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Games Like Shifting To The Backrooms

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  1. #1 The Complex: Found Footage
    97% matchVery Positive93% of 9,931 reviews2022
    Dev: pgWave
    Windows
    Median: 36 minMean: 1.5 hrs≥1hr: 23%

    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 20.4%, Psychological Horror 19.1%, Walking Simulator 16%, First-Person 10.8%, Exploration 8.8%

  2. #2 Backrooms: Exit from Supermarket
    96% matchMixed65% of 60 reviews2025
    Dev: CGI LAB GAMES
    Windows

    In the Backrooms: Exit from Supermarket, you find yourself trapped in a labyrinth of endless, flickering aisles. Unearth dark secrets behind every shelf while evading lurking apparitions and supernatural terrors. Can you survive the haunted corridors and escape before the nightmare consumes?

    Why similar: Psychological Horror 17.9%, Horror 15.9%, Walking Simulator 14.8%, Story Rich 10.1%, First-Person 9.5%

  3. #3 Enter The Backrooms
    96% matchVery Positive87% of 1,064 reviews2021
    Dev: Justin KrohPub: Cosmic Crow Creations
    Windows
    Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 64%

    An indie psychological horror experience about surviving infinity. Navigate an endless expanse of rooms, ascend through various levels, gather items and artifacts, avoid going insane, evade corrupted entities, and see just how deep the realm known as The Backrooms goes.

    Why similar: Psychological Horror 25.9%, Walking Simulator 24.3%, Horror 20.2%, Surreal 12%, First-Person 11.7%

  4. #4 Inside the Backrooms
    94% matchMostly Positive80% of 46,832 reviews2022
    Dev: MrFatcat
    Windows
    Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 15.0 hrs≥1hr: 87%

    Inside the Backrooms is a horror multiplayer game mixed with different mechanics that will make you spend an intense night with friends. Explore, think, interact, but be careful, it is rumored that there are several entities wishing to find you...

    Why similar: Horror 31.9%, Psychological Horror 19.8%, Puzzle 12.1%, First-Person 8.3%, Exploration 7.3%

  5. #5 The Backrooms: Escape
    95% matchVery Positive80% of 50 reviews2023
    Dev: QuixM Interactive
    Windows

    The Backrooms: Escape is an experience in the liminal world of backrooms. Move freely, explore the secrets of the corporation, but remember - you are not alone.

    Why similar: Walking Simulator 26.6%, Psychological Horror 21.9%, Exploration 12.4%, First-Person 11.9%, Mystery 8.1%

  6. #6 BACKROOMS ANOMALY
    94% matchMostly Positive76% of 68 reviews2026
    Dev: liminal_games
    Windows

    An anomaly-spotting horror game set in Level 0 of the Backrooms. Study the looping corridor and identify changes ranging from subtle details to terrifying entities. Decide to turn back if something has changed, or continue ahead if everything seems normal.

    Why similar: Walking Simulator 16.5%, Psychological Horror 13.9%, Surreal 13.4%, Horror 12.4%, Puzzle 8.7%

  7. #7 BACKROOMS THE COMPANY
    93% matchMixed68% of 50 reviews2024
    Dev: kc6067
    Windows

    backrooms horror game

    Why similar: Walking Simulator 28.6%, Psychological Horror 13.6%, First-Person 13%, Exploration 12.4%, Mystery 7.1%

  8. #8 DREAM LOGIC
    92% matchVery Positive89% of 409 reviews2022
    Dev: Teleopsia Games
    Windows
    Median: 48 minMean: 2.1 hrs≥1hr: 36%

    DREAM LOGIC is a story driven first-person atmospheric horror game which takes place in liminal spaces. Explore various nostalgic, dreamlike, uncanny environments. But don't feel too safe, there's a sneaky creature watching your every move.

