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A slow-paced, story-driven, first-person game that offers an abstract and surrealistic exploration of a troubled mind in its journey towards acceptance.

Why similar: Surreal 13.7%, Walking Simulator 13.5%, Cinematic 11.7%, Psychological Horror 9.3%, Mystery 7.3%

All That Time is a psychological horror experience where you explore unstable dreamlike memories, solve environmental puzzles, and uncover fragmented lives inside a collapsing liminal system.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 13%, Psychological Horror 11.4%, Lore-Rich 10.8%, Surreal 9.1%, Cinematic 8.8%

You're heading home from school. Something feels off. Observe your surroundings carefully to escape the endless street.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 18.4%, Psychological Horror 15.1%, Noir 12.5%, Surreal 9.8%, Choices Matter 9.7%

You have a strange dream where you meet a creature named Glitch Daddy, telling you that the world is ending very soon. Then, you wake up and go to unravel the truth through a wild, abstract psychedelic journey.

Why similar: Noir 19.7%, Surreal 13%, Cinematic 12.7%, Walking Simulator 12.6%, Psychological Horror 9.2%

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: Noir 18.9%, Walking Simulator 12.2%, Cinematic 12%, Surreal 10.7%, Psychological Horror 9.6%

STIGMA is a truly small indie game. It is a psychological detective horror focused on atmosphere and mystery. Uncover the haunting narrative of an old house and its forgotten past.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 17.7%, Psychological Horror 13.5%, Mystery 10%, Multiple Endings 9.8%, Choices Matter 9.4%

In the early 2000s, a series of horrifying incidents shattered countless lives across the world. No one truly understood the purpose behind them. Some called it corruption, others called it power beyond humanity. The real monsters were never demons, but humans with absolute control over others.

Why similar: Noir 21.3%, Walking Simulator 10.6%, Hidden Object 10.2%, Cinematic 9.9%, Psychological Horror 9.2%

Settled At Sea is a first-person mystery set on a remote Scottish island. You are a lighthouse keeper grieving your wife's death-but the island doesn't feel as isolated as it should.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 21.2%, Psychological Horror 14.7%, Lore-Rich 13.7%, Mystery 10.4%, Atmospheric 8.7%

Psychological-surreal-analog-survival horror game. Find the smiles and get out.

Why similar: Noir 21.4%, Lore-Rich 13.8%, Walking Simulator 13.3%, Surreal 11.8%, Psychological Horror 10.2%

At 3:12 AM, someone knocked. The door was locked from the inside. A story-rich psychological horror where you explore and investigate a Kolkata home as reality begins to repeat, change, and remember.

Why similar: Lore-Rich 12.2%, Walking Simulator 12%, Hidden Object 11.5%, Psychological Horror 11.5%, Mystery 8.6%

There's one rule on the office stairwell: do not look back. The darkness follows – and with every mistake, it draws closer. A surreal horror about the power of rules over the human soul

Why similar: Walking Simulator 16.8%, Surreal 12.2%, Cinematic 11.5%, Mystery 11.1%, Psychological Horror 9.5%

A first-person, PSX-style horror game about living with a monster. Do as you're told... or don't. Just be ready for the consequences.

Why similar: Surreal 14.9%, Walking Simulator 13.8%, Psychological Horror 12.3%, Emotional 9%, Choices Matter 8.8%

A first-person psychological horror game focused on observation, anomaly detection, and meaningful choices that lead to multiple endings inside a house filled with forgotten memories.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 17.2%, Psychological Horror 13.1%, Mystery 10.2%, Cinematic 9.1%, Multiple Endings 7.9%

Scary Shadow Spot: Last Farewell - Haunted by his past, Mark explores a haunted house where nothing is as it seems. Chilling puzzles and shocking truths await. Are you ready to uncover the mystery hidden in the shadows?

Why similar: Noir 24.5%, Lore-Rich 15.6%, Walking Simulator 12.7%, Psychological Horror 11.6%, Hidden Object 8.7%

You moved into the wrong street on the wrong night. Dunmore Street is stuck in an endless loop of forced happiness, and the deeper you go, the less the world holds together. People say dreams are an escape from reality. But what if you don't want to wake up?

