Games Like Reminiscence

Eternal Threads is a single-player, first-person story-driven puzzle game of time manipulation, choice and consequence.

Why similar: Time Travel 34.8% ★, Time Manipulation 24.1% ★, Interactive Fiction 12%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.3%, Atmospheric 5.9%

Why You'll Like It: It features complex time-manipulation mechanics where you must alter past events to save lives, mirroring the core premise of Reminiscence.

The Forgotten City is a narrative-driven time loop adventure in ancient Rome. Discover the ruins of an ancient underground city, travel 2000 years into the past, and unravel the mystery of who destroyed it by cleverly exploiting the power to wind back time. The fate of the city is in your hands.

Why similar: Time Travel 69.2% ★, Atmospheric 9.2%, Adventure 7.9%, First-Person 7.4%, Exploration 6.3%

Why You'll Like It: A masterclass in time-loop narrative design, it forces you to solve a deep mystery while the world resets around you.

The Great Perhaps is a time travel puzzle game about an astronaut returning to Earth destroyed by natural cataclysms. There, among the ruins he finds an unusual artifact — an old lantern, in the light of which you can see glimpses of another time and travel to the past.

Why similar: Time Travel 41.4% ★, Horror 17.1%, Post-apocalyptic 15.9%, Adventure 8.7%, Casual 6.1%

Why You'll Like It: This game combines a dark, post-apocalyptic atmosphere with time-travel mechanics to solve puzzles and uncover a narrative-rich story.

An interactive thriller about a man trapped in a time loop. Featuring James McAvoy, Daisy Ridley, and Willem Dafoe.

Why similar: Time Travel 48.2% ★, Time Manipulation 23% ★, Drama 12.8%, Adventure 6.5%, Atmospheric 5.3%

Why You'll Like It: This psychological thriller traps you in a claustrophobic time loop, emphasizing the tension of repeating events to change a tragic outcome.

You wake to find yourself trapped inside an experimental machine... A machine built to simulate memories. You no longer recall why you entered, but an AI voice guides you. Trying to escape, you face memories from a past you may not want to remember.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 69.3%, Adventure 30.7%

Why You'll Like It: A psychological horror game that focuses on memory and experimental technology, mirroring the mind-bending nature of Reminiscence.

Driven by a rare neurological affliction plaguing his family, Joshua has to recover his memories by exploring parallel realities through déjà vu. Facing the innermost depths of his past – moments both joyous and painful – seems to be the only way to get his life and family back together.

Why similar: Time Manipulation 24.9% ★, Psychological Horror 21%, Drama 17.7%, Interactive Fiction 17.2%, Atmospheric 8.8%

Why You'll Like It: It focuses on exploring fractured memories and psychological trauma, aligning perfectly with the narrative-heavy horror of the seed game.

A first‑person cyberpunk horror detective story set in a decaying, neon‑scarred future. As an Observer who invades minds to hunt for clues, you will sift through corrupted memories to track down a mysterious killer and confront your own dark past.

Why similar: Horror 25%, Dystopian 23.7%, Narration 23%, Psychological Horror 20.7%, First-Person 7.5%

Why You'll Like It: It delivers a haunting, dystopian atmosphere combined with psychological horror and investigative gameplay that feels very similar to Reminiscence.

From the creators of Amnesia: The Dark Descent comes SOMA, a sci-fi horror game set below the waves of the Atlantic ocean. Struggle to survive a hostile world that will make you question your very existence.

Why similar: Horror 24.2%, Psychological Horror 22.2%, Dark 14.9%, Drama 11.1%, Atmospheric 9.9%

Why You'll Like It: This title excels at existential psychological horror and atmospheric storytelling, creating a sense of dread that persists throughout the journey.

We Went Back is a time-looping horror game in which you wake up in an abandoned space station utterly alone. The exit door is locked and you must find a way to escape what lurks within. Find clues, experience dynamically changing environments and confront terror in order to find a way out.

Why similar: Horror 57.8%, Psychological Horror 14.2%, Adventure 7.6%, Atmospheric 6.3%, First-Person 6.1%

Why You'll Like It: A time-loop horror game that traps you in an abandoned space station, emphasizing isolation and atmospheric tension.

Oxenfree is a supernatural thriller about a group of friends who unwittingly open a ghostly rift. You are Alex, and you’ve just brought your new stepbrother Jonas to an overnight island party gone horribly wrong.

