Games Like Rise of Insanity

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 27.4%, Psychological Horror 22.4%, Survival Horror 13.3%, Dark 7.9%, Walking Simulator 7.3%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a similarly intense, puzzle-heavy psychological horror experience set within a shifting, claustrophobic domestic environment.

Wander through an interactive nightmare set within the confines of a once-happy household. Piece together the mystery behind a harrowing series of events while struggling to survive encounters with an entity that relentlessly stands in the way of finding absolution.

Why similar: Horror 19.6%, Psychological Horror 19.5%, Walking Simulator 15.7%, Surreal 8.7%, Dark 7.8%

Why You'll Like It: It shares the core theme of uncovering a dark family tragedy through exploration and atmospheric tension in a first-person perspective.

MADiSON is a first person psychological horror game that delivers an immersive and terrifying experience. With the help of an instant camera, connect the human world with the beyond, take pictures and develop them by yourself. Solve puzzles, explore your surroundings and most importantly, survive.

Why similar: Horror 21.6%, Psychological Horror 20.6%, Survival Horror 14.6%, Dark 10.3%, Puzzle 6.3%

Why You'll Like It: This game mirrors the investigative, puzzle-driven nature of the seed game while focusing on disturbing, supernatural psychological themes.

The Beast Inside is a unique, gripping twist on thriller and survival horror. Immerse in the story of long-buried secrets, personal tragedies, and madness. Play as two protagonists bounded by dark heritage. Combat the enemies, solve riddles and experience real terror in the 3D-scanned environment.

Why similar: Horror 29.2%, Survival Horror 14.9%, Psychological Horror 12.9%, Walking Simulator 10.3%, Great Soundtrack 6.1%

Why You'll Like It: It combines historical mystery with modern psychological horror, utilizing similar environmental puzzle mechanics and narrative-heavy exploration.

A first-person psychological horror with a strong emphasis on atmosphere and storytelling. Explore an ever-shifting Victorian mansion as a painter seeking to complete his masterpiece, even at the cost of his own sanity.

Why similar: Horror 51.6%, Psychological Horror 11.8%, Walking Simulator 9.4%, Psychedelic 5.1%, Atmospheric 3.3%

Why You'll Like It: A quintessential walking simulator that excels at distorting reality and exploring the fractured psyche, much like the seed game.

God's Basement is a first-person, narrative-driven, single player horror game. Uncover the secrets of an afterlife shrouded in mystery, as an entity known as "The Operator" leads you deeper into the fringes of a seemingly eternal purgatory.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 18.8%, Psychological Horror 16.6%, Horror 16%, Dark 10.3%, Surreal 6%

Why You'll Like It: It is a direct match in terms of gameplay, focusing on first-person exploration, puzzles, and a constant, oppressive atmosphere.

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: Psychological Horror 25.8%, Horror 21.2%, Dark 12.3%, Story Rich 9.4%, Atmospheric 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: This title delivers a deeply unsettling, narrative-focused psychological horror experience centered on family trauma and atmospheric storytelling.

REVEIL is a narrative first-person psycho-thriller game that focuses on story, puzzles and exploration. Find out what’s going on inside Walter Thompson and what his dark past at the Nelson Bros Circus has to do with it.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 14.9%, Psychedelic 13%, Horror 11.2%, Psychological Horror 10.8%, Surreal 9.2%

Why You'll Like It: This game is a strong match for those who enjoy first-person, narrative-driven psychological horror with a focus on puzzles and atmosphere.

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: Walking Simulator 27.6%, Horror 22.8%, Psychological Horror 19.5%, Surreal 15.7%, Story Rich 8.1%

Why You'll Like It: It features intense psychological investigation and surreal, mind-bending sequences that align perfectly with the seed game's focus on the human psyche.

Silver Chains is a first-person horror game with a strong emphasis on story and exploration. Search for clues within an old abandoned manor to unravel the truth about the terrible events which have happened.

Why similar: Horror 29.2%, Psychological Horror 21.3%, Adventure 8.4%, Walking Simulator 6%, Indie 5.9%

Why You'll Like It: It features a similar gothic, exploration-based horror style that relies on uncovering the history of a mysterious location.

