Games Like SEPTEMBER 1999

A dark/sad/weird/funny first person exploration game. You play a man on his last night alive as he obsesses over a mysterious painting. More of a story game in that it emphasizes mood and character over gameplay. Takes ten minutes to play and has "next-gen" features like a shrimp tank.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 33.6%, Horror 28.6%, Multiplayer 8.2%, Walking Simulator 7.7%, Indie 7.1%

Why You'll Like It: A brief, surreal, and deeply disturbing psychological horror game that shares the indie spirit of the seed.

"September 7th" is a short horror game released for Christmas. The plot of the game is simple to the point of banality, and the gameplay is not delayed.The game also contains some Easter eggs and mentions. The game takes place in 2009.

Why similar: Horror 35.4%, Psychological Horror 29.7%, Walking Simulator 12.2%, First-Person 9.2%, Multiplayer 6.1%

Why You'll Like It: It leans heavily into the found-footage style and atmospheric tension that makes the seed game so effective.

A short horror game where you pilot a tiny submarine through an ocean of blood on an alien moon.

Why similar: Horror 38.1%, Psychological Horror 31.4%, First-Person 7.3%, Indie 7%, Walking Simulator 6.4%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a similarly claustrophobic and intense short-form experience that relies on atmosphere over traditional gameplay.

Smuggle contraband VHS tapes across the border. Discover the remnants of illicit industry. Prepare for an assassination. This is Paratopic, an atmospheric retro-3D horror adventure through a cursed fever dream.

Why similar: Horror 42.6%, Psychological Horror 24.3%, Indie 12.2%, Walking Simulator 6.3%, Atmospheric 5.9%

Why You'll Like It: It perfectly captures the surreal, low-fidelity VHS aesthetic and fragmented storytelling found in SEPTEMBER 1999.

Experience the liminal world of the backrooms through a VHS camera, immersing into a mysterious story and wandering the dream-like structures... Might there be something following you?

Why similar: Horror 31.8%, Psychological Horror 26.2%, Multiplayer 18%, First-Person 7.8%, Walking Simulator 7.5%

Why You'll Like It: Directly inspired by the found-footage genre, it focuses on the same unsettling, liminal space horror.

Fears to Fathom is an episodic psychological horror game where each episode unveils a short story narrated by the ones who survived.

Why similar: Horror 38.2%, Psychological Horror 25.3%, Multiplayer 18.3%, First-Person 6.2%, Indie 4.5%

Why You'll Like It: This episodic series excels at the found-footage, realistic horror vibe that makes the seed game so immersive.

A local news team breaks into an abandoned house to chase a salacious ghost story... until a MANIAC chases them! ...VHS era 80's slasher. PS1 style survival horror!

Why similar: Horror 42.4%, Psychological Horror 27.1%, Gore 26.2%, Indie 4.3%

Why You'll Like It: This game utilizes a retro VHS aesthetic to deliver a terrifying, slasher-inspired horror experience.

you find an abandoned fps game on an old computer. you decide to play it.

Why similar: Horror 37.3%, Psychological Horror 32.1%, Walking Simulator 12.8%, First-Person 9.4%, Atmospheric 6.3%

Why You'll Like It: A short, unsettling experience that uses a retro aesthetic to deliver a haunting psychological horror story.

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: Horror 29.4%, Psychological Horror 23.6%, Gore 16%, Walking Simulator 7.6%, First-Person 5.9%

Why You'll Like It: It provides a dense, atmospheric, and psychological horror experience set in a claustrophobic urban environment.

From the darkness is a psychological horror game with a scary atmosphere, the game takes place in an old Soviet abandoned apartment.

Why similar: Horror 36.5%, Psychological Horror 26.2%, Multiplayer 12.9%, Walking Simulator 6.2%, First-Person 5.2%

Why You'll Like It: It focuses on the same brand of indie psychological horror that relies on exploration and atmospheric tension.

Shattered Lights is a VR psychological horror room-scale experience, which focuses on drawing the player into the game with unparalleled immersion.

Why similar: Horror 31.9%, Psychological Horror 26.5%, Multiplayer 10.8%, Walking Simulator 7%, Indie 6.9%

Why You'll Like It: A short, psychological horror game that uses lighting and atmosphere to create a sense of constant unease.

This is a first-person indie horror game. In 9 Childs Street you will find the terrifying atmosphere of a recently abandoned house, and its captive inhabitants, through the eyes of a curious little boy in a red cap.

Why similar: Horror 31.5%, Psychological Horror 29.6%, Walking Simulator 10%, First-Person 8.6%, Indie 8%

Why You'll Like It: A first-person psychological horror game that excels at building a sense of dread in a domestic setting.

