Games Like Speluncaphobia

Descend into terror in this first-person psychological horror experience as you follow your lost kitten into an ancient pirate crypt. Explore, shoot and dig for clues…literally, while unravelling a chilling mystery, all in a desperate bid to rescue your helplessly curious pet from this dark tomb.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 21.9%, Psychological Horror 15.7%, Horror 12%, Exploration 10.1%, Mystery 8.6%

Every light you replace makes the house a little brighter. But something inside prefers to live in the dark. And now, it knows you’re here.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 20.9%, Investigation 16.8%, Psychological Horror 11%, Exploration 9.9%, Horror 9.3%

The year is 1998. Step into the shoes of a real estate agent, tasked with photographing a seemingly ordinary house for an upcoming sale. Explore the environment, use your camera to take pictur-- wait, what’s that in the last photo?

Why similar: Walking Simulator 23.6%, Psychological Horror 14.4%, Multiple Endings 11.3%, Horror 10.8%, Exploration 10.5%

MALEDICTION is a first-person psychological horror experience. Explore an eerie, shifting residence where an unspeakable tragedy took place. Search for clues, unlock hidden spaces, and piece together the dark truth behind the curse to reach multiple endings.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 22.6%, Psychological Horror 16.4%, Investigation 14%, Horror 12.6%, Exploration 8.4%

Thirty names. Thirty-one desks. Explore a deserted Japanese high school, uncover conflicting records, and confront the memories you helped erase. A first-person psychological horror mystery with three endings. Play on a monitor or in VR.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 17.6%, Walking Simulator 14.9%, Horror 13%, Investigation 12.4%, Exploration 10.1%

You are searching for your mother in an abandoned hospital. Question everything you see...or don't see. To find her, remember everything. Because here, no choice comes without consequences.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 20.4%, Psychological Horror 13.5%, Investigation 11.8%, Horror 8.9%, Choices Matter 8.4%

A short, single-sitting VHS-style psychological horror game. Work the night shift at a remote gas station, return home to uncover disturbing clues, and reach one of three endings.

Why similar: Investigation 16%, Psychological Horror 14.7%, Walking Simulator 13.9%, Multiple Endings 11.5%, Mystery 9.5%

Late at night in an office tower, you are trapped in floors that keep repeating. Some of them have let in things that don't belong to this decade, as if something would rather you stayed. Spot the anomalies, keep going down, and find out what this building really is.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 24.8%, Psychological Horror 17.4%, Investigation 13.6%, Horror 12.1%, Exploration 8.6%

Explore dark corridors, snap photos, and survive hostile entities hunting you. Use your camera's flash to reveal the way, but beware - each flash draws unwanted attention.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 24.3%, Psychological Horror 12.6%, Investigation 11.9%, Horror 10.9%, Exploration 10.6%

In These Hallowed Halls is a first person, psychological horror puzzle game. Make your way through a decrepit, abandoned mental Institution as you solve puzzles and unravel the story behind what lurks in the darkest corners of the building.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 26.4%, Psychological Horror 19%, Multiple Endings 12.8%, Choices Matter 10.2%, Exploration 7%

ICU – Intensive Care Unit 8 is a single-player horror game where you’re trapped in a looping hospital corridor and must spot anomalies to find a way out.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 18.4%, Psychological Horror 17.4%, Horror 16.4%, Choices Matter 13%, Investigation 11.4%

As a paranormal investigator, you find yourself taking instruction from a mysterious stranger from a payphone. Chasing the ground breaking coverage to accel your career, you embark to an isolated building in the middle of nowhere.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 26.9%, Psychological Horror 17.6%, Multiple Endings 16.8%, Horror 15.2%, Dark 6.3%

You’ve been trapped in a school by a mysterious God. Memorize your surroundings, spot the anomalies, and reach floor 0 to earn your escape.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 23.3%, Psychological Horror 14.9%, Horror 11.9%, Multiple Endings 9.9%, Exploration 9.3%

YouTuber Junho enters an abandoned factory at night to film his next video. The footage from that night is never uploaded. Explore the dark, three-story factory, complete the shoot, and uncover its secrets in this first-person psychological horror game.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 19%, Psychological Horror 18.9%, Horror 14%, Investigation 11.5%, Exploration 10.1%

You're heading home from school. Something feels off. Observe your surroundings carefully to escape the endless street.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 24.7%, Psychological Horror 17.1%, Choices Matter 11.6%, Horror 11.4%, Multiple Endings 8.5%