    Why similar: Psychological Horror 17.3%, Walking Simulator 15.2%, Horror 14%, Puzzle 8.5%, Exploration 8.5%

  9. #9 Liminal Exit
    91% matchMostly Positive73% of 135 reviews2025
    Dev: LittleRedDread
    Windows

    Step into an uncanny building trapped in endless loops. Use the elevator, uncover unsettling anomalies, and evade the Entity lurking behind you. Liminal Exit is an immersive game inspired by liminal spaces and Exit 8. Explore 3 liminal space floors and track anomalies to escape, but watch your back!

    Why similar: Walking Simulator 20.8%, Psychological Horror 15.5%, Horror 13.8%, Surreal 13.1%, Puzzle 11.6%

  10. #10 Backrooms Doors
    91% matchMixed69% of 88 reviews2023
    Dev: Performance Artist
    Windows

    Backrooms Doors - This is an atmospheric first-person horror game. Explore spaces that can't exist in the real world and find your way out before the entities find you.

    Why similar: Horror 22.2%, Psychological Horror 18.6%, First-Person 14.3%, Puzzle 13%, Dark 9.5%

  11. #11 Transliminal: Beyond The Backrooms
    90% matchVery Positive91% of 155 reviews2022
    Dev: Corey JeffriesPub: Spatial Quotient
    Windows

    An unsettling rogue-lite survival horror adventure. Iconic levels reshape around you. Classic and original entities lurk as greater beings bid for your favor. Collect relics and strange items. Grow stronger. Survive, escape, or claim more uncertain fates. Fall in. Get lost. Go beyond The Backrooms.

    Why similar: Psychological Horror 17.5%, Surreal 16.5%, Horror 15.5%, Walking Simulator 15.2%, Exploration 9.5%

  12. #12 MIND CORRIDORS: Paroniria
    89% matchVery Positive95% of 75 reviews2022
    Dev: Heartbyte Studios
    Windows

    A fever-dream-like puzzle horror game. Descend to the depths of a sleeping curse, survive every floor and find your way out of the never ending nightmare.

    Why similar: Walking Simulator 17%, Psychological Horror 15.2%, Horror 13.8%, Surreal 12.4%, Puzzle 9.3%

  13. #13 Hotel 188
    88% matchVery Positive90% of 90 reviews2025
    Dev: Leonn CamayoPub: Andes Interactive
    Windows

    Dive into a realistic experience of the Backrooms, without jumpscares, getting lost in impossible spaces and feeling like something is watching you. The uncertainty of not knowing where you're going will make you want to quit… Will you be able to make it to the end?

    Why similar: Walking Simulator 27.7%, Psychological Horror 25.2%, First-Person 13.2%, Exploration 8.6%, Atmospheric 7.3%

  14. #14 EXPEDITION TO THE BACKROOMS
    87% matchMixed67% of 180 reviews2025
    Dev: 1_Cutter_1
    Windows

    You are the exploration team from company PhaseSync, you arrive to reported anomaly place and searching for anomalies, but what would you find? Prepare yourself for a gripping and heart-pounding adventure in EXPEDITION TO THE BACKROOMS, where every step could be your last.

    Why similar: Walking Simulator 27%, Horror 18%, Psychological Horror 17%, First-Person 11.4%, Exploration 11.1%

  15. #15 Backrooms Descent: Multiplayer Horror
    89% matchMixed46% of 112 reviews2023
    Dev: Sushi Studio
    Windows

    If you are not careful enough, you may end up in that place, the place some call The Backrooms. The Backrooms of existence, a hellish dimension of infinite maze-like constructs, each level pushing deeper into the despair. Could you, a normal person find the way out? Dive deeper into the horror

    Why similar: Psychological Horror 18.3%, Horror 16.6%, Puzzle 12.1%, First-Person 11.6%, Exploration 10.7%

  16. #16 Project Liminal 2
    86% matchMostly Positive82% of 70 reviews2026
    Dev: AquaHeaven StudiosPub: TXC
    Windows

    Explore terrifying liminal spaces. Horror walking simulator with reality-bending platforming and supernatural threats. Get lost between dimensions.

