- #1 STROZOWKA
97% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: Wolfgang7825
Windows
Operate the gate, let the cars in, and make sure the generator doesn’t die before dawn. People park here because it's cheap, but it’s their fuel that keeps your generator running. No cars means no fuel. No fuel means total darkness and trust me, you don’t want to be here when the lights go out.
Why similar: Job Simulator 53.7% ★, Walking Simulator 18.7%, Simulation 9.4%, Horror 8.9%, First-Person 3.8%
- #2 Nightmare Shift
96% matchMostly Positive75% of 259 reviews2025
Dev: Binary Lunar
Windows
Take on night shifts at a remote motel, handle unsettling guests, and navigate eerie events. Experience Emma’s unnerving apartment life, feel the unease of being watched, and question what’s real as the line between reality and nightmare blurs.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 21%, Dialogue Heavy 20.2%, Story Rich 10.2%, Psychological Horror 9.4%, Thriller 8%
- #3 The Housekeeper
96% matchPositive90% of 10 reviews2026
Dev: Chano Games
Windows
The Housekeeper is a psychological horror simulation game where you will work as the new night shift housekeeper at an ominous hotel. As you work through your shifts, you will start to experience strange events. Will these events reveal a dark secret, or will they be the cause of your demise?
Why similar: Job Simulator 49.3% ★, Psychological Horror 9.7%, Walking Simulator 7.8%, Thriller 7.5%, Horror 7.4%
- #4 Kiddie Train
95% matchNo user reviews
Dev: foolkien
Windows
Kiddie Train is a horror game where you work the midnight maintenance shift at an indoor kiddie train ride. Stay alert to signs of danger and make it to payday!
Why similar: Job Simulator 57% ★, Psychological Horror 10.9%, Simulation 10.3%, Horror 10.2%, First-Person 5.2%
- #5 BUNSIK
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: BENTCUBE
Windows
BUNSIK is a first-person psychological horror game about working the night shift at a Korean snack bar. Take orders, cook food, clean the shop, and make your way through an old neighborhood to your rooftop home. With each passing day, the familiar routine becomes increasingly unsettling.
Why similar: Job Simulator 54.8% ★, Psychological Horror 10.4%, Simulation 8.3%, First-Person 5.8%, Horror 5.5%
- #6 Shadows of Gothenburg
93% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ratkiw Studio
Windows
Set in Gothenburg. After a long day at work, Erik just wants to get home. It's a snowy and windy night in the city, and a serial killer is still on the loose. A thriller by solo developer Ratkiw.
Why similar: Dynamic Narration 25.5% ★, Walking Simulator 19.2%, Dialogue Heavy 17%, Story Rich 8.7%, Thriller 8.2%
- #7 CINERIS SOMNIA
94% matchVery Positive91% of 1,216 reviews2018
Dev: NAYUTA STUDIOPub: PLAYISM
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 58%
"I hope that someday, you'll dream of me." -- CINERIS SOMNIA is a 3D adventure through a beautifully strange and mesmerizing world - and a young girl's cruel and forlorn dreams.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 23.5%, Dialogue Heavy 20.6%, Female Protagonist 10.7%, Story Rich 9.2%, Psychological Horror 9%
- #8 [Bober Bros] Last Pill Bar 2. Rewind
92% matchNo user reviews
Dev: BOBER BROS
Windows · Mac
You could have saved everyone. Even Bober. Rewind the night and decide who gets to live.
Why similar: Job Simulator 52.8% ★, Psychological Horror 10.6%, Story Rich 10%, Simulation 5.8%, First-Person 5.6%
- #9 Housekeeping
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Bubbleware
Windows
A horror job sim set in a remote wellness hotel. Clean rooms, serve guests, and try to keep it together.
Why similar: Job Simulator 52.3% ★, Walking Simulator 13.9%, Psychological Horror 9.6%, Horror 7.3%, First-Person 5.2%
- #10 The Weigh Station
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: might not adorable
Windows
Inspect trucks, verify manifests, and ration your electricity at a desolate Weigh Station. Seal your booth door before something reaches you. Every drop of power matters, because when the battery dies, your only choice is the dark outside, and whatever's out there with you.
