- #1 Observation
97% matchMostly Positive78% of 5,063 reviews2020
Dev: No CodePub: Devolver Digital
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Observation is a sci-fi thriller uncovering what happened to Dr. Emma Fisher, and the crew of her mission, through the lens of the station’s artificial intelligence S.A.M.
Why similar: Space 19.1%, Sci-fi 13.2%, Thriller 11%, Artificial Intelligence 10.4%, Adventure 9.9%
- #2 ROUTINE
96% matchVery Positive93% of 6,281 reviews2025
Dev: Lunar SoftwarePub: Raw Fury
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 80%
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: Cinematic 14.7%, Thriller 14.4%, Walking Simulator 11.9%, Space 10.1%, Sci-fi 8.9%
- #3 Moons of Madness
96% matchMostly Positive77% of 2,891 reviews2019
Dev: Rock Pocket GamesPub: Funcom
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 91%
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: Space 17.2%, Thriller 13.4%, Sci-fi 13.3%, Horror 12%, Walking Simulator 11.2%
- #4 Bright Lights of Svetlov
95% matchVery Positive93% of 1,339 reviews2021
Dev: Vladimir Cholokyan
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 2.5 hrs≥1hr: 87%
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: 1980s 26%, Walking Simulator 25%, Atmospheric 9.6%, First-Person 9.4%, Realistic 8.3%
- #5 The Invincible
94% matchVery Positive89% of 9,176 reviews2023
Dev: Starward IndustriesPub: 11 bit studios
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 9.4 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Rethink human’s dominion in The Invincible: a story-driven adventure set in a hard sci-fi world by Stanisław Lem. Discover planet Regis III as scientist Yasna, use atompunk tools looking for a missing crew and face unforeseen threats. Make choices in a philosophical story that’s driven by science.
Why similar: Robots 21.1%, Walking Simulator 18.7%, Thriller 16.3%, Space 12%, Sci-fi 10.2%
- #6 Summer of '58
94% matchVery Positive89% of 4,849 reviews2021
Dev: EMIKA_GAMES
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 79%
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: Thriller 20.8%, Walking Simulator 15%, Cinematic 13.7%, Psychological Horror 9.7%, Horror 9.6%
- #7 Event[0]
93% matchVery Positive80% of 2,270 reviews2016
Dev: Ocelot Society
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Event[0] is a sci-fi narrative exploration game where you build a relationship with a lonely spaceship computer to get home to Earth.
Why similar: Space 17.9%, Artificial Intelligence 17.9%, Sci-fi 13.8%, Walking Simulator 10.1%, Atmospheric 8.7%
- #8 The Station
92% matchVery Positive86% of 1,108 reviews2018
Dev: The Station Game ltd
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 85%
The Station is a first-person sci-fi mystery set on a space station sent to study a sentient alien civilization. Assuming the role of a recon specialist, players must unravel a mystery which will decide the fate of two civilizations.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 23.4%, Space 20.1%, Sci-fi 16.1%, Story Rich 11.5%, Atmospheric 9.8%
- #9 Silent Nights
91% matchMostly Positive74% of 210 reviews2023
Dev: JustTomcuk
Windows
Silent Nights - A short horror game with realistic graphics, touching storyline and scary moments.
Why similar: Thriller 19.1%, Walking Simulator 17.3%, Cinematic 16.3%, Psychological Horror 10.8%, Horror 9.1%
- #10 The Holiday Story
91% matchMostly Positive71% of 97 reviews2025
Dev: JustTomcuk
Windows
The Holiday Story is an indie horror game about Christmas and New Year, set in the 80s.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 14.6%, 1980s 13.1%, Thriller 12.7%, Cinematic 12.6%, Psychological Horror 8.4%
- #11 Deliver Us The Moon
90% matchVery Positive88% of 9,052 reviews2019
Dev: KeokeN InteractivePub: Wired Productions
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 89%
The Moon has gone dark, cutting off Earth’s last source of energy. As a lone astronaut, you’ll explore abandoned lunar bases, solve intricate puzzles, and navigate stunning zero-gravity environments. Operate advanced vehicles, uncover hidden truths, and survive in this gripping sci-fi thriller.
