Games Like Rat`s Lair

You've been trapped in a mine. You'll need to use your tools to dig your way to the exit in a fully destructible 3D voxel terrain. Manage your oxygen and equipment, and uncover the dark mystery buried deep within the mine.

Why similar: Sandbox 23.7%, Loot 15.4%, Exploration 11%, Adventure 10.6%, First-Person 10.3%

A mysterious frequency is being transmitted from the Radio Tower. You the Technician, must repair the tower, and uncover what happened to the previous engineer.

Why similar: Sandbox 23.3%, Dark 10.5%, Exploration 10.5%, First-Person 10.2%, Horror 9.6%

An immersive survival crafting adventure game set on an alien planet. Explore the surroundings and build an understanding of the world around you. Create tools, devices, and structures to overcome the limitations of the harsh environment and unravel the mysteries of the unknown signals.

Why similar: Sandbox 26%, Stylized 12.4%, Exploration 12.1%, First-Person 11.7%, Adventure 8.7%

Nevada, 2011. As Emma Carter, doubt your own mind and face a domestic nightmare that breathes the same air as you. In this immersive psychological horror, every shadow hides a twisted secret. Question your sanity and uncover the chilling truth.

Why similar: Stylized 14.8%, Exploration 14.7%, First-Person 13.5%, Dark 10.7%, Horror 9.1%

Explore endless backrooms complex alone or with friends in the atmospheric horror experience. Survive hostile entities, uncover strange environments, and descend deeper into the unknown.

Why similar: Adventure 12.9%, Exploration 12.4%, Stylized 12%, First-Person 10.9%, Dark 9.6%

BlockSouls is a surreal indie adventure set in a lonely brutalist city. Explore strange places, meet unsettling characters, face disturbing enemies, and uncover hidden paths in a dark, dreamlike world.

Why similar: Surreal 19.4%, Exploration 14.1%, Adventure 13.7%, Dark 13.2%, Atmospheric 10.2%

You awaken, trapped in a dark, blood-stained house. A terrifying puppet hunts you. Solve puzzles, find tools, and unlock the front door to escape. But be quiet, it hears everything. Uncover the house's dark secrets before the Evil Doll finds you.

Why similar: Sandbox 28%, Loot 20.2%, First-Person 13.5%, Adventure 12.9%, Dark 10.9%

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: Horror 18.8%, Stylized 16.6%, Dark 13.4%, Adventure 12.8%, Exploration 10.3%

A co-op psychotic experience with tycoon and horror elements.

Why similar: Loot 19.5%, Sandbox 18.4%, Stylized 10.2%, Dark 9.1%, First-Person 9%

Navigate through various levels as you search for artifacts. But you must listen to your surroundings, for an invisible entity draws ever closer...

Why similar: Surreal 21.2%, Exploration 15.1%, Horror 14.2%, Dark 14.1%, First-Person 11.1%

Astral Dusk is a first-person, crafting horror survival game following a lone astronaut marooned on the edge of a deep, dark moon crater. Scavenge various resources, debris, and alien plant life to craft tools to venture further into the void, to fix your damaged rocket, and blast off into space.

Why similar: Sandbox 26.4%, First-Person 12.1%, Exploration 12%, Dark 10.9%, Horror 9.6%

LUXVYR is an atmospheric, psychological tale about not what light is, but who it sees. In this labyrinth, locks yield not to keys, but to testimony.

Why similar: Stylized 20.4%, First-Person 18.9%, Dark 12.9%, Mystery 12.4%, 3D 11.9%

DIRUS Software's lost 1999 cult-classic is back! Explore its confusing and stygian world for yourself in this newly remastered edition, and uncover the mystery of its warped labyrinths and crossroads. Find hidden secrets unknown even to the original developers.

Why similar: Surreal 14.7%, Exploration 13.4%, Horror 13%, Nonlinear 11.7%, First-Person 11.2%

Shorten your journey to the castle by digging a tunnel through the mountain. Use magic and craft: swing your pickaxe, cast spells, blow up obstacles, and light your path with glowing slimes. Trade resources with the Goose, unlock new tools, and uncover the mountain's secrets.

Why similar: Sandbox 26.7%, Loot 17.3%, Adventure 12.5%, Exploration 11.8%, Stylized 10.8%

Feed and raise your little baby. Watch it grow and feed on every and anything. In Full Bloom is a Tamagotchi inspired Katamari-like about a creature with never-ending hunger for the world around it. There is only one way.

