- #1 Iron Lung
96% matchVery Positive92% of 11,291 reviews2022
Dev: David Szymanski
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 2.1 hrs≥1hr: 69%
A short horror game where you pilot a tiny submarine through an ocean of blood on an alien moon.
Why similar: Horror 25.3%, Psychological Horror 19.4%, Walking Simulator 19%, Exploration 10.2%, First-Person 9.9%
Why You'll Like It: A short, claustrophobic experience that perfectly captures the feeling of being trapped in a confined space with minimal visibility and high tension.
- #2 Fingerbones
97% matchMostly Positive79% of 3,607 reviews2015
Dev: David Szymanski
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 10%
Explore a mysterious abandoned bunker and find notes that paint a disturbing picture.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 24.1%, Horror 15.1%, Psychological Horror 14%, Exploration 10.6%, First-Person 9.3%
Why You'll Like It: A classic short, free-to-play psychological horror experience that emphasizes environmental storytelling and mystery.
- #3 50 Floors: The Paranormal Investigators Prologue
96% matchMostly Positive76% of 494 reviews2024
Dev: Arsonist Studio
Windows
Find a way out.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 27.1%, Horror 14.7%, Psychological Horror 14.1%, Psychological 11.8%, First-Person 9.2%
Why You'll Like It: Like Stockwrk7, this game focuses on floor-by-floor exploration and solving riddles in a tense, horror-themed setting.
- #4 POOLS
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 6,717 reviews2024
Dev: Tensori
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 62%
Walking simulator. Explore, admire and listen. Uncanny. Relaxing. Unnerving. Eerie. Immersive. No monsters chasing you or jumping at your screen, but can feel oppressive at times by invoking fears of getting lost, the dark, tight spaces and liminal space architecture. Inspired by backrooms.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 35.2%, Psychological Horror 18.2%, Exploration 14%, Realistic 10.1%, First-Person 9.5%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a pure, abstract, and highly atmospheric exploration experience that mirrors the mystery-dungeon feel of the seed game.
- #5 Anemoiapolis: Chapter 1
95% matchVery Positive81% of 1,207 reviews2023
Dev: Andrew Quist
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 2.4 hrs≥1hr: 85%
The most relaxing horror game you'll ever play. Anemoiapolis exists in the uncanny valley of American architecture -- endless carpeted floors and lonely malls. Escape for your life, and enjoy the scenery.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 22.3%, Horror 15.4%, Exploration 14.3%, Psychological Horror 14.1%, First-Person 9.9%
Why You'll Like It: This game excels at the liminal space exploration and environmental puzzle-solving that defines the unsettling atmosphere of Stockwrk7.
- #6 The Exit 8
94% matchVery Positive93% of 11,657 reviews2023
Dev: KOTAKE CREATEPub: PLAYISM
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 1.8 hrs≥1hr: 58%
You are trapped in an endless underground passageway. Observe your surroundings carefully to reach "The Exit 8".
Why similar: Walking Simulator 22.8%, Exploration 12.2%, Horror 12.1%, Psychological Horror 11.2%, Puzzle 10.8%
Why You'll Like It: A short, repetitive, and puzzle-oriented horror game that focuses on identifying anomalies in a confined, liminal environment.
- #7 Stairway
93% matchVery Positive94% of 395 reviews2024
Dev: Hungry Games
Windows
Get out of the building via the stairway. Observe the levels carefully for a successful exit.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 44.3%, Psychological Horror 24.9%, Puzzle 12.5%, First-Person 9.6%, 3D 7.7%
Why You'll Like It: A walking simulator that leans heavily into mystery and psychological horror within a confined, immersive setting.
- #8 Inside the Backrooms
91% 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 26.6%, Multiplayer 19.1%, Psychological Horror 13.4%, Puzzle 12.4%, Exploration 9.7%
Why You'll Like It: This title combines multiplayer exploration with puzzle-solving and horror, making it a great fit for fans of the seed game's mechanics.
- #9 Shadow of Pharos
92% matchMixed68% of 93 reviews2024
Dev: Team Gaivot
Windows
Shadow of Pharos is a short first-person horror game.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 27.7%, Horror 26.8%, Psychological Horror 17%, Exploration 10.3%, First-Person 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: This game provides a dense, atmospheric mystery that rewards players for exploring every corner of its unsettling world.
- #10 Watertight
91% matchVery Positive88% of 202 reviews2025
Dev: Tiny Studio
Windows
A short first-person horror game. An accident cripples your submarine while trying to find the wreck of the Titanic. In the darkness, you must restore life-support systems through tense puzzles, only to discover that you are not alone.