Why similar: Horror 36.9%, Atmospheric 24.4%, Psychological Horror 23.5%, Adventure 11.5%, Singleplayer 3.7%

Why You'll Like It: It uses time-bending supernatural elements and a heavy focus on narrative choices to create an unsettling, atmospheric experience.

The most relaxing horror game you'll ever play. Anemoiapolis exists in the uncanny valley of American architecture -- endless carpeted floors and lonely malls. Escape for your life, and enjoy the scenery.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 24.9%, Horror 24.4%, Dark 12.8%, Atmospheric 8.9%, First-Person 8%

Why You'll Like It: This game provides a surreal, atmospheric exploration experience that leans heavily into the liminal space horror aesthetic.

A classic survival horror experience set in a dystopian future where humanity has uncovered a dark secret. Unravel a cosmic mystery, escape terrifying creatures, and scavenge an off-world government facility as Elster, a technician Replika searching for her lost dreams.

Why similar: Dystopian 32.3%, Psychological Horror 32%, Dark 16.2%, Atmospheric 12.7%, Adventure 4.3%

Why You'll Like It: This game captures a bleak, dystopian aesthetic and psychological horror themes through a lens of memory and narrative-heavy exploration.

The Sexy Brutale — a never-ending masked ball featuring intrigue, murder and the (quite possibly) occult! Relive the same mysterious day where the guests at the casino mansion are being murdered by the staff over and over again...

Why similar: Time Travel 49.4% ★, Time Manipulation 36.7% ★, Adventure 6.6%, Atmospheric 3.1%, Dark 2.1%

Why You'll Like It: A unique time-loop mystery game that requires you to observe and manipulate events to prevent murders within a dark, atmospheric setting.

Experience the liminal world of the backrooms through a VHS camera, immersing into a mysterious story and wandering the dream-like structures... Might there be something following you?

Why similar: Horror 26.1%, Psychological Horror 22.7%, Multiplayer 15.5%, Dark 6.8%, First-Person 6.8%

Why You'll Like It: It captures the specific brand of modern, low-fi psychological horror that relies on unsettling environments and isolation.

Stories Untold is a compilation tape of four experimental adventures, including a remaster of the original hit episode “The House Abandon”.

Why similar: Horror 36.2%, Psychological Horror 34.1%, Atmospheric 16.5%, Adventure 10.1%, Singleplayer 3%

Why You'll Like It: This anthology of psychological horror stories uses retro aesthetics and narrative-driven gameplay to create a deeply unsettling atmosphere.

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: Narration 23.3%, Horror 18.6%, Psychological Horror 17.9%, Drama 14.9%, Dark 5.8%

Why You'll Like It: A puzzle-heavy horror game that uses the concept of shifting realities to create a tense, psychological experience.

Joyville 2 is a first-person horror puzzle-adventure game set in an abandoned children's camp. Explore two parallel worlds where the joy of the past meets present horrors. Uncover the camp's dark secrets, face magical yet dangerous creatures, and discover the truth behind events from decades ago.

Why similar: Time Travel 43.3% ★, Horror 19.8%, Dark 12.2%, Atmospheric 5.3%, First-Person 5.2%

Why You'll Like It: This horror-adventure game incorporates puzzle-solving and time-travel elements within a dark, narrative-driven framework.

The era-defining first-person psychological horror in all its terrifying glory. All of the game’s chapters collected into one convenient package that allows you to plumb the depths of madness in pursuit of artistic revelation.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 24.3%, Horror 22.6%, Dark 13.1%, Interactive Fiction 11.4%, Atmospheric 9%

Why You'll Like It: It is a quintessential psychological horror experience that constantly shifts the environment to reflect the protagonist's deteriorating mental state.

A dying reality, a universe that’s fading away. A merciless world thatgets sick and vanishes. No past, no present, no future; only the impending moment of “dead synchronicity” ahead. Will you be able to stop it?Because, otherwise... what will you do when Time dissolves itself?

Why similar: Adventure 35.7%, Post-apocalyptic 35%, Horror 18.2%, Atmospheric 11.2%

Why You'll Like It: A dark, dystopian adventure game that deals with time and reality-bending themes in a bleak world.

A free, VHS styled, first-person found footage horror game, which runs exactly for 5 minutes and 30 seconds.