Why similar: Job Simulator 55.1% ★, Psychological Horror 11.3%, Horror 8.5%, Simulation 7.7%, Thriller 5.8%
- #11 Night Shift at the Gym
90% matchNegative17% of 12 reviews2026
Dev: dayme200
Windows
Night shift at a gym. Same 3 customers every night. Same conversations. Same orders. So why does it feel stranger each time? After 4 nights, you'll face the truth.
Why similar: Job Simulator 62.7% ★, Horror 11.8%, Simulation 8.3%, First-Person 5.9%, 3D 4.8%
- #12 BEACON 09
89% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: FeralSquid
Windows
You're a prisoner sentenced to work at a crumbling lighthouse. Every night, you race against the clock, repairing whatever fails before your explosive collar decides your time is up. Repair, explore, survive in this terrifying first-person horror game.
Why similar: Job Simulator 67.7% ★, Psychological Horror 6.1%, Thriller 5.9%, Horror 5.7%, First-Person 5.1%
- #13 Secret Lab Cleaner
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: FUN OVER GAMESPub: Polden Publishing
Windows
SCP Horror + Powerwash Simulator. You play as a janitor in a secret laboratory. Your job is to clean the facility without falling into the claws of the monsters lurking inside. Will you make it out alive?
Why similar: Job Simulator 58.2% ★, Psychological Horror 9.2%, Horror 9.1%, Story Rich 8.7%, Simulation 6.9%
- #14 Dreadwoods Gatekeeper
88% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Raw Tale Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Become a gatekeeper at an isolated outpost. Perform daily duties, inspect trading wagons, patrol the grounds, and maintain the weathered station as you begin to discover something is terribly wrong with this place.
Why similar: Job Simulator 47.1% ★, Walking Simulator 10%, Psychological Horror 7.6%, Story Rich 7.5%, Thriller 7.4%
- #15 Don't Stop Looking
87% matchNo user reviews
Dev: CroWn Studios
Windows
Alex and Jade, a young couple who just arrived in Mason Ridge, decide to host a friend temporarily. One day, they receive a package intended for him and, when they open it, find something unexpected that transforms their night in unimaginable ways.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 23.4%, Dialogue Heavy 11.2%, Dynamic Narration 10.9% ★, Simulation 8%, Psychological Horror 7.3%
- #16 The Echoes Below
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Casey Torres
Windows
You play as Nick during an ordinary night in West Virginia. After closing his shift, a stranger’s coordinates lead him deeper into the Appalachians, where an abandoned government bunker awaits. The world exists only where sound reaches.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 22.2%, Dynamic Narration 21% ★, Walking Simulator 17.5%, Story Rich 10.3%, Psychological Horror 8.4%
- #17 Cold Rails
86% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Vivi
Windows · Mac · Linux
Cold Rails is a horror adventure set on a train. You work as a bartender, serving drinks to passengers and uncovering a story as a mysterious woman in a dress stalks the train.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 31.2%, Psychological Horror 12.3%, Story Rich 11.4%, Walking Simulator 11.1%, Horror 10.7%
- #18 A Demiurge's Soliloquy
85% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Guillem SerraPub: Noümen Interactive
Windows
A deity creates everything in pursuit for the most heartfelt human soliloquy, pulling him deeper into an existential journey. Traverse an endless desert filled with structures that defy meaning while you carefully choose your words.
Why similar: Dynamic Narration 29.8% ★, Walking Simulator 20.8%, Dialogue Heavy 19.9%, Story Rich 7.8%, Thriller 5.8%
- #19 Cursed Gas Station
84% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Wisold GamesPub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
At an isolated gas station in the 1990s, Cole takes a night-shift job that comes with a room to stay in. As you serve customers, unexplained events begin to unfold in this psychological horror game.
Why similar: Job Simulator 44.9% ★, Story Rich 10.3%, Psychological Horror 9.5%, Thriller 7.7%, Horror 7%
- #20 The Boba Teashop
82% matchVery Positive94% of 1,400 reviews2025
Dev: Mike Ten
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 2.0 hrs≥1hr: 67%
A cozy horror game where you own and manage a boba tea shop. Prepare boba teas, serve customers, and expand your menu to grow your business.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 23.3%, Dialogue Heavy 17%, Psychological Horror 12.7%, Horror 11.1%, First-Person 7.8%
- #21 House Cleaner Simulator
81% matchMixed48% of 62 reviews2026
Dev: Digital MelodyPub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows · Mac
Build your own cleaning empire! Unlock tools, take on bigger jobs, and clean your way to fame and fortune in this unique cleaning simulator.
