Games Like Real Nightmares

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 16.7%, Immersive Sim 16%, Lore-Rich 13.4%, Narration 9.5%, Exploration 8%

Survive an intense horror inspired by Indonesian folklore. Evade the cunning Tuyul and other astral beings, explore eerie, haunted environments, and uncover sinister secrets hidden within the supernatural darkness.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 23.1%, Exploration 12.3%, Puzzle 10.8%, Narration 10.6%, Action-Adventure 10.5%

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 14.2%, Lore-Rich 14%, Immersive Sim 13%, Walking Simulator 9.8%, Psychological Horror 8.5%

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 21.5%, Walking Simulator 20.6%, Psychological Horror 16.1%, Exploration 11.4%, Action-Adventure 9.2%

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 17%, Walking Simulator 14.3%, Psychological Horror 12.9%, Realistic 9.4%, Exploration 9.2%

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 23.6%, Walking Simulator 22%, Exploration 12.6%, Puzzle 10.3%, Psychological Horror 8.5%

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 24.1%, Walking Simulator 22.7%, Exploration 13.2%, Puzzle 10.7%, Psychological Horror 8.5%

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 17.5%, Lore-Rich 13.5%, Physics 13.2%, Psychological Horror 10.9%, Narration 10.6%

Through the lens of VHS camera, you are given the task of unraveling the twisted framework of seemingly never-ending liminal spaces, also known as the backrooms. Explore unique narrative driven themes of solitude, mystery, and horror.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 25%, Immersive Sim 20.5%, Exploration 10.7%, Psychological Horror 10.4%, Realistic 8.3%

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 22.4%, Walking Simulator 19.5%, Exploration 11.9%, Puzzle 9.2%, Narration 8.9%

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 23.6%, Immersive Sim 20.8%, Puzzle 11%, Exploration 9.2%, Simulation 8.5%

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 19.7%, Psychological Horror 12.3%, Realistic 9%, Exploration 8.9%

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 16.8%, Lore-Rich 13.5%, 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 22.8%, Immersive Sim 19.1%, Psychological Horror 12.9%, Exploration 9.8%, Puzzle 8.6%

A psychological exploration game where you navigate confined, surreal spaces while tethered to a mobile IV pole, experiencing the constant tension between freedom and restriction.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 27.1%, Immersive Sim 21.3%, Physics 12.1%, Exploration 10.8%, Puzzle 9.2%

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 18.1%, Puzzle 11.6%, Exploration 9.9%, Simulation 8.8%

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 22.8%, Physics 16.4%, Psychological Horror 13.8%, Immersive Sim 9.1%, Puzzle 6.9%

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 21.8%, Walking Simulator 16.6%, Physics 15.9%, Exploration 12.2%, Puzzle 9.5%

First-person psychological horror game set in a Korean PC bang (Internet Cafe). Amid familiar part-time duties, strange phenomena slowly emerge, turning an ordinary night into a nightmare.

Why similar: Immersive Sim 24.5%, Walking Simulator 24.3%, Exploration 13.1%, Psychological Horror 9%, First-Person 8%

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 27.6%, Immersive Sim 22.7%, Lore-Rich 15.9%, Simulation 10%, First-Person 9.2%

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 13.3%, Immersive Sim 13.2%, Exploration 11.3%, Logic 10%

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 23.1%, Walking Simulator 17.1%, Physics 15.7%, Exploration 12.3%, Puzzle 9.4%

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 20.7%, Immersive Sim 19.8%, Lore-Rich 17.9%, Psychological Horror 10.2%, Exploration 9.6%

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 28.3%, Psychological Horror 12.5%, Puzzle 11.6%, Exploration 11%, Immersive Sim 7.5%

Your beloved employee is back! Before Exit: Gas Station is the next game in the franchise. You clean up your workplace, take care of the last customers, and make sure everything is closed. If every task is complete, you are safe. Otherwise, your boss will not be pleased!

Why similar: Walking Simulator 22.9%, Action-Adventure 11.4%, Physics 10%, Puzzle 9.7%, Exploration 9.4%

You wake up in a silent white room with no exit—just a voice that follows you through five strange spaces, growing more unsettling as the world twists around you.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 18.2%, Immersive Sim 15.9%, Action-Adventure 9.8%, Narration 8.9%, Puzzle 8.2%

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 27.7%, Psychological Horror 15.6%, Immersive Sim 15.6%, Exploration 9.8%, First-Person 9%

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 22.5%, Immersive Sim 22.3%, Exploration 10.9%, Puzzle 10.1%, Psychological Horror 9.1%

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 16.6%, Immersive Sim 16.6%, Puzzle 11.4%, Realistic 9.3%

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 23.8%, Immersive Sim 12.8%, Psychological Horror 12.5%, Exploration 11.3%, Action-Adventure 11.2%

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 27.5%, Walking Simulator 24.7%, Puzzle 11.6%, Psychological Horror 9.3%, First-Person 8.1%

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 25.2%, Immersive Sim 22%, Puzzle 11.4%, Exploration 10.9%, Realistic 7.9%

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 27.2%, Action-Adventure 12.2%, Lore-Rich 11.8%, Exploration 10.4%, Simulation 10.3%

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 25.2%, Immersive Sim 17.1%, Action-Adventure 13.2%, Exploration 8.7%, Physics 8.1%

The Ayna is a psychological exploration game set in Türkiye, inspired by the music video aesthetics and lyrical themes of a female vocalist. The player is tasked with noticing anomalies in the concert venue and uncovering the truth.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 26.9%, Immersive Sim 26.5%, Exploration 13.7%, Psychological Horror 10.7%, First-Person 7.9%

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 23.9%, Immersive Sim 17.4%, Puzzle 11.3%, Exploration 9.9%, Simulation 9.6%

You're a night shift courier. Your job is to deliver packages before dawn. But the further you go, the clearer it becomes—the clients aren’t waiting for the cargo… They’re waiting for you. Will you survive your final shift?

