Games Like Sparky Marky: Episode 2

Explore an abandoned children's recreational camp and uncover the dark secrets covered up by its founders. Find clues and apply specific commands in the Discord channel to find out what truly happened. But be careful: Sparky has been activated and the monster inside of it never sleeps…

Why similar: Episodic 24.9% ★, Survival Horror 8.6%, America 8.6% ★, Conspiracy 7.7% ★, Psychedelic 7.1%

Why You'll Like It: This is the direct predecessor to the seed game and essential for understanding the ongoing narrative and mechanics.

Continue the story of Banban’s Kindergarten. Delve deeper into the bizarre establishment where the place was left suspiciously empty. Try to survive the unexpected residents, all while uncovering the truth behind the place…

Why similar: Survival Horror 17.4%, Horror 15.6%, Cartoony 13.9%, Psychological Horror 13.5%, Walking Simulator 11.8%

Why You'll Like It: It perfectly captures the colorful mascot horror aesthetic combined with puzzle-solving and exploration in a secret facility.

Joyville 2 is a first-person horror puzzle-adventure game set in an abandoned children's camp. Explore two parallel worlds where the joy of the past meets present horrors. Uncover the camp's dark secrets, face magical yet dangerous creatures, and discover the truth behind events from decades ago.

Why similar: Survival Horror 29.7%, Horror 24.6%, Puzzle 13.9%, First-Person 12.8%, Exploration 8.8%

Why You'll Like It: This title features similar episodic mascot horror themes with a heavy emphasis on puzzle-based progression.

You must stay alive in this horror/puzzle adventure. Try to survive the vengeful toys waiting for you in the abandoned toy factory. Use your GrabPack to hack electrical circuits or nab anything from afar. Explore the mysterious facility... and don't get caught.

Why similar: Horror 28.8%, Survival Horror 21.8%, Thriller 10.4%, Psychological Horror 10.3%, First-Person 9.4%

Why You'll Like It: As a pioneer of the mascot horror genre, it offers the definitive experience of exploring a toy-themed facility filled with hidden dangers.

Enter Banban's Kindergarten, and you're sure to make some friends. Explore the mysterious establishment and don't lose your life and sanity. Uncover the horrifying truth behind the place, but be careful, as you are far from alone…

Why similar: Survival Horror 17.2%, Thriller 14.9%, Walking Simulator 12.8%, Psychological Horror 12.6%, Horror 12.2%

Why You'll Like It: The first entry in the series that established the colorful mascot horror trend and episodic facility exploration.

Bendy and the Ink Machine® is the first person puzzle action horror game that will forever ruin your childhood love of cartoons.

Why similar: Horror 25.6%, Survival Horror 22.1%, Cartoony 16.9%, First-Person 11.7%, Puzzle 9.4%

Why You'll Like It: This game established the trope of corrupted, once-beloved mascots and features a strong narrative-driven puzzle focus.

Join Amanda and her pal Wooly on a series of adventures as they explore and learn about our wonderful world! With several NEW play-along, laugh-along, learn-along episodes there's always fun to be had! Just make sure to do everything Amanda says or she might get angry.

Why similar: Horror 29.7%, First-Person 15.2%, Psychological Horror 13.6%, Puzzle 13.6%, Exploration 7.7%

Why You'll Like It: It uses a deceptive, colorful, and nostalgic aesthetic to hide deep psychological horror elements.

You've accepted a shady job offer at a doll factory. Inspect dolls for defects and anomalies. Follow strange protocols. Don't get fired and stay alive.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 22.1%, Horror 21.7%, Walking Simulator 20.4%, Thriller 18.9%, First-Person 13.4%

Why You'll Like It: It focuses on psychological horror and exploration in a stylized, unsettling environment that feels familiar to fans of mascot horror.

Your task today: Memorize your environment and report any anomalies. Good luck with your shift! "Shift 87" is an observation horror game with subtle anomalies and unsettling occurrences.