    Why similar: Puzzle 19.7%, Logic 13.5%, Exploration 13.1%, First-Person 12.3%, Psychological Horror 10.1%

  17. #17 The Backrooms 1998 - Found Footage Survival Horror Game
    85% matchVery Positive84% of 838 reviews2025
    Dev: Steelkrill Studio
    Windows
    Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 2.1 hrs≥1hr: 55%

    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 36.5%, Walking Simulator 21.7%, Puzzle 12.7%, Dark 10.8%, Atmospheric 5.6%

  18. #18 God's Basement
    86% matchMostly Positive74% of 1,318 reviews2018
    Dev: Erebus
    Windows
    Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 69%

    God's Basement is a first-person, narrative-driven, single player horror game. Uncover the secrets of an afterlife shrouded in mystery, as an entity known as "The Operator" leads you deeper into the fringes of a seemingly eternal purgatory.

    Why similar: Walking Simulator 16.6%, Psychological Horror 15.5%, Horror 14.2%, First-Person 8.1%, Story Rich 7.4%

  19. #19 Backrooms: Lost Tape
    84% matchVery Positive82% of 1,418 reviews2022
    Dev: Cortez Productions
    Windows
    Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 2.7 hrs≥1hr: 60%

    You work in the cinema as an usher and accidentally fell into the Backrooms, now being trapped, needing to unravel the mysteries of the yellow rooms in order to get out of this place, but be careful, there are entities that will be in your way.

    Why similar: Psychological Horror 16.1%, Horror 15.2%, Surreal 12.6%, Exploration 7.8%, Cinematic 7.8%

  20. #20 Liminal Shroud
    82% matchVery Positive91% of 106 reviews2026
    Dev: Everdeep Studios
    Windows

    A different kind of liminal experience. Explore surreal spaces inspired by nostalgia, discover hidden paths, and unravel a mystery that is shaped by your own mind. No monsters, no combat. Just atmosphere, discovery, and dread.

    Why similar: Walking Simulator 16.4%, Psychological Horror 15.1%, Horror 12.7%, Surreal 10.5%, Logic 8.3%

  21. #21 LIMINAL SHIFT
    82% matchVery Positive81% of 300 reviews2025
    Dev: NextPhase Studios
    Windows

    Liminal Shift is a unique atmospheric suspense game developed using the latest Unreal Engine 5 technologies such as Lumen and Nanite. With every step you take, Liminal Shift pushes you deeper into an eerie, unsettling experience like no other.

    Why similar: Walking Simulator 18.6%, Psychological Horror 14.1%, Surreal 13.7%, Horror 13.4%, First-Person 13.3%

  22. #22 The Backrooms
    84% matchMixed62% of 127 reviews2022
    Dev: Ionized Games
    Windows
    Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 76%

    The Backrooms is a first person survival horror game set in one of the most terrifying environments of the human psyche. Explore an ever evolving nightmare while running from terrifying creatures to stay alive.

    Why similar: Puzzle 18.4%, Horror 17.7%, Psychological Horror 17.1%, First-Person 16.5%, Dark 8.5%

  23. #23 Return the Backrooms
    83% matchMixed63% of 140 reviews2022
    Dev: Skmaestro
    Windows

    Return the Backrooms is a Co-op horror game for 1-4 players where you can have a great time with your friends. Think, Explore, Wander, find the key items and try to escape. but be careful because something is lurking in the dark...

    Why similar: Psychological Horror 19.2%, Horror 17%, Puzzle 12.6%, First-Person 12.3%, Exploration 11.5%

  24. #24 Backrooms: Exploration
    81% matchMostly Positive73% of 108 reviews2025
    Dev: HNStudios
    Windows

    Backrooms: Exploration is a single-player horror game, which takes place in 2020. Two friends have lost their jobs due to COVID-19, but they still have to bring food to the table. After a failed heist, one of them ends up in the Backrooms. Now your only mission is to survive.

    Why similar: Horror 21.1%, Psychological Horror 17.1%, First-Person 13%, Walking Simulator 12.9%, Story Rich 11.2%

  25. #25 SKUF BACKROOMS
    81% matchMixed57% of 99 reviews2024
    Dev: akhsotoen
    Windows

    SKUF BACKROOMS is a psychological horror game that takes the player to the Backrooms level, consisting of intertwining transition zones of post-Soviet living spaces.