Why similar: Job Simulator 42.6% ★, Walking Simulator 24.2%, Simulation 12.2%, Dialogue Heavy 11.3%, First-Person 5.1%
- #22 Crimson Snow (2023)
82% matchVery Positive95% of 1,529 reviews2023
Dev: Steppe Hare Studio
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Christmas is a joyful time, but this time something dark is hiding behind the holiday decorations. Your actions will determine whether you and your girlfriend survive Christmas night.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 22.9%, Walking Simulator 21.2%, Story Rich 9.3%, Psychological Horror 8.7%, Horror 8%
- #23 KOSHMAR
84% match8 user reviews38% of 8 reviews2021
Dev: SharkGames
Windows
KOSHMAR is a psychological horror game, in which you have to face an evil entity that seeks revenge!
Why similar: Dynamic Narration 36% ★, Walking Simulator 23.6%, Psychological Horror 10.4%, Horror 9.1%, Simulation 8.1%
- #24 When the Darkness comes
83% matchVery Positive92% of 8,429 reviews2019
Dev: Sirhaian
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 65%
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: Dynamic Narration 30.1% ★, Walking Simulator 27.5%, Psychological Horror 17%, Horror 7.8%, First-Person 6.9%
- #25 The last keeper
81% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: AstraInteractiveGames
Windows · Mac
Take on the role of a lighthouse keeper on a remote island. Maintain the machinery, use the radio and the map to guide ships into the harbor. Survive and uncover the mysteries of Farpoint Island in a horror experience inspired by Voices of the Void and No One Lives Under the Lighthouse.
Why similar: Job Simulator 48.7% ★, Story Rich 9%, Psychological Horror 8.4%, Thriller 6.6%, Horror 6.3%
- #26 Ball Pit Cleanup
80% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: tommyrotPub: heaveo
Windows
Sort thousands of colorful balls into matching pipes. Unlock upgrades and work more efficiently, but be careful: every mistake adds more balls to the pile.
Why similar: Job Simulator 69.9% ★, Psychological Horror 9.8%, Simulation 7.8%, First-Person 5.9%, 3D 4.4%
- #27 The Gas Station
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Magnus Frølund
Windows
Step into the shoes of a night-shift worker at a desolate gas station, where the boring routine of taking out trash and restocking shelves spirals into a chilling descent into darkness.
Why similar: Dynamic Narration 38% ★, Walking Simulator 27.9%, Psychological Horror 9.4%, Horror 8.8%, First-Person 7.7%
- #28 Night Plane
79% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Liquid Static StudioPub: New Tales
Windows
Night Plane is a job-sim horror game where you work as a flight attendant on a doomed plane. Check tickets, serve passengers, and decide who stays onboard as demons hide among innocent souls. Naturally, management says it’s your problem.