The Midnight Biohazard is a first person choice based horror game set in an abandoned mining site. You were sent there to clean the place up and retrieve secret documents in the mines. However the mines have a dark history with a serial killer that was killing in the mines back then.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 25.8%, Psychological Horror 13.3%, Horror 11.5%, Multiple Endings 9.9%, Choices Matter 9.7%

50 binary questions. Infinite consequences. Observe every detail... the environment could change. Fail to notice an anomaly, and you fail the test. The further you progress, the more rooms you have to remember. Permadeath.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 32.3%, Exploration 12.7%, Psychological Horror 11.3%, Horror 10.1%, Choices Matter 8.2%

A VHS found-footage horror anthology where everyday chores become your worst nightmares. Experience a growing collection of bite-sized analog horror episodes, from a late-night trip to the laundromat to a terrifying walk home. Can you survive the mundane?

Why similar: Walking Simulator 29.3%, Exploration 14.1%, Psychological Horror 12.2%, Horror 12.1%, Multiple Endings 9.6%

Investigate a mysterious old museum as an agent of the Anomalous Research Bureau. Identify strange anomalies, file accurate reports, and endure the nights until your investigation is complete.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 20.6%, Psychological Horror 13.6%, Investigation 13%, Choices Matter 11.8%, Horror 9.2%

「隔離病院」は、閉鎖された病院の廊下を歩きながら異変を探す一人称ホラーゲームです。あなたは病棟の一角に閉じ込められ、同じ通路を何度も繰り返し歩くことになります。壁の掲示、扉の位置、天井の照明、耳に届く音。前に通ったときと何かが違っていないか、些細な違和感を見逃さずに進まなければなりません。異変を見つけたら引き返す。何も無ければそのまま進む。判断を誤れば、また最初の廊下へ戻される。静寂に包まれた病院で、あなたはどこまで正しく見極められるでしょうか。

Why similar: Walking Simulator 30.2%, Horror 13.5%, Investigation 9.7%, Psychological Horror 8.6%, Exploration 8.1%

In this atmospheric, slow-burn horror, you must unravel the mystery of the disappearance of your fellow light keepers. Traverse the island's rugged terrain, discover clues, and make your way through the eerie lighthouse to reveal the dark truth.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 25.1%, Horror 18.7%, Psychological Horror 17.1%, Exploration 8.8%, Atmospheric 7.7%

The colorful lights of the carnival, laughter, and the sound of music. Everything seems ordinary as you serve your customers from your hotdog truck. But as the night grows deeper… the crowd fades, the lights go out and something starts watching you.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 22.1%, Psychological Horror 15.5%, Horror 12.1%, Choices Matter 8.9%, Mystery 8.6%

A first-person psychological horror game about the life of a K-pop idol. Explore a luxury apartment, Korean streets, and your agency building as you confront the unsettling truth hidden beneath the surface.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 25.6%, Psychological Horror 19.2%, Horror 14.1%, Multiple Endings 12.6%, Choices Matter 8%

Try to escape from the office, make your decisions carefully, and keep your cool to get home safe and sound... Do you hear that...? The phone is ringing, and it's for you.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 23%, Investigation 14.1%, Horror 13.5%, Psychological Horror 12.8%, Choices Matter 11.9%

This is the story of curse and blessing hidden under a bloodline. Tamako wakes up to see an unfamiliar ceiling. She seeks an escape from the mansion, through traces of distorted feelings. “Novel-to-Experience” Adventure Horror.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 38.9%, Psychological Horror 21%, Horror 16%, Exploration 10.8%, 3D 7.7%

An experimental found footage horror game set in 2017.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 25.4%, Investigation 14.2%, Psychological Horror 13.5%, Horror 11.9%, Exploration 11.1%

Alex and his friends set out for a camping trip deep in the forest. What starts as a fun escape quickly turns into something far darker. This forest hides secrets… and something is always watching. Survive. Escape. Don’t look back...

Why similar: Walking Simulator 27.6%, Horror 19%, Psychological Horror 15.9%, Exploration 9%, Dark 7.9%

You are a film student recording a house tour in a quiet town. Somewhere between one room and the next, the world changed.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 24.1%, Psychological Horror 13%, Investigation 11.8%, Horror 11.4%, Exploration 10.5%

Explore the HOUSE, remember it & spot the changes !