    Why similar: Walking Simulator 21.5%, Psychological Horror 20.1%, Horror 13.1%, Surreal 9.3%, First-Person 8.6%

  26. #26 Liminal City
    79% matchMostly Positive73% of 113 reviews2025
    Dev: LIGHTWORKER GAMES
    Windows

    Liminal City is a psychological horror and exploration game based on found footage, set in Backrooms Level 11. Walk through the streets of Level 11, filled with soulless buildings, dynamically moving to different levels and searching for a way out. Once you fall in here will you be able to get out?

    Why similar: Walking Simulator 21.7%, Psychological Horror 19.9%, Horror 12.8%, Exploration 9.4%, First-Person 9.3%

  27. #27 Liminalcore
    78% matchVery Positive84% of 760 reviews2024
    Dev: Shadow Owl Studios
    Windows
    Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 2.8 hrs≥1hr: 76%

    Explore and admire while navigate through eerie, surreal environments inspired by the Backrooms lore. Explore this uncanny world lost in time and get lost in the otherworldly architecture in a world where reality bends and your sanity is tested.

    Why similar: Walking Simulator 27.4%, Psychological Horror 22.7%, Surreal 13.8%, Exploration 10.6%, Mystery 7.4%

  28. #28 Subliminal
    76% matchMostly Positive74% of 3,794 reviews2026
    Dev: Accidental StudiosPub: Gone Shootin
    Windows
    Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 79%

    Subliminal is a psychological horror game inspired by the urban legend of The Backrooms. Bleeding edge lighting and rendering, handcrafted open-ended levels, light and perspective-based puzzles, nostalgic spaces, unfamiliar faces, and a rotting feeling that something is not quite right.

    Why similar: Psychological Horror 17.7%, Surreal 15.8%, Horror 14.9%, First-Person 10%, Story Rich 9.3%

  29. #29 Backrooms: What's Next
    79% matchMixed63% of 67 reviews2025
    Dev: SUDT Games
    Windows

    Backrooms: What's Next is a Co-op horror game up to 4 players, where you and your friends will explore the game, try to pass the game level using your mind, wit, remembering the places where you were

    Why similar: Walking Simulator 26.3%, Horror 17.5%, Puzzle 15.2%, Exploration 14.1%, First-Person 13.7%

  30. #30 Backrooms: Found Footage
    78% matchVery Positive82% of 396 reviews2024
    Dev: HNStudios
    Windows

    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 19%, Psychological Horror 15.8%, Exploration 14.5%, First-Person 14.2%, Dark 6.7%

  31. #31 Jumpscare Simulator: System Breach
    76% matchVery Positive90% of 92 reviews2025
    Dev: Durultay Games
    Windows

    Jumpscare Simulator is a sci-fi horror game featuring a story-driven main game and two additional game modes. Pass through doors carefully, battle the simulation, and try to fall from your seat as little as possible!

    Why similar: Psychological Horror 19.8%, Walking Simulator 19.2%, Horror 18%, Puzzle 11.3%, First-Person 8.7%

  32. #32 NOCLIP
    77% matchMixed70% of 56 reviews2024
    Dev: DELIRIUM Labs
    Windows

    Chapter-based Backrooms experience. Embark on a chilling journey through the unknown. Visuals based on early 2000's camcorders.

    Why similar: Walking Simulator 21.7%, Psychological Horror 16.1%, Horror 14.4%, First-Person 10.7%, Exploration 10.3%

  33. #33 Dreamcore
    73% matchVery Positive89% of 2,017 reviews2025
    Dev: MontraluzPub: Tlön Industries
    Windows
    Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 71%

    Experience backrooms like never before. Dreamcore is the ultimate psychological exploration game, set in the largest liminal world ever made. No guides, no path—only intuition. Will you keep your bearings in a world designed to make you lose them?

