Games Like Real Nightmares

You wake up from the noise of thunderstorms, no one there. You are trying to get out and realize that after all you are not alone here... Сan You Exit From?

Why similar: Physics 13.4%, Lore-Rich 13%, Immersive Sim 12.2%, Walking Simulator 9.2%, Psychological Horror 8%

You’re Carl, a maintenance worker spending seven nights in a remote lodge. Fix what’s broken, explore its dark corners, and face the feeling that you’re not alone.. while pretending nothing is wrong.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 17.9%, Immersive Sim 17.1%, Lore-Rich 14.2%, Exploration 8.6%, Action-Adventure 8.6%

You are trapped in the new company by Lao Liu, and you need to carefully observe whether there are any abnormalities every day, make the right choice within the limited time, and break the cycle.

Why similar: Immersive Sim 22.9%, Walking Simulator 21.5%, Exploration 12.3%, Puzzle 10.2%, Psychological Horror 8.2%

Get out of the building via the stairway. Observe the levels carefully for a successful exit.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 25.8%, Immersive Sim 18.8%, Psychological Horror 16%, Mystery 9.4%, Logic 7.1%

Room 404 is a first-person Chinese horror game.Players must discern anomalies within an endlessly looping corridor, make decisions,and attempts to unravel the mysteries surrounding themselves and the four floors of the apartment.

Why similar: Immersive Sim 21.4%, Walking Simulator 20.7%, Psychological Horror 16.1%, Exploration 11.4%, Action-Adventure 9.3%

A drunk man returns home, but the familiar stairwell turns into an endless, distorted maze. Floors repeat themselves, doors disappear, and every wrong step takes you back to the beginning. Can you make it to your apartment?

Why similar: Walking Simulator 22.9%, Immersive Sim 20%, Puzzle 10.8%, Exploration 8.9%, Simulation 8.2%

In Nine Floors, you are a student who has finished the horror of high school classes. Move down and go home! The High school feel like a backroom, find the anomaly in each floor and reach the exit. Based on popular's game The Exit 8 and Shinkansen 0 | 新幹線 0号

Why similar: Walking Simulator 22.4%, Immersive Sim 11.9%, Psychological Horror 11.7%, Exploration 10.6%, Action-Adventure 10.6%

Dragged into a web of secrets and lies, Samantha seems to be part of a puzzle impossible to solve. What once seemed obvious soon turns into something far more sinister, and the line between villain and victim begins to blur.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 20.9%, Immersive Sim 18.2%, Action-Adventure 10.4%, Exploration 8.9%, Realistic 7.1%

BACKROOMS: LIMINAL ESCAPE is a VHS-style horror game where you explore eerie liminal spaces through a camcorder. BACKROOMS: LIMINAL ESCAPE is More than just a walking sim, it features intense levels that require you to hide, run, stay quite, and survive in a creepy, analog nightmare.

Why similar: Immersive Sim 16.9%, Walking Simulator 14.3%, Psychological Horror 12.9%, Realistic 9.5%, Exploration 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 26.9%, Psychological Horror 11.9%, Puzzle 11.1%, Exploration 10.4%, Immersive Sim 7.1%

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 23.9%, Immersive Sim 20.7%, Puzzle 10.8%, Exploration 10.3%, Realistic 7.5%

Infinite Innocence is a game about finding anomalies, but it is very easy to see them with lighting. What if we give it a little more difficulty and tension? Will you be able to remember everything until the end?

Why similar: Walking Simulator 21.8%, Immersive Sim 21.4%, Exploration 10.5%, Puzzle 9.9%, Psychological Horror 8.7%

You're trapped in your office after a typical working day. Carefully explore every corner to reach the freedom and break the loop.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 26%, Immersive Sim 25.4%, Exploration 13.1%, Psychological Horror 11.3%, First-Person 9.5%

A first-person liminal exploration game where you walk on any surface, navigate disorienting spaces, and solve light environmental puzzles through observation and simple interactions.

Why similar: Immersive Sim 22.4%, Walking Simulator 16.8%, Physics 15.3%, Exploration 12%, Puzzle 9.3%

Through the lens of a VHS camera, explore endless liminal spaces where something feels deeply wrong. Build the story yourself through scattered clues, environmental details, and fragments of something left behind.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 25.1%, Immersive Sim 20.4%, Exploration 10.7%, Psychological Horror 10.3%, Realistic 8.4%

We are recruiting a large number of testers from around the world to participate in an unprecedented secret experiment.. Join us and embark on this journey of exploration that is crucial to survival. In this unknown experiment, your choices will determine the fate of the Earth.

