
If you get startled, you go back to Number 0. A Japanese-style horror anomaly-spotting game that uses your microphone to detect your reactions. Eerie shrines, schools, and cult-like locations await, filled with all kinds of horror and anomalies.
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If you get startled, you go back to Number 0. A Japanese-style horror anomaly-spotting game that uses your microphone to detect your reactions. Eerie shrines, schools, and cult-like locations await, filled with all kinds of horror and anomalies.

Gion Corridor
Set against the backdrop of a Japanese-style townscape reminiscent of Gion, this exploration-based horror game involves searching for “anomalies” and offering prayers. A work dedicated to those who feel bored with their daily lives.

Barnacle
Investigate an abandoned server frozen in time. Explore liminal, blocky spaces, uncover strange anomalies, and piece together what went wrong. The deeper you go, the more the world shifts, watching and reacting to your presence.
Set against the backdrop of a Japanese-style townscape reminiscent of Gion, this exploration-based horror game involves searching for “anomalies” and offering prayers. A work dedicated to those who feel bored with their daily lives.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 18.5%, Interactive Fiction 17.3%, Psychedelic 10.9%, Immersive Sim 9.5%, Cinematic 7.7%
Investigate an abandoned server frozen in time. Explore liminal, blocky spaces, uncover strange anomalies, and piece together what went wrong. The deeper you go, the more the world shifts, watching and reacting to your presence.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 23.6%, Interactive Fiction 20.6%, Immersive Sim 12.2%, Puzzle 8.5%, Adventure 8.1%
This game is a multi-ending horror game set in Japan. The story branches based on the player's choices, leading to different endings.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.1%, Psychedelic 20.1%, Immersive Sim 17.4%, Cinematic 15%, Adventure 10.1%
Nomad Nightmare is a psychological horror where the line between dream and reality blurs. When his car stalls on a remote road at night, a vlogger finds refuge in a motel. But this place is a trap. Explore, solve puzzles, and try to escape the nightmare.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 24.6%, Immersive Sim 16.4%, Psychedelic 14.3%, Puzzle 10.3%, Adventure 8.8%
You are inside an endless Highschool but there is a way you can escape. Search in the hallways of the school and find the changes within them to reach Room 14.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 24%, Immersive Sim 16.1%, Cinematic 14.7%, Puzzle 9.6%, Exploration 8.4%
You have inherited a train station from a family that never mentioned it. Walk its platforms into Berlin, Paris, New York and Hong Kong across the last century, and learn how a single clue found in one decade rewrites the meaning of another.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25.1%, Walking Simulator 24.8%, Immersive Sim 13.5%, Cinematic 11.6%, Adventure 10.2%
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: Walking Simulator 19.6%, Cinematic 16.6%, Immersive Sim 15.5%, Horror 8.7%, Puzzle 7.3%
It Never Leaves You One year after the death of his family, Max is looking for a new beginning. But after an accident in the dense forest, his friend Jack has disappeared. In Chapter 1, explore a dilapidated hospital where reality merges with madness. What is real and what is a hallucination?
Why similar: Walking Simulator 23.4%, Interactive Fiction 21.7%, Immersive Sim 18.6%, Exploration 10.5%, First-Person 6.2%
A first-person psychological horror game. Explore a house that feels like it knows you. Uncover dark secrets buried within its walls. Something is watching. Something has been waiting a very long time.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.7%, Walking Simulator 19.9%, Immersive Sim 12.4%, Adventure 10.1%, Horror 9.3%
Dear Esther immerses you in a stunningly realised world, a remote and desolate island somewhere in the outer Hebrides. As you step forwards, a voice begins to read fragments of a letter: 'Dear Esther...' - and so begins a journey through one of the most original first-person games of recent years.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 27.5%, Interactive Fiction 22.3%, Exploration 9.5%, Puzzle 9.3%, First-Person 7.1%
Tapes of Entities is a first-person psychological survival horror game. Roam between realities of fear, madness & machinery. Solve puzzles, explore an atmospheric world, survive horrifying entities.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 24.4%, Interactive Fiction 24.1%, Exploration 11%, Puzzle 10.2%, First-Person 6.7%