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 35.6%, Horror 33.9%, Gore 9.9%, First-Person 7.7%, Indie 6.5%

Why You'll Like It: A masterclass in psychological horror that uses claustrophobia and surreal imagery to create a lasting impact.

The Tape is a slow and creepy first person horror game, with mystical story and abstract psychological elements.

Why similar: Horror 44.1%, Gore 24.4%, Indie 13.9%, First-Person 10.7%, Atmospheric 5.2%

Why You'll Like It: It leans into the found-footage and VHS aesthetic to create a short, atmospheric horror experience.

A 10 minute horror experience of a girl walking home alone at night.

Why similar: Horror 40.2%, Psychological Horror 36.9%, Multiplayer 13.7%, Atmospheric 4.4%, Indie 3.7%

Why You'll Like It: A short, psychological horror game that uses a unique visual style to create a sense of unease.

Stories Untold is a compilation tape of four experimental adventures, including a remaster of the original hit episode “The House Abandon”.

Why similar: Horror 42.7%, Psychological Horror 38.3%, Indie 9.8%, Atmospheric 7.2%, Singleplayer 2%

Why You'll Like It: This episodic game uses retro technology and atmospheric storytelling to build a sense of dread similar to VHS horror.

A short interactive first-person horror game. Walk, look around, and talk to people to finish the short story about closing your restaurant. Complete the story with immersive sounds, and spooky tension and jumpscares to keep you focused.

Why similar: Horror 47.4%, Psychological Horror 37%, Dark 12.5%, Indie 2.4%, Singleplayer 0.8%

Why You'll Like It: It delivers a slow-burn, psychological horror experience that feels grounded and deeply unsettling.

The Convenience Store | 夜勤事件 is a J-horror game about a college girl on a night shift.

Why similar: Horror 50.8%, Psychological Horror 27.5%, Indie 7.6%, Walking Simulator 5.5%, First-Person 4.7%

Why You'll Like It: A short, atmospheric horror game that excels at building tension in a mundane, everyday setting.

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 40.8%, Psychological Horror 30.5%, Multiplayer 11.1%, First-Person 4.8%, Dark 4.3%

Why You'll Like It: While longer, it is one of the most effective psychological horror games at creating a claustrophobic and terrifying atmosphere.

It's a short indie horror game where we step into the shoes of Alex, a student who, in search of more comfort, rents an apartment in the city that, at first glance, seems pretty decent — but upon arrival, he realizes something is not right.

Why similar: Horror 25.2%, Psychological Horror 24.1%, Gore 19.1%, Walking Simulator 9.2%, First-Person 6.9%

Why You'll Like It: It focuses on atmospheric exploration and psychological tension, mirroring the walking-simulator elements of the seed.

Can you escape the home of a cannibal serial killer? It's only a matter of time until you're dinner!

Why similar: Horror 38.8%, Gore 36%, Indie 9.5%, First-Person 8.6%, Atmospheric 5%

Why You'll Like It: This game combines a retro VHS aesthetic with intense stealth-horror mechanics.

"Psalm 5:9-13" is a first-person psychological horror game with VHS effect. Be careful and attentive, there is something hiding in these rooms, something is watching from the darkness.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 24.3%, Horror 24%, Gore 21.4%, Walking Simulator 8.5%, First-Person 6.6%

Why You'll Like It: A short, mysterious, and psychological horror experience that relies on exploration and atmosphere.

Walking simulator. Explore, admire and listen. Uncanny. Relaxing. Unnerving. Eerie. Immersive. No monsters chasing you or jumping at your screen, but can feel oppressive at times by invoking fears of getting lost, the dark, tight spaces and liminal space architecture. Inspired by backrooms.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 45.7%, Walking Simulator 17.5%, First-Person 10.9%, Multiplayer 9.6%, Atmospheric 7.3%

Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on liminal spaces and atmosphere, creating a unique, unsettling experience without traditional combat.

"Exanimum: The Silent Call" is a first-person psychological horror game. In this chilling experience, you will find yourself confronting terrifying mysteries and chilling secrets.

Why similar: Horror 34.7%, Psychological Horror 31.5%, Multiplayer 10.4%, Indie 7.4%, Dark 6.3%

Why You'll Like It: It provides a realistic and dark psychological horror experience that feels grounded and unsettling.

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: Horror 28.4%, Psychological Horror 26.8%, Gore 13.3%, Walking Simulator 10.2%, First-Person 6.3%

Why You'll Like It: This game uses a minimalist, atmospheric approach to build psychological tension in a confined space.

What you are about to do has not been approved by the Vatican. As a young priest, struggle against demons, cultists, and your own weakening faith in this pixel horror game inspired by the era of classic 8-bit gaming and the "Satanic Panic" of the 1980s.