Why similar: Thriller 20.5%, Walking Simulator 20.1%, Psychological Horror 16.7%, Psychedelic 11.5%, First-Person 9.5%

Why You'll Like It: This game provides a first-person, puzzle-heavy experience in a confined, atmospheric space.

Something scary is happening with everyone's favorite Saturday morning puppet show, The Friendly Neighborhood! Play as Gordon, a repairman sent to get to the bottom of this disturbing dilemma. Fend off puppets and solve puzzles in this survival horror adventure.

Why similar: Survival Horror 34.6%, Horror 20.5%, First-Person 12.9%, Puzzle 12.5%, Exploration 12.2%

Why You'll Like It: This survival-horror game features sentient puppets in a colorful setting that mirrors the unsettling vibe of the seed game.

Forest Asylum 2 - An Indie Psychological Horror Game and the sequel to the well-received first part. Embark on a Therapy that will change your life!

Why similar: Survival Horror 28.4%, Psychological Horror 20.9%, Horror 15%, Walking Simulator 12.8%, Adventure 8%

Why You'll Like It: This title delivers a similar first-person psychological horror experience with episodic progression.

Navigate an open-world island in an old train, upgrade it over time, and use it to fight an evil spider train named Charles.

Why similar: Survival Horror 39.6%, Horror 21.6%, First-Person 12.3%, Thriller 11.4%, Psychological Horror 9.4%

Why You'll Like It: It combines a bizarre, colorful entity with survival-horror exploration mechanics in an open-world environment.

It's been so long. You've tried to forget, however tonight you must walk through the park again. Now there are two men in the park. Will you help one, or both? Who will you trust?

Why similar: Walking Simulator 37.7%, Horror 32.5%, First-Person 15.4%, Adventure 12.2%, Indie 1.6%

Why You'll Like It: It shares the specific park-themed horror setting and exploration focus found in the seed game.

Set in a creepy amusement park hiding a dark and sinister secret, The Park is a first-person psychological horror experience focused on exploration and storytelling.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 23.8%, Horror 22.2%, Psychological Horror 20.1%, Thriller 11.6%, First-Person 11.2%

Why You'll Like It: A walking simulator that shares the unsettling atmosphere of a park-themed horror setting.

Hello Neighbor is a Stealth Horror Game about sneaking into your neighbor's house and figuring out what he's hiding in the basement. Play against an advanced AI that learns from your actions.

Why similar: Survival Horror 29.6%, Horror 29%, Psychological Horror 18.8%, First-Person 12.2%, Puzzle 10.5%

Why You'll Like It: The game focuses on puzzle-solving and stealth within a colorful, suburban-style environment that hides a dark secret.

Explore the mystery behind a once-loved and hugely popular children's toy, also known as MUZY, in this terrifying horror adventure game. Several reports detail frightening incidents connected to accidents. Your job is to solve the puzzles and find the cause of these unsettling occurrences.

Why similar: Survival Horror 19.3%, Horror 15.7%, Thriller 15.5%, Cartoony 12.4%, Psychological Horror 12%

Why You'll Like It: It features indie horror exploration with a focus on unsettling environments and mascot-like entities.

You're working overtime again in your dead-end job, whilst your boss is on vacation. However, strange things are happening throughout the office. Complete your daily work tasks, explore your office, report any anomalies you may find, and you may just find yourself getting a promotion...

Why similar: Walking Simulator 26.4%, Psychological Horror 23.8%, Horror 12.9%, Exploration 11.5%, First-Person 10.1%

Why You'll Like It: This game captures the 'workplace gone wrong' narrative found in the seed game's training simulator setting.

Explore the origins of the mysterious Banban’s Kindergarten. Survive the dark past of the establishment. Try to make some friends. Uncover the truth behind the place, and who you are…

Why similar: Survival Horror 17.4%, Horror 15.9%, Cartoony 13.6%, Psychological Horror 13.6%, Walking Simulator 9.6%

Why You'll Like It: A prequel that fits the episodic nature of the mascot horror genre perfectly.

