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An old Russian hut, endless forests, and not a single person for hundreds of miles around.

Why similar: Life Sim 28.6%, Walking Simulator 24.7%, Sandbox 15%, Atmospheric 10.8%, Open World 8.1%

Wastelands, grim folks behind garages, a nightclub, and a huge gray sky — a lost world for a lost generation. Let techno trance music and white verses lead you through the wastelands of the Neyasnoe.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 20%, Sandbox 18.8%, 1990's 17.3%, Simulation 9.1%, Pixel Graphics 6.8%

Woke up after a midday nap. Country house. Turntable swishing sound. You are 8 years old. It's Summer is an indie video game which genres are “sandbox”, “babushka”, and “midday nap”. The game has neither goal nor sense. Only you, cheap tea bags with russian tears and the endless yellow field.

Why similar: Sandbox 22.7%, 1990's 19%, Retro 13.3%, Simulation 11.9%, Open World 7.9%

Step into the melancholic world of a Russian doomer, living in the bleak confines of a typical post-Soviet Khrushchev. Your life is a cycle of addictions, mundane work, and endless introspection, set against the backdrop of a provincial town that time forgot.

Why similar: Life Sim 26.9%, Walking Simulator 20%, Sandbox 19.6%, 1990's 11.9%, Atmospheric 6.5%

Bright Lights of Svetlov is a short, story-focused first person quest about a Soviet family facing harsh trials. Set in a fictional provincial town, it carefuly recreates the atmosphere and vibe of mid 1980s.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 45.1%, Atmospheric 19.4%, Simulation 12.7%, First-Person 11.8%, Story Rich 5.1%

Step into a quiet, abandoned Ukrainian village, left empty after the Calamity. In this short, meditative, and melancholic journey, you’ll rekindle the hearths of deserted homes, restoring warmth and hope to the families who once lived here.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 36.8%, Retro 23.4%, Atmospheric 20.2%, First-Person 10.1%, 3D 4.8%

Immerse yourself in the bleak world of a doomer, lost within the gray walls of a post-Soviet Khrushchyovka. Work, bad habits, and endless self-reflection define his reality

Why similar: Life Sim 31.4%, Sandbox 15.9%, Open World 13%, Atmospheric 12.3%, Simulation 11.6%

A utility worker earns for a ticket to leave the endless Siberian city of panel houses. Permafrost, day/night cycle, dynamic weather and open world. Feel the atmosphere of the northern city, having been in the role of a handyman. Now with multiplayer!

Why similar: Life Sim 22.1%, Walking Simulator 18%, Sandbox 17.9%, Atmospheric 9.3%, Cute 7.3%

Welcome to Liminal Lane. A short, single player, first person, atmospheric walking simulator. A nostalgic, surreal experience exploring Liminal Spaces. Uncover the secrets of Liminal Lane and escape the Lucid Dreams and Haunting Nightmares.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 24.6%, Dystopian 20.4%, 1990's 16.3%, Simulation 10.8%, Atmospheric 7.7%

An exploration game that delves into the depths of loneliness. Wander through empty rooms, search for signs of an abandoned world, and listen to the sounds around you. No dangerous chases, just silence and an empty world to explore.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 47.4%, Atmospheric 15.9%, First-Person 12.8%, Relaxing 11.8%, 3D 9.5%

In the summer of 2008. The main character, at the request of followers, goes to Russia to explore the abandoned camp "Yunost". Locals say that this place is inhabited by restless souls. This will need to be checked.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 34.3%, Atmospheric 17.1%, Retro 16.8%, Simulation 10.4%, First-Person 9.1%

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

Why similar: Walking Simulator 30.5%, 1990's 18.6%, Retro 17.7%, Pixel Graphics 9.1%, Open World 8.2%

There is only you, the abandoned remains of a former life and the flourishing nature that feels great in the absence of man. This world is both gloomy and empty, but so incredibly beautiful.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 51.5%, Atmospheric 17.8%, Simulation 16.6%, First-Person 14.1%

An experimental, minimalistic microgame about loneliness. Originally released as a Flash game in 2010 that was featured by Extra Credits.

