrilling underwater adventure with classic point-and-click gameplay. Explore with three characters simultaneously. Featuring atmospheric isometric graphics, rendered video, and a soundtrack by Mark Morgan, BONE TOTEM takes you on a journey to hidden places deep below the waves...
Why similar: Horror 28.1%, Psychological Horror 23.8%, Story Rich 14.9%, Atmospheric 14%, Exploration 12.2%
- #38 Shifting To The Backrooms
73% matchVery Positive87% of 75 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%
- #39 Desktop Explorer
71% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 1,696 reviews2026
Dev: Recurring Dream
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 82%
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 26.1%, Interactive Fiction 18.7%, Psychological Horror 18.4%, Mystery 14.9%, Atmospheric 9.9%
- #40 The Exit 8
72% matchVery Positive93% of 11,464 reviews2023
Dev: KOTAKE CREATEPub: PLAYISM
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 1.8 hrs≥1hr: 58%
You are trapped in an endless underground passageway. Observe your surroundings carefully to reach "The Exit 8".
Why similar: Walking Simulator 24.9%, Horror 17.6%, Psychological Horror 14.8%, Surreal 12%, Exploration 9%
- #41 Isolomus
75% matchVery Positive95% of 434 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 22.8%, Surreal 18.5%, Psychological Horror 15.8%, Horror 14.7%, Story Rich 7.1%
- #42 Terminal Lucidity
71% matchVery Positive96% of 94 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 24.8%, Psychological Horror 19.2%, Interactive Fiction 14.6%, Dark Humor 14.5%, Mystery 8.7%
- #43 The Repairing Mantis
73% matchVery Positive95% of 143 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 24.8% ★, Walking Simulator 16.8%, Horror 12.6%, Psychological Horror 10.3%, Surreal 9.4%
- #44 Creepy Support
70% matchVery Positive90% of 126 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 20.1% ★, Text-Based 17%, Dark Humor 14.9%, Interactive Fiction 12.5%, Horror 11.1%
- #45 Whale Flesh
72% 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 26%, Walking Simulator 13.3%, Atmospheric 12.7%, Surreal 11.1%
- #46 The Abyss Below
69% matchMostly Positive80% of 59 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 50.1% ★, Horror 12.5%, Exploration 9.8%, Psychological Horror 9.7%, Mystery 8.5%
- #47 Office Hours
69% matchVery Positive81% of 64 reviews2026
Dev: PipoteamPub: IIM Digital School
Windows
Sort forms, get to know your mysterious new collegues & unravel mysteries they're trying to cover up as you step in to replace the previous RH at this mysterious pharmaceutical company.
Why similar: Dark Humor 29.5%, Psychological Horror 28.7%, Horror 21.6%, Story Rich 10.7%, Atmospheric 7.7%
- #48 Underwater
73% matchMixed68% 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 16.8%, Atmospheric 13.4%, Story Rich 13.1%
- #49 Closer To Home
70% matchVery Positive98% of 64 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 33.3%, Horror 26.5%, Psychological Horror 25%, Story Rich 14.2%, Indie 0.5%
- #50 Effugium
71% 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 16.5%, Psychological Horror 13.2%, Exploration 9.8%
- #51 My Last Appointment
70% matchMostly Positive74% of 135 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 12.9%, Exploration 8.1%
- #52 Liminalcore
68% matchVery Positive83% of 748 reviews2024
Dev: Shadow Owl Studios
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 2.7 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Explore and admire while navigate through eerie, surreal environments inspired by the Backrooms lore. Explore this uncanny world lost in time and get lost in the otherworldly architecture in a world where reality bends and your sanity is tested.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 24%, Underwater 22.4% ★, Psychological Horror 14.1%, Surreal 10.5%, Mystery 9.3%
- #53 I'll Do It Tomorrow
68% matchVery Positive96% of 84 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%
- #54 TAKE CARE OF THE DOG
66% matchVery Positive93% of 157 reviews2026
Dev: bodinhe
Windows
Hello! Hi! How are you? It's time to play! TAKE CARE OF THE DOG is a short story about... taking care of a dog! Play around, follow him, find items, go get the water in the basement (for some reason) and a lot more!
Why similar: Satire 28.3% ★, Horror 11.9%, Interactive Fiction 11.5%, Psychological Horror 10.9%, Surreal 10.5%
- #55 Museum of Monoliths
68% matchVery Positive92% of 106 reviews2023
Dev: Podoba InteractivePub: Marevo Collective
Windows
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 28.7%, Surreal 19.5%, Psychological Horror 16.6%, Atmospheric 10.8%, Horror 9.3%
- #56 FEED IT
65% matchVery Positive82% of 71 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 12.8%, Dark Humor 10.9%
- #57 Buddy Simulator 1984
66% matchVery Positive93% of 4,346 reviews2021
Dev: Not a Sailor Studios
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Thanks to next generation AI technology, BUDDY SIMULATOR 1984 simulates the experience of hanging out with a best buddy! Your buddy learns from you, constantly adapting to your interests and personality. But most importantly, your buddy can play games with you!
Why similar: Text-Based 21.7%, Horror 21.6%, Psychological Horror 19.8%, Story Rich 11.7%, Interactive Fiction 10.4%
- #58 The Cabin Factory
64% matchVery Positive91% of 3,776 reviews2024
Dev: International Cat StudiosPub: Future Friends Games
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 1.3 hrs≥1hr: 51%
Your job at the Cabin Factory is simple: inspect the cabins and decide on whether they’re haunted or not. If you do find any anomalies, get out…immediately.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 32%, Horror 28.5%, Psychological Horror 23%, Atmospheric 11.8%, Adventure 3.6%
- #59 THRESHOLD
65% matchVery Positive85% of 1,340 reviews2024
Dev: Julien EveilléPub: CRITICAL REFLEX
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 2.9 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 9.1%
- #60 First Session
69% 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 21.7% ★, Walking Simulator 14.3%, Horror 12.6%, Psychological Horror 11.3%, Surreal 10.1%