Why similar: Surreal 24%, Horror 16.2%, Exploration 16.1%, Dark 12.4%, Adventure 11.6%

Sail as a pirate across a Caribbean ocean. Trim to the wind, rake enemy hulls with broadsides, and haul plunder home in a hold you have to pack yourself. Take your vessel from a floating shipwreck to an unsinkable fortress, and make a name for yourself amongst the factions that sail these waters.

Why similar: Sandbox 28.1%, Loot 21.8%, Adventure 13.9%, Exploration 12.3%, Stylized 12.1%

Byte & Brew is an upcoming dystopian exploration game about making coffee, learning about your customers, the city, and influencing it through your actions.

Why similar: Sandbox 24.3%, Stylized 12.4%, Exploration 11.2%, First-Person 11.1%, Dark 8.6%

Dig to China Simulator, is a simple game about digging a hole in your back yard, until you get to China. Find ores in the holes you dig, sell them, upgrade your equipment to dig faster. No Monsters, No Fall Damage, 500 meters of pure digging.

Why similar: Loot 20.2%, Sandbox 13.4%, Adventure 9.9%, First-Person 9.6%, Horror 9.3%

LIMB: Origins is a dark sci-fi horror game where you must survive in a mysterious parallel world following the disappearance of a research team. Unravel the mysteries of your missing colleagues, explore the world, repair the teleporter, and find your way home.

Why similar: Sandbox 21.1%, Horror 14.3%, Dark 13.1%, First-Person 12.9%, Exploration 12.5%

A Survival-Crafting Game combining all of your favourite mechanics from different games and genres. Fill your Item Collections, Max out your Weapons and Skills, Complete all Quests, Defeat Bosses, Increase your Stats, or just Build your Island.

Why similar: Sandbox 26.6%, Loot 16.1%, Adventure 13.6%, Exploration 11.8%, Stylized 11.3%

Welcome to a reimagining of Beneath the Cardboard, a fairytale-themed tale of things not so fairytale-like... Survive countless cold nights in Snow Town, a place where no one will look at you twice.

Why similar: Sandbox 18.2%, Surreal 13.3%, Exploration 9.9%, First-Person 9.7%, Dark 8.9%

A short first-person horror game where you wander through an eerie forest using the dials of a microwave.

Why similar: Surreal 19.8%, Horror 14.7%, Dark 13.4%, Stylized 12.3%, Exploration 10.8%

Sanguis Luna is a first person Horror video game that catapults you into a frightening Mansion. Your main objective is to escape the infested Mansion, finding objects and challenging riddles while exploring incredible scenarios.

Why similar: First-Person 14.5%, Exploration 14.4%, Dark 12.8%, Horror 11.6%, Adventure 10.7%

In this horror adventure, your only weapons are ink, paper, and will. Explore shifting paths, chart them by hand, and uncover ancient secrets buried beneath root and stone. Every step takes its toll.

Why similar: Horror 26.7%, First-Person 14.7%, Adventure 13.6%, Exploration 12.5%, Dark 10.6%

An otherworldly being has trapped you in their mysterious extradimensional prison. Explore a home ripped from time, activate the signals, and follow them to free that which binds you in this surreal first-person non-linear puzzle game.

Why similar: Surreal 17.8%, Stylized 13.8%, Nonlinear 13.6%, Mystery 13.1%, Exploration 11.6%

Uncle's Basement is a survival horror game with puzzle solving elements. In it you will have to go through all the difficulties and find a way out of the place of confinement.

Why similar: Horror 23.6%, Exploration 15.1%, Dark 14.4%, Adventure 11.9%, First-Person 10.2%

An atmospheric mini game that let's you explore a snowcapped yard in which you build your very own snowman.

Why similar: Sandbox 43.6%, First-Person 18.7%, 3D 12%, Adventure 10.9%, Atmospheric 9.1%

A young girl, suffering from sensory abnormalities, finds herself in a thrilling adventure fighting with her imagination.

Why similar: Surreal 16.2%, Stylized 15.9%, Exploration 13.2%, Mystery 9.9%, Dark 9.5%

Explore the infinite world! Play with the fully destructible voxel terrain! Craft and split items! Build and customize a house or any building! And many more! This is the ultimate sandbox survival game where you can do almost anything you can dream!

Why similar: Sandbox 33.5%, Adventure 15.2%, Exploration 14.6%, Stylized 14%, First-Person 13.7%

Test Physics Through Multiple Labs And Push The Limits Of What Physics Can Do In A Sandbox Environment!

Why similar: Sandbox 29.6%, Stylized 15.5%, Nonlinear 13.3%, First-Person 12.7%, Atmospheric 11%

Selenetrope is a survival horror game where you play as a lab grown homunculus struggling to survive in a base below the surface of an exoplanetary moon. Battle your insane and misbegotten brothers and stave off a raging fever that threatens to destroy you from within.

