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 23.6%, Loot 15.8%, Exploration 11%, Stylized 10.4%, 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 10.6%, Exploration 10.4%, First-Person 10.2%, Horror 9.5%

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 12.8%, Exploration 12%, First-Person 11.6%, Adventure 8.4%

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

Why similar: Loot 19.9%, Sandbox 18.3%, Stylized 10.4%, Dark 9.1%, First-Person 8.9%

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 20.7%, First-Person 13.4%, Adventure 12.4%, Dark 11%

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 18.7%, Stylized 16.8%, Dark 13.5%, Adventure 12.4%, Exploration 10.3%

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 21.3%, Exploration 15.1%, Dark 14.2%, Horror 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 26.5%, First-Person 12.1%, Exploration 11.9%, Dark 11%, Horror 9.5%

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 20.9%, First-Person 18.7%, Dark 12.9%, Mystery 12.3%, 3D 11.8%

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 12.9%, Nonlinear 11.6%, 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 26.6%, Loot 17.7%, Adventure 12.1%, Exploration 11.7%, Stylized 11.1%

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 anything around it. There is only one way.

Why similar: Surreal 24.1%, Exploration 16.2%, Horror 16.2%, Dark 12.1%, Adventure 11.3%

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 21.2%, Horror 14.2%, Dark 13.2%, First-Person 12.9%, Exploration 12.5%

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 24.2%, Stylized 12.8%, Exploration 11.1%, First-Person 11.1%, Dark 8.6%

The Charity Shop is an atmospheric, surreal, first-person puzzle game where you use your camera to capture the essence of a life lived. To this end, you have been delivered to The Charity Shop, the place where people donate unwanted belongings—each carrying an imprint of the time they once shared.

Why similar: Surreal 30.7%, Horror 16%, First-Person 14.4%, Atmospheric 12.2%, Exploration 10.7%

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 14.4%, Dark 13.5%, Stylized 12.7%, Exploration 10.8%

Imagine Wind - an atmospheric first-person adventure about exploring the underground world beneath Antarctica. Gather resources, set up camp, study amber artifacts, and uncover the mystery of your own memory.

Why similar: Loot 21.6%, Sandbox 17.2%, First-Person 11.9%, Mystery 11.9%, Exploration 11.8%

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 14.6%, Exploration 14.4%, Dark 12.9%, Horror 11.5%, Adventure 10.4%

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

Why similar: Sandbox 29.5%, Stylized 16%, Nonlinear 13.2%, First-Person 12.6%, Atmospheric 11.1%

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 23.4%, Exploration 15.1%, Dark 14.5%, Adventure 11.6%, First-Person 10.2%

Dig to China Simulator, is a 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.

Why similar: Loot 20.5%, Sandbox 13.1%, Adventure 9.6%, First-Person 9.5%, Atmospheric 9.2%

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 26.6%, First-Person 14.8%, Adventure 13.2%, Exploration 12.5%, Dark 10.7%

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 12.1%, Adventure 10.6%, Atmospheric 9.2%

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 33.6%, Adventure 14.7%, Exploration 14.6%, Stylized 14.4%, First-Person 13.7%

You will have to survive the cold New Year's Eve, look for food in the trash in the world where no one cares about you. This is an adventure where you have to survive Christmas, a holiday that has never been so cold before...

Why similar: Sandbox 18.3%, Surreal 13.4%, Exploration 10.7%, First-Person 9.7%, Dark 9%

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 21%, Surreal 11.4%, Horror 11.3%, First-Person 10.2%, Dark 10.1%

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

Why similar: Stylized 16.4%, Surreal 16.1%, Exploration 13.1%, Mystery 9.9%, Dark 9.5%

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%, Exploration 14.3%, First-Person 13.5%, Adventure 9.2%

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 26.2%, Adventure 15.1%, First-Person 12.3%, Horror 10.8%, Atmospheric 8.2%

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 11.8%, Mystery 11.1%, Stylized 11%, Dark 10.8%

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 18.1%, Stylized 12.7%, Adventure 12.2%, Exploration 11.9%, First-Person 9.8%

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%, Stylized 16%, Exploration 15.7%, Sandbox 12%, 3D 9.9%

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 36.3%, Adventure 16.1%, Exploration 15.9%, First-Person 13.3%, 3D 9.4%

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: Loot 19.4%, Sandbox 19.4%, First-Person 12.4%, Exploration 12.1%, Horror 10%

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%, First-Person 17.7%, Dark 14%, Mystery 13.1%, Adventure 9.1%

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 15.6%, 3D 10.5%, Adventure 9.9%

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 14.4%, Mystery 13%, First-Person 12.1%, Dark 10.7%

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

Why similar: First-Person 17%, Dark 15.4%, Horror 14.1%, Mystery 12.7%, Adventure 11.1%

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 20.4%, Surreal 12.9%, First-Person 10.3%, Horror 10.1%, Dark 10%

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 20.8%, First-Person 15.6%, Stylized 14.1%, Horror 13.1%, Dark 11.3%

Where The Crows Roam is a survival horror game made by a sixth grader in his free time. In this game you will get to explore the now deserted Stunig City and its outer ruins. Watch your back because you never know what is watching you. Can you survive?