Why similar: Walking Simulator 24.4%, Investigation 20.1%, Horror 13%, Exploration 11.3%, Choices Matter 7.7%

Return to a house based on the developer’s real childhood home in this first-person psychological horror game. Explore shifting loops, uncover buried memories, and face a presence that reacts to what you notice and what you miss.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 26.1%, Psychological Horror 19.7%, Horror 14.4%, Exploration 10.3%, Mystery 7.9%

An atmospheric anomaly horror game set inside a mysterious hospital. Observe your surroundings, identify anomalies, survive deadly Threat encounters, and reach Floor Zero.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 21.7%, Psychological Horror 15.1%, Investigation 13.8%, Horror 13.4%, Exploration 9.9%

A haunted projectionist’s room. A shelf of cursed films. Each reel plays a terrifying short story you must live through. Explore twisted worlds from the safety of the projection booth, or so you think...

Why similar: Walking Simulator 30.7%, Horror 19.5%, Exploration 14%, Psychological Horror 13.3%, Multiple Endings 10.3%

Lost in amnesia, face a horrific past rising from nightmares. Uncover the truth hidden in a diary. In this psychological horror where reality and hallucination blur, piece together memories before madness consumes you. When the truth is out, ask yourself: Who was I?

Why similar: Walking Simulator 20.2%, Psychological Horror 13%, Horror 11.8%, Investigation 10.1%, Mystery 8.2%

Anomaly-Spotting Horror inside a cursed manor ruled by the twisted lawyer Dr. John Ravenwood, his voice following your every step and decision. Time loops, shifting horrors, and cruel games await. Spot anomalies. Sign his contract… and no, you don’t get another lawyer.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 18.5%, Investigation 16.9%, Psychological Horror 13.2%, Horror 10.1%, Mystery 9.2%

The Guestlist is a horror game where you play as a traveler who gets trapped in a hotel during a thunderstorm. The eccentric and strange guest is your only company, but as you talk to them, you'll uncover the hotel's dark history.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 26.8%, Psychological Horror 18%, Investigation 17.8%, Horror 16.9%, Exploration 7.4%

The Offering is a 1-4 player co-op psychological horror. You enter the halls of a roaming evil spirit, and the only way to survive is to gather the haunted artefacts quickly, using the equipment at your disposal. Work together as you explore the halls, where every turn could be your last.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 29.7%, Psychological Horror 14.9%, Exploration 13.5%, Horror 13.5%, Multiple Endings 11.7%

Investigate a missing content creator in an abandoned kampong in this atmospheric horror game. Explore haunted ruins, uncover dark secrets, and evade the lurking presence of the Pontianak. Will you uncover the truth or become part of the legend?

Why similar: Walking Simulator 22.2%, Psychological Horror 11.8%, Exploration 10.4%, Horror 9.9%, Investigation 9.8%

An atmospheric psychological horror set in an unnerving hotel. Ride the elevator, study each floor, and spot subtle occurrences to uncover the truth. Choose carefully, watch out for Death, and decide whether you wake up or stay forever.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 21.3%, Walking Simulator 20.6%, Horror 12.6%, Exploration 11.2%, Choices Matter 9%

You and a group of friends decide to go on a camping trip in the Darkwood Forest, It starts off smoothly, but unforeseen events occur. and it’s only a matter of time before the true horror reveals itself.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 16%, Psychological Horror 15.3%, Investigation 13.6%, Horror 12.8%, Multiple Endings 11.8%

A psychological horror game about spotting subtle changes across a looping government office, choosing the right elevator, and deciding whether to trust Dragojlo—the AI coworker who listens, remembers how you treat him, and shapes one of six endings.

Why similar: Investigation 20.2%, Psychological Horror 18.4%, Horror 16.3%, Choices Matter 13.4%, Multiple Endings 10.6%

Play as a night-shift worker at a tea shop in the remote Janob Station. Serve strange customers and try to ignore the creepy sounds coming from your apartment. A psychological horror simulator in a realistic environment... but one question remains: Is this job really worth it all?

Why similar: Walking Simulator 32.3%, Horror 13.6%, Psychological Horror 12.7%, Mystery 9.5%, Multiple Endings 9.5%

You are alone in a deserted station. Or are you? Take pictures of strange anomalies around the station and you might find a way out.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 19.7%, Investigation 15.9%, Horror 12.1%, Multiple Endings 11.6%, Psychological Horror 11.5%

A short horror-experience made by a solo developer. Explore the abandoned Fox Pines park in search of your missing brother—but something is out here with you. Follow the trail he left behind, and track him down...if you can survive.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 30.4%, Horror 17.7%, Psychological Horror 17.4%, Exploration 13.4%, Mystery 11.3%