Why similar: Nonlinear 18.7%, Horror 18.1%, Exploration 14.3%, First-Person 13.5%, Adventure 9.4%

Fort Oasis is no paradise—it's a decaying nightmare where reality crumbles. The creator of Turbo Overkill unleashes survival-horror stacked with mysteries and monstrosities. Scavenge to craft weapons, while a voice on your walkie-talkie guides you into the island's depths.

Why similar: Loot 20.5%, Horror 11.6%, Surreal 11.4%, First-Person 10.2%, Dark 10.1%

Yank an enormous line into an anomalous ocean in online co-op. Reel in physics-based props and risk the odds for rare loot. Use literally anything caught as bait, then decide how to break down your catch to build a dock and reach other islands.

Why similar: Loot 20.9%, Sandbox 13%, Stylized 12.5%, Horror 10.5%, Surreal 8.2%

A first person survival horror game set in The Backrooms. Explore and survive in this liminal expanse of many levels while maintaining your sanity, with realistic yet distinct graphics. You may attempt to run or fight, but how far will that really get you?

Why similar: Exploration 18.4%, Nonlinear 18%, First-Person 16.4%, Stylized 12.6%, 3D 10.3%

A murky point-and-click puzzle game where a straightforward repair job gets stranger the deeper you go. Solve 2D and 3D puzzles, meet weird characters, and figure out what is happening below the sludge.

Why similar: Surreal 16.9%, Dark 13.1%, Stylized 11.3%, Horror 10.8%, Mystery 9%

Escape your nightmares. Explore the Backrooms and other dreams. Solve puzzles to find your way out. Don't get caught.

Why similar: First-Person 16.5%, Exploration 15.8%, Stylized 15.6%, Sandbox 12%, 3D 9.9%

What is inside the Red Fridge? Collection of six episodes of psychological analog horror. Tour through liminal spaces filled with surreal events and uncanny strangers. Inspired by retro horrors of the PSX era.

Why similar: Surreal 14.5%, Horror 11.9%, Mystery 11.1%, Dark 10.7%, Stylized 10.7%

Lantern Light is an action horror puzzle game where you explore a decrepit manor and face twisted monsters. While clinging to the fragile glow of your lantern, the only thing keeping you from madness. Keep the light alive, preserve your sanity, and confront your deepest fears in Lantern Light.

Why similar: Stylized 25.5%, Adventure 15.6%, First-Person 12.3%, Horror 11%, Atmospheric 8.1%

Above The Horizon is terraformation survival crafting game where you crash landed above the planet "Lunaris". The rest of your colonization team landed safely on the planet... so it's up to you to get back to the planet and terraform it along the way!

Why similar: Sandbox 36.1%, Adventure 16.5%, Exploration 15.9%, First-Person 13.2%, 3D 9.3%

Clock in and discover the dark secret behind one of the world’s favorite canned meat brand in Beef, a surreal horror experience like no other.

Why similar: Horror 18.2%, Adventure 12.6%, Stylized 12.3%, Exploration 12%, First-Person 9.8%

Steal $5,000 from an abandoned apartment complex while avoiding a demented man.

Why similar: Horror 15.1%, Exploration 13.5%, Adventure 13%, First-Person 12.8%, Stylized 12.3%

The roads are comfortably quiet at night. The only sound to keep you company is the medical equipment rattling behind you. You turn on the radio, but instead of music you hear a growl behind you. A strange being has appeared in the back, eyes pleading for help. It reminds you of someone.

Why similar: Stylized 19.5%, First-Person 18.4%, Horror 16.7%, Surreal 14.7%, 3D 11.3%

SCOOMART is a INDIE-HORROR game created from an inside joke about a pet! As the protagonist, you get stuck working the night shift at a local gas station. What begins as a normal shift quickly turns into a very confusing night.

Why similar: Exploration 19.9%, First-Person 16.6%, Horror 15.7%, 3D 10.4%, Adventure 10.1%

Welcome to Inuyo Academy, an all-ages school once filled with joy. Something terrible happened after the school’s mascot staff was revealed to the public, and it’s your job as an officer to investigate the abandoned building, in search of evidence to figure out the truth.

Why similar: Horror 21.2%, First-Person 17.7%, Dark 13.9%, Mystery 13%, Adventure 9.4%

A late-90s retro 3D horror where you feed the Biomass Core to escape. No keys. No doors.

Why similar: Horror 17.9%, First-Person 14.8%, Exploration 11.9%, Atmospheric 11.1%, Dark 10.6%

Strange noises echo through empty rooms, shadows seem to shift, and it feels like you’re never truly alone. To feel safer, you’ve installed a smart monitoring system, allowing you to watch every room. But in a place like this, will that be enough?