Conarium is a chilling Lovecraftian game, which follows a gripping story involving four scientists and their endeavor to challenge what we normally consider to be the ‘absolute’ limits of nature. Inspired by H.P. Lovecraft’s novella "At the Mountains of Madness", but largely set after the original story.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 22.8%, Horror 21.1%, Psychological Horror 15.6%, Adventure 10.3%, Great Soundtrack 6.4%

Why You'll Like It: This title offers a similar blend of Lovecraftian atmosphere and puzzle-solving, keeping the player engaged through environmental storytelling.

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 15.4%, Psychological Horror 14.7%, Walking Simulator 14.6%, Survival Horror 12.9%, Dark 8.7%

Why You'll Like It: While sci-fi themed, it provides a masterclass in psychological horror and narrative-driven exploration that fans of the genre will appreciate.

Set in a creepy amusement park hiding a dark and sinister secret, The Park is a first-person psychological horror experience focused on exploration and storytelling.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 24.6%, Horror 23%, Psychological Horror 20.8%, Atmospheric 5.6%, Great Soundtrack 5.4%

Why You'll Like It: A short, intense walking simulator that focuses on psychological distress and a dark, atmospheric setting.

Amnesia: The Dark Descent, a first person survival horror. A game about immersion, discovery and living through a nightmare. An experience that will chill you to the core.

Why similar: Horror 30.4%, Psychological Horror 13.4%, Survival Horror 13.1%, Dark 6.4%, Walking Simulator 6.3%

Why You'll Like It: A foundational title for the genre that emphasizes puzzle-solving and vulnerability, mirroring the survival-horror elements of the seed game.

12 March 1938, Renée, 16, was ripped out of her world, her only fault was that of not knowing her place in the world.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 20.2%, Horror 19.8%, Walking Simulator 16.1%, Exploration 9.3%, Great Soundtrack 9.1%

Why You'll Like It: This game focuses heavily on the psychological state of the protagonist, using a realistic, exploration-based approach to tell a haunting story.

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: Walking Simulator 28.1%, Horror 13.8%, Atmospheric 9.7%, Great Soundtrack 8.1%, Exploration 6.7%

Why You'll Like It: It shares the investigative, walking-simulator DNA, focusing on uncovering a tragic mystery through environmental observation.

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 18.1%, Horror 18%, Psychological Horror 9.6%, Story Rich 7.3%, Puzzle 7%

Why You'll Like It: It combines investigation and horror, requiring players to piece together clues in a way that feels very similar to the seed game.

Deep in international waters, Tesla’s Helios stands still. An unbound utopia for scientific research, Rose Archer steps aboard in search of her sister, quickly to discover not all is as it seems. A single word covers the entrance… QUARANTINE!

Why similar: Walking Simulator 36.7%, Horror 23.6%, Adventure 16.1%, Indie 11.9%, First-Person 6.6%

Why You'll Like It: It provides a narrative-heavy, first-person horror experience that relies on atmosphere and exploration rather than combat.

Explore the truly frightening subway cars and find out what fears the main character will have to face.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 21.2%, Horror 17.2%, Psychedelic 17.2%, Psychological Horror 13.3%, Simulation 10%

Why You'll Like It: This title leans into the psychological and walking-simulator aspects, focusing on the protagonist's mental journey.

A horror game about claustrophobia. During a storm your service dog is forced down a broken sewer drain. You find the nearest sewer entrance and run in after it. Along the way you will meet others that are also stricken by abnormal or psychological fear.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 21.7%, Horror 18.9%, Survival Horror 18.1%, Great Soundtrack 13.4%, Surreal 10.8%

Why You'll Like It: It captures a similar feeling of claustrophobic psychological horror, focusing on navigating surreal spaces and solving environmental puzzles.

In the end, everybody gets what they deserve. The sins of the past always manifest within the minds of the sinners. An eternity of suffering awaits, welcome to The Survey.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 18.9%, Horror 16.7%, Psychological Horror 15.9%, Dark 10.7%, Surreal 6.4%

Why You'll Like It: A focused, atmospheric walking simulator that builds tension through its environment and narrative delivery.

Detention is an atmospheric horror game set in 1960s Taiwan under martial law. Incorporated religious elements based in Taiwanese/Chinese culture and mythology, the game provided players with unique graphics and gaming experience.