Why similar: Space 33.1%, Sci-fi 18%, Adventure 11.8%, Atmospheric 9.7%, Walking Simulator 9.5%
- #12 Cave Crawler
89% matchVery Positive85% of 576 reviews2023
Dev: Technomancy Studios
Windows · Linux
Median: 42 minMean: 1.5 hrs≥1hr: 26%
Cave Crawler is a short horror game where you pilot a drone into a cave and discover something horrible.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 22.6%, Thriller 13.8%, Horror 13.7%, Psychological Horror 10.7%, First-Person 8.4%
- #13 Pact of Joy: Prologue
89% matchVery Positive94% of 63 reviews2023
Dev: Just Sauce Studio
Windows
As Jack Argyle, you are tasked with restoring communication at the underwater ex-Aegis facility known as Phorcys Station. Be careful, or risk joining the spirits trapped inside.
Why similar: Robots 21.4%, Artificial Intelligence 15%, Walking Simulator 14.6%, Sci-fi 14.1%, Horror 10.4%
- #14 White Room Protocol
88% matchMostly Positive80% of 54 reviews2025
Dev: Lefto Studio
Windows
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: Thriller 20.4%, Walking Simulator 19.3%, Psychological Horror 12.2%, Realistic 10.4%, Horror 10.4%
- #15 ZERO PROTOCOL
87% matchVery Positive85% of 574 reviews2024
Dev: R_Games
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 75%
In this immersive sci-fi thriller, you will experience the atmosphere of classic 3D games as you solve puzzles, follow an intriguing non-linear storyline, and engage in battles with monsters.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 17%, Sci-fi 14.9%, Atmospheric 11.7%, First-Person 11.6%, Multiple Endings 11.1%
- #16 INDIKA
86% matchVery Positive90% of 7,865 reviews2024
Dev: Odd MeterPub: 11 bit studios
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Play a third-person, story-driven game set in alternative Russia at the turn of the XIX century where religious visions clash with harsh reality. INDIKA tells the story of a young nun who sets off on a journey of self-discovery with the most unusual companion by her side, the devil himself.
Why similar: Cinematic 27.7%, Walking Simulator 18.6%, Horror 16.5%, Story Rich 13.8%, Puzzle 10.6%
- #17 Museum of Monoliths
86% matchVery Positive92% of 90 reviews2023
Dev: Podoba InteractivePub: Marevo Collective
Windows
A slow burn walking sim with an interactive soundtrack and horror vibes. You explore abstract locations and create your own unique sound for each of them by moving around and using Monoliths.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 25.4%, Thriller 16.4%, Psychological Horror 14.3%, Sci-fi 13%, Atmospheric 9%
- #18 The Turing Test
85% matchVery Positive88% of 7,968 reviews2016
Dev: BULKHEAD
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 85%
The Turing Test is a challenging first-person puzzle game set on Jupiter’s moon, Europa. You are Ava Turing, an engineer for the International Space Agency (ISA) sent to discover the cause behind the disappearance of the ground crew stationed there.
Why similar: Space 22%, Sci-fi 17.6%, First-Person 11.8%, Puzzle 11.6%, Artificial Intelligence 10.3%
- #19 Deliver Us Mars
84% matchMostly Positive75% of 2,881 reviews2023
Dev: KeokeN InteractivePub: Frontier Foundry
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Deliver Us Mars is an atmospheric sci-fi adventure taking you on a suspense-fuelled, high-stakes mission to recover the ARK colony ships stolen by the mysterious Outward.
Why similar: Thriller 16.5%, Robots 15.6%, Cinematic 15.5%, Space 13.2%, Sci-fi 10%
- #20 The Uncertain: Last Quiet Day
84% matchMostly Positive76% of 5,880 reviews2016
Dev: ComonGames
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 7.0 hrs≥1hr: 77%
The Uncertain is an story-driven adventure game set in a post-apocalyptic world. Experience the mysterious vibe of each of carefully explored locations, solve diverse puzzles, make fateful decisions and discuss intriguing matters to find out the whole truth being kept from you.