Why similar: Life Sim 33.6%, Walking Simulator 29.6%, Atmospheric 13.9%, Pixel Graphics 8.5%, Emotional 8%

Unable to sleep, you navigate a quiet condo complex. There's no rush - just you, the building, its inhabitants, and the stories they hold.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 43.6%, Atmospheric 16.3%, First-Person 9.7%, Retro 8.8%, Relaxing 5%

Bottle is a very short game in which you play as an alcoholic man of solitude.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 48.9%, Atmospheric 20.2%, Emotional 8%, First-Person 7.5%, Relaxing 7.2%

ROUTINE is a First Person Sci-Fi Horror set on an abandoned lunar base designed around an 80s vision of the future. Explore and investigate your surroundings as you survive against unknown threats.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 41.2%, Atmospheric 22.5%, Story Rich 12.4%, First-Person 11.8%, 3D 8.4%

There is only you and the Forest. In "Rooten" there are no compulsory tasks, time just goes by, and days pass by independently of you. You can explore the Forest, try to get out, or even do nothing at all. The forest has always been here, and always will be. You won't change it no matter what.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 48.8%, Atmospheric 21%, Story Rich 12.3%, Open World 11.3%, Stylized 5%

What to do when your days are not going well? What to do when you need to wake up and manage a troubled life, in which you need to work, eat well and still have time for yourself? Isolated Room is about that, and maybe a little more.

Why similar: Life Sim 44.1%, Sandbox 18.8%, Simulation 11.8%, Pixel Graphics 10.6%, Relaxing 7.8%

Drive your daily bus route and reconnect with an old friend

Why similar: Simulation 17.5%, Retro 11%, First-Person 10.9%, Relaxing 10.5%, Open World 9.6%

This game is a simulation of self-isolation. You need to support your family, not to lose your job and finally not to go crazy.

Why similar: Life Sim 44.7%, Atmospheric 22.6%, Simulation 17.6%, Stylized 6.1%, 3D 5.6%

Panel houses, snow, overcast sky, tiny kitchen, shabby staircase… It's Winter is an indie game which genre could be classified as sandbox, post-soviet, sad 3d, russian sadness. Nothing awaits you: there is no chance to get out, no room for adventures and breathtaking plot.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 49.9%, Atmospheric 27.8%, Simulation 21.7%, Singleplayer 0.6%

You arrive at a deserted street that feels familiar yet is filled with unease. Pick up your camera, capture the hidden anomalies, and break this endless loop.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 54.8%, Atmospheric 16.9%, First-Person 14%, 3D 10.8%, Adventure 3%

This game is about a person who kept running through his life, never looking back at the past. Once during a trip, he gets into trouble. Now he's lying on the cold ground, buried beneath his bicycle. Slides of various moments fly through his head.

Why similar: Life Sim 59.6%, Simulation 19.3%, Atmospheric 17.3%, Adventure 2.8%, Singleplayer 0.9%

You woke up and found yourself in an anomalous endless place from which it is not so easy to get out. Carefully observe your surroundings to find a way out of this place.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 31.5%, Perma Death 21.1%, Simulation 20.7%, Atmospheric 8.1%, First-Person 6.3%

You are the Nightslink. Traverse abandoned roads under cover of night. Deliver cassette tapes in a post-apocalyptic world. An atmospheric retro-3D horror adventure.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 25%, Dystopian 22.7%, 1990's 9.2%, Atmospheric 7.5%, First-Person 7%

Deer Journey is a third person walking simulator game. Outcasted by the other deers, an albino fawn is forced to go deep into the forest to find a place to live. Join him on his journey through a world too big for which he may not be yet ready.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 44%, Atmospheric 15%, Emotional 9.7%, Relaxing 9.3%, Story Rich 8.4%

Silence, cold, solitude… What lies ahead? A small atmospheric adventure about a robot lost in a frozen wasteland.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 46.2%, Atmospheric 35.3%, 3D 11.6%, Adventure 5.8%, Singleplayer 1.1%

This is a short story in a sci-fi setting with a top-down view, telling the story of a nameless man lost in routine in the middle of a cold world and soulless machines. But what if it could be different?

Why similar: Walking Simulator 38.4%, Atmospheric 17.7%, Simulation 11.9%, Story Rich 11.4%, Relaxing 8.9%

A thoughtful and deeply personal title with stripped-down mechanics. The lack of dialogue or text allows you to create your own narrative through your time with four characters. Each short story will allow players to be swept away by the haunting lyrics of over twenty original, nostalgic songs.