Why similar: Job Simulator 47.3% ★, Psychological Horror 9%, Story Rich 8.1%, Thriller 8%, Horror 7.5%
- #29 The Lightkeeper Is Gone
78% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Zarya Games
Windows · Linux
The Lightkeeper Is Gone is a retro-styled horror adventure set in the 1930's on a lone island. Take on the job of keeping the lighthouse while discovering the story of those that came before.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 20.1%, Walking Simulator 19.6%, Psychological Horror 10%, Horror 9.1%, Story Rich 8.9%
- #30 The Watching Woods: The Louse
77% matchPositive84% of 32 reviews2026
Dev: Fleer Art Studio
Windows
Twelve-year-old Leva, returning to the mining village after the hospital, learns about the mysterious disappearance of his friend, and the familiar rhythms of school life begin to unravel. Soon, his days turn into a terrifying nightmare, accompanied by the relentless stomping of hundreds of insects.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 22.6%, Walking Simulator 21.2%, Story Rich 11.2%, Psychological Horror 9.6%, Horror 8.2%
- #31 Living Nightmares - False Familiar
78% matchMostly Positive79% of 42 reviews2025
Dev: Eiko Interactive
Windows
Carl Williams, a 15-year-old boy, finds himself alone at home one unsettling night. What begins as a quiet evening soon spirals into something far stranger. Shadows shift, silence speaks, and someone—or something—seems to know him better than he knows himself.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 25.1%, Dynamic Narration 20.4% ★, Walking Simulator 15.9%, Psychological Horror 9%, Horror 7.8%
- #32 Mayoi Shopping Street
77% matchVery Positive86% of 51 reviews2025
Dev: Actor
Windows
“Mayoi Shoutengai” is a first-person horror game where you must escape from a terrifying shopping district. You are the protagonist. Once you start, there’s no turning back.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 33.8%, Dialogue Heavy 21.7%, Female Protagonist 15.6%, Horror 10.3%, Simulation 9%
- #33 Handyman: House Repair and Flip
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 7KPolygons
Windows
Leave the city behind and start over as a handyman on a quiet island. Clean, paint, repair and restore abandoned spaces in this satisfying renovation simulator. Take on small jobs or full contracts and transform chaos into livable homes at your own pace.
Why similar: Job Simulator 72.7% ★, Simulation 14.7%, First-Person 5.6%, 3D 5.1%, Indie 2%
- #34 [Bober Bros] Last Pill Bar
74% matchVery Positive89% of 76 reviews2026
Dev: BOBER BROS
Windows · Mac
A virus is spreading. You can't afford to pickle everyone. Keep the bar open and decide who gets pickled before the outbreak decides who dies.
Why similar: Job Simulator 53.7% ★, Story Rich 10.4%, Psychological Horror 10.1%, Thriller 6.6%, Horror 6.4%
- #35 回煞录 | Phantom Reckoning
76% matchMixed67% of 21 reviews2025
Dev: Archimedes Nicholas XiaPub: 阿基米德 尼古拉斯 夏
Windows
Phantom Reckoning En este juego psicológico de terror chino en miniatura, encarnarás a una enfermera de un hospital rural en los años 90, atrapada en una pesadilla que se repite sin fin.
Why similar: Dynamic Narration 28.7% ★, Dialogue Heavy 20.9%, Female Protagonist 9.8%, Psychological Horror 8.7%, Story Rich 8.4%
- #36 Cryptids For Hire
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Jiji Studios
Windows
Cryptids For Hire Run a small diner by day. Win over the things living in the woods behind it by night. Cook, serve, and save up while slowly earning the trust of a shy Bigfoot and something far less shy about being seen once the sun goes down.
Why similar: Job Simulator 75% ★, Female Protagonist 11.4%, Story Rich 8.3%, 3D 5.2%
- #37 The Incredible Adventures of Josh and Connor: The Secrets of Office World
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: AEGIS Game Studios
Windows
Inspired by point & click games and walking simulators, explore an episodic universe with subtle and humorous narratives. Challenge conventions, discover hidden meanings, and proudly be better than an elegant, yet nondescript rock.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 36.8%, Dynamic Narration 23.6% ★, Dialogue Heavy 17.1%, First-Person 7.6%, Story Rich 5.9%
- #38 Date Due
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Creepy BreadPub: Creepy Bread Factory
Windows
Date Due is a first person horror game where you play as a librarian performing daily tasks to assist readers and manage the library. Unusual things start happening around you. With no way to escape, you must investigate and uncover the mystery behind the hauntings....
Why similar: Walking Simulator 34.7%, Simulation 16.3%, Story Rich 11.8%, Horror 10%, First-Person 9%
- #39 Last Guest
73% matchMixed64% of 115 reviews2025
Dev: Room13Games
Windows
Last Guest is a first-person psychological horror game. You are a tired traveler who stops at a creepy roadside motel. The motel on the highway seems normal at first glance, but only at first glance. Strange staff and rumors about room 8 will make you question the reality of what is happening.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 22.7%, Dialogue Heavy 21.8%, Psychological Horror 12.7%, Horror 11.1%, First-Person 8.7%
- #40 The Ice Cream Shop
72% matchMostly Positive79% of 66 reviews2026
Dev: odwar
Windows
A cozy horror game where you run an ice cream shop. Your illness twists reality. Sometimes you see things that shouldn't be there. Serve strange customers and try to separate your mind’s visions from the horrors at your door.