Why similar: Robots 33.9%, Sci-fi 17.6%, Atmospheric 11.7%, Story Rich 9.4%, Adventure 8.5%
- #21 One-Eyed Likho
81% matchVery Positive94% of 1,090 reviews2025
Dev: Morteshka
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%
One-Eyed Likho is a grim first-person horror adventure set in a world inspired by a dark, Slavic fairy tale. Explore an unsettling and twisted land set in 19th-century Russia in your endeavor to escape your own evil fate.
Why similar: Thriller 23.6%, Walking Simulator 21.5%, Horror 10.7%, Psychological Horror 10.1%, Atmospheric 8.1%
- #22 Welcome to Kowloon
82% matchVery Positive82% of 1,836 reviews2023
Dev: a1esskaPub: N4bA
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 1.9 hrs≥1hr: 56%
This is an indie horror from the first person, in which you find yourself in an area called Kowloon in search of cheap housing. The inhabitants of this place only at first glance seem to be ordinary people, but if we dig deeper, we will see their real faces.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 17.5%, Thriller 14.9%, Horror 13%, Psychological Horror 12.9%, Realistic 9.3%
- #23 Brutalism22
83% matchMixed65% of 68 reviews2023
Dev: Marginal act
Windows
This is a retro horror game about the war in Ukraine and brutalist architecture in Eastern Europe
Why similar: Walking Simulator 24.8%, Thriller 21.7%, Horror 9.7%, First-Person 9.6%, Story Rich 8.9%
- #24 Lunar Nightmare
81% matchVery Positive81% of 53 reviews2024
Dev: Playstige Interactive
Windows
Lunar Nightmare is a retro-inspired sci-fi thriller, set on an abandoned Moon base, where you have to solve the mystery behind missing crew members, ancient discoveries around deep down the Lunar surface, rouge-AI trying to control your fate and ghastly androids to revolting against your command.
Why similar: Space 19%, Sci-fi 17.4%, Horror 15.6%, Walking Simulator 15%, Psychological Horror 14.4%
- #25 Zarya-1: Mystery on the Moon
82% matchVery Positive90% of 170 reviews2017
Dev: Your Story Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Text based quest, mix of Sci-Fi and horror in the veins of Alien and Dead Space.
Why similar: Space 33%, Sci-fi 28.2%, Adventure 20.5%, Horror 18.3%
- #26 Exo One
80% matchVery Positive90% of 5,125 reviews2021
Dev: ExbleativePub: Future Friends Games
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 2.7 hrs≥1hr: 68%
A strange signal... an alien craft... an interplanetary, gravity-defying journey through space and time.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 23.8%, Space 23.8%, Sci-fi 12.2%, Atmospheric 12.1%, Realistic 11.6%
- #27 The Last Visit: 98th
79% matchMostly Positive79% of 177 reviews2025
Dev: Union State GamesPub: Union State Games
Windows
"The Last Visit: 98th" is a psychological indie horror from the first person, in the genre of a walking simulator, in the setting of the post-Soviet winter space. The main focus is on the atmosphere of horror, which is emphasized by realistic 3D graphics.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 19%, Thriller 15.8%, Psychological Horror 12.5%, Horror 11.3%, Realistic 10.4%
- #28 Voyager-19
78% matchVery Positive88% of 941 reviews2024
Dev: MizizizizPub: Deep Root Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
A short horror game where you control a decaying spacecraft exploring distant star systems.