Embrace the horrors of Banban’s Kindergarten. Delve even deeper into the depths of the establishment that was left suspiciously empty. Try to survive the unexpected residents and continue the search for your child…

Why similar: Survival Horror 18%, Horror 14.1%, Cartoony 13.6%, Psychological Horror 13.6%, Walking Simulator 11.7%

Why You'll Like It: It continues the episodic exploration of the mysterious facility with new mascot-themed threats.

Your job at the Cabin Factory is simple: inspect the cabins and decide on whether they’re haunted or not. If you do find any anomalies, get out…immediately.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 25.4%, Psychological Horror 23.8%, Horror 22.8%, Survival Horror 11.9%, First-Person 10.4%

Why You'll Like It: It features immersive-sim elements within a psychological horror framework that emphasizes environmental storytelling.

Having collected information about the “unusual corpse” for your journalistic investigation, you return home from the morgue. Something is wrong... The house has changed and there is a creature wandering in it that is afraid of the camera flash. Solve puzzles to get out of the house and survive.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 17.4%, Psychedelic 16.4%, Psychological Horror 14.6%, Horror 13.7%, Puzzle 7.9%

Why You'll Like It: This game combines exploration and puzzle-solving with a psychological horror tone in a first-person perspective.

One Late Night: Deadline continues the story of One Late Night, a horror/mystery game where you play the role of an office worker caught in the middle of the paranormal activity that has broken out in a seemingly ordinary office building. Freely explore the 5 story office complex that houses several different companies.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 25%, Thriller 24.6%, Horror 24.1%, First-Person 15.5%, Adventure 8.1%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a similar first-person office-based horror experience with puzzle elements and an eerie atmosphere.

A young and promising boy applies for a job at a AAA game development company. As he starts working night shifts on probation, he experiences a series of events that could lead to no good. As the story unfolds, you will be able to choose what you would do in his place.

Why similar: Episodic 39.8% ★, Thriller 14.1%, Psychological Horror 10.8%, Walking Simulator 10.5%, Horror 10.4%

Why You'll Like It: It focuses on narrative-driven horror with an atmospheric, indie feel that complements the seed game's tone.

The game of your dreams just dropped, DUCK SEASON, a hunter with ridiculous graphics. Luckily, it's summer vacation and Mom just surprised you with a one day rental of it! Unfortunately, as you binge play it becomes apparent that all is not right with Duck Season...

Why similar: Horror 46.4%, Psychological Horror 34%, First-Person 9%, Adventure 8%, Indie 2.1%

Why You'll Like It: It blends nostalgic, colorful media with unsettling, psychological horror in a way that feels very similar to the seed game.

Horror game series about the investigation of missing hikers in the U.S. National Parks. Follow the story of a wannabe reporter who got a job as a ranger to investigate the disappearances - several episodes that tell one story! Based on true events.

Why similar: Episodic 40.9% ★, Conspiracy 15.5% ★, Walking Simulator 12.1%, Psychological Horror 11.9%, Horror 11.8%

Why You'll Like It: It shares the episodic, workplace-based horror structure and exploration-heavy gameplay.

Hollowbrook is a stylized horror experience told through multiple episodes. Each chapter immerses you in the life of a new character, blending personal backstories with chilling encounters that react to your decisions.

Why similar: Episodic 43.4% ★, Psychological Horror 11%, Survival Horror 9.8%, Walking Simulator 9.1%, Horror 8.1%

Why You'll Like It: It provides an episodic, exploration-based psychological horror experience with a focus on uncovering hidden truths.

"The Stalked 2" is a standalone horror sequel to "The Stalked", where you play as Rachel, an avid hiker. What begins as a relaxing hike to a cabin turns into a nightmare filled with eerie interactions and unsettling events. Will you survive?

Why similar: Thriller 28.3%, Horror 19.5%, Psychological Horror 17.6%, Walking Simulator 17.5%, Exploration 7.8%

Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on atmospheric, first-person psychological horror with a focus on tension.