Why similar: Walking Simulator 14.4%, Psychological Horror 12.5%, Surreal 11.2%, Cinematic 10.5%, Mystery 8.7%

All We Need is a first-person horror exploration. Uncover supernatural mysteries, face chilling encounters, and navigate haunting landscapes. Unravel the consequences of Jack's fateful decision. Survive the psychological challenges that await. Can you escape the horrors?

Why similar: Noir 23.6%, Walking Simulator 15.1%, Lore-Rich 14.5%, Psychological Horror 9.3%, Choices Matter 6.7%

Enter a psychological horror experience where a young psychologist must navigate a surreal world shaped by forgotten memories and fears – both her own and those she once tried to heal. Face what was buried. Reclaim what was lost. Escape – before it’s too late.

Why similar: Surreal 18.1%, Psychological Horror 14.8%, Walking Simulator 13.8%, Mystery 8.8%, Exploration 7.6%

Explore, Fish and discover the mysteries hidden within Lake Facade. A short narrative puzzle/adventure game with multiple endings and secrets to find.

Why similar: Lore-Rich 15.4%, Walking Simulator 14.9%, Surreal 12%, Psychological Horror 10.1%, Mystery 7.5%

A short horror observation thriller. Could you tell what's real and what isn't? You stole intel from your company. Now you wake up in a hospital every day with two choices: take your medication if something looks wrong, or hit the call button if you're sure the room is safe.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 17.2%, Surreal 12.9%, Mystery 12.5%, Psychological Horror 11.8%, Hidden Object 7.3%

Step into the shoes of Subject 35452 in a claustrophobic psychological horror experiment. Navigate a compact testing facility, identify anomalies, and survive the unpredictable environment.

Why similar: Surreal 19.3%, Hidden Object 14.8%, Psychological Horror 13.6%, Walking Simulator 12.8%, Choices Matter 9.8%

Night falls. Spirits rise. Some are friendly, and some are not. Journey into the Icelandic wilderness as Haru, a young girl searching for her lost sister. Play your harmonica to ward off ghosts looming over the forest. Experience a hauntingly beautiful story of trust, fear, and determination.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 20%, Cinematic 19.5%, Surreal 15.6%, Mystery 9.1%, Psychological Horror 8.3%

Observe your surrounding and be confident there is or is not a anomaly to progress.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 18.3%, Hidden Object 14%, Psychological Horror 13%, Surreal 11.3%, Mystery 11%

You are a film student recording a house tour in a quiet town. Somewhere between one room and the next, the world changed.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 19.2%, Surreal 15.6%, Psychological Horror 12.3%, Multiple Endings 9.1%, Emotional 8.4%

Exploration. Silence. Echoes. Wander a shifting pyramid where rooms change and reality bends. No monsters, just atmosphere, isolation, and subtle unease. Uncanny, immersive, and unsettling. Solve light environmental puzzles across 8 levels. Experience the pyramid alone - empty, yet somehow present.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 23.6%, Surreal 17.2%, Psychological Horror 15.7%, Cinematic 10%, Mystery 8.2%

Spend time with your new best friend! Have fun as it takes you through digital worlds to solve puzzles and collect Perfect Stars! After all, it knows what's best! It knows what's best! It knows what's best.

Why similar: Lore-Rich 17.6%, Surreal 13.5%, Walking Simulator 13%, Psychological Horror 12.9%, Choices Matter 8.5%

Immerse yourself in a haunting map-based horror experience, reminiscent of the iconic PS1 era. Navigate between 2D and 3D perspectives to break free from the loop in a mysterious mansion. Solve challenging puzzles to unveil the secrets hidden beneath it all.

Why similar: Noir 27.1%, Surreal 12.7%, Psychological Horror 12.6%, Mystery 10.3%, Emotional 6.9%

Carefully observe your sorroundings and come back to your reality by finding what doesn't fit. If something's wrong take the bus back from across the street. A game situated in the haze of Buenos Aires.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 14.7%, Surreal 12.8%, Hidden Object 12.5%, Psychological Horror 10%, First-Person 8.1%

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Why similar: Walking Simulator 16.9%, Surreal 13.5%, Psychological Horror 10.5%, Roguelite 10.1%, Mystery 8.1%

In Floor 9, you find yourself trapped in a mysterious hotel known as "Hotel Liminal." To escape, you must identify anomalies on each floor. These anomalies can be anywhere - on the ground, in paintings, or even right in front of your eyes.

