Games Like Skull Hotel

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: Dark 22.3%, Horror 18%, Action-Adventure 13.8%, Psychological Horror 11.2%, Simulation 10.9%

Why You'll Like It: This game perfectly captures the dread of performing a mundane service job while being stalked by a persistent threat.

A first-person horror game where you clean up after rowdy high school kids while also keeping a lookout for clues as to their disappearance. Scrub, vacuum, clean... die?

Why similar: Walking Simulator 35%, Horror 27.5%, Psychological Horror 16.5%, Atmospheric 13.8%, Singleplayer 7.2%

Why You'll Like It: A direct thematic match that focuses on the isolation and eerie atmosphere of working as a janitor in a haunted location.

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: Horror 22.7%, Dark 21.1%, Psychological Horror 18%, First-Person 16.5%, 3D 8.8%

Why You'll Like It: This title directly mirrors the janitorial theme, blending cleaning mechanics with intense, retro-inspired horror.

Move silently. Clean thoroughly. A 3D horror action and cleaning simulation featuring Kao’s real products. Clean the villa, solve hidden puzzles, and escape while your performance affects the home’s appraisal value. A unique blend of suspense and cleaning awaits.

Why similar: Horror 34.9%, Survival Horror 12.9%, First-Person 12.4%, Exploration 10.5%, Simulation 10%

Why You'll Like It: This game emphasizes the cleaning aspect of the horror genre, requiring exploration and careful movement to avoid detection.

The Roach Hotel is a first person analog horror game that drags you into its halls, where every shadow hides a question and every corner dares you to keep following its path.

Why similar: Survival Horror 41.3%, Horror 35.5%, First-Person 12.4%, Action 4.8%, Indie 3.6%

Why You'll Like It: This game combines hotel-based horror with puzzle-solving and survival elements, creating a similar sense of dread.

The Hotel is an "old style" survival horror game!! Fight zombies and solve puzzles to try to escape!!

Why similar: Survival Horror 52.8%, Action-Adventure 21.4%, Horror 10.9%, Singleplayer 6%, Indie 5%

Why You'll Like It: A strong atmospheric horror experience that focuses on the unsettling nature of exploring a deserted and haunted hotel.

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

Why similar: Survival Horror 38.7%, Horror 26.7%, First-Person 13.3%, Atmospheric 8.6%, Indie 4.6%

Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on stealth and survival within a hostile, claustrophobic home environment that feels very similar to the hotel setting.

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

Why similar: Walking Simulator 41.7%, Horror 25.7%, Psychological Horror 13.7%, First-Person 13.5%, Action 2.7%

Why You'll Like It: It shares the specific hotel-based horror setting and the feeling of being trapped in a place where something is waiting for you.

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: Survival Horror 30%, Horror 28.8%, Psychological Horror 14.7%, Survival 10.2%, Realistic 8.4%

Why You'll Like It: It features a similar VHS-aesthetic and high-stakes stealth gameplay where you are constantly hunted in a confined space.

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 34.4%, Psychological Horror 15.4%, Realistic 13.7%, First-Person 11.9%, Dark 9.1%

Why You'll Like It: This title leans into the psychological horror and atmospheric exploration of a hotel, matching the core setting of the seed game.

The Maid is a first-person psychological horror and mystery game that focuses on creating fear and tension in the player.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 24.4%, Dark 11%, Horror 10.9%, Survival Horror 10.9%, Realistic 9.1%

Why You'll Like It: It shares the first-person exploration and service-worker perspective, focusing on the tension of being in a place you shouldn't be.

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 24.3%, Horror 14.6%, Dark 13.9%, Psychological Horror 11%, Realistic 9.7%

Why You'll Like It: This game provides a similar walking-simulator experience with a heavy focus on atmospheric horror and psychological tension.

A broke young man takes on the night shift at a roadside diner. In the glow of the blood moon, routine tasks turn into a fight for survival. First-person horror based on a dark creepypasta with a set of rescue rules.

Why similar: Demons 21.1%, Survival Horror 14.5%, Walking Simulator 13.7%, Dark 10.1%, Realistic 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: It captures the specific 'creepy shift' vibe, where you are working a job while supernatural entities lurk nearby.

Ghost Janitors is a multiplayer psychological horror game for 1-4 players. Your job? Cleaning haunted houses while avoiding terrifying monsters. Ready to face the spine-tingling challenge with your team?