Why similar: Horror 34.4%, Psychological Horror 31.9%, Gore 17.6%, Indie 7%, Dark 5.5%

Why You'll Like It: It uses a retro aesthetic to deliver a deeply disturbing and psychological horror story.

Shadow of Pharos is a short first-person horror game.

Why similar: Horror 42.4%, Psychological Horror 29.3%, Walking Simulator 9.7%, Atmospheric 6.5%, First-Person 6.2%

Why You'll Like It: It offers an immersive, atmospheric mystery that relies on psychological horror elements.

Cave Crawler is a short, 2D side-scrolling action platformer. Explore caves filled with interesting enemies and fun platforming challenges.

Why similar: Singleplayer 100%

Why You'll Like It: A short, first-person psychological horror game that focuses on exploration and building a sense of dread.

Cry of Fear is a psychological single-player and co-op horror game set in a deserted town filled with horrific creatures and nightmarish delusions. You play as a young man desperately searching for answers in the cold Scandinavian night, finding his way through the city as he slowly descends into madness.

Why similar: Horror 47.8%, Psychological Horror 24.3%, Multiplayer 17.6%, First-Person 4.1%, Indie 2.9%

Why You'll Like It: A classic indie psychological horror title that excels at creating a dark, oppressive, and immersive world.

A psychological horror experience set in a forgotten apartment filled with dark memories, eerie puzzles, and emotional scars waiting to resurface.

Why similar: Gore 31.2%, Psychological Horror 18.6%, Horror 18.5%, Indie 11%, Walking Simulator 7%

This is a horror game that asks a friend to find out what happened in an abandoned hospital.

Why similar: Horror 31%, Gore 29.3%, Psychological Horror 25.8%, Dark 6.4%, Atmospheric 3.8%

“SHE WAS 98” - you play as a grandson who returns to his elderly grandmother's home to care for her.....

Why similar: Horror 34.3%, Psychological Horror 28.3%, Walking Simulator 10.4%, First-Person 7.9%, Indie 7.3%

This is a short physics game about escaping from a closed chamber.

Why similar: Horror 66.3%, Multiplayer 19.1%, Indie 8.4%, First-Person 6.2%

Cave Crawler is a short horror game where you pilot a drone into a cave and discover something horrible.

Why similar: Horror 40.8%, Psychological Horror 25.8%, Walking Simulator 13%, First-Person 9.3%, Indie 3.8%

"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: Horror 27.3%, Psychological Horror 24.3%, Gore 17%, Walking Simulator 8.9%, First-Person 6.7%

Dare to explore the most haunted vicinity in all of England? You will leave no stone unturned as you walk along the eerie grounds of the Black Waters Station and uncover the horror that lies within.

Why similar: Horror 30.8%, Psychological Horror 25.4%, Multiplayer 21.1%, First-Person 9.1%, Walking Simulator 7.8%

Passing Pineview Forest is a free mini-prequel set in the universe of Pineview Drive. Behind the abandoned house on Pineview Drive lies ominous Pineview Forest...

Why similar: Horror 59.4%, Multiplayer 15.4%, Psychological Horror 9.5%, First-Person 5.7%, Walking Simulator 5.2%

VHS Collection: Goodnight Me is a short horror game where reality blurs with nightmares over five eerie days. Experience strange events, unsettling dreams, and unravel a chilling mystery in a remote house. Can you survive the madness, or will the nightmare consume you?

Why similar: Horror 36.1%, Psychological Horror 34.5%, Dark 7.4%, First-Person 6.8%, Atmospheric 6.2%

Clap Clap is a short indie horror game that puts you in the shoes of a house sitter, experiencing strange occurrences in a seemingly ordinary home.

Why similar: Horror 43.5%, Psychological Horror 27.6%, Walking Simulator 9.1%, First-Person 6.4%, Dark 4.8%

Play through a common childhood fear about turning the lights off and going to bed.

Why similar: Horror 45.4%, Psychological Horror 25.2%, Multiplayer 16.8%, Walking Simulator 6.9%, Dark 4.5%

Bleeding Roots is a free fifteen minute horror game about a man taking care of his plants throughout the seasons.

Why similar: Horror 48.8%, Psychological Horror 30%, Atmospheric 7.8%, Dark 5.5%, Indie 5.3%

A first-person search-type horror game developed for developers. Use the night vision, rean, slide and other actions to find eight items in the facility. Content that can be gameplayed in a short time.

Why similar: Horror 43.7%, Gore 26.1%, Multiplayer 21.4%, Indie 8.9%

You are an investigator hired to find evidence about the missing children in the manor off the road. Once you enter, the door locks behind you, and you can hear something, lurking...