    Why similar: Walking Simulator 18.1%, Psychological Horror 15.8%, Surreal 14.8%, Horror 12.5%, First-Person 9.2%

  34. #34 The Backrooms Regret
    77% matchMixed61% of 159 reviews2024
    Dev: Noirware
    Windows

    Are you ready to survive in this hostile world? Discover who you are and how you ended up in this dimension. But don't worry, you can rely on warm company that will make your experience much more 'pleasant.' Oh, and good luck, you'll need it.

    Why similar: Horror 17.4%, Psychological Horror 16.2%, Puzzle 13.7%, Cinematic 12.2%, Exploration 11.2%

  35. #35 Backrooms Rec.
    75% matchMixed69% of 2,129 reviews2024
    Dev: Liminal Logic
    Windows
    Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 77%

    Dive into the mysteries of the Backrooms with a solo-developed survival game. Explore eerie hallways, uncover secrets alone or in multiplayer (up to 6 players), and take on unique challenges.

    Why similar: Horror 33.5%, Psychological Horror 28.9%, First-Person 18.2%, Atmospheric 8.2%, Realistic 4.4%

  36. #36 The Backrooms
    80% matchMostly Negative23% of 59 reviews2019
    Dev: WASABAE Studios
    Windows

    You find yourself in a strange world with no idea how you got there. As you explore more, the world gets increasingly convoluted and unstable. You are now in... The Backrooms.

    Why similar: Walking Simulator 27%, Horror 15.9%, Psychological Horror 15.3%, Exploration 13.4%, First-Person 13%

  37. #37 Escape the Backrooms
    68% matchVery Positive90% of 166,958 reviews2025
    Dev: Fancy GamesPub: Secret Mode
    Windows
    Median: 6.9 hrsMean: 12.7 hrs≥1hr: 90%

    Escape the Backrooms is a 1-4 player co-op horror exploration game. Traverse 30+ eerie backrooms levels while avoiding entities and other dangers. Try to escape but be warned: survival isn't guaranteed.

    Why similar: Horror 46.4%, Psychological Horror 26.9%, First-Person 12.4%, Exploration 8.7%, Adventure 2.5%

  38. #38 White Room Protocol
    74% matchMostly Positive78% of 55 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: Walking Simulator 20.3%, Psychological Horror 18.9%, Horror 17.4%, First-Person 8.4%, Story Rich 6.6%

  39. #39 Backrooms: Wit's End
    73% matchVery Positive88% of 57 reviews2025
    Dev: Augusto Micheli Debard
    Windows

    Backrooms: Wit's End is an immersive coop survival horror game, featuring procedurally generated, non-linear level progression and dynamic gameplay mechanics. Explore the different disturbing levels with your friends, while trying to escape from many puzzling entities.

    Why similar: Psychological Horror 24.2%, Horror 20.2%, Walking Simulator 17.2%, Puzzle 11.1%, Exploration 10.7%

  40. #40 Nightmare Shift
    73% 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 23%, Psychological Horror 21.3%, Horror 16.7%, Story Rich 11.8%, First-Person 11.4%

  41. #41 Cloudrooms
    71% matchNo user reviews64% of 74 reviews2026
    Dev: LIGHTWORKER GAMES
    Windows

    You are trapped in a corridor suspended above the clouds. Each time you open the door at the end of the corridor, explore the environment that awaits you, find anomalies, use the alarm, and break the loop.

    Why similar: Walking Simulator 18.3%, Psychological Horror 16.8%, Horror 11.4%, Surreal 10.4%, Puzzle 9%

  42. #42 The Backrooms: Found Footage
    74% matchMostly Positive71% of 63 reviews2022
    Dev: BaddWeatherPub: Euclid Games
    Windows

    The Backrooms: Found Footage is a survival horror game with rogue-lite elements, where you explore 600 million miles of randomly generated office space, contend with entities, collect unique and useful lore- all while attempting to maintain your sanity as you try to escape.