Why similar: Horror 34.7%, Psychological Horror 28.7%, Multiplayer 20.2%, Dark 5.8%, First-Person 4.8%

Why You'll Like It: A short, intense atmospheric horror experience that captures the feeling of being watched in a dark, confined space.

You woke up in some basement and don't remember who you are or how you ended up here... But what you do know is that you need to get out of here...

Why similar: Psychological Horror 24.8%, Horror 24.2%, Dark 15.4%, Atmospheric 10.7%, Realistic 7.9%

Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on atmospheric psychological horror and realistic environments to build a sense of impending dread.

Your memory is fading. Things around your home keep changing; they are not what they appear to be. Find what is wrong, take pictures to restore your memory. Try to remember. Learn what you have forgotten, learn what has happened. It is not what it seems to be.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 24.5%, Horror 24%, Dark 15.8%, Atmospheric 8.5%, First-Person 7.5%

Why You'll Like It: A psychological horror game that focuses on puzzle-solving and first-person exploration to uncover a dark, hidden narrative.

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: Multiplayer 18.5%, Horror 17.7%, Psychological Horror 13.9%, Dark 11.3%, Adventure 10%

Why You'll Like It: It leans into the popular liminal space horror subgenre, focusing on exploration and the psychological toll of being trapped.

The Vanishing of Ethan Carter is a first-person story-driven mystery. Purchase this game to get both the original and the Unreal Engine 4 remaster called The Vanishing of Ethan Carter Redux.

Why similar: Horror 31%, Atmospheric 23.9%, Psychological Horror 12.2%, First-Person 11.8%, Exploration 9%

Why You'll Like It: This game offers a hauntingly beautiful and atmospheric mystery that relies on uncovering past events through environmental storytelling.

What Remains of Edith Finch is a collection of strange tales about a family in Washington state. As Edith, you’ll explore the colossal Finch house, searching for stories as she explores her family history and tries to figure out why she's the last one in her family left alive.

Why similar: Narration 22.7%, Atmospheric 17%, Psychological Horror 12.3%, Drama 10.5%, First-Person 8.2%

Why You'll Like It: While less focused on horror, its narrative-driven exploration of past lives and tragic moments shares the emotional weight found in Reminiscence.

Visage is a first-person psychological horror game. Explore a mysterious ever-changing house in a slow-paced, atmospheric world that combines both uncannily comforting and horrifyingly realistic environments, and enjoy a genuinely terrifying experience.

Why similar: Horror 34.8%, Psychological Horror 27.3%, Dark 10.8%, Multiplayer 9.9%, Atmospheric 4.9%

Why You'll Like It: A deeply psychological horror game that focuses on the terrifying history of a house, perfect for fans of atmospheric, dark storytelling.

Set in 1944 Italy, Martha Is Dead is an award-winning dark psychological thriller where the lines between truth, superstition, and tragedy blur. Explore a haunting countryside, uncover disturbing memories, and peel back layers of mystery. Every choice shapes the nightmare…are you ready to face it?

Why similar: Narration 19.9%, Psychological Horror 17.8%, Horror 15.2%, Drama 12%, Dark 9.6%

Why You'll Like It: This title blends historical setting with intense psychological horror and a focus on uncovering dark, hidden truths.

Join Norah, a woman plagued by a mysterious illness, in her search for her missing husband in this adventure puzzle game set on a lush island paradise. Immerse yourself in stunning visuals and unlock forbidden secrets in a moving tale of mystery and love.

Why similar: Narration 38.4%, Atmospheric 16.3%, First-Person 14%, Adventure 13.9%, Exploration 7.5%

Why You'll Like It: It provides a narrative-rich, atmospheric adventure that focuses on solving mysteries within a surreal and unsettling environment.

ONLY FACES REMAIN is a short psychological horror game focused on exploration and atmosphere. You play as Marlene, a backpacker traveling alone who rents a cheap room to spend the night. What starts as a cheap place to sleep soon turns into a dangerous situation.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 22.7%, Narration 21.3%, Horror 19.7%, Psychological 9.7%, Interactive Fiction 7.8%

Ravenous is a psychological horror game in which you play as Louis, a child trapped in a monster's basement. Explore the mysterious abode, solve puzzles to save your little sister and survive the psychological nightmare prepared for you.