You've been hired to keep watch in a mysterious building with an infinite stairwell. Your task is simple: investigate each floor for strange phenomena. If you find an anomaly, be careful. Test your skills on the global leaderboard and in the weekly challenge event.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 31.6%, Psychological Horror 22.8%, Horror 17.3%, Choices Matter 9.9%, Exploration 6.2%

Atmospheric first-person horror with exploration, notes, and multiple endings. Discover what lies beneath and what was never meant to be found.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 23.5%, Psychological Horror 18.3%, Horror 17.2%, Investigation 13.3%, Exploration 6.6%

Investigate an abandoned Soviet-era building with anomalous properties. As a researcher, you must navigate the eerie, ever-changing corridors to uncover the truth. One wrong move could send you back to the beginning. Explore. Survive. Don’t miss the anomaly.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 23.4%, Psychological Horror 13.7%, Investigation 13.7%, Multiple Endings 11.3%, Choices Matter 9.8%

You are the newest member of a forest cult. Complete assigned rituals, obey their rules, and uncover the forest’s unsettling secrets. Every step is watched.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 25.9%, Psychological Horror 20%, Horror 15.5%, Exploration 8.6%, Mystery 8%

Your mission is to cleanse a cursed item in a haunted house. Use your tools to locate and investigate items. Create a ritual area to mark your location of interest and bring items with energy there to progress. Be careful though, the unknown is always watching you and waiting around every corner.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 28.3%, Investigation 14.7%, Horror 13%, Exploration 11.2%, Psychological Horror 11%

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 32.8%, Psychological Horror 17.4%, Multiple Endings 15.2%, Exploration 12.8%, Horror 12.2%

The Letter: Classic Edition is the ORIGINAL experience from the classic title "The Letter", with a few changes and additions. Relive the Wii U game that gathered so much hate it became a cult classic. Embark on a creepy narrative driven tale about a boy in search of his missing father.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 31.1%, Investigation 12.7%, Horror 9.4%, Psychological Horror 8.4%, 3D 7.7%

Two masks guard your escape—one always lies, one sometimes lies. Question both, spot anomalies as clues, and identify the absolute liar to choose the correct door to Escape.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 27.2%, Investigation 19.5%, Psychological Horror 17.7%, Horror 15.8%, Choices Matter 10.3%

Wake Inside is a first-person psychological horror game set in a mysterious mansion where something is listening. Explore the house, uncover its secrets, and find a way out without revealing yourself to whatever is inside.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 18.9%, Psychological Horror 18.7%, Horror 13.8%, Investigation 10.7%, Exploration 9.3%

PSYCHOLOGICAL HORROR // ANTI-DATING SIM about learning to say NO.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 21.2%, Psychological Horror 16.8%, Investigation 14.7%, Horror 14.2%, Choices Matter 12.8%

You are a good husband. You cook, you clean, and you take your medication. But as your home slowly turns into a nightmare, you must answer one question: Is your wife hiding a demonic secret, or are you just losing your mind? Survive 7 days in this tense psychological domestic horror.

Why similar: Investigation 18.9%, Psychological Horror 17%, Horror 15.1%, Choices Matter 10.7%, Walking Simulator 10.4%

A first-person psychological and survival-horror experience. You are lost in the Backrooms and you have to find a way to survive in this dangerous universe. Explore the different levels, meet the Entities and other Explorers, and find clues to reveal the Backrooms’ secrets.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 24.2%, Psychological Horror 13.2%, Horror 11.5%, Exploration 10.6%, Multiple Endings 9.8%

A first-person psychological horror game where you monitor a liminal office space for anomalies from an external observation post. When the power cuts, protocol requires you to enter and continue your work from the inside. You're not alone in there.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 20.9%, Horror 19.7%, Walking Simulator 13.5%, Exploration 11.1%, Mystery 9.7%

Spot the "anomalies." One wrong call sends you back to square one. "The Parking Garage" is a first-person anomaly-spotting walking simulator.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 37.2%, Mystery 14.6%, Horror 14.3%, Psychological Horror 11.8%, Exploration 10.7%

A first-person psychological horror game focused on observation, anomaly detection, and meaningful choices that lead to multiple endings inside a house filled with forgotten memories.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 23.3%, Psychological Horror 15%, Horror 9.8%, Exploration 9.4%, Multiple Endings 9.3%

In a lonely station atop a mountain, a train rumbles its precious cargo to places unknown. Now is your shift. Keep the pace. Uncover a mystery. Fight for your last breath. The air is thin up here.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 22.2%, Psychological Horror 14.6%, Horror 12.6%, Multiple Endings 10%, Choices Matter 10%