    Why similar: Walking Simulator 20.8%, Psychological Horror 16.8%, Surreal 16.5%, Horror 14.7%, First-Person 10.4%

  43. #43 EMOTIONLESS : The Last Ticket
    71% matchVery Positive81% of 138 reviews2025
    Dev: X1 Games
    Windows

    Step into a liminal, cosmic horror experience set in an abandoned amusement park. Uncover the haunting narrative behind its twisted rides and empty tunnels to discover what lurks within a reality that shouldn't exist…

    Why similar: Walking Simulator 16.9%, Psychological Horror 16.3%, Horror 14.9%, Surreal 7.7%, Story Rich 6.9%

  44. #44 Within the Backrooms
    72% matchVery Positive94% of 236 reviews2023
    Dev: Shattered Display
    Windows

    You don't know how you got here, and you don't know how you'll leave. Wander the depths of the Backrooms in hopes of finding something more.

    Why similar: Surreal 36.5%, Exploration 20.7%, Atmospheric 12.6%, Walking Simulator 8.4%, First-Person 8.1%

  45. #45 Welcome To The Backrooms
    75% matchMixed47% of 151 reviews2022
    Dev: Brickmade ProductionsPub: Brickmade Productions
    Windows · Mac

    Welcome to the Backrooms is a indie horror game developed by Brickmade Productions. This game will bring you the ultimate Backrooms survival experience, crafting, lore, entities, and a very in-depth health system which will keep you checking your watch non-stop.

    Why similar: Horror 32.4%, Psychological Horror 23.6%, First-Person 18.6%, Exploration 18.6%, Realistic 6.8%

  46. #46 Reflection
    70% matchVery Positive84% of 264 reviews2025
    Dev: JustTomcuk
    Windows

    You woke up in some basement and don't remember who you are or how you ended up here... But what you do know is that you need to get out of here...

    Why similar: Walking Simulator 21%, Psychological Horror 19%, Horror 17%, Story Rich 8.6%, Dark 6.6%

  47. #47 The Third Shift
    68% matchVery Positive98% of 62 reviews2026
    Dev: Teebowah Games
    Windows

    In this Game Boy styled horror game, uncover the mystery of the Roanoke Museum of History and Wonder. Get lost in its maze-like exhibits, solve peculiar puzzles, and survive being hunted by grotesque creatures from the controversial Human Body Exhibit. Can you leave the museum alive?

    Why similar: Walking Simulator 30.4%, Horror 27%, Puzzle 17.4%, Mystery 9.7%, Adventure 5.6%

  48. #48 The Backrooms: Unbounded
    69% matchMostly Positive76% of 708 reviews2023
    Dev: BluSkie
    Windows

    The Backrooms: Unbounded is a Free Simple Linear single player first person body camera horror game based on the backrooms. You take the role of a police officer who noclips out of reality while on duty. Will you make it out alive?

    Why similar: Walking Simulator 18.3%, Psychological Horror 17.2%, Horror 15.6%, First-Person 10.1%, Puzzle 9.1%

  49. #49 Paranormal VHS
    70% matchMostly Positive71% of 146 reviews2023
    Dev: Elite Lords Studios
    Windows

    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: Walking Simulator 17.9%, Horror 13.5%, Psychological Horror 10.7%, Surreal 9.7%, First-Person 7.1%

  50. #50 Greenhouse
    67% matchVery Positive90% of 62 reviews2025
    Dev: 7D Games Studio
    Windows

    A psychological horror game where you enter the Greenhouse at your own risk to uncover the truth behind the friendly façade. Change the environment and weather to progress, hoping to get out. Switch off the entities to enjoy eerie serenity.

    Why similar: Walking Simulator 19.9%, Psychological Horror 17.4%, Horror 15.9%, Surreal 9.7%, Exploration 8.9%

  51. #51 Unanswered
    66% matchVery Positive95% of 101 reviews2026
    Dev: WhiteRoot Studio
    Windows

    You wake up in a strange place, not knowing who you are, where you are, or how you got here. Trapped in an environment that twists to break your sanity, your only way out is to delve into the unknown and face the horrors of a past your mind is trying to hide.