Why similar: Horror 16.2%, Dark 14.7%, Demons 12.6%, Psychological Horror 12.2%, Realistic 10.4%

Why You'll Like It: This game leans into the janitorial theme with a focus on cooperative horror and survival against spectral threats.

Vigil is a short Narrative Horror Game that takes place in an unsettling underground facility. Your job is to dispose of boxes, however, you’re not alone. A terrifying automaton roams the facility, moving only when you look away or when you blink in real life.

Why similar: Survival Horror 19.1%, Horror 17.6%, Dark 16.5%, First-Person 10.6%, Realistic 8.4%

Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on the survival-horror aspects of being alone in a dangerous environment, mirroring the tension of the hotel.

Implements of Hell is a first-person psychological horror game. Explore the mysteries, unlock the secrets, and change the outcome in a slow-paced atmospheric, and extremely horrifying experience.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 27.3%, Dark 14.5%, Horror 13.5%, Psychological Horror 11.1%, Realistic 10.3%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a similar slow-burn, atmospheric horror experience that relies on exploration and environmental storytelling.

Mirror Forge 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: Demons 15.7%, Survival Horror 12.9%, Walking Simulator 12.1%, Dark 11%, Horror 10.1%

Why You'll Like It: This game features intense psychological horror and survival elements that mirror the dark, creature-filled corridors of the seed game.

Abandoned Souls is a horror game, shown through a GoPro lens. You play as a vlogger who specializes in urban exploration.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 23.4%, Survival Horror 13.9%, Horror 12%, Dark 11.4%, Psychological Horror 9.4%

Why You'll Like It: This walking-simulator excels at building a realistic and terrifying atmosphere, much like the experience of exploring a haunted hotel.

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 25.3%, Horror 18.6%, Psychological Horror 14.5%, First-Person 12.7%, Atmospheric 7.6%

Why You'll Like It: It captures the feeling of being the final person in a dangerous location, emphasizing psychological horror and atmospheric dread.

You wake up to a horrible smell, and whispering vents in your apartment. Something's wrong.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 16.2%, Demons 13.6%, Horror 11.7%, Dark 11.4%, Survival Horror 9.2%

Why You'll Like It: It provides a similar first-person horror experience that focuses on navigating dark, confined spaces while being hunted.

"From the Other Side" immerses you in a chilling first-person psychological horror game. You are Steve, a security guard on his first night at work, tasked with monitoring security cameras and fixing unsettling anomalies that will make you question reality.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 21.8%, Demons 19.5%, Dark 13%, Horror 12.4%, Psychological Horror 9.7%

Why You'll Like It: This game blends walking-simulator mechanics with horror elements, focusing on the experience of being watched in a dark space.

You are all alone in this dark and frightening place. Run and hide, hurry to find a way out, because it follows you...

Why similar: Walking Simulator 22.4%, Survival Horror 17.2%, Horror 13.1%, Dark 12.5%, Psychological Horror 9.4%

Why You'll Like It: The core gameplay loop of being constantly pursued by a threat in a first-person perspective is a direct match for the seed game.

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 28.9%, Psychological Horror 15.4%, Walking Simulator 12.8%, First-Person 10.6%, Multiplayer 9.7%

Why You'll Like It: This episodic horror game captures the feeling of being vulnerable in a domestic space while something sinister approaches.

In Viscera Cleanup Detail, you step into the boots of a space-station janitor tasked with cleaning up after various horrific sci-fi horror events. Instead of machineguns and plasma-rifles, your tools are a mop and bucket. That hero left a mess, and it's up to you to deal with the aftermath.

Why similar: First-Person 21.8%, Simulation 19.5%, Walking Simulator 18.8%, Multiplayer 17%, Horror 15.8%

Why You'll Like It: While less focused on direct horror, it is the definitive game for the 'cleaning up after a disaster' mechanic seen in the seed game.

Her future, as well as of the whole world depends on her ingenuity and bravery. The path to her fiancé is blocked by ghosts, dragons, demons and other creatures from beyond. Will she overcome her fears? Will she find her beloved? Play "Cursed" and find out!

Why similar: Horror 80.3%, Indie 19.7%

Why You'll Like It: A strong atmospheric horror title that relies on psychological tension and exploration to keep the player on edge.