Why similar: Horror 55.2%, Multiplayer 30.7%, Indie 11.7%, Singleplayer 2.4%

Your task is simple, exterminate all vermin. The sledge hammer you have been provided is capable of destroying almost all office appliances and furniture that may be uncooperative. Your time is running out.

Why similar: Horror 28.9%, Psychological Horror 27.4%, Gore 11.3%, Indie 8.2%, First-Person 8%

Callus is a short psychological horror (~30 minutes) in the walking simulator genre, featuring jump scares and themes of cruelty and overprotection. It was released as a transitional project between larger releases, with an intentionally simple story and concise gameplay.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 41.5%, Horror 39.2%, Atmospheric 6.8%, Dark 6.2%, Indie 2.7%

A short 5 minute horror game!

Why similar: Horror 34.5%, Psychological Horror 33.7%, Walking Simulator 11.8%, Dark 7.7%, First-Person 7%

It desires more. Feed It. Nourish It. Sanguine Sanctum is an atmospheric horror-exploration game with a low-poly, PS1 aesthetic.

Why similar: Gore 53.4%, Horror 33.3%, Indie 13.3%

Paranormal VHS is a horror game that features a VHS tape-inspired aesthetic. The game's story revolves around a popular vlogger who spends a night in haunted locations in search of paranormal activity. Brace for intense jumpscares.

Why similar: Horror 37.3%, Psychological Horror 35%, Dark 8.3%, First-Person 7.1%, Gore 5.1%

Time loop puzzle horror, where you're stuck in a failed experiment and must escape or face being eaten for eternity.

Why similar: Horror 57.5%, First-Person 10%, Walking Simulator 8.8%, Atmospheric 8.4%, Dark 6.3%

The Guest is a first-person psychological horror game that focuses on creating fear and tension for the player.

Why similar: Horror 31.1%, Psychological Horror 29.8%, Walking Simulator 9.9%, First-Person 8.8%, Indie 7.9%

Find a way out.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 28.3%, Horror 27.4%, Multiplayer 13.4%, Walking Simulator 11.1%, First-Person 8.4%

When the Darkness comes is a walking simulator whose glitchy and dark tale tries to illustrate the hardships of depression and anxiety through a variety of imaginary digital landscapes.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 42.9%, Horror 23.1%, Walking Simulator 11.7%, First-Person 7.9%, Indie 6.5%

Missing Hiker is a short indie horror game, where your brother Ethan went missing while hiking and you need to find him.

Why similar: Horror 31.9%, Psychological Horror 27.6%, Multiplayer 14.9%, Walking Simulator 7.2%, First-Person 6.7%

Mimic Search is a short indie horror game, in which you take the role of a police officer investigating a recent mimic attack.

Why similar: Horror 36.5%, Psychological Horror 33%, First-Person 7.6%, Walking Simulator 6.9%, Dark 6.7%

Death Motel is a short, intense first-person horror experience about the paranormal events occurring at abandoned Crimson Motel.

Why similar: Horror 43.9%, Psychological Horror 29.1%, Walking Simulator 15.3%, First-Person 10.3%, Singleplayer 1.4%

The Backrooms: 1998 is a first-person found footage psychological horror survival game where it tells the story of a young teen after accidentally falling into the depths of The Backrooms in 1998. Roam freely, mark, explore and try unravel the story - however you are not alone. Don't scream.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 41.5%, Gore 38.8%, Walking Simulator 8.5%, Dark 7.7%, Atmospheric 3.5%

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: Horror 37.8%, Psychological Horror 24.3%, Walking Simulator 14.5%, First-Person 9.4%, Atmospheric 7.8%

Backrooms: Found Footage is a single-player horror game where you are the main character trying to survive the Backrooms. Curiosity wins and you decide to explore this weird place that you got trapped in. What could go wrong?

Why similar: Horror 27.1%, Multiplayer 27.1%, Psychological Horror 20.3%, First-Person 10.5%, Dark 5.9%

Nothing but the stink of old, moist carpets, the madness of mono-yellow, and the blinding light of fluorescent bulbs at maximum hum-buzz. Over 600 million sq. miles of randomly segmented rooms. God save you if you hear something wandering nearby, because it sure as hell has heard you.

Why similar: Horror 48%, Psychological Horror 31.5%, Walking Simulator 6.8%, Indie 4.9%, First-Person 4.7%

In this psychological horror game about a famous TikToker, you take on the role of her boyfriend to discover that behind their perfect life, nothing is as it seems. Duration 30 minutes.

Why similar: Horror 35.5%, Psychological Horror 28.8%, Multiplayer 20.3%, First-Person 8%, Indie 6%