Why similar: Horror 24.6%, Narration 22.9%, Psychological Horror 22.7%, First-Person 7.8%, Atmospheric 6.6%

Mundaun is a lovingly hand-penciled horror tale set in a dark, secluded valley of The Alps. Explore various areas full of secrets to discover, survive hostile encounters, drive vehicles, fill your inventory, and solve a variety of handcrafted puzzles.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 26.2%, Horror 24.2%, Dark 17.2%, Atmospheric 10.2%, First-Person 7.6%

Why You'll Like It: A hand-penciled horror game that offers a unique, eerie atmosphere and a deeply personal, narrative-driven mystery.

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: Psychological Horror 26.2%, Horror 23.7%, Dark 14.7%, Psychological 11.4%, Atmospheric 11%

Why You'll Like It: A retro-styled psychological horror game that relies on deep storytelling and a heavy, oppressive atmosphere.

You are trapped at home in an endless loop. Remember your surroundings and watch out for anomalies, if you ever want to leave.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 26.7%, Horror 21.9%, Psychological 11.6%, Atmospheric 10.9%, Dark 7.6%

Time loop puzzle horror, where you're stuck in a failed experiment and must escape or face being eaten for eternity.

Why similar: Horror 48.1%, Atmospheric 19.1%, Dark 15.7%, First-Person 8.8%, Singleplayer 4.2%

Hide Time is a story-driven horror game where you play as new employee of Passion Oasis. Explore that huge complex, do your tasks and uncover mysteries of your past.

Why similar: Narration 28.1%, Psychological Horror 20.7%, Horror 20.4%, Dark 11.6%, Atmospheric 9.1%

This occult item will guide you through a bizarre in-between world and help you to confront past demons as well as piece together former memories that may lead to closure. Seek a better understanding of who you were, who you’ve loved and how much you’ve lost in this 3rd person horror adventure game.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.5%, Horror 20.6%, Dark 16.5%, Atmospheric 10.4%, Adventure 7.9%

You must stay in your apartment as the city around you falls to an Eldritch horror.

Why similar: Dystopian 21.3%, Psychological Horror 18.5%, Post-apocalyptic 16.7%, Interactive Fiction 16.2%, Horror 14.9%

Experience a horrifying time-traveling adventure in Ghost of Tomorrow

Why similar: Time Travel 35.5% ★, Horror 17.2%, Psychological Horror 14.6%, Dark 9.8%, Atmospheric 6.1%

Your Future Self is a 1-2 hour long story-driven experimental text adventure with unique conversational mechanics, time loop based gameplay, and an emotionally gripping time travel mystery set against the backdrop of a darkly realistic vision of our world ravaged by climate change.

Why similar: Dystopian 26.4%, Psychological Horror 22.5%, Interactive Fiction 15.3%, Adventure 13.8%, Casual 11.7%

You're trapped in an endless loop within a liminal dimension, where each loop leads to increasingly unsettling places. Will you find the way out of this psychological horror? The game offers a unique déjà vu experience that blurs the lines between reality and illusion.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 31.6%, Horror 25.2%, Dark 15.2%, Adventure 10.4%, Realistic 8.3%

Sheriff James Cooper is slowly bleeding to death in an unfamiliar hospital. But the moment his life ends, everything starts over. He has fifteen minutes to break this endless cycle, uncover the truth, and find a way out before it's too late.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 32.1%, Horror 25.7%, Dark 16.1%, Atmospheric 13.1%, Exploration 4.7%

VHS Collection: Goodnight Me is a short horror game where reality blurs with nightmares over five eerie days. Experience strange events, unsettling dreams, and unravel a chilling mystery in a remote house. Can you survive the madness, or will the nightmare consume you?

Why similar: Psychological Horror 23.6%, Horror 23.5%, Dark 14.2%, Atmospheric 11%, Interactive Fiction 8.9%

'revere' is a psychological found footage horror game where every detail matters. Prepare yourself for an experience where your sanity will be condemned.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 25%, Horror 25%, Dark 14.9%, Atmospheric 10.5%, Realistic 9.2%

Fears to Fathom is an episodic psychological horror game where each episode unveils a short story narrated by the ones who survived.