Why similar: Job Simulator 55.2% ★, Psychological Horror 10.3%, Horror 9.4%, Simulation 7.3%, First-Person 4.8%
- #41 INVARIANT
73% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Gorgonize Games
Windows
INVARIANT is a first-person psychological horror game. Step into the shattered mind of a mathematician. Rely on your destructive addiction to bend reality, explore ever-changing environments, and hide from the terrifying manifestations of your grief. Truth and lies are a sip apart.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 32%, Psychological Horror 15.1%, Story Rich 13.8%, Horror 9.2%, Thriller 6.2%
- #42 The Smoothie Shop
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Skedaddle Games
Windows
You are the new owner of The Smoothie Shop. Now it's your turn to keep the family's business alive. In endless rain, you must work the night shift and serve smoothies to your customers. But the shop isn't the only thing you inherited.
Why similar: Job Simulator 57.4% ★, Horror 9.3%, Simulation 9%, Psychological Horror 6.9%, Thriller 6.8%
- #43 Silent Research
73% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2025
Dev: Eduard-Mihai Rusu
Windows
Silent Research is a short, atmospheric horror experience. Explore a fog-drenched forest, recover your missing research, and escape—before the silence breaks.
Why similar: Dynamic Narration 29.7% ★, Dialogue Heavy 19.9%, Walking Simulator 19.7%, Psychological Horror 8.7%, Horror 7.4%
- #44 Echoes
71% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Red Torii Studio
Windows
Immerse yourself in a first-person psychological horror experience where every choice matters. Confront the echoes of a forgotten past and uncover the truth behind your lost identity.
Why similar: Dynamic Narration 36.7% ★, Dialogue Heavy 19.5%, Story Rich 9.9%, Psychological Horror 9.2%, Horror 7.9%
- #45 Fragments of Dread - False Haven
70% matchVery Positive92% of 254 reviews2025
Dev: Domnaier
Windows
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 26.5%, Psychological Horror 12.1%, Story Rich 12.1%, Thriller 10%, Horror 9.8%
- #46 r/nosleep: The Night Shift at Paradise Valley Pool
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Du's Game
Windows
r/nosleep is a short horror game series with episodes inspired by and adapted from posts on the r/nosleep subreddit. Night Shift at Paradise Valley Pool episode is the story of a night shift pool maintenance worker and his bizarre experiences during his first day on the job.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 24.9%, Dialogue Heavy 18.1%, Simulation 8.1%, Psychological Horror 7.7%, Horror 7.1%
- #47 Dream Prison
70% matchMixed59% of 27 reviews2025
Dev: Budai
Windows · Linux
"Dream Prison" is a 3D horror escape game similar to Exit 8. Find the anomalous rooms and escape the cult church.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 39.7%, Psychological Horror 14.6%, Simulation 11.9%, Horror 11.9%, First-Person 10.6%
- #48 Escape Floor 13
69% matchPositive95% of 19 reviews2025
Dev: Fit'n'Crispy Games
Windows · Linux
You are trapped on the 13th floor of a hotel. Pay close attention to your surroundings as you navigate each floor to reach the next elevator and make your escape in Escape Floor 13.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 35.4%, Psychological Horror 16.9%, Horror 12%, Simulation 11.2%, First-Person 9.5%
- #49 Game Time Glizzys
71% matchPositive91% of 34 reviews2023
Dev: Typotrn
Windows
Cook and serve a delicious assortment of hot dogs in this fast-paced cooking sim. Fend off attacks and sabotages from your competitors while making enough money to get out of debt to keep your hotdog stand alive!