Why similar: Mystery Dungeon 22.5%, Horror 15.7%, Walking Simulator 14.1%, Psychological Horror 12.2%, Puzzle 10.5%
Why You'll Like It: A short, puzzle-heavy horror game that uses its atmospheric setting to build tension effectively.
- #11 Backrooms: Found Footage
89% 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: Exploration 20.4%, Horror 16.7%, Realistic 12%, First-Person 11.9%, Psychological Horror 11.3%
Why You'll Like It: It captures the specific aesthetic of first-person, exploration-based horror that fans of the seed game will appreciate.
- #12 Paratopic
90% matchMostly Positive73% of 2,200 reviews2018
Dev: Arbitrary MetricPub: Serenity Forge
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 54 minMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 47%
Smuggle contraband VHS tapes across the border. Discover the remnants of illicit industry. Prepare for an assassination. This is Paratopic, an atmospheric retro-3D horror adventure through a cursed fever dream.
Why similar: Horror 34.1%, Walking Simulator 24.1%, Psychological Horror 18.1%, Adventure 9.9%, Dark 6.8%
Why You'll Like It: A surreal and short first-person horror experience that prioritizes atmosphere and narrative mystery over traditional combat.
- #13 Krypta FM
86% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 2,064 reviews2024
Dev: Under The Sink Studio
Windows
Can you solve the mystery of the Beast of Gozdary?
Why similar: Walking Simulator 34.8%, Horror 18.6%, Narration 17.1%, Exploration 16.3%, Adventure 6.1%
Why You'll Like It: This title focuses on the walking simulator and exploration aspects of horror, encouraging players to uncover secrets in a dark environment.
- #14 The Classrooms
87% matchVery Positive89% of 3,259 reviews2022
Dev: Xefier Games
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 71%
The Classrooms is a procedural, liminal-space, found-footage, survival horror game. Explore The Classrooms and discover the various anomalies it contains; from malicious entities, to harmless oddities. And remember, it's different every time you play, so your found footage is uniquely yours.
Why similar: Mystery Dungeon 41.5%, Psychological Horror 13.1%, Exploration 12.3%, Horror 11.8%, First-Person 7.9%
Why You'll Like It: This procedural horror game captures the essence of liminal space exploration and the constant threat of the unknown.
- #15 Lost in Vivo
88% matchVery Positive91% of 4,007 reviews2018
Dev: KIRA
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 80%
A horror game about claustrophobia. During a storm your service dog is forced down a broken sewer drain. You find the nearest sewer entrance and run in after it. Along the way you will meet others that are also stricken by abnormal or psychological fear.
Why similar: Horror 31.2%, Psychological Horror 30.5%, Psychological 22.9%, First-Person 14.6%, Singleplayer 0.8%
Why You'll Like It: A deeply psychological and claustrophobic horror game that excels at making the player feel small and vulnerable in a strange, shifting environment.
- #16 Effugium
89% matchMixed60% of 67 reviews2023
Dev: Souporno GhoshPub: Team Glasses
Windows
Explore a cold, abandoned, and dreary facility to piece together its mysteries and find a means for escape from the horror that lurks within.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 35.8%, Horror 20.4%, Exploration 16.4%, Psychological Horror 12.3%, First-Person 10.4%
Why You'll Like It: A first-person atmospheric horror game that emphasizes exploration and the feeling of being watched.
- #17 The Complex: Found Footage
84% 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: Walking Simulator 19.9%, Horror 18.2%, Psychological Horror 13.9%, Exploration 12.6%, Multiplayer 10.3%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a realistic, first-person horror experience that leans into the exploration of strange, abandoned spaces.
- #18 Cry of Fear
85% matchVery Positive89% of 87,694 reviews2013
Dev: Team Psykskallar
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 57%
Cry of Fear is a psychological single-player and co-op horror game set in a deserted town filled with horrific creatures and nightmarish delusions. You play as a young man desperately searching for answers in the cold Scandinavian night, finding his way through the city as he slowly descends into madness.
Why similar: Horror 41.5%, Psychological Horror 20%, Multiplayer 15.9%, Psychological 11.6%, First-Person 7.4%
Why You'll Like It: A foundational free-to-play psychological horror game that features intense first-person exploration and puzzle elements.
- #19 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 22.8%, Horror 14%, Psychological Horror 12.4%, Psychological 10.2%, Puzzle 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: A psychological horror game that uses its walking simulator mechanics to deliver a narrative-driven, unsettling experience.