Why similar: Horror 23.3%, Psychological Horror 17.1%, Great Soundtrack 12.4%, Dark 6.8%, Atmospheric 6.5%

Why You'll Like It: While 2D, it shares the deep, psychological, and tragic narrative focus that makes the seed game so compelling.

Lunacy: Saint Rhodes is a first-person psychological horror adventure game. Explore your dark family history, solve puzzles and experience a gut-wrenching feeling of terror. You are being watched; never alone, never safe.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 20.5%, Psychological Horror 16.5%, Horror 15.7%, Surreal 14.5%, Puzzle 7.7%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a blend of exploration and horror that keeps the player focused on uncovering the truth behind a dark mystery.

Explore your surroundings as the protagonist of your own horror story as you immerse yourself in this tense VR thriller set in America’s Deep South. Navigate your way through your memories, piecing together the clues and puzzles, to solve the mystery of how you have awoken in the sinister Greenwater Institute, known only as Patient No.

Why similar: Horror 22.6%, VR 18.7%, Great Soundtrack 13.5%, Simulation 9.3%, Psychological Horror 8.2%

Why You'll Like It: This game excels at building psychological tension through its environment, making it a great fit for fans of the seed game.

Among the Sleep: Enhanced Edition is a new and improved version of the award winning first person horror adventure. In the game you play as a small child trapped in a weird nightmare where you go looking for your mom.

Why similar: Horror 37.7%, Walking Simulator 10%, Survival Horror 7.4%, Atmospheric 6.8%, Psychological Horror 6.8%

Why You'll Like It: This game utilizes a unique perspective to deliver a tense, atmospheric, and narrative-focused horror experience.

A fever-dream-like puzzle horror game. Descend to the depths of a sleeping curse, survive every floor and find your way out of the never ending nightmare.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 17.3%, Psychological Horror 14.7%, Horror 14.1%, Psychedelic 11.8%, Surreal 10.6%

Why You'll Like It: It focuses on puzzle-solving within a psychological horror framework, mirroring the core loop of the seed game.

Ninehells is a psychological horror first person single player, with an unraveling mystery, enriched with voice acting, and has virtual haunted attraction feeling. You play as Davie a man trying to remember his past while traveling though Hell. Play and find out what in the ninehells is going on!

Why similar: Walking Simulator 19.2%, Psychological Horror 18%, Horror 12.6%, Survival Horror 11.4%, Dark 8.7%

Why You'll Like It: A solid addition for those seeking more first-person, atmospheric psychological horror with a focus on exploration.

Surrounded by enemies and assaulted by terror from all sides, Philip must collect clues and solve vexing puzzles while combating the gnawing psychological terrors that assail his mind and threaten to strip him of his sanity.

Why similar: Horror 27.3%, Psychological Horror 18.3%, Survival Horror 10.9%, Adventure 6.8%, Atmospheric 5.8%

Why You'll Like It: A classic puzzle-horror game that prioritizes environmental interaction and psychological tension over direct confrontation.

The most terrifying journey of your life set in the beautiful winter scenery of the Ural Mountains. Uncover the horrific mystery behind the Dyatlov Pass Incident. Narrated by the famous Sean Bean.

Why similar: Horror 74.2%, Walking Simulator 5.5%, Psychological Horror 4.5%, Survival Horror 4.4%, Atmospheric 2.1%

Why You'll Like It: It emphasizes exploration and atmosphere in a mysterious, isolated setting, similar to the walking-simulator elements of the seed game.

Chorus of Carcosa is a first-person psychological horror game about an anxious sculptor who is trapped in a dark and ever-changing building. Stay silent, survive its twisted labyrinths and escape the monsters. Just don’t lose your way in the shadows or within your own mind.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 15.3%, Psychological Horror 12.9%, Horror 11.2%, Surreal 9.7%, Survival Horror 9%

An atmospheric horror journey between reality and madness. Three paths lie ahead only one is free of anomalies. Observe closely. Choose wisely. Save the lost souls.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 22.4%, Psychological Horror 21.2%, Horror 17.5%, Dark 8.2%, Puzzle 7.9%

RESTORER is a classic walking simulator set in an old, atmospheric mansion. Something roams the halls… It wants to share its secret—with the price being your sanity.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 19.5%, Psychedelic 18.8%, Psychological Horror 16.6%, Horror 10.6%, Dark 7%