Why similar: Space 29.9%, Sci-fi 20.9%, Horror 17.5%, Retro 13.6%, Puzzle 7.9%
- #29 Observer: System Redux
79% matchVery Positive85% of 2,866 reviews2020
Dev: Bloober TeamPub: Bloober Team SA
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 69%
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 32.1%, Horror 16.8%, Psychological Horror 16.5%, First-Person 13.1%, Story Rich 12.2%
- #30 Exo One: Prologue
78% matchVery Positive94% of 741 reviews2020
Dev: Exbleative
Windows
Median: 12 minMean: 1.8 hrs≥1hr: 11%
A strange signal... an alien craft... an interplanetary, gravity-defying journey through space and time. This is the prologue for Exo One.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 26.5%, Space 21.4%, Sci-fi 19.4%, Atmospheric 12.3%, Realistic 9.5%
- #31 It Happened At Night
77% matchMixed69% of 54 reviews2024
Dev: Davidcrosdev
Windows
It Happened At Night is a short horror game where the player must complete basic objectives to advance the story and immerse themselves through the eyes of the protagonist.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 21.5%, Thriller 15.7%, Horror 11.2%, Psychological Horror 9.5%, Atmospheric 9.1%
- #32 Hollow Cocoon
74% matchVery Positive92% of 886 reviews2023
Dev: NAYUTA STUDIO
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 84%
"Trapped in a cocoon, the silkworm weaves her final dream." Hollow Cocoon is a first-person horror adventure game set in 1980s Japan. Immerse yourself in meticulously recreated environments as you venture into the depths of unspeakable horrors that await you.
Why similar: Thriller 16.3%, Walking Simulator 12.5%, 1980s 11%, Psychological Horror 10.1%, Horror 8.8%
- #33 PROZE: Enlightenment
77% matchMixed68% of 120 reviews2019
Dev: SignSine
Windows
PROZE is a VR puzzle adventure set in both past and present. It’s a story of friendship and duty, fear and dignity of the people facing the Soviet government and its echoes. Explore a Cold-War era military research facility, deal with the anomalies, solve the puzzles, and find out the answers.
Why similar: Sci-fi 16.4%, Psychological Horror 14.7%, Walking Simulator 12.9%, Horror 12.9%, Atmospheric 10.8%
- #34 Somerville
75% matchMostly Positive70% of 1,808 reviews2022
Dev: Jumpship
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 73%
In the wake of catastrophe find the means to make your family whole again.
Why similar: Cinematic 26.5%, Atmospheric 12.6%, Sci-fi 12.2%, Story Rich 11.1%, Multiple Endings 10.2%
- #35 [SUBJECT]
74% matchVery Positive88% of 92 reviews2023
Dev: RUDZKI
Windows
[SUBJECT] is a first-person psychological horror game. You wake up confused in a dark room, not knowing where you are. The last thing you remember is a robotic voice echoing through you ears. How you got here or why is unclear, but you do know one thing: You're being watched.
Why similar: Thriller 19.6%, Walking Simulator 14.6%, Robots 12.6%, Psychological Horror 9.2%, Sci-fi 8.1%
- #36 The Inn-Sanity
71% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 1,530 reviews2025
Dev: Steppe Hare Studio
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Early 90s. You stayed in a quiet hotel for just one night and the next morning you’ve found out that the old world was destroyed. Alien dreams, secrets of your past and other guests that are turning into monsters. This hotel will not let you to check out.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 21.9%, Psychological Horror 13.8%, Horror 11.5%, Realistic 10%, Multiple Endings 8.6%
- #37 PROZE: Prologue
76% matchVery Positive82% of 104 reviews2018
Dev: SignSine
Windows
PROZE: Prologue is a free opening chapter for the PROZE series. It’s a story-based VR-adventure with puzzle and horror elements.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 19.3%, Psychological Horror 15.4%, Sci-fi 13.8%, Horror 12.3%, Adventure 12.3%
- #38 The Fall of Lazarus
76% matchMixed63% of 120 reviews2017
Dev: No Wand Studios
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 84%
The Fall of Lazarus is first person exploration and puzzle game. A deeply narrative scifi mystery game based on the exploration of an abandoned cargo spaceship about redemption and second chances.