- #20 Midnight Snack
82% matchVery Positive89% of 321 reviews2025
Dev: Desborde Games
Windows
A short first-person horror game where you wander through an eerie forest using the dials of a microwave.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 17.4%, Horror 16.5%, Psychological Horror 13.8%, Exploration 13%, Psychological 9.8%
Why You'll Like It: A short, surreal, and dark exploration game that focuses on psychological tension rather than jump scares.
- #21 THANATOS
84% matchVery Positive83% of 59 reviews2024
Dev: Angela NguyenPub: WahooCat Productions
Windows · Mac
THANATOS is a first-person psychological horror mystery game that involves finding clues, solving puzzles, and uncovering secrets to prevent a friend from taking their own life.
Why similar: Exploration 20.5%, Puzzle 20.5%, Horror 17.9%, Adventure 14.2%, First-Person 13.1%
Why You'll Like It: A first-person horror game that balances puzzle-solving with exploration in a way that feels very similar to Stockwrk7.
- #22 Missing Hiker
82% matchVery Positive85% of 3,775 reviews2023
Dev: Gemezl
Windows
Missing Hiker is a short indie horror game, where your brother Ethan went missing while hiking and you need to find him.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 17.8%, Horror 17.5%, Psychological Horror 14%, Multiplayer 8.9%, Psychological 8.3%
Why You'll Like It: A free-to-play atmospheric horror game that relies on environmental storytelling and mystery to keep the player engaged.
- #23 DON'T FACE UP
83% matchMostly Positive72% of 153 reviews2024
Dev: tesakiza
Windows · Mac
DON'T FACE UP is a first-person horror game. Never make eye contact with them. They may appear and disappear. They may be standing in the direction you suddenly turn your eyes. Even in such a situation, you must proceed with your search for the building. Therefore, "DON'T FACE UP."
Why similar: Walking Simulator 34.7%, Horror 21.3%, Psychological Horror 14.9%, Exploration 11.5%, First-Person 6.3%
Why You'll Like It: A story-rich psychological horror game that uses its walking simulator format to build a sense of dread.
- #24 The Backrooms: Unbounded
81% 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 19.6%, Horror 12%, Psychological Horror 10.8%, Exploration 9.3%, Puzzle 8.7%
Why You'll Like It: It provides a free-to-play, multiplayer-supported horror experience that centers on exploring vast, mysterious spaces.
- #25 White Room Protocol
81% 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 26.5%, Horror 16.3%, Psychological Horror 14.4%, Realistic 8.7%, First-Person 7.4%
Why You'll Like It: This game provides a focused, single-player walking simulator experience with a heavy emphasis on atmosphere.
- #26 Golgotha
79% matchVery Positive81% of 1,055 reviews2023
Dev: Craig LawrencePub: LockleyGames
Windows
Dare to explore the most haunted vicinity in all of England? You will leave no stone unturned as you walk along the eerie grounds of the Black Waters Station and uncover the horror that lies within.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 21.6%, Horror 18.6%, Psychological Horror 14.3%, Multiplayer 13.1%, First-Person 11.3%
Why You'll Like It: A first-person, multiplayer horror game that emphasizes the feeling of being trapped in a dangerous, unknown location.
- #27 Pleh!
78% matchVery Positive95% of 1,369 reviews2023
Dev: Jester Games
Windows
Pleh! is a short psychological horror walking simulator that tells the story of a depressed game developer, his intrusive thoughts and his dark mysterious secrets.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 26.1%, Psychological Horror 15.3%, Psychological 12%, Horror 9.1%, Puzzle 8.7%
Why You'll Like It: A dark, story-rich walking simulator that excels at creating an unsettling psychological atmosphere.
- #28 Unanswered
77% 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 15.8%, Horror 15.6%, Walking Simulator 14.2%, Exploration 13.1%, First-Person 9.7%
- #29 Escape Room - Der kranke Kollege
79% matchVery Positive81% of 12,573 reviews2020
Dev: Bitbeast Games
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 62%
You only wanted to make a visit to your sick colleague, but what you encounter is beyond your imagination. Discover the secrets of your colleague and find a way to escape the trap.
Why similar: Multiplayer 26.4%, Horror 23.3%, Puzzle 19.9%, Psychological Horror 9.1%, First-Person 6.5%
Why You'll Like It: A multiplayer-focused horror puzzle game that captures the investigation and riddle-solving elements of the seed game.