    Why similar: Psychological Horror 22.7%, Horror 18.3%, First-Person 12.1%, Walking Simulator 11.9%, Exploration 9.6%

  52. #52 The Backrooms Experiment
    71% matchMixed59% of 74 reviews2023
    Dev: Efe Mert
    Windows

    The Backrooms Experiment is a co-op walking simulator with horror and thriller elements. Find your way in Backrooms, avoid the entities, cheese entities with voices, explore the levels, cooperate with your friends, and most importantly, do not die.

    Why similar: Walking Simulator 41.6%, Psychological Horror 21.6%, First-Person 18.7%, Adventure 9.3%, Realistic 5.3%

  53. #53 Luto
    66% matchVery Positive85% of 1,366 reviews2025
    Dev: Broken Bird Games
    Windows
    Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 88%

    Luto is a psychological horror experience where you take on the role of someone unable to leave their home. Every attempt to escape will lead you deeper into the unknown, where nothing is as it seems and everything will test your senses.

    Why similar: Walking Simulator 18.2%, Psychological Horror 17.2%, Cinematic 11.4%, Story Rich 9.3%, Puzzle 7.9%

  54. #54 Anomalies Detective
    69% matchMostly Positive75% of 76 reviews2024
    Dev: ChenGame
    Windows

    A psychological horror game with a chapter-based plot, thriller and unusual elements! You are a novice paranormal detective, exploring secrets and finding ways to escape in an infinite loop of scenes. Many unusual things happen during this process, as if some strange force wants to devour you...

    Why similar: Walking Simulator 30.3%, Psychological Horror 22.3%, Horror 16.4%, First-Person 13%, Exploration 12.6%

  55. #55 Lost Hope: Backrooms
    67% matchMixed70% of 115 reviews2026
    Dev: mdvdPub: Lost Hope games
    Windows

    Explore 20+ handcrafted levels filled with puzzles, secrets, and hidden lore. Collect, trade, and upgrade your tools as you uncover the story behind a realistic world full of danger and discovery.

    Why similar: Psychological Horror 21.4%, Horror 20.6%, Logic 17.6%, First-Person 13.9%, Exploration 10.5%

  56. #56 The Hotel
    69% matchMostly Positive78% of 93 reviews2022
    Dev: Constant ArtPub: Constant_Art
    Windows

    The Hotel is a psychological horror thriller in which the player will have to face the evil living within the walls of a lonely hotel. But more importantly, the player will have to decide what this evil is to him. Maybe the nature of this evil is deeper than it seems at first glance.

    Why similar: Walking Simulator 15.5%, Psychological Horror 14.3%, Horror 13.1%, Surreal 9.1%, First-Person 8%

  57. #57 MIRROR MIRROR
    67% matchMostly Positive70% of 74 reviews2025
    Dev: ZeroZeroThirteen
    Windows

    MIRROR MIRROR is a first-person psychological horror game. You repeatedly find yourself in a house where you find presence of unknown entities. Go through unreal experiences in the house and uncover the secrets of your fractured mind. Experience the tension and fear in the repeating space.

    Why similar: Walking Simulator 16.5%, Psychological Horror 16.4%, Horror 13.2%, Surreal 11%, First-Person 7.8%

  58. #58 Left Alone
    70% matchMostly Positive75% of 646 reviews2016
    Dev: SpeedTutor
    Windows
    Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 79%

    Left Alone plunges you into a first-person psychological horror journey, where darkness and memories intertwine. As secrets emerge from shadows, use your wits to solve puzzles and explore haunting, forgotten locations. Every step echoes with the past; can you face the truths that await?

    Why similar: Walking Simulator 16.9%, Psychological Horror 12.6%, Horror 11.4%, Logic 11.1%, Puzzle 9%

  59. #59 JANITOR BLEEDS
    67% matchVery Positive86% of 276 reviews2022
    Dev: KorpusPub: Bonus Stage Publishing
    Windows
    Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 75%

    Enter the abandoned arcade after your car has crashed, and the shelter you were looking for is trying to eat you alive in this dark mystery-horror adventure. Solve mysteries, keep JANITOR satisfied, and always be aware of what's behind your back.

    Why similar: Psychological Horror 16.3%, Surreal 16.1%, Horror 14.4%, Puzzle 10.1%, First-Person 10.1%

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