Why similar: Immersive Sim 24%, Walking Simulator 22.8%, Exploration 13.2%, Puzzle 10.8%, Psychological Horror 8.4%

DREAMSTAIRS is a long-term experimental project that focuses on an atmosphere or a moment. These concepts may not support a full game, or perhaps it is not intended to develop into a complete game.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 23%, Immersive Sim 19.6%, Psychological Horror 12.3%, Realistic 9.1%, Exploration 8.9%

Room 808 is a surreal horror game where you wander endless hotel halls in search of your room. Something feels off. Spot the anomalies, and try to get to your room before the hotel halls trap you forever.

Why similar: Immersive Sim 26.3%, Walking Simulator 23.8%, Puzzle 11.2%, Psychological Horror 8.9%, First-Person 7.8%

Explore and survive the spooky puzzling world of Little Screamies! BUT BEWARE!! Not everything is as it seems at Little Laboratories Inc...

Why similar: Walking Simulator 16.9%, Lore-Rich 13.4%, Physics 13.2%, Psychological Horror 10.6%, Exploration 8.4%

You can go left or right, but remember, a mistake will cost you your life…

Why similar: Walking Simulator 22.9%, Immersive Sim 19%, Psychological Horror 12.9%, Exploration 9.8%, Puzzle 8.7%

Navigate the halls of this remote facility in Antarctica while uncovering your path to escape. Find secrets, solve puzzles, and piece together what happened, all while evading a dynamic monster that stalks the halls of the facility.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 24.2%, Lore-Rich 14.9%, Exploration 12.8%, Puzzle 11.3%, Action-Adventure 11%

A 3D First Person Psychological Horror Game. Discover the anomalies in the house to find Him. This is a very challenging hide and seek game.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 20%, Immersive Sim 17.8%, Psychological Horror 11.2%, Exploration 8.7%, Puzzle 7.2%

A first-person psychological horror game. As a patient tethered to a cold, mobile IV pole, you move through silent, haunting liminal spaces. Time feels frozen, and every step tests your rhythm, patience, and courage as you face isolation and psychological terror.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 27.2%, Immersive Sim 21.2%, Physics 12.1%, Exploration 10.8%, Puzzle 9.3%

Freaking Hallway is a single-player horror game about finding anomalies Play as Tayo, a talkative government agent exploring a looping containment hallway.Interact with every object through physics-based mechanics watch for anything unusual and survive the hidden dangers before the hallway traps you

Why similar: Walking Simulator 22.9%, Physics 16.4%, Psychological Horror 13.7%, Immersive Sim 9%, Puzzle 7%

You are trapped in an underground subway. Observe your surroundings carefully and take the correct trains to reach the 'Station 5' and exit the subway.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 25.2%, Immersive Sim 18%, Puzzle 11.7%, Exploration 9.9%, Simulation 8.7%

A surreal dream exploration game inspired by LSD: Dream Emulator and Yume Nikki. Enter doors to load randomized dream worlds based on real dreams — from peaceful to nightmarish. Explore, solve puzzles, and submit your own dreams to be added in future updates!

Why similar: Immersive Sim 21.7%, Walking Simulator 16.7%, Physics 15.8%, Exploration 12.2%, Puzzle 9.6%

Run your very own K-PC Cafe! Captivate customers with high-performance PCs and delicious K-food, and build your gaming empire through strategic pricing, staff management, and store expansion.

Why similar: Immersive Sim 24.4%, Walking Simulator 24.4%, Exploration 13.1%, Psychological Horror 9%, First-Person 8%

You wake up in an endless hallway with no memory of anything. A voice calls out to you and explains that after your death, your mind was placed into a computer simulation. Unfortunately, bugs are starting to appear, and you’ll have to report them to fix the simulation.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 26.9%, Puzzle 13.4%, Immersive Sim 13.1%, Exploration 11.3%, Logic 10%

Trapped in a mysterious place, you must uncover the truth. “Outsanity” offers a blend of stealth, puzzle-solving, and exploration. Tread lightly and solve the sparse enigmas to escape, but beware the monsters hear everything. Can you outwit these lurking creatures?