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

Why similar: Walking Simulator 20.4%, Dark 15.5%, Horror 13.8%, Survival Horror 12.3%, Psychological Horror 10.6%

A retro point-and-click horror adventure game that tests the boundries of the genre! In this "found-footage" horror game you have to navigate the rooms and hallways of the mysterious Narrow Woods Hotel. Collect keys and items and use them to find your way out.

Why similar: Horror 18.2%, Dark 16%, Survival Horror 15.1%, First-Person 9.8%, Psychological Horror 9.1%

You have been invited to the popular “Penguin Hotel”. There, you get caught up in a terrifying event. Solve puzzles and battle with a special camera! Experience a very strange penguin horror.

Why similar: Horror 27.2%, First-Person 18.8%, Realistic 11.9%, Action-Adventure 11%, Atmospheric 9.9%

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 27.8%, Horror 16.5%, Dark 15%, Psychological Horror 12.7%, First-Person 10.5%

Wander long creepy corridors in search for answers in this short and jumpscare filled game.

Why similar: Horror 47.9%, First-Person 23.5%, Multiplayer 12.3%, Indie 8.3%, Action 7.9%

Clock in for the worst cleaning shift of your life: Unclog nasty toilets and scrub ectoplasm in this 1-4 player online co-op survival horror game. Get the job done and don't get caught by the entities hunting you!

Why similar: Demons 19.8%, Survival Horror 14%, Horror 12.1%, Dark 10.3%, Psychological Horror 9.5%

Scauage is a short horror experience where you play as a scavenger looting an abandoned house, uncovering its dark secrets and collecting hidden treasures while facing what lurks within.

Why similar: Demons 24.7%, Survival Horror 16.9%, Dark 14.3%, Horror 13%, Psychological Horror 10.1%

First person shooter horror adventure game. As detective C, you arrived at an old friend's home and try to find out what's going on.

Why similar: Horror 54.2%, First-Person 22.8%, 3D 9.6%, Action 4.8%, Singleplayer 4.6%

A 3D horror game where your only goal is to finish your work… and survive the night. Unnatural anomalies creep into the office as you complete your tasks. Can you make it to the end of your shift alive.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 31.8%, Horror 18.8%, Psychological Horror 11.5%, Atmospheric 7.1%, Realistic 6.9%

Experience psychological horror in a large abandoned hospital. Hide, explore and survive from a mysterious creature living in the ruins of this hospital.

Why similar: Horror 36.7%, Walking Simulator 24.4%, First-Person 11.1%, Realistic 7.6%, 3D 5.4%

Hospital 666 is a 1-4 player horror escape game. Traverse through eerie hospital levels while observing the occurrence of anomalies and choosing the correct elevator. Some abnormal bosses will chase you to death, and you must find the right way to escape them.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 26.4%, Horror 21.1%, Psychological Horror 12.9%, Realistic 12.5%, Multiplayer 8%

The Empty Eyes is a first-person psychological horror experience that immerses you in an investigation steeped in mystery. Every step inside the house brings you closer to a hidden truth, while tension mounts and fear takes root in your mind.

Why similar: Survival Horror 19.5%, Horror 17.6%, Psychological Horror 12.8%, Dark 12.8%, Walking Simulator 10.5%

Fear in Hospital is a short survivor horror in hospital where you should find a occult path to escape alive!

Why similar: Survival Horror 20.8%, Dark 17.1%, Horror 16.8%, Psychological Horror 13%, Realistic 9.2%

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

Why similar: Walking Simulator 28.9%, Psychological Horror 15.8%, Horror 12.8%, First-Person 11.4%, Realistic 9.6%

A first-person, psychological horror game, The Lodge takes players on a journey into the horrors of a twisted mind.

Why similar: Horror 34.1%, First-Person 19.5%, Action-Adventure 16.7%, Action 11.6%, Psychological Horror 8%

Explore a decadent hotel across different timelines and uncover the dark history of a fanatical cult and your role in their plans.

Why similar: Survival Horror 30.4%, Horror 16.1%, First-Person 12.8%, Demons 11.8%, Atmospheric 6.4%

Find your way through a puzzle filled manor while barely dodging human-eating monsters. You wake up in a dark room with one objective: escape those sharpened teeth. However, you should not worry; you will meet friends along the way.

Why similar: Dark 36.2%, Action-Adventure 21.7%, Exploration 14.5%, Atmospheric 10.2%, 3D 7.6%

An eerie horror game set in a weird hotel plagued with bizarre beings and interesting characters. The game utilizes a never-used before environment alongside brand new horror mechanics, one of a kind graphics/art style, and an unnerving story with rich lore to create a unique experience for players.