You're trapped in your office after a typical working day. Carefully explore every corner to reach freedom and break the loop.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 29.1%, Immersive Sim 21.3%, Exploration 11.8%, First-Person 9.4%, Horror 8.1%
In Waiting is a first-person psychological horror game where you explore a haunted manor guided by Eleanor, an AI-powered ghost. Solve puzzles, uncover dark secrets, and experience true AI conversations that run 100% on your device with zero data collection.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.7%, Walking Simulator 20.5%, Immersive Sim 13%, Puzzle 10%, Adventure 9.6%
Bloodquest From Hell is a first person exploration game made in Unreal Engine. You play as a humble fry cook, who must journey through a mysterious portal in order to keep your job.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 19.2%, Interactive Fiction 17.3%, Psychedelic 12.9%, Immersive Sim 12.7%, Cinematic 11.9%
Fragments of Dread is an episodic psychological horror series. Each episode tells a self-contained story of dread, fear, and survival.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 23.8%, Interactive Fiction 17%, Horror 8.4%, Mystery 8%, Cinematic 8%
As one of many kidnapped and enslaved Probants of the Project 13 Group... You need to find Anomalies through your Walk. If you not obey and report , you will be stuck in it forever.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 25.1%, Psychedelic 12.6%, Immersive Sim 11.9%, Cinematic 10.9%, Horror 7.9%
A psychological exploration through a liminal dreamscape: no guides, no paths, just you and small environmental mysteries.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 26.8%, Walking Simulator 26.5%, Exploration 12.5%, Puzzle 11.2%, Cinematic 8.4%
Escape from an anomalous 8-storey apartment building where every floor presents a new challenge. You cannot simply walk downstairs or take the elevator. The building will keep bringing you back until you complete the main task on each floor...
Why similar: Walking Simulator 27.8%, Immersive Sim 22.5%, Exploration 12.3%, Puzzle 11.5%, First-Person 8.6%
The doctor said today was my last appointment, I'm healthy. Time to go home, what could go wrong?
Why similar: Walking Simulator 25.4%, Immersive Sim 15.7%, Cinematic 11.6%, Exploration 8.7%, Horror 8.4%
A short first-person horror game where strange anomalies slowly begin to appear in a laundromat you casually visit. As you return again and again, you move closer to the ending waiting in this place.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.7%, Immersive Sim 19.7%, Walking Simulator 18.3%, Horror 10.1%, Exploration 9.2%
The Butcher's Village is a psychological slasher horror game that provides a horrifying experience. Explore unsettling environments, solve intricate puzzles, and struggle to survive in a village that is at once eerily familiar and terrifyingly real.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 26.8%, Psychedelic 14%, Cinematic 13%, Horror 8.8%, Exploration 7.4%
You are trapped in a never-ending street loop. Observe your surroundings carefully and identify anomalies. Make the right choice at the end of each street and try to escape the loop.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 28%, Immersive Sim 18.4%, Puzzle 11.3%, Exploration 9.7%, First-Person 7.7%
Trapped in a mysterious place, you must uncover the truth. “Outsanity” offers a blend of stealth, puzzle-solving, and exploration. Tread lightly and solve the sparse enigmas to escape, but beware the monsters hear everything. Can you outwit these lurking creatures?
Why similar: Walking Simulator 22.3%, Interactive Fiction 20.7%, Immersive Sim 14.2%, Puzzle 9%, Exploration 7.8%
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 28.4%, Puzzle 13.8%, Exploration 12.6%, First-Person 9.7%, Mystery 9.2%
Confined to a wheelchair, explore a hospital pulled into a distorted world beneath reality. A slow psychological horror focused on exploration, tension, and the unsettling atmosphere of this place.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 30.3%, Immersive Sim 18.8%, Adventure 10.4%, Exploration 10.2%, First-Person 8.4%
Make your way through dense Siberian woods in search of a missing person in this path-finding survival adventure. Compass and map included.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 26.7%, Immersive Sim 17.9%, Cinematic 13.2%, Exploration 9.4%, Puzzle 8.8%
A new life begins in a low-cost apartment. Strange occurrences at night and the suspicious behavior of neighbors gradually push the protagonist to the edge.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 28.1%, Interactive Fiction 26.8%, Immersive Sim 19%, Horror 8.6%, First-Person 7.1%