Why similar: Surreal 18.9%, Horror 14.6%, Mystery 12.9%, First-Person 12.1%, Dark 10.6%

Noclipped is a Survival Horror Adventure game located in the Backrooms. Explore infinite levels, collect resources, fight or flee from dangerous beings and survive in the harsh environments of the Backrooms.

Why similar: Sandbox 19.5%, Loot 19%, First-Person 12.5%, Exploration 12.2%, Horror 10.1%

Enter the murky depths of the Zenith Corporation facility as a ZBO unit technician. In this merciless 4-player extraction horror, you will face living anomalies and a paranoia system that will make you distrust your own senses. Will you uncover the secrets of the complex before it's too late?

Why similar: Mystery 13.6%, Horror 13.1%, Surreal 12.9%, Exploration 12.5%, PvE 12.2%

You woke up in a cell in the basement. What now?

Why similar: First-Person 17%, Dark 15.3%, Horror 14.2%, Mystery 12.7%, Adventure 11.4%

Paragrowth is Survival RPG game placed in giant dark forest. Scavenge and explore countryside areas overgrown by trees and mysterious living roots. Find hideout to survive nights full of paranormal activities. Hunt mutating prey for ingredients to inject enemies abilities into yourself.

Why similar: Sandbox 20.3%, Surreal 12.9%, First-Person 10.3%, Horror 10.2%, Dark 9.9%

A short first-person horror game set in Tbilisi. A late-night walk to the metro turns tense as a slow-moving car tracks your every step. When you find the station closed, a desperate fight to escape begins.

Why similar: Horror 20.8%, First-Person 18.9%, Atmospheric 12.3%, Exploration 12%, Stylized 10.8%

Developed by a solo developer, this atmospheric horror mystery tasks you with investigating a school where everyone vanished without a trace. Navigate untouched corridors and find notes to uncover the backstory. No difficult puzzles...just the truth waiting in the dark.

Why similar: Exploration 26.7%, Stylized 26.6%, Horror 25.5%, Adventure 19.8%, Singleplayer 0.8%

Backrooms: Found Footage is a single-player horror game where you are the main character trying to survive the Backrooms. Curiosity wins and you decide to explore this weird place that you got trapped in. What could go wrong?

Why similar: Exploration 16.7%, First-Person 15.5%, Adventure 14.9%, Horror 14.5%, Dark 11.5%

A minimalist game about digging through a deep, surreal tunnel. Upgrade your gear to go further, and uncover the dark secret of why no one returns from the depths. But move carefully—some cubes should remain buried.

Why similar: Surreal 17.2%, Sandbox 15.8%, Horror 10.9%, Exploration 10.5%, First-Person 9.8%

Step into the mystery of The Orphaned House. Explore its rooms, manipulate the environment to solve puzzles, and follow your intuition to uncover every hidden secret in this atmospheric adventure game.

Why similar: Surreal 15.4%, Mystery 15%, Exploration 13.5%, Stylized 12.9%, First-Person 11.4%

After years of missing out on life, the journeys, the friendships, the experiences, you are prescribed an experimental medication to help you reclaim your life. The side effects were supposed to be minor, but as you drift off to sleep, you wake up in your childhood home.

Why similar: Horror 24%, Dark 18.3%, First-Person 15.6%, Atmospheric 13.2%, Adventure 12.4%

A chilling psychological horror set in 1980s Kerala. After weeks of silence, you arrive on a remote island to search for your missing wife. Explore an abandoned house, uncover local folklore, survive haunting encounters, and unravel the island’s buried secrets.

Why similar: Exploration 23.5%, Horror 14.9%, First-Person 14.9%, 3D 13.9%, Adventure 12.5%

A man living in his new apartment finds himself in the center of something much more sinister.

Why similar: Surreal 23.9%, Horror 23.7%, First-Person 15.1%, Dark 10.9%, Adventure 9.6%

Every floor looks normal… until it isn't. Go up if everything is fine, down if something is wrong. One mistake sends you back. The deeper you go, the less the corridor obeys its own rules.

Why similar: Horror 15.3%, Surreal 14.6%, First-Person 13.9%, Dark 13.2%, Exploration 12.4%

Washout is a single-player first-person horror game where the player must escape a flooded maze inspired by the Bathroom Maze aesthetic while avoiding an irrational threat — a Washing Machine whose behavior defies logic and reason.

Why similar: Surreal 21%, First-Person 15.7%, Stylized 13.7%, Horror 13.3%, Dark 11.4%