Caligo is the darkness everyone descends into one way or another, and to each of us it's something different. For some it's a short but exciting adventure, some will see it as a place to relax. Yet others will be reminded of their worst nightmare, while for a few, it might come as a revelation.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 24.8%, Great Soundtrack 14.9%, Horror 11.2%, Psychological Horror 10.2%, Adventure 8.7%

A first‑person psychological horror game set on a haunted ocean liner. As an actor summoned by an unorthodox director, you’ll confront twisted memories from your past and learn the price of achieving the perfect performance.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 13.4%, Beautiful 13.2% ★, Walking Simulator 11.5%, Horror 10.3%, Great Soundtrack 7.7%

As Dr. Riley McClein, you have to figure out what is real and what is not as you try to uncover the mysterious happenings at the hospital, while also trying to deal with your epileptic attacks that have haunted you all your life.

Why similar: Horror 47%, Psychological Horror 25.6%, Adventure 15.2%, Indie 12.1%

Forest Asylum 2 - An Indie Psychological Horror Game and the sequel to the well-received first part. Embark on a Therapy that will change your life!

Why similar: Psychological Horror 21.1%, Survival Horror 18.8%, Horror 15.1%, Walking Simulator 12.9%, Adventure 8.7%

Moons of Madness is a first-person, story-driven cosmic horror game where the scientific exploration of Mars meets the supernatural dread of Lovecraft.

Why similar: Horror 25.9%, Psychological Horror 16.2%, Walking Simulator 15.2%, Adventure 13.5%, Puzzle 7.2%

HORROR is a test of your logic in the face of primal fear. You are unarmed. You are vulnerable. All you have is a flashlight with a dying battery and your intellect.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 17.8%, Horror 17.7%, Psychological Horror 12.6%, Psychedelic 8.8%, Simulation 8.4%

Enter a tangibly horrifying Virtual Reality and explore a mansion of horror as an artist falling into the depths of insanity. Will you find the muse for your masterpiece... or madness?

Why similar: Adventure 31%, Indie 24.9%, Horror 14.4%, VR 11.7%, Psychological Horror 11.3%

The Hotel is a psychological horror thriller in which the player will have to face the evil living within the walls of a lonely hotel. But more importantly, the player will have to decide what this evil is to him. Maybe the nature of this evil is deeper than it seems at first glance.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 15.9%, Psychological Horror 13.9%, Horror 13.4%, Psychedelic 12.7%, Surreal 7.9%

This story-driven adventure follows a mystery of death and despair from reality into the surreal realms of objective memories and subjective experiences. Search the mind, solve puzzles, and unravel the dark truth in this psychological thriller.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 20.2%, Psychological Horror 19.7%, Surreal 16%, Dark 11.8%, Atmospheric 6.5%

Delirium is a psychological horror game set in a suburban house. After a mysterious explosion, reality begins to unravel.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 18.8%, Psychological Horror 18.6%, Horror 16.1%, Psychedelic 15.8%, Dark 9.3%

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: Psychedelic 17.7%, Psychological Horror 16.7%, Horror 15%, Walking Simulator 11.2%, Dark 8%

Dark Fracture is a psychological horror experience in which you explore an ever-changing world where reality and nightmares collide. Walk on the edge of madness in the shoes of a tormented soul as you descend into the darkest depths of the human psyche, and question everything you see.

Why similar: Horror 14.5%, Walking Simulator 14%, Survival Horror 13.3%, Psychological Horror 12.6%, Surreal 9.9%

You have to play as the historian-journalist Michael, plunge into the atmosphere of darkness of an abandoned hospital, where you will need to unravel the secrets of the past and try to get out in order to tell the whole world about those terrible events.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 25.1%, Psychedelic 19%, Simulation 12%, Psychological Horror 9%, Adventure 8.1%

When reality is a nightmare, nightmares become real. In this psychological horror game, you fight the terrifying creatures invading your mind. Can you save your sanity?

Why similar: Horror 19.4%, Psychological Horror 18.8%, Survival Horror 16.8%, Dark 10.5%, Atmospheric 7%

Doorways is an immersive horror adventure, featuring a complex story and deep atmosphere.

Why similar: Horror 29%, Survival Horror 13.3%, Walking Simulator 8.5%, Adventure 7.2%, Dark 7.1%

MIND: Path to Thalamus is a First Person Puzzler that throws you into a fantastic and surreal environment. You will bend the natural elements to your will in order to progress in this emotive, mindbending tale. Now also in Virtual Reality!