Why similar: Job Simulator 74.7% ★, Simulation 8.8%, First-Person 6.8%, 3D 4.8%, Action 4.2%
- #50 Tezcatlipoca
69% matchPositive100% of 18 reviews2025
Dev: LuQui
Windows
Tezcatlipoca is inspired by classic retro horror games with tank controls, like Alone in the Dark, Silent Hill, and Resident Evil. However, unlike those titles, while the game features enemies, combat is not a central feature.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 23.5%, Female Protagonist 14.9%, Story Rich 13.9%, Psychological Horror 12.9%, Horror 11.5%
- #51 PAWN SHIFT
68% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Two-Man Shift
Windows
You're working the night shift at a pawn shop on an isolated road. Haggle with every customer who walks in, inspect what they bring you, and decide what goes on your shelf. Some of it should not be here. Nothing is supernatural, and that is the scariest part. A PSX-style horror shift.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 30.2%, Dialogue Heavy 16.6%, Simulation 13.4%, First-Person 7.5%, Psychological Horror 7%
- #52 Death On Holly Ridge
67% matchVery Positive92% of 53 reviews2025
Dev: MixoNat
Windows
Christmas Eve, a delivery driver turns onto Holly Ridge & becomes trapped inside a decaying house of death. Reality fractures as something hunts her through rooms that shouldn’t exist. Survive the night, uncover the truth behind the house, & escape the snowy nightmare, if escape is even possible.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 38.8%, Simulation 19.3%, Story Rich 11.3%, Horror 11.3%, First-Person 9.7%
- #53 The Night Kitchen
68% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Rodu Games
Windows
The Night Kitchen is a psychological horror game. You just started a new job - the night shift in a kitchen. Grill, oven, deep fryer. Take orders, prepare the food, talk to the customer. Simple work. Seven nights. Each one stranger than the last.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 20%, Walking Simulator 19.6%, Psychological Horror 11.2%, Story Rich 10.7%, Horror 8.4%
- #54 In Our Nature
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Nifty Llama
Windows
Embark on a journey with Ruth, an adventurous hobbyist photographer, as she escapes her boring office job to chase down the rare Kirtland's Warbler.
Why similar: Dynamic Narration 34.3% ★, Walking Simulator 21.9%, Female Protagonist 11%, Dialogue Heavy 10.6%, First-Person 6.4%
- #55 Night Record: Thin Walls
65% matchMostly Positive79% of 75 reviews2026
Dev: Althera Studio
Windows
Vadim, a maintenance worker in a decaying post-Soviet apartment, leaves town to care for his sick mother, asking his wife to take over his duties. As she settles into the routine, the building begins to feel off quiet in all the wrong ways.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 27.4%, Story Rich 14.1%, Psychological Horror 13.2%, Horror 10.5%, Thriller 8.9%
- #56 Night Noodles
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: P Studio
Windows
Run a small late-night noodle shop. Take orders, cook noodles, prepare toppings, and serve strange customers as your quiet shift slowly becomes more unsettling.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 21.1%, Walking Simulator 18.6%, Simulation 11.3%, Action 10.5%, Story Rich 9.2%
- #57 RETRIEVAL
66% match5 user reviews60% of 5 reviews2026
Dev: RuiRui Games
Windows
RETRIEVAL is a first-person psychological horror game where you explore a looping house, collect scattered memory fragments, and search extracted keywords in an old computer terminal to uncover a tragic truth.
Why similar: Dynamic Narration 20.8% ★, Walking Simulator 20.7%, Psychological Horror 10.1%, Story Rich 9.6%, Horror 8.1%
- #58 It Happened At Night
68% matchMixed68% of 56 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 27.8%, Female Protagonist 12.4%, Horror 10.8%, Story Rich 9.2%, Psychological Horror 8.6%
- #59 Alchemist Archive: Restore The Order
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: JusCify
Windows
A cozy organizing simulator about sorting 3,288 scattered potion vials. Read their labels, find where they belong, and slowly transform a magical mess into perfectly organized shelves — one bottle at a time.
Why similar: Job Simulator 76.9% ★, Simulation 8.6%, First-Person 7%, 3D 5.2%, Atmospheric 1.5%
- #60 Backward poiesis
66% matchPositive87% of 37 reviews2024
Dev: sur
Windows
A short walking simulator with a horror feel that recreates actual found footage, which can be related to Liminal Space and Backrooms.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 37%, Simulation 11.5%, Story Rich 11.1%, Horror 10.4%, Psychological Horror 10.1%