Why similar: Surreal 18.3%, Walking Simulator 16.1%, Psychological Horror 15.2%, Choices Matter 10.1%, Puzzle 7%

A narrative psychological horror settled in dreamlike spaces. Explore, observe, and listen as strange entities, cryptic clues, and discoveries pull you deeper. Inspired by Backrooms and Dreamcore. No jumpscares or chases, only the empty feeling that the world is a dream that you forgot to wake up.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 18.6%, Mystery 12.7%, Surreal 11.5%, Lore-Rich 11.1%, Exploration 8%

The Midnight Biohazard is a first person choice based horror game set in an abandoned mining site. Your employer sent you to clean up the mining site after it was abandoned due to a new liquid being found in the mines, making everyone die. They are watching you. THEY WANT YOUR EYES.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 21%, Lore-Rich 19.7%, Psychological Horror 12.4%, Multiple Endings 8.6%, First-Person 8.3%

A surrealist exploration of the mind of a man trapped in a room. Part game, part short film, part disaster, Flat 207 is a cursed video game with no traditional game mechanics that takes roughly 40 minutes to finish.

Why similar: Surreal 19.7%, Cinematic 15.4%, Mystery 14.6%, Psychological Horror 13.9%, Walking Simulator 13.9%

Observe your surrounding and be confident there is or is not a anomaly to progress.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 17.7%, Hidden Object 15.7%, Surreal 15.5%, Psychological Horror 13.5%, Mystery 8.8%

A psychological first-person horror about a house that hides a disturbing truth beneath its walls. Explore, uncover fragments of the past, and decide whether to confront what lies below… or leave it buried forever.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 17.9%, Psychological Horror 14.4%, Cinematic 13.8%, Emotional 10.6%, Mystery 10.2%

A short psychological horror game where your friends invite you to hang out tonight — you have 7 days to think about it.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 21.6%, Hidden Object 18.3%, Surreal 13.3%, Psychological Horror 10.8%, Exploration 10.5%

RE-EXIT is an anomaly horror game that challenges your perception and attention to detail. Your mission is to observe your surroundings carefully, survive, and report any anomalies.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 17.8%, Surreal 15%, Hidden Object 14.9%, Psychological Horror 11.1%, Choices Matter 8.1%

Spot the anomalies. Escape the loop. Akeno’s Veil is a psychological horror game where spotting anomalies is your only escape—from the relentless demon determined to pull you back.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 19.2%, Psychological Horror 15.7%, Surreal 14.5%, Mystery 9.5%, Choices Matter 8.5%

You get to pick out a game from the Game Store in town but do not choose a certain game.

Why similar: Lore-Rich 14.9%, Walking Simulator 14.6%, Surreal 10.9%, Psychological Horror 9.1%, Multiple Endings 9%

An esoteric horror puzzle adventure, where your thoughts and mood affect the environment around you.

Why similar: Surreal 14.8%, Walking Simulator 12.7%, Psychological Horror 12.3%, Lore-Rich 12.3%, Hidden Object 10.9%

You are trapped in a memory of your past. Observe your surrounding carefully to end your nightmare.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 18.9%, Surreal 17.9%, Hidden Object 15.1%, Psychological Horror 14.5%, Multiple Endings 8.7%

A first-person folk horror story about a scammer exorcist priest trapped in a cursed 19th-century village. Investigate the seven deadly sins by day and survive the forest spirits that hunt you at night.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 16%, Lore-Rich 13.9%, Surreal 12%, Psychological Horror 11.7%, Mystery 10.4%

Immerse yourself in the depths of addiction and explore the surreal world of XYLOMETAZOLINE.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 18.1%, Surreal 16.6%, Psychological Horror 12.9%, Hidden Object 10.6%, Emotional 7.7%

In a lonely station atop a mountain, a train rumbles its precious cargo to places unknown. Now is your shift. Keep the pace. Uncover a mystery. Fight for your last breath. The air is thin up here.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 17.6%, Surreal 14.2%, Psychological Horror 13.9%, Multiple Endings 9.2%, Mystery 9%

You’ve been trapped in a school by a mysterious God. Memorize your surroundings, spot the anomalies, and reach floor 0 to earn your escape.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 20%, Hidden Object 15.5%, Psychological Horror 15.2%, Multiple Endings 9.8%, Choices Matter 8.2%

Run, hide, adapt and survive in a mansion of endless night and bizarre brain-twisting phenomena in this 2D hand-drawn psychological horror title.