Why similar: Space 19%, Walking Simulator 17.7%, Sci-fi 15.2%, First-Person 8%, Story Rich 7.9%
- #39 Transient: Extended Edition
75% matchMostly Positive70% of 333 reviews2020
Dev: Stormling StudiosPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 87%
H.P. Lovecraft meets Cyberpunk. Delve deep into a dystopian world and investigate what is happening to you and your friends in a domed city. Solve puzzles, hack systems and plug in to explore other dimensions. Discover a truth that might tear apart your sanity and question your very existence.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 22.8%, Psychological Horror 15%, Sci-fi 13.8%, Story Rich 10.3%, Atmospheric 9.3%
- #40 Effugium
73% matchMixed60% of 67 reviews2023
Dev: Souporno GhoshPub: Team Glasses
Windows
Explore a cold, abandoned, and dreary facility to piece together its mysteries and find a means for escape from the horror that lurks within.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 29.3%, Space 15%, Horror 14.8%, Atmospheric 14.3%, Psychological Horror 11.8%
- #41 NIGHTSLINK
73% matchVery Positive80% of 117 reviews2021
Dev: Noiseminded
Windows
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 25.3%, Psychological Horror 13.9%, Cinematic 12.3%, Horror 11.8%, First-Person 10.3%
- #42 Space Expedition
71% matchVery Positive93% of 181 reviews2023
Dev: Mobirate
Windows · Mac
Space Expedition is a 2D sci-fi platformer where you play as an astronaut who is sent to a space station to collect samples of mysterious dark matter. Space Expedition combines puzzle platforming, pixel art, and atmospheric adventures set in the style of 1980s sci-fi horror films.
Why similar: Robots 27.1%, Space 23.6%, Walking Simulator 16.4%, Atmospheric 15.5%, Story Rich 9.4%
- #43 Chasing Static
71% matchVery Positive87% of 501 reviews2021
Dev: Headware Games
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 87%
A psychological horror short story. Explore the untouched wilderness of rural Wales as you uncover the forgotten remains of a mysterious facility and find the truth behind the missing villagers of Hearth.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 18.1%, Cinematic 16.1%, Thriller 14.4%, Psychological Horror 10.7%, Horror 9%
- #44 Implements of Hell
72% matchMostly Positive75% of 103 reviews2021
Dev: PsychoRavens
Windows
Implements of Hell is a first-person psychological horror game. Explore the mysteries, unlock the secrets, and change the outcome in a slow-paced atmospheric, and extremely horrifying experience.
Why similar: Thriller 19.1%, Walking Simulator 17.5%, Cinematic 11.8%, Psychological Horror 9.9%, Realistic 9%
- #45 LiDAR Exploration Program
69% matchVery Positive91% of 265 reviews2025
Dev: KenForest
Windows
LiDAR Exploration Program is a relaxing atmospheric game with light horror elements, where you explore in complete darkness using a scanner to reveal the world around you.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 24.3%, Psychological Horror 16.6%, Horror 14.1%, Atmospheric 12.3%, Thriller 10.9%
- #46 Project Hailstorm
68% matchVery Positive84% of 670 reviews2025
Dev: Imbrium
Windows
Step into the shoes of a researcher in the depths of the antarctic and uncover the mysteries behind Project Hailstorm.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 22.5%, 1980s 15%, Realistic 11.2%, Sci-fi 10.8%, Horror 9.4%
- #47 Red Matter
69% matchVery Positive90% of 1,161 reviews2018
Dev: Vertical Robot
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 62%
Red Matter is a story-driven VR puzzle adventure game set during a dystopian sci-fi Cold War. Take on the role of Agent Epsilon, an astronaut of the Atlantic Union dispatched to an abandoned Volgravian moon base on a faraway planet. Your mission: to investigate a shady top secret research project.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 19%, Sci-fi 15.1%, Cinematic 14.5%, Horror 10.1%, Atmospheric 9.3%
- #48 DESOLATIUM: Prologue
70% matchMostly Positive78% of 118 reviews2021
Dev: SUPERLUMEN
Windows · Mac
Median: 48 minMean: 11.1 hrs≥1hr: 42%
DESOLATIUM: PROLOGUE is a first-person point & click Graphic Adventure based on Lovecraft Mythos. Live this horror story where you will have to visit mysterious locations, face lovecraftian creatures, find clues and combine objects to solve puzzles.