Why similar: Walking Simulator 21.1%, Psychological Horror 17.8%, Immersive Sim 15.7%, Narration 13.9%, First-Person 10.8%

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 22%, Immersive Sim 19.3%, Action-Adventure 10.9%, Exploration 9.5%, Realistic 7.5%

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

Why similar: Walking Simulator 23.6%, Immersive Sim 19.2%, Psychological Horror 13.3%, Exploration 10%, First-Person 8.3%

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 20.3%, Immersive Sim 17.2%, Action-Adventure 10.7%, Puzzle 9.2%, Exploration 8.8%

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

Why similar: Walking Simulator 27.8%, Immersive Sim 21.3%, Psychological Horror 17.5%, Logic 8%, Puzzle 7.7%

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 17.9%, Realistic 9.9%, First-Person 9.1%, Puzzle 8.9%

The most important thing in the dark is what you can see and what remains unseen. A first-person point&click about exploring dark forest and chasing the star tower.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 25%, Narration 17.4%, Physics 12.4%, Exploration 10.6%, Puzzle 10%

Latent Technology's first tech demo. A journey through different worlds built with Generative Physics Animation technology, featuring, for the very first time, fully physical and interactive characters.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 23.9%, Immersive Sim 21.8%, Physics 19.5%, Realistic 9.2%, Exploration 7.3%

Enter an infinite‑loop laboratory and retrieve uncontaminated extraterrestrial samples, and ultimately achieve your mission objectives.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 22.1%, Immersive Sim 22%, Physics 11%, Psychological Horror 9.9%, Exploration 9.6%

Fee Payment & Cigarettes is a first-person psychological horror anomaly-spotting game. Enter a hospital in first-person, finish all payment checklists. Spot anomalies, then head to the payment counter or retreat to the smoking area to calm down.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 30.1%, Exploration 16.7%, Puzzle 14.2%, Psychological Horror 11.4%, First-Person 9.7%

Interstitial is a first-person psychological horror game that dives into the unease of liminal spaces, blending environmental storytelling, exploration-driven gameplay, and slow-burning dread to create an experience where the world itself becomes the threat.

Why similar: Immersive Sim 18.7%, Psychological Horror 17.9%, Realistic 11.8%, Exploration 11.3%, First-Person 10.4%

Separated by Nightmares: Where Duty Dies merges first-person puzzles with a poignant narrative. A driven lieutenant, haunted by hidden grief, confronts a sudden blackout. Clues force him to face buried truths, while a lurking darkness waits in the shadows.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 18.2%, Lore-Rich 14.5%, Narration 13.5%, Psychological Horror 11.5%, Exploration 8.9%

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 25.2%, Psychological Horror 15.4%, Immersive Sim 13.8%, Puzzle 9.3%, First-Person 8.6%

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 31%, Immersive Sim 24.7%, Exploration 12.3%, Psychological Horror 8.7%, First-Person 8.4%

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 21%, Immersive Sim 18.8%, Psychological Horror 11.8%, Exploration 9.1%, Puzzle 7.5%

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

Why similar: Walking Simulator 24.5%, Immersive Sim 18.1%, Puzzle 11.5%, Exploration 10.2%, Simulation 8.8%

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 24.1%, Immersive Sim 19.8%, Psychological Horror 13.7%, Exploration 10.4%, First-Person 8.5%

A tense, story-driven horror experience in the SCP universe. Stealth, survival, and silence may be your only chance against what's loose in Site-32.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 27.1%, Puzzle 15.8%, Exploration 11.2%, First-Person 9.8%, Psychological Horror 8.8%

A psychological horror game where you spend a night in the shoes of an arcade worker named Marcus. Win prizes on the crane machine and shoot some hoops. Just make sure to keep the doors locked.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 25.5%, Immersive Sim 24.7%, Exploration 13.4%, Psychological Horror 12.6%, First-Person 9.1%

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 24.3%, Immersive Sim 17%, Psychological Horror 14.3%, First-Person 8.6%, Exploration 8.6%

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 26.1%, Immersive Sim 21.3%, Puzzle 10.7%, Simulation 9.5%, Exploration 8.6%

Welcome to the company.Your task is to detect and report any strange occurrences happening around you.If you successfully complete all reports for 8 days without mistakes, you will achieve your goal.Observe carefully and endure until the end.

Why similar: Immersive Sim 25.8%, Walking Simulator 25.6%, Exploration 13.9%, Psychological Horror 8.9%, First-Person 8.6%

"Trapped in an endless nightmare, explore a house that changes every time you wake. Face anomalies, collect clues, and try to escape... before 7:00 AM."

Why similar: Walking Simulator 40.4%, Puzzle 15.3%, Psychological Horror 14.5%, Exploration 14.3%, First-Person 11.1%

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 24.5%, Immersive Sim 14.7%, Psychological Horror 14.5%, Exploration 11.2%, Realistic 9.7%