A surreal psychological horror game where familiar rooms become strange and unpredictable. Explore your home, uncover hidden details, and experience reality changing around you.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 30.9%, Psychedelic 17.9%, Puzzle 13%, Exploration 10.3%, Adventure 8.4%
Descend the infinite office staircase. The Darkness follows you. Squeeze the rubber duck to not be afraid. And never look back. Psychological horror in a dreamcore aesthetic
Why similar: Walking Simulator 23.3%, Immersive Sim 14.4%, Cinematic 10.9%, Mystery 8.8%, Horror 8.6%
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 24%, Psychedelic 17.2%, Puzzle 8.3%, Mystery 8.1%, Horror 8.1%
In Our Parlor is a short, horror walking simulator. The player must make their way through a mysterious manor to unfold the story, find the parlor, and escape this nightmare. Navigate a series of dark set pieces and follow the music to discover the path forward.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 27.9%, Immersive Sim 21.4%, Interactive Fiction 17.5%, First-Person 10.9%, Exploration 5.7%
You investigate a secluded rural home of an old friend that's gone missing, abandoned under mysterious circumstances. You begin to uncover a haunting trail left behind by a man consumed by paranoia, isolation, and something far more disturbing.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 31.1%, Interactive Fiction 29.2%, Immersive Sim 20.4%, First-Person 8.9%, Horror 5.9%
From the creators of Amnesia: The Dark Descent and Dear Esther comes a new first-person horrorgame that will drag you to the depths of greed, power and madness. It will bury its snout into your ribs and it will eat your heart.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 44.6%, Horror 15.1%, Interactive Fiction 11.2%, Mystery 5.3%, Exploration 4.9%
"MINDFALL" is a tense first-person psychological horror game that explores the depths of the human mind and its struggle with the unknown.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 27.1%, Psychedelic 15.3%, Cinematic 14.6%, Adventure 11.2%, Exploration 9%
Lying Souls is an atmospheric, mysterious single player story horror game. You'll dive into a story in which nothing is as it seems. Find out the reasons behind what happened to your family back then. Your decisions will guide the course of the story.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 25.8%, Interactive Fiction 19.8%, Puzzle 9.7%, Horror 8.5%, Mystery 8%
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 28.3%, Immersive Sim 11.7%, Puzzle 9.3%, Horror 9%, First-Person 8.6%
You're taking care of your friend's house but a garden gnome appears.
Why similar: Immersive Sim 22.2%, Walking Simulator 18.3%, Cinematic 17.9%, Horror 11.9%, Exploration 10.5%
Ether One is a first person adventure that deals with the fragility of the human mind. There are two paths in the world you can choose from. At its core is a story exploration path free from puzzles where you can unfold the story at your own pace.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 35.5%, Puzzle 14%, Exploration 12.5%, First-Person 12.3%, Adventure 11.7%
“If you find an anomaly, remember it.” Welcome to Hotel The Memory, an anomaly-hunting x memory-matching escape game. Match pairs of rooms with the exact same anomaly to escape from this strange hotel.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 27.1%, Immersive Sim 22%, Exploration 12.5%, Puzzle 11.4%, First-Person 7.2%
A remote mountain cabin, a raging snowstorm, and the line between reality and madness begins to blur. Make difficult choices, explore surreal worlds, and confront what waits in the dark.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 24.4%, Interactive Fiction 21.6%, Psychedelic 18%, Puzzle 9.4%, Exploration 8.4%
The main character enters an abandoned hotel from the 1960s to solve the mystery of his parents' death. Facing dangers and solving puzzles, he must uncover the mystery and survive the hotel!
Why similar: Walking Simulator 25.6%, Immersive Sim 22%, Exploration 12.8%, Puzzle 10.9%, First-Person 6.9%
Return to the isolated Morwain Estate and uncover the truth behind a long forgotten disappearance. Explore a mansion filled with secrets, solve challenging puzzles, and survive the horrors hidden beneath its foundations.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 15.8%, Interactive Fiction 15%, Immersive Sim 13.2%, Horror 12%, Puzzle 11.6%
Late night. A young man called Sam is home alone. He finds a mystical book that takes him into a world of horror stories that come alive. Start reading, but you must not break the most important rule. Once you have started the book, you must finish it!