Why similar: Life Sim 34.6%, Walking Simulator 26.8%, Cute 12.2%, Pixel Graphics 8%, Story Rich 6.3%

Immerse yourself in the peaceful atmosphere of a Russian summer cottage: take care of the vegetable garden and flower beds, pick ripe apples, cook fragrant compote, roast kebabs and enjoy nature.

Why similar: Life Sim 32.4%, Sandbox 21.4%, Walking Simulator 16.6%, Simulation 15.6%, Atmospheric 5.9%

A quiet game of life and loss. One by one, everyone left the village for the city. Everyone, except Talma. Approaching her final years, she maintains a simple way of life tending to her homestead, surviving, subsisting, whilst increasingly disturbing letters arrive from her family in the city.

Why similar: Dystopian 29.3%, Atmospheric 25.4%, Simulation 15%, Story Rich 14.9%, Emotional 8.7%

A woman alone in a house. A mystery and a love story. Explore the present to uncover the past, in a short story of love and loss and a life well-lived. A narrative exploration game that examines a world where memories are constantly fading and jumbled.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 46.2%, Atmospheric 18.8%, Emotional 9.9%, First-Person 9.5%, 3D 6.4%

Life on the Hook - is a short story about the life of a lonely fisherman named Hrafn, who lives his life in a small house on a lake with a dock and an old boat.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 32%, Atmospheric 15.1%, Cute 11.4%, Story Rich 10%, First-Person 8.9%

A Liminal Place RMSTER is a solitary game, and relaxing on some levels. ALPR Uses Body-Cam, Analog Horror and Found Footage style. Including realistic Liminal Spaces, and "Backrooms" levels.

Why similar: Sandbox 40%, 1990's 15%, Simulation 14.1%, Atmospheric 11.3%, First-Person 10.6%

Lost, alone and separated from family, a stray cat must untangle an ancient mystery to escape a long-forgotten cybercity and find their way home.

Why similar: Dystopian 37.8%, Atmospheric 24.3%, Cute 23.9%, Open World 9.6%, Adventure 3.4%

As a young soldier returning to an eerily deserted home, you'll explore enigmatic rooms and uncover a haunting, tragic story. Experience an atmospheric journey filled with suspense, mysterious encounters, and a deep narrative.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 43.3%, Atmospheric 20%, Story Rich 14.3%, First-Person 12.2%, Emotional 7.5%

Clinging to the memory of her vanished sisters, an isolated woman wanders a dying reality.

Why similar: Atmospheric 35.9%, Pixel Graphics 25%, Story Rich 22.2%, Emotional 13.5%, Adventure 3%

A grim exploration-driven pet simulator set in a broken world. Master platforming, optimize pet modifiers, upgrade your body, and advance through a dystopia where survival comes at a cost.

Why similar: Dystopian 44.1%, 1990's 22.3%, Retro 21%, Atmospheric 10.8%, Adventure 1.3%

The year is 2036. In this famine-riddled world, food-centric sovereignty has been established. Living alone inside a food-inspection booth, you are striving to find truth and peace beyond the borderline.

Why similar: Dystopian 36.2%, Life Sim 23.7%, Atmospheric 12.1%, Pixel Graphics 8.5%, Story Rich 8.3%

An uncanny liminal space themed walking-simulator.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 46.7%, Atmospheric 17%, Simulation 14.4%, Emotional 10.1%, 3D 5.9%

Traverse a harmonious hand painted forest in this first person hike. ☀️The trees guide you with gentle whispers, as you explore a philosophical story.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 45.4%, 3D 9.1%, Relaxing 8.6%, Emotional 8.5%, Story Rich 8%

Bottle is a short game which you play as a man of solitude. It is about the mood of melancholy in the winter nature.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 43.2%, Atmospheric 18.4%, First-Person 12%, Relaxing 10.9%, Open World 7.9%

eat, sleep, work, repeat.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 68.1%, Pixel Graphics 17.3%, Simulation 12.3%, Adventure 1.8%, Singleplayer 0.6%

Depression The Game is an interactive game simulating major depression. You are joining a young man on one of his really bad days trying to handle his thoughts and survive that day... Will he?