Why similar: Walking Simulator 24.8%, Surreal 15.8%, Beautiful 10.3% ★, Puzzle 10.1%, Adventure 8%

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: Walking Simulator 22.4%, Psychological Horror 19.4%, Horror 19%, Dark 10.4%, Atmospheric 7.1%

Blasfemia is a first-person horror game. You are trapped in a seemingly normal apartment but realize early on that you're not alone. Explore a handcrafted, detail rich environment in a tense and terrifying atmosphere and try to find a way out before an ominous entity gets to you.

Why similar: Horror 17.1%, Survival Horror 17%, Walking Simulator 15.7%, Dark 11.5%, Psychological Horror 6.5%

Don't Be Afraid is an adventure horror game, that allows you to personate a boy, kidnapped by a psychopath. You have to survive, escape and find out how you were kidnapped. Exploring the gigantic, mysterious house of your torturer, you will soon reveal many secrets, hidden inside it’s walls…

Why similar: Walking Simulator 17.8%, Horror 14.8%, Survival Horror 14.3%, Psychological Horror 12.9%, Simulation 7%

Imagine an escape room set in a deranged mind. Experience a first-person exploration game in a chilling new dimension. Shift between three perspectives of a family and unravel the mystery hiding in this mind-bending psychological thriller.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 29.5%, Horror 27%, VR 25.2%, Adventure 12.6%, Indie 5.8%

Luto is a psychological horror experience where you take on the role of someone unable to leave their home. Every attempt to escape will lead you deeper into the unknown, where nothing is as it seems and everything will test your senses.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 23.9%, Psychological Horror 21.1%, Dark 12.2%, Puzzle 7.4%, Story Rich 7.4%

Step into a liminal, cosmic horror experience set in an abandoned amusement park. Uncover the haunting narrative behind its twisted rides and empty tunnels to discover what lurks within a reality that shouldn't exist…

Why similar: Walking Simulator 19.1%, Psychological Horror 17.4%, Horror 16.8%, Dark 10.7%, Surreal 7.3%

SANRI is a first-person psychological horror game where you play a schizophrenic character whose wife disappeared during camp. Face the delusions, solve the mystery and try to find her despite your constantly distorted perception of time-space.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 18.1%, Horror 17.5%, Survival Horror 17.3%, Dark 10.9%, Atmospheric 6%

INFRA puts you into the boots of a structural analyst on a routine mission. Quickly though, your task turns into a fight for survival, all caused by deep-rooted schemes of the past. Your tools are simple: your camera and the wits to navigate a labyrinth of debris.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 22.2%, Great Soundtrack 11.4%, Puzzle 10.3%, Horror 10.1%, Atmospheric 8.6%

"Madness Inside"" immerses you in the dark depths of an abandoned psychiatric hospital, where horrifying experiments were once conducted. Police Lieutenant Vic Voight, in pursuit of a dangerous criminal, unexpectedly finds himself trapped in this nightmarish place.

Why similar: Psychedelic 25.3%, Simulation 19.8%, Horror 13.7%, Psychological Horror 9.3%, Walking Simulator 8.2%

In Sound Mind is an imaginative first-person psychological horror with frenetic puzzles, unique boss fights, and original music by The Living Tombstone. Journey within the inner workings of the one place you can’t seem to escape—your own mind.

Why similar: Horror 23.2%, Psychological Horror 22.6%, Psychedelic 14.7%, Puzzle 8.9%, Story Rich 8.5%

STAIRS is a first-person atmospheric psychological horror game, inspired by real-life events, that takes players through the stories of three missing people as seen through the eyes of journalist Christopher Adams. Start preparing yourself now, for to descend down these steps is to descend into madness...

Why similar: Horror 40.4%, Psychological Horror 31.3%, Adventure 15.4%, Indie 13%

Experience true psychological horror as you explore nightmares inspired by the creator's struggles with depression and OCD. The defenseless protagonist must avoid monstrous manifestations of what haunts his subconscious in his quest to wake up into reality.

Why similar: Horror 28.3%, Psychological Horror 26.4%, Walking Simulator 18.5%, Atmospheric 7.1%, Indie 5.6%