Why similar: Walking Simulator 19.6%, Immersive Sim 16.4%, Action-Adventure 10.4%, Puzzle 8.9%, Exploration 8.5%

HELLCAM is a hyper-realistic psychological horror exploration game focusing on navigating liminal spaces. Follow the story of a stranded backrooms researcher through a VHS camera, uncovering the harrowing reality of the backrooms.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 20.9%, Immersive Sim 19.8%, Lore-Rich 17.7%, Psychological Horror 10.2%, Exploration 9.7%

findDark is a first person horror game. You have to find a clue to escape from inside the confined space and use that clue to move to the next place. How long it takes or how to find clues is up to you.Uncover all the mysteries that take place in this game and immerse yourself in storytelling.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 27.8%, Immersive Sim 22.6%, Lore-Rich 15.8%, Simulation 10%, First-Person 9.2%

You are trying to reach classroom 1.09. Nobody is around, and the atmosphere feels wrong. Trapped in looping corridors, your only way out is to observe carefully, spot anomalies, and choose the right door… or remain trapped.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 24.3%, Psychological Horror 14.7%, Immersive Sim 13.2%, Puzzle 9%, First-Person 8.2%

Explore a seemingly endless hotel floor where each identical corridor challenges your perception. This horror walking simulator tests your observation skills as you seek the emergency exit.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 23.2%, Immersive Sim 16.1%, Psychological Horror 13.5%, First-Person 8.2%, Exploration 8.1%

You’re trapped in an endless maze of alleys. Carefully observe your surroundings and complete the Bagua to escape the infinite labyrinth!

Why similar: Walking Simulator 24.9%, Immersive Sim 20.2%, Puzzle 10.3%, Simulation 9%, Exploration 8.2%

You are trapped in an endless hallway. Observe your surroundings carefully to reach your destiny.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 20.1%, Immersive Sim 17.5%, Psychological Horror 11.3%, Puzzle 8.6%, Exploration 8.4%

Angstraum is an oppressive horror game that traps you in a threatening, never-ending loop. Observe your surroundings, uncover deviant anomalies, and escape deadly threats to find the exit.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 23.4%, Immersive Sim 13.9%, Psychological Horror 13.7%, Exploration 10.7%, Realistic 9.3%

Trapped in an endlessly-looping underpass, you must stay alert for changes - large or small - to escape.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 23.5%, Immersive Sim 17.3%, Puzzle 11.1%, Exploration 9.7%, Simulation 8.4%

You're trapped in an endlessly looping art gallery — familiar, yet uncanny. If you can notice the changes, maybe you can find your way out.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 28.1%, Psychological Horror 15.7%, Immersive Sim 15.4%, Exploration 9.7%, First-Person 8.9%

Embark on a journey of anomalies and repetition in "Prison Loop," a captivating indie puzzle game. Trapped in a mysterious temporal loop within a high-security prison, your objective is to observe anomalies throughout the environment.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 19%, Immersive Sim 16.4%, Psychological Horror 10.7%, Exploration 8.2%, Puzzle 8.1%

You don't ask where the evidence comes from. You just decide what disappears. Inspect packages, destroy bloody materials with machines, or return clean ones. A dark management game in a corrupt pharmaceutical giant's basement, until the wrong package makes you question everything.

Why similar: Immersive Sim 19.9%, Lore-Rich 17.4%, Physics 16%, Action-Adventure 9.9%, First-Person 7.5%

Years after a tragic expedition, investigator Aleksei Morozov returns to the frozen mountains to uncover the truth. But some trails should never be followed...

Why similar: Walking Simulator 18.1%, Immersive Sim 15.8%, Lore-Rich 12.9%, Action-Adventure 8.8%, Exploration 7.8%

The doctor said today was my last appointment, I'm healthy. Time to go home, what could go wrong?

Why similar: Walking Simulator 23.1%, Immersive Sim 18.8%, Psychological Horror 12.9%, Exploration 9.8%, First-Person 8.1%

Explore real subway stations in South Korea from the perspective of a completely blind individual. SOUNDSCAPE is a 3D simulation game that immerses players in the experience of navigating as someone with total vision loss.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 30.2%, Immersive Sim 23.8%, Exploration 11.9%, Psychological Horror 8.4%, First-Person 8.1%

You are inside an endless hotel but there is a way you can escape. Search in the hallways of the hotel and find the changes within them to reach Room 13.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 23.3%, Immersive Sim 19.1%, Psychological Horror 13.1%, Exploration 10%, Puzzle 8.3%

An orphan returns to the house of the deceased fortune-teller to uncover the secret of his family's death. He must accept his legacy and become a prognostic before supernatural madness engulfs people of his town.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 19.6%, Immersive Sim 17.8%, Realistic 10%, First-Person 9.1%, Puzzle 9%

You're an Anomaly Inspector working the night shift at a remote facility. Walk through each area, report what's wrong at the terminal—or report that everything is clear. But as the night progresses, the anomalies become harder to ignore. Can you survive until morning?