Why similar: Horror 29.7%, Psychological Horror 20.7%, Multiplayer 15%, Interactive Fiction 6.3%, Psychological 5.7%

Sheriff James Cooper is slowly bleeding to death in an unfamiliar hospital. But the moment his life ends, everything starts over. He has fifteen minutes to break this endless cycle, uncover the truth, and find a way out before it's too late.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 30.1%, Horror 23.7%, Dark 15.4%, Atmospheric 9.8%, Adventure 7.7%

Explore the mysterious room by traversing time, while you watch a man succumb to the room syndrome.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 56.3%, Dark 26.4%, Casual 17.3%

A short Psychological Horror Experience for one night that takes you through the dark corridors of a mental asylum. For best experience a dark room and headphones recommended.

Why similar: Narration 18.7%, Horror 18%, Psychological Horror 17.9%, Interactive Fiction 11.7%, Dark 11.1%

A psychological first-person horror game where you enter a memory-erasing protocol and relive a trauma. Uncover dark secrets, and experience fear through immersive atmosphere.

Why similar: Horror 26.5%, Psychological Horror 26.2%, Dark 15.8%, Atmospheric 10.9%, Realistic 7.7%

Explore terrifying liminal spaces. Horror walking simulator with reality-bending platforming and supernatural threats. Get lost between dimensions.

Why similar: Drama 19.2%, Adventure 18.4%, Psychological Horror 13.7%, Dark 12.6%, Atmospheric 10.2%

Ignited Entry is a full length narrative driven psychological horror game with voice acting, dreamish visuals, and horror elements that will keep you on the edge of your seat. Some doors should never be opened. But you must go in.

Why similar: Narration 27%, Psychological Horror 24.8%, Horror 20.1%, Psychological 7.7%, Atmospheric 7.3%

The Sixth Sorrow is a short, narrative-driven horror game where your choices impact the story. To what lengths can a mother's love drive her?

Why similar: Psychological Horror 20.8%, Horror 20.6%, Drama 17%, Interactive Fiction 13.5%, Atmospheric 9.1%

SafeZoneVR is an interactive survival psychological horror game utilizing next-gen graphics. You will scavenge the map trying to escape a fallen SafeZone. Hide, scavenge, survive, and escape a fallen SafeZone fleeing to the tunnels, you might just meet a friend along the way.

Why similar: Narration 20%, Horror 15.6%, Psychological Horror 14.8%, Post-apocalyptic 13.1%, Dark 9.2%

A bite-sized psychological horror game about a wayward soul who seeks transformation through a sinister ritual.

Why similar: Horror 30.6%, Psychological Horror 26.9%, Interactive Fiction 13%, Dark 7.5%, First-Person 6.9%

When the Darkness comes is a walking simulator whose glitchy and dark tale tries to illustrate the hardships of depression and anxiety through a variety of imaginary digital landscapes.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 33.2%, Narration 19.3%, Horror 17%, Dark 9.1%, Atmospheric 6.1%

Discover a world unknown to you, becoming the figure before whom the universe itself shudders, the one unacquainted with the confines of time and space, experiencing the lives of different individuals. Transform into someone who fears only one thing: the creature trailing closely behind.

Why similar: Horror 53.4%, Adventure 25%, Atmospheric 21.6%

A dark/sad/weird/funny first person exploration game. You play a man on his last night alive as he obsesses over a mysterious painting. More of a story game in that it emphasizes mood and character over gameplay. Takes ten minutes to play and has "next-gen" features like a shrimp tank.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 32.2%, Horror 26.2%, Dark 18.3%, Multiplayer 7.8%, First-Person 5.6%

Fragments of Dread is an episodic psychological horror series. Each episode tells a self-contained story of dread, fear, and survival.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 25.2%, Horror 22.7%, Interactive Fiction 15.3%, Dark 11.6%, Atmospheric 10.4%

The Echo Paradox is a first-person psychological horror game. Humanity stands on the brink of an unsettling revelation – alternate dimensions are real, but eerily without signs of life.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 29.3%, Horror 25.6%, Dark 13.1%, Atmospheric 12.6%, First-Person 6.6%

Horror Family - Flight is a time-loop horror game set on an airplane.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 30.3%, Horror 29.3%, Atmospheric 7.5%, Interactive Fiction 7.4%, First-Person 7.1%

Spend one last afternoon exploring your childhood neighborhood before the world ends at 6:38 PM.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 61.6%, Exploration 17.3%, Adventure 15%, Singleplayer 6%