Aurora Hills: Chapter 2 is the second part in series of point and click puzzle adventure games. Follow the journey of Ethan Hill, a park ranger tasked with investigating strange disappearances from a national park to uncover the mystery of Aurora Hills!

Why similar: America 28.2% ★, Puzzle 17.3%, Thriller 12.3%, Adventure 12%, Exploration 11.1%

Some things are better left forgotten.

Why similar: Horror 19.3%, Walking Simulator 18.5%, Cartoony 18.2%, Puzzle 10.6%, First-Person 10.1%

You are wetware, working a mysterious job.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 22.1%, Psychological Horror 18.5%, Horror 16.1%, First-Person 10.7%, Exploration 9.6%

This is your last day as a worker for a pet feeding service, and depending on how the day goes, your life. Prepare the final meal for a client's odd pet that lives in an abandoned pool all while trying to make it out safely and avoid mistakes.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 30.2%, Psychological Horror 25.7%, Horror 24.5%, Exploration 11.8%, Adventure 6.8%

You are here to listen to The Voice, do what he says. But don't listen to other voices...

Why similar: Horror 26.2%, Walking Simulator 18.6%, Thriller 14.8%, Exploration 11.9%, First-Person 10.7%

Something has gone terribly wrong in TRAPPED Alaska. Except for you, and a handful of survivors, the whole town has been emptied. Everywhere, what should be water has been replaced by a black semi-sentient sludge that seems to change everything it touches. And it’s rising...

Why similar: Adventure 81.4%, Indie 18.6%

Why You'll Like It: A first-person horror game that emphasizes atmospheric exploration and survival in a confined space.

Sub Terra is a first person psychological horror game set deep underground. As a maintenance worker, your job is to fix a broken water line at the end of tunnel 04-R. Enter the tunnel, repair the pipe, and get out.

Why similar: Horror 24.3%, Conspiracy 24.2% ★, Psychological Horror 23.1%, First-Person 12.3%, Exploration 7.2%

You come to your senses in this place, you do not understand what is happening, but you know that it is better to get out of here as soon as possible

Why similar: Horror 21.4%, Walking Simulator 20.7%, Psychological Horror 18.2%, Adventure 13.5%, First-Person 11.9%

On a task to find your sister, you find yourself exploring an old abandoned house. But you soon find out that things are not as they seem.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 22.8%, Horror 21.6%, Stylized 13.4%, Psychological Horror 9.1%, Adventure 9.1%

You are a young college student working the night shift as a security guard at a remote cemetery deep in the Arkansas woods. What starts as routine surveillance quickly turns into something far more unsettling.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 23%, Horror 21.3%, Psychological Horror 20.1%, Thriller 18.9%, Exploration 9.9%

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

Why similar: Puzzle 21.8%, Adventure 18.7%, Exploration 16.7%, Stylized 15.5%, First-Person 14.4%

You've been trapped in a looping Finnish summer cottage. Use your observation and memory to find anomalies and make the right choice to escape the Finnish Cottage 8.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 20.8%, Psychological Horror 17.6%, Thriller 14.7%, Horror 14.6%, First-Person 10.1%

Spot anomalies and uncover hidden clues to escape an office where overwork turns strange and experiments happen more often than coffee breaks.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 25.1%, Psychological Horror 21.4%, Horror 16.7%, First-Person 12%, Exploration 10%

You have been dispatched for a 911 call. From the moment you step inside the apartment, you realize something is really wrong with the place. You are gonna make Him the last dosage. He needs his medicine.

Why similar: Horror 28.8%, Walking Simulator 26.2%, Psychological Horror 24.7%, Puzzle 9.5%, Adventure 8.6%

You have been sent photographs of a place where, according to rumors, an artifact of an ancient civilization is hidden... Do you dare to go there?!