Why similar: Noir 20.3%, Walking Simulator 15%, Lore-Rich 13.8%, Surreal 11.5%, Psychological Horror 10.1%

Dive into an enigmatic world, solve captivating puzzles, and unravel the mysteries of an endless dream. Reconstruct a fragmented life as the line between reality and illusion blurs. Challenge your mind and uncover the hidden truth in a gripping adventure that will leave you amazed!

Why similar: Lore-Rich 21.1%, Surreal 12.6%, Hidden Object 11.3%, Emotional 10.5%, Multiple Endings 7.4%

The Repairing Mantis is a narrative horror game that lets you experience the disturbing, violent (yet absurdly poetic) story of a mantis on a mission to repair a bridge made of flying squirrel flesh.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 19.9%, Psychological Horror 14.7%, Surreal 14.6%, Exploration 8.4%, Multiple Endings 7.3%

You find yourself on a planet where plants emit sound. Sound and music are also your main gameplay mechanic. Experience the world of sound as never done before.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 15.3%, Cinematic 14.3%, Surreal 12%, Mystery 11.9%, Choices Matter 8.3%

You're stuck in an endlessly looping hallway, but every time you enter it, something seems to be different. Try to spot everything that isn't supposed to be there, but most of all, make sure to get out alive.

Why similar: Cinematic 20.2%, Walking Simulator 16.3%, Psychological Horror 15.4%, Surreal 10.6%, Mystery 8.7%

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: Walking Simulator 17.1%, Psychological Horror 15.3%, Surreal 14.1%, Cinematic 11.2%, First-Person 8.4%

Read the streets, follow the signals, and survive what your mistakes awaken.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 18.3%, Walking Simulator 13.8%, Hidden Object 12.9%, Mystery 11.7%, First-Person 8.8%

Immerse yourself in Fear Is In The Mind, a psychological horror game that blurs the lines between reality and the mind's darkest corners. Face your fears, decipher the truth, and explore a world where every word can alter your fate.

Why similar: Noir 34.5%, Walking Simulator 20.9%, Psychological Horror 16.2%, Female Protagonist 6.9%, Atmospheric 6.7%

Welcome to my first game! Where you'll Immerse yourself in a unbelievable, story-rich mystery, packed with jaw-dropping plot twist, horror, and multiple endings.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 15.3%, Hidden Object 12.7%, Mystery 12.3%, Multiple Endings 11.9%, Psychological Horror 9.3%

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: Walking Simulator 18.8%, Hidden Object 16.1%, Psychological Horror 14.9%, Choices Matter 11.7%, Mystery 8.5%

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 21.9%, Psychological Horror 18%, Surreal 14.8%, Hidden Object 8.2%, First-Person 8.1%

You are a paranormal detective in an abandoned hospital. Monitor surveillance cameras and use a remote-controlled robot to capture anomalies. Collect evidence, explore your surroundings, make contact with ghosts. Survive seven nights of horror and uncover the truth.

Why similar: Cinematic 17.5%, Psychological Horror 13.6%, Hidden Object 12.9%, Walking Simulator 11.7%, Surreal 10.1%

Trapped in an endless Roman corridor, you must observe carefully, solve eerie puzzles, and survive horrors in this roguelite puzzle-adventure.

Why similar: Surreal 15.1%, Walking Simulator 12.5%, Psychological Horror 12.4%, Roguelite 10.7%, Mystery 10.7%

YUMEGIDO urges the termination of YUMEGIDO.

Why similar: Noir 25.1%, Surreal 14.2%, Walking Simulator 13.7%, Psychological Horror 9.6%, Multiple Endings 8.8%

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: Lore-Rich 16.7%, Walking Simulator 16.4%, Psychological Horror 14.1%, Multiple Endings 10.6%, Choices Matter 10.3%

A dreamlike, half-remembered nowhere. Quietly wander through it, solve opaque puzzles, meet strange figures, and uncover the subtle threads of melancholy from which this place was born.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 23.9%, Hidden Object 18.1%, Psychological Horror 16.3%, Surreal 13.1%, Multiple Endings 7.3%