Why similar: Walking Simulator 24.8%, Cinematic 16%, Psychedelic 10.4%, Puzzle 10.3%, Exploration 9.1%
The Radio Station | 深夜放送 is a Japanese psychological horror game.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 18.5%, Interactive Fiction 16.3%, Psychedelic 15.3%, Immersive Sim 13%, Cinematic 12.7%
Embark on a an unforgettable narrative journey with NoSleep: Nightmare Chronicles, a chilling collection of interactive horror stories from the r/NoSleep subreddit. Explore immersive environments, face grotesque encounters, and fight to survive in this gripping anthology of terror.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 20.1%, Interactive Fiction 16.8%, Cinematic 12.6%, Immersive Sim 11.1%, Horror 7.4%
You are trapped in the new company by Lao Liu, and you need to carefully observe whether there are any abnormalities every day, make the right choice within the limited time, and break the cycle.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 27.1%, Immersive Sim 22%, Exploration 12.5%, Puzzle 11.4%, First-Person 7.3%
The elevator should have taken you home. Instead, it brought you somewhere that shouldn't exist. Explore liminal spaces, evade terrifying entities, and uncover the truth.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 24.6%, Interactive Fiction 18.3%, Immersive Sim 12.2%, Puzzle 10.4%, Adventure 10.3%
One last GPS pin. One final hope. Following a GPS pin to the cabin, she thought she was coming for a rescue. She didn't know she was stepping into a frozen trap. Stranded and hunted by 'The Ice', you must keep the fire alive to survive the night. Uncover the chilling truth before you become his art
Why similar: Walking Simulator 28.1%, Interactive Fiction 26%, Adventure 9.7%, Exploration 8.9%, Immersive Sim 7.4%
Hey Dad, this might be a bit strange, but I’ve made a game for you. It’s about you and me, and the walks we used to take. Could you let me know what you think once you’ve finished it? - Junebug
Why similar: Walking Simulator 31.8%, Interactive Fiction 23.7%, Exploration 10.3%, First-Person 8.7%, Horror 7%
[Data Expunged], Eastern Bloc, September ██th, 19██A narrative discovery walking game. Slow paced and might get scary at times. (Cozy horror, if you will...) Walk through a soviet hotel. Knock at every door. Hold staring contests with paintings. But don't ever look into a mirror for too long...
Why similar: Walking Simulator 30.7%, Interactive Fiction 19.8%, Immersive Sim 10.7%, Horror 8.2%, Psychological Horror 6.5%
∆ is an atmospheric exploration experience that takes you on a journey through the dream world into the Beyond.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 25.5%, Immersive Sim 19.1%, Psychedelic 13.7%, Puzzle 10.3%, Exploration 10%
A Mystery Puzzle game in First Person. You are a strange visitor in a family. Can you reveal their deepest desires and help them reach divinity?
Why similar: Walking Simulator 19.9%, Immersive Sim 12.7%, Psychedelic 11.7%, Cinematic 9.1%, Puzzle 9%
This multi-ending psychological thriller simulator lets you play a new excavator graduate taking a high-paying haunted construction job, where buried antiques promise extra profit. Strange paranormal events follow your digging, and a deadly conspiracy hides under the site’s sacred dragon vein.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 29.4%, Interactive Fiction 22.4%, Cinematic 10.7%, Psychological Horror 7.9%, Puzzle 6.9%
The Last Departure is an atmospheric horror game set aboard the final run of a closing train line. Find your way out or loop forever.
Why similar: Immersive Sim 19.3%, Interactive Fiction 16%, Horror 11.9%, Walking Simulator 11.5%, Cinematic 11.1%
You wake up in an unfamiliar building. You have to get out of here. You go down the stairs and go down the corridor to reach the same stairs again. The world repeats itself over and over, but each time it repeats itself, something changes. Eternal return. Can you escape from this looping world?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 33.6%, Immersive Sim 23.3%, Exploration 12.8%, Adventure 9.8%, First-Person 8.3%
A paranormal investigator enters an ancient forest shrouded in rumors of a mad woman. In this first-person horror, players explore dark thickets for clues and hidden evidence. Solving atmospheric puzzles reveals the truth as the boundary between sanity and madness collapses.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 33%, Immersive Sim 20%, Exploration 11%, Adventure 9%, First-Person 7.9%
A narrative experience of psychological horror and metaphysical mystery. Reality bends, time stutters, and something unseen follows your every breath.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 24.1%, Interactive Fiction 19.9%, Immersive Sim 12.5%, Cinematic 11.2%, Puzzle 10%
The sequel to the psychological horror Nomad Nightmare. The protagonist tries to return to a normal life, but the past finds him again. Explore a mysterious house where fear and madness lurk around every corner.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 30.1%, Psychedelic 18.5%, Puzzle 12.7%, Adventure 11.4%, First-Person 8.7%