Why similar: Stylized 20.3%, Surreal 17.7%, Horror 15.8%, First-Person 12.6%, Dark 12.3%

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

Why similar: Surreal 24%, Horror 23.6%, First-Person 15.2%, Dark 11%, Adventure 9.3%

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%, First-Person 14.9%, Horror 14.8%, 3D 14.1%, Adventure 12.4%

Grab your metal detector and hunt for buried treasure across a quiet countryside village. Drive your pickup between locations. Take jobs from neighbors and get permission to search their land. Sell what you uncover and upgrade your gear as you get closer to an ancient treasure buried beneath.

Why similar: Sandbox 31%, Loot 18.8%, Adventure 14.6%, Exploration 13.7%, Stylized 13.2%

20 Doors is an exploration, action and puzzle solving adventure where strange events and environments make you question your sanity.

Why similar: Surreal 19.9%, First-Person 14.2%, Horror 13.6%, Exploration 10.1%, Mystery 10%

Horror puzzle game with spot-the-difference elements for survival. Complete interesting puzzles throughout your home to gain access to more areas and unlock more of the story all while using your modified camera to survive the threat that is lurking.

Why similar: Horror 12.9%, Surreal 12%, Dark 11.8%, Mystery 11.6%, Nonlinear 10.7%

A co-op survival game for 1–6 players. Enter corrupted timelines as time janitors, scavenging resources, solving objectives, and surviving collapse. Every jump is different.

Why similar: Loot 19.7%, Exploration 15.6%, First-Person 12.8%, PvE 12.6%, Horror 11.3%

Navigate an underground warehouse, approve special items, and eliminate anomalies over a tense 7-day contract or face termination.

Why similar: Stylized 17.3%, First-Person 14.7%, Dark 13.9%, Surreal 13.7%, Horror 12.1%

When Travel plans go awry, the only way out is to face the darkness and find a way to survive to make it home alive. With something Lurking in the Dark. You are not alone.You will Have to Face the Darkness to Survive. The question is - Can you Survive?

Why similar: Sandbox 23.6%, Nonlinear 13.2%, Exploration 12.1%, First-Person 11.1%, Horror 10.9%

Paradise Nowhere is a Backrooms game that blends abstract concepts with realistic graphics, evoking a feeling of liminality through empty spaces devoid of life. The game isn’t intended as a horror experience, your feelings towards liminal spaces might make it one. Or maybe, it's just the Paradise...

Why similar: Sandbox 19.5%, Nonlinear 14.1%, Surreal 14.1%, Exploration 10.6%, First-Person 10.3%

Dignaut is a chill sci-fi space adventure where you drill into alien terrain to uncover rare resources and hidden treasures. Explore a mysterious planet with multiple biomes, upgrade your gear, and uncover the secrets of an ancient, buried alien civilization.

Why similar: Loot 25.1%, Sandbox 23.9%, Exploration 12.5%, Mystery 9.6%, First-Person 9.5%

Water Delivery is a first person, horror experience where you play as a water delivery boy. Ride along in the delivery truck from house to house. Deliver filled water jugs, find and return empty jugs, and collect all the payments. Will you be able to finish your final route of the evening?

Why similar: Surreal 13.6%, Horror 12.3%, Stylized 12.2%, Mystery 11%, First-Person 11%

A cold game set in a remote Alaskan town. Waking up in a freezing Alaskan town, you are forced to survive against creatures that you have never seen before. Balance your scarce resources against the threats that inhabit the town, and find a way to escape this frozen hell.

Why similar: Sandbox 22.3%, Stylized 14.8%, Horror 14.2%, Dark 13.9%, Exploration 13.4%

A shadowed forest looms, its hostile residents bound to an ancient evil that is rising again. You bear the heavy burden of an age-old ritual—to keep the demon at bay. Keep the sacred flame burning until dawn, or risk the fate of both yourself and the world.

Why similar: Horror 24.5%, Exploration 19.3%, PvE 16.1%, First-Person 13.6%, Dark 10.2%

Why similar: Sandbox 26.5%, Exploration 13.6%, First-Person 12.1%, Horror 11.8%, Mystery 9.3%

You're driving away on a forest road, late at night, under a heavy storm. Your car breaks down. Luckily, there might be a gas station nearby. But a misfortune never comes alone. The storm has brought something else, something otherworldly that oddly smells of spilled diesel oil.

Why similar: Surreal 18.4%, Horror 14.3%, Dark 14.2%, First-Person 12.1%, Exploration 10.9%

Enter "Sooty's Rest," the forbidden forest where the legendary fire prevention mascot, Sooty The Bear, is real. Use your compass, flashlight, and survival skills to escape his pursuit. Navigate, hide, and outsmart Sooty in this thrilling wilderness survival horror game. Can you make it out alive?

Why similar: Exploration 23.6%, First-Person 20.5%, Horror 19%, Dark 13.2%, 3D 13.1%

Aegis is a first-person horror adventure game set within the ruins of Medusa's temple.

Why similar: Stylized 16.7%, Exploration 15.2%, First-Person 14.8%, Dark 13%, Adventure 11.1%

Kitty Kart 64 is a surreal, horror-themed exploration game set in the world of a bargain-bin kart racer. Explore scrapped tracks, beta maps, and dreamscapes in a chaotic, broken world, all from the convenience of your go-kart!

Why similar: Surreal 18.4%, Horror 15.1%, Dark 14.8%, Nonlinear 14%, Exploration 13.2%

An atmospheric first-person horror immersive sim where you use an array of unusual items to escape a murderous cult of rabbit-headed men from a nightmare world.

Why similar: Surreal 14.6%, Horror 12.1%, Stylized 11.8%, First-Person 10.6%, Exploration 10.5%