Why similar: Walking Simulator 24.9%, Psychological Horror 21%, Horror 20.4%, First-Person 12%, Thriller 8%

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 25.5%, Psychological Horror 21.7%, Horror 20.5%, Thriller 19.4%, First-Person 5.8%

Mint’s Hints is a cancelled children’s show, and you’ve found yourself on the old set. Find paw-shaped Hints with special ghost-detecting Flashbrights, and discover the secret behind the show’s closure with your Happy-Go-Lucky Notebook, but be careful, the stars of the show are after you.

Why similar: Survival Horror 21.7%, Walking Simulator 15.9%, Cartoony 13.9%, Horror 11.1%, Puzzle 7.9%

YOU CONTROL THE FOUND FOOTAGE. Another tape has been leaked, this time a cover-up of a tragic mass casualty event.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 41.6%, Horror 40.8%, Exploration 16.9%, Indie 0.4%, Singleplayer 0.3%

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

Why similar: Episodic 34.2% ★, Horror 23.9%, Psychological Horror 17.2%, First-Person 8.1%, Walking Simulator 7.5%

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

Why similar: Survival Horror 19.4%, Thriller 18.6%, Psychedelic 14.2%, Psychological Horror 13.6%, Horror 12.9%

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 30.4%, Psychological Horror 21.1%, Horror 16.4%, Exploration 13%, First-Person 12.3%

Find a way out.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 27.4%, Psychological Horror 23%, Horror 20.5%, Stylized 14.1%, First-Person 13%

Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.

Why similar: Horror 37.8%, Survival Horror 18.5%, First-Person 17.8%, Psychological Horror 10%, Puzzle 6.6%

You, the legendary writer, the “King of Horror,” find yourself at the center of a nightmare. A mysterious place, frighteningly familiar, hides sinister secrets. Explore locations, solve riddles, escape from the monster, collect a story that will become a new masterpiece... if you survive.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 17.1%, Psychedelic 13.8%, Psychological Horror 13%, Thriller 12.7%, Horror 11.5%

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: Thriller 17.8%, Survival Horror 17.4%, Walking Simulator 13.9%, Psychological Horror 13.4%, Horror 12.9%

Searching for fast money, you stumble upon an ad for a paranormal investigation. Upgrade your office, maintain your systems, and above all else: don't let them get to you. It's easy work, right...?

Why similar: Survival Horror 63.9%, Horror 34.5%, Singleplayer 1.6%

You saw an ad about someone needing help fixing their ventilation system. it sounded easy, but this job was much different then then usual work that you were used to.

Why similar: Survival Horror 46.7%, Horror 35.5%, Psychological Horror 16.3%, Singleplayer 1.5%

YOU CONTROL THE FOUND FOOTAGE. An FBI intern leaked special investigation tapes before suddenly disappearing. The first tape of the series contains found footage from O'Brien State Park revealing the true events that were covered up in the 1980s.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 33.4%, Horror 26.9%, Psychological Horror 18.8%, First-Person 13.9%, Exploration 6.5%

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: Psychedelic 31.4%, Survival Horror 27.2%, Walking Simulator 15.1%, Horror 12.7%, First-Person 9.1%

All the colors have gone missing from the world. While on a mission to bring them back you discover you are being hunted by those who would see the colors banished. Your only hope is a woman in red who may be holding the key to preventing the world from becoming discolored.

Why similar: Thriller 20.6%, Psychological Horror 16.5%, Survival Horror 15.1%, Horror 14.1%, Exploration 10.2%

Strange Night II takes you to a mysterious hostel where your sanity will be put to the test.

Why similar: Horror 31.6%, Psychological Horror 26.5%, First-Person 17.8%, Puzzle 16.6%, Indie 6.3%

Fragments of Dread is an episodic psychological horror series. Each episode tells a self-contained story of dread, fear, and survival.

Why similar: Thriller 19.4%, Walking Simulator 18.4%, Psychological Horror 16.4%, Horror 14.3%, Survival Horror 9.2%

Seybul Tech is a walking simulator. Navigate as an office employee, confronting peculiar encounters while in search of an exit from this enigmatic abyss.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 30.6%, Psychological Horror 26.5%, Horror 18.6%, Exploration 11.9%, First-Person 5.8%