Why similar: Thriller 20.5%, Psychological Horror 15.4%, Horror 13.8%, First-Person 13%, Realistic 12.4%
- #49 KARMA: The Dark World
65% matchVery Positive92% of 4,144 reviews2025
Dev: POLLARD STUDIO LLCPub: Wired Productions
Windows
Median: 5.7 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 88%
KARMA: The Dark World is a first-person cinematic psychological thriller set in a dystopian world where the Leviathan Corporation is omnipresent. The year is 1984, the place is East Germany, and things are not quite what they seem.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 18.1%, Cinematic 16.4%, Psychological Horror 10.8%, Sci-fi 10.6%, Realistic 9.2%
- #50 ALONE IN SPACE
73% matchMixed53% of 158 reviews2016
Dev: Butterflyware
Windows · Mac · Linux
Experience an immersive sci-fi adventure. Walk in the footsteps of the ill-fated crew members of the Miranda station. Explore a world cloaked in mystery and danger, solve clever puzzles to help discover the questions that...
Why similar: Space 29.6%, Sci-fi 16.7%, First-Person 11.8%, Adventure 9.2%, Horror 8.7%
- #51 Neospace: Prologue
67% matchVery Positive90% of 59 reviews2024
Dev: DreamStudios
Windows
You wake up in a spaceship, you realize that strange things are going on there, you try to get back to civilization. However, this is harder than you think, the encounters will drive you crazy and you will doubt yourself.
Why similar: Space 31.3%, Sci-fi 20.6%, Atmospheric 15.2%, Adventure 8.4%, First-Person 7.6%
- #52 Gray Dawn
69% matchVery Positive84% of 1,173 reviews2018
Dev: Interactive Stone
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Embark on a terrifying adventure of a priest accused of murdering an altar boy. Gray Dawn is a psychological thriller infused with religious elements and combines story-driven quests with an artistic experience.
Why similar: Thriller 28.4%, Psychological Horror 15.7%, Walking Simulator 14.6%, Horror 9.9%, Story Rich 9.7%
- #53 Sector 404
67% matchMostly Positive75% of 57 reviews2025
Dev: Empty Studio
Windows
Sector 404 is a first-person anomaly horror game set in a crumbling Soviet housing block. After taking your medicine, your world begins to fracture. Climb from floor to floor, uncovering distorted anomalies and your own unraveling mind. Miss too much, and reality resets. Will you ever make it home?
Why similar: Walking Simulator 22.7%, Thriller 18.2%, Psychological Horror 14.4%, Realistic 11.5%, Horror 10.5%
- #54 The Renovator: Origins
66% matchVery Positive86% of 235 reviews2024
Dev: Peace_Studio
Windows
You play as the son of a restorer, a museum worker who died tragically. While searching for the memorabilia, the door suddenly closes and strange things begin to happen. The hero is waiting for immersion in the world of art and the paranormal.
Why similar: Thriller 32.2%, Psychological Horror 16.3%, Walking Simulator 15.5%, Horror 14.4%, Realistic 12.1%
- #55 RESTORER
66% matchMostly Positive78% of 54 reviews2025
Dev: Beshbarmak games
Windows
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 24.5%, Thriller 18.2%, Psychological Horror 15.1%, Realistic 12.7%, Atmospheric 9.3%
- #56 Conarium
68% matchMostly Positive77% of 2,240 reviews2017
Dev: Stormling StudiosPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 85%
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 27.9%, Horror 16.3%, Psychological Horror 13.8%, First-Person 10.4%, Adventure 8.6%
- #57 Pieces of me
64% matchVery Positive88% of 556 reviews2025
Dev: EMIKA_GAMES
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 2.8 hrs≥1hr: 95%
“Pieces of Me” is not a classic horror game with jump scares, but a psychological thriller-drama in the walking simulator genre. It is a spin-off of “September 7th”
Why similar: Thriller 23.1%, Walking Simulator 16.2%, Cinematic 10.8%, Psychological Horror 10.5%, Horror 7.7%
- #58 INDUSTRIA
67% matchMostly Positive71% of 3,883 reviews2021
Dev: BleakmillPub: Headup
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Embark on a gripping journey in INDUSTRIA, an atmospheric FPS set in Cold War-era East Berlin. Unravel the secrets of a mysterious parallel dimension while searching for a missing colleague. Explore a haunting reality where the truth awaits. Discover the dark past that lies beyond.
Why similar: Robots 23.6%, Sci-fi 18.1%, Atmospheric 11.1%, Story Rich 10.9%, Horror 10.8%