Why similar: Life Sim 34.2%, Walking Simulator 21.5%, Atmospheric 12%, Simulation 9.4%, Story Rich 7.3%

Nobody – The Turnaround is a life simulator set in a parallel world that echoes modern society. Manage your time and resources carefully, strive to find a way through difficult times, and overcome the predicament you find yourself in.

Why similar: Life Sim 46.5%, Sandbox 21.4%, Simulation 12.5%, Open World 7.6%, Emotional 4.1%

League of Enthusiastic Losers is a reflective adventure game about experiencing yourself, looking for happiness, self-care, and not giving up contrary to what others think. Immerse yourself in a slow-flowing but true story, of the nostalgic journey to the 90s.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 30.6%, Atmospheric 25.4%, Cute 22.3%, Emotional 8.6%, Story Rich 7.8%

Japanese Rural Life Adventure is a relaxing slow-life simulation where you can experience the charm of traditional Japanese countryside living, all in a beautifully crafted pixel-art world.

Why similar: Life Sim 59.6%, Simulation 16.1%, Pixel Graphics 11.7%, Story Rich 6.9%, Relaxing 4%

A walking simulator about dear memories, overcoming obstacles, and finding your path. Experience a story inspired by finno-karelian folklore.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 43%, 1990's 16.4%, Atmospheric 16.3%, Story Rich 9.6%, First-Person 9.6%

Journey on a passenger train in Russia. You play as a first-person character, you have to travel by train for 7 days to Vladivostok. Look out the window, listen to the radio, and move around the carriage.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 48.8%, Atmospheric 20.9%, First-Person 11.4%, Relaxing 6.4%, Simulation 5.9%

it's always monday - is a first person exploration game

Why similar: Adventure 65.2%, Simulation 11.1%, Walking Simulator 10.6%, Atmospheric 4.1%, First-Person 3.3%

You were supposed to have a relaxing cabin trip on a island all alone but after several strange encounters you had a mystery to solve, will you be able to survive a first-person psychological horror game or will you run away?

Why similar: Walking Simulator 41.5%, Atmospheric 22.3%, First-Person 13.3%, Story Rich 12.5%, 3D 7.4%

At its core, it's not really a game. Rather, a short tour of the authentic post-Soviet courtyard, which has long been abandoned by local residents.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 30.5%, Sandbox 27.7%, Simulation 14.3%, Atmospheric 10.6%, First-Person 9%

wandering into the uncanny concept of liminality, captured in DV tape format you explore what seems to be another dimension, lost in an endless space that looks human-made but isn't.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 59.2%, Atmospheric 23.9%, First-Person 15.9%, Adventure 1%

Forgotten Fields is a game about yearning and nostalgia. Play as Sid - a struggling writer who travels back to his childhood home one last time before it's sold off. Visit old friends, relive memories and play through sections of Sid's book in this warm game about the passage of time.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 41.7%, Atmospheric 17.6%, Story Rich 13.3%, Relaxing 10.4%, Emotional 8.2%

A chronic illness simulator. You think you have a chronic illness, but you don't know what. All you know is you are always in some state of pain. You've been to too many doctors to count... but you still have to live your life.

Why similar: Life Sim 45.5%, Simulation 16.6%, Cute 14.9%, Story Rich 8.4%, Atmospheric 8%

A meditative experience that invites players to explore the serene beauty of a living, breathing cemetery as it changes with the seasons.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 34.7%, Cute 15.9%, Atmospheric 8.8%, First-Person 8.6%, Relaxing 8.2%

Undertake your new job as a forester in a mystic and peaceful wood. Chop, gather, level up and unravel the expansive forest and its splendor at your own pace, one log at a time!

Why similar: Life Sim 35.6%, Walking Simulator 22.3%, Cute 12%, Atmospheric 11.9%, Relaxing 6.9%

You are a lonely woman, secluded in a house with your cat... and the secrets of the past. What hides within your mind — illness, or something otherworldly? Nightmares and reality intertwine… everything is so foggy. Do you have the courage to remember what happened?

Why similar: Walking Simulator 44.6%, Simulation 21%, Atmospheric 15.9%, First-Person 12%, Story Rich 3.5%

A tranquil exploration and photography experience set across a vast selection of faithfully detailed landscapes.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 41.1%, Atmospheric 18.5%, Simulation 15.4%, Relaxing 11.4%, First-Person 10.9%