Why similar: Immersive Sim 23.9%, Walking Simulator 21%, Exploration 12.7%, Puzzle 9.9%, Psychological Horror 8.2%

Survive for 7 days. As the days progress, the zombies grow stronger, the map becomes more dangerous, and resources are scarce. On the final day, there's one last hope for escape.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 23.1%, Immersive Sim 16.6%, Action-Adventure 12.3%, Puzzle 10.7%, Exploration 8.5%

The main character enters an abandoned hotel from the 1960s to solve the mystery of his parents' death. Facing dangers and solving puzzles, he must uncover the mystery and survive the hotel!

Why similar: Immersive Sim 25.1%, Walking Simulator 22.2%, Exploration 13.8%, Puzzle 10.6%, First-Person 6.7%

Chapter-based Backrooms experience. Embark on a chilling journey through the unknown. Visuals based on early 2000's camcorders.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 23.1%, Immersive Sim 22%, Exploration 10.9%, Psychological Horror 10.9%, First-Person 8.3%

Happy Lane 403 is a first-person psychological horror game set in the nineties in China. Players will play as a child to explore strange things that happen at home and gradually uncover the truth behind the weird events.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 21%, Psychological Horror 16.5%, Immersive Sim 16.5%, Puzzle 11.5%, Realistic 9.3%

12 Hours Museum” is a 3D exploration adventure game. The goal of the game is to find 45 anomalies in order to escape from the museum using a pocket watch. Once you find an anomaly, you can view and re-experience it. Collecting all endings and performing certain operations will open an extra mode.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 29%, Psychological Horror 17.7%, Immersive Sim 17%, Exploration 11.7%, Mystery 8.3%

Exit From - is a first-person horror-stealth game with quest and procedural generation elements where you have to get out of the old Soviet house, which changes every new game.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 16.5%, Physics 14.9%, Psychological Horror 11.3%, Realistic 8.1%, Exploration 7.6%

You are left alone on the top floor of an apartment. Your only goal is to reach the ground. But as you descend, the corridor you once knew begins to warp into something grotesque. There’s no telling what horror awaits. Just don't stop. Keep going down.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 30.1%, Action-Adventure 13.7%, Exploration 11.6%, First-Person 9.1%, Physics 9%

Play as Emily, drawn to a remote Mayan ruin after her brother insists it’s safe, amazing and beautiful. Explore an ancient Mayan site spanning jungle, temple, and catacombs as it becomes clear that he didn’t understand what he uncovered.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 27.3%, Action-Adventure 12.3%, Lore-Rich 11.7%, Exploration 10.4%, Simulation 10.2%

One Late Night: Remake is a reimagined office horror experience where working late turns into a nightmare. Explore a haunted workplace, solve environmental puzzles, uncover a co-worker’s disappearance, and survive the presence of a dark entity bound to the building’s past.

Why similar: Immersive Sim 18.7%, Lore-Rich 14.3%, Physics 14.2%, Psychological Horror 11.6%, Action-Adventure 8.3%

∆ is an atmospheric exploration experience that takes you on a journey through the dream world into the Beyond.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 22.1%, Immersive Sim 21.8%, Exploration 10.8%, Puzzle 10%, Psychological Horror 9.7%

Break into abandoned industrial sites in this first-person stealth exploration game. Climb, sneak, and discover hidden relics in places no one was meant to see. Ghost Circuit is about the thrill of the forbidden, exploring places you were never meant to see.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 25.3%, Immersive Sim 17%, Action-Adventure 13.2%, Exploration 8.7%, Physics 8%

You are trapped in a corridor suspended above the clouds. At the end lies a door. Explore the ever-changing environment each time you open it, find anomalies, use the alarm, and break the loop.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 23.6%, Immersive Sim 15.4%, Psychological Horror 13.6%, Exploration 10.3%, Puzzle 9.9%

The Solitude Project is a complete rework of A Liminal Place Legacy (also known as Remastered). Find your way to the next level, do whatever you want! But remember... you will never find the exit.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 24%, Immersive Sim 17.3%, Puzzle 11.4%, Exploration 9.9%, Simulation 9.6%