Why similar: Dark 21.5%, Survival Horror 18.8%, Horror 15.4%, Psychological Horror 15.2%, Survival 10.4%

Omitted is a first-person psychological horror game. Experience being left alone in an old hospital, discover its secrets and try to survive.

Why similar: Dark 18.7%, Horror 18.5%, Psychological Horror 15.3%, Walking Simulator 12.6%, Atmospheric 7.7%

Find a way out.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 27.6%, Horror 14.7%, Psychological Horror 12.2%, Realistic 10.6%, First-Person 10.1%

Apartment 1406 is an intense horror game, that challenges you to constantly survive in a hostile environment. Collect items to survive against limited ammo and creatures that lurk in the dark. Solve the puzzles and survive in this dark game.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 19%, Survival Horror 13.4%, Dark 13.1%, Horror 11.1%, Psychological Horror 8.7%

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 24.6%, Survival Horror 14.9%, Psychological Horror 14.8%, Dark 12.2%, Walking Simulator 9.3%

Experience the terror in Silence Channel 2, a first person horror game based on a true story. Navigate through eerie environments, solve puzzles, evade lurking horrors, and even wield firepower in a desperate bid for survival. Can you escape the relentless darkness in this terrifying sequel?

Why similar: Survival Horror 18.6%, Dark 16.8%, Horror 15.2%, Psychological Horror 12%, First-Person 9.6%

Night shift office cleaning. All that greets you, a new hire, is a dirty floor… and a formless sense of unease. In the silent floors above, something is unmistakably moving.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 43.8%, Horror 15.2%, First-Person 12.9%, Psychological Horror 10.9%, 3D 7.5%

In this story focused horror game, you are a priest! And you need to help a family with their cursed house, explore, follow your visions, find the root, and exorcize it!

Why similar: Demons 18.7%, Survival Horror 14.4%, Walking Simulator 11.9%, Horror 11.2%, Dark 8.8%

In the gloomy atmosphere of post-Soviet everyday life, routine tasks like cleaning, cooking, and exploring your own room hide something much darker. Survive and uncover the truth before the maniac comes for you.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 40.5%, Horror 23.7%, First-Person 10.4%, Multiplayer 7.8%, Exploration 6.8%

You open your eyes in a dark, unfamiliar room; each door drags you into a new chamber filled with absurd surprises and dark comedy. Will you manage to escape, or will you continue to star in this black comedy?

Why similar: Horror 30.3%, Walking Simulator 18.2%, Action-Adventure 13.2%, Dark 11.5%, First-Person 10%

"Silence In The Cabin" is an Open Map Survival Horror Game, where you must survive Dark linear story sections in order to unlock more areas of the world.

Why similar: Horror 29.6%, Dark 16.9%, Realistic 12.5%, First-Person 11.6%, Atmospheric 10%

Can you survive 1000 rooms of cute terror? Or will you break once the cuteness starts to fade off and you're running for your life from the unspeakable hideous beings that shake and writhe in bowels of this house? They wait for you, they wait and hunger for meeting you.

Why similar: Horror 29.5%, Dark 10.9%, Walking Simulator 10.9%, First-Person 10.4%, Psychological Horror 10.2%

Escape an ever-shrinking cave tunnel in this tense spelunking horror. As the stone walls transform into flesh, you'll face perilous claustrophobic spaces, flooded passages, and twisted inhuman creatures.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 16.7%, Dark 16.5%, Horror 12.7%, First-Person 10.8%, Survival Horror 9.3%

In this first-person survival horror game, run and hide from Waffle Cone Willie, a haunted ice cream truck that roams through the town of Sweetwater seeking his next victim. Find clues, survive, and uncover the mystery and nightmare of Sweetwater.

Why similar: Survival Horror 17.3%, Walking Simulator 16.2%, Horror 13.4%, Dark 10.3%, Psychological Horror 9.9%

Indie horror game that will take your adrenaline to another level.

Why similar: Horror 20.5%, Action-Adventure 18.9%, First-Person 14.8%, Action 11.2%, Exploration 10.6%

Explore an old mansion full of paranormal dangers alone. Find clues, identify ghosts, collect their dossiers and exorcise them.

Why similar: Horror 19.4%, Survival Horror 16.2%, First-Person 14.4%, Action-Adventure 12.8%, Psychological Horror 12.4%