- #30 Liminal Shroud
76% 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: Mystery Dungeon 35.4%, Walking Simulator 16.3%, Horror 9.1%, Psychological Horror 8.8%, Exploration 8.3%
- #31 AfterHours
78% matchMostly Positive70% of 622 reviews2022
Dev: Runway Studios
Windows
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 33.3%, Walking Simulator 21.9%, Exploration 10.6%, First-Person 9.3%, Adventure 6.8%
Why You'll Like It: A free-to-play adventure that features local multiplayer and a focus on exploration in a horror-themed setting.
- #32 Reflection
75% 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 27.8%, Horror 16.1%, Psychological Horror 14.7%, Realistic 9.7%, Psychological 8.2%
- #33 Kach
77% matchVery Positive81% of 295 reviews2022
Dev: Bhargav ModhaPub: BYGames
Windows · Mac
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 26.5%, Horror 18.1%, Exploration 10.6%, Puzzle 8.7%, Adventure 8%
- #34 UnderDread
80% matchMixed57% of 138 reviews2016
Dev: Bigzur Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 96%
A first-person horror adventure game that will take you on a journey through an ancient castle and that lies beneath. Dangers and forgotten horrors await in the dark...
Why similar: Mystery Dungeon 25.5%, Walking Simulator 20.1%, Horror 14.7%, Exploration 10.9%, Adventure 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: An indie horror title that focuses on exploration and walking simulator mechanics to build a sense of mystery.
- #35 In Our Parlor
75% matchVery Positive85% of 61 reviews2025
Dev: Justin WoottenPub: Wickwire Game Studio
Windows
In Our Parlor is a short, horror walking simulator. The player must make their way through a mysterious manor to unfold the story, find the parlor, and escape this nightmare. Navigate a series of dark set pieces and follow the music to discover the path forward.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 31.5%, First-Person 13%, Psychological Horror 12.7%, Linear 11.5%, Horror 9.6%
- #36 Tales of Fear - Episode Zero
71% matchVery Positive96% of 467 reviews2026
Dev: MediaTale
Windows
Can you tell the difference between truth and tale? Experience three short horror stories and gather clues as to which are true and which are just part of our imagination. Immerse yourself in the protagonist's perspective and discover eerie tales from around the world.
Why similar: Horror 20.2%, Exploration 14.3%, Walking Simulator 14.2%, Psychological Horror 13.4%, Adventure 8.1%
- #37 AFTERLIGHT: The Apartment
73% matchVery Positive90% of 50 reviews2026
Dev: SUPERLIGHTTTT
Windows
Explore an mid-2000s Korean apartment complex in this short first-person psychological horror experience.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 35.9%, Horror 14.5%, Psychological Horror 12.5%, First-Person 10.4%, 3D 8.4%
- #38 6 Floors
73% matchMostly Positive75% of 56 reviews2026
Dev: Ghoul World
Windows
You find yourself in a strange place and the only way out is within. Navigate liminal corridors and rooms filled with psychological terrors as you traverse all six floors of this mysterious place in order to save your soul.
Why similar: Horror 25.5%, Psychological Horror 22.2%, First-Person 19%, Psychological 16%, Adventure 9.7%
- #39 7 Days To Think About It
72% matchVery Positive93% of 73 reviews2026
Dev: Mankind GamesPub: viviON Lab
Windows · Mac · Linux
A short psychological horror game where your friends invite you to hang out tonight — you have 7 days to think about it.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 31.4%, Exploration 19.1%, Horror 12.3%, Psychological Horror 11.6%, First-Person 9.4%
- #40 Unwilling Host
72% matchVery Positive90% of 73 reviews2026
Dev: HeZhiQiang
Windows
This is a short, first-person psychological horror game with VHS effects. Be careful, you are facing a terrifying being.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 32%, Horror 19.7%, Psychological Horror 17%, Exploration 8.9%, Adventure 7.6%
- #41 The Closing Shift
73% matchMixed66% of 122 reviews2025
Dev: Bird Box Games
Windows
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: Exploration 24.7%, Horror 20%, Psychological 18.2%, Psychological Horror 14.5%, 3D 11.9%
- #42 Mimic Search
71% matchVery Positive89% of 1,053 reviews2024
Dev: Gemezl
Windows
Mimic Search is a short indie horror game, in which you take the role of a police officer investigating a recent mimic attack.
Why similar: Horror 20.5%, Walking Simulator 17.7%, Psychological Horror 17.3%, First-Person 8.7%, Linear 7.8%
- #43 The Last Job
74% matchMixed65% of 394 reviews2022
Dev: DefinitelyNotScaryGames
Windows
What seemed like an easy job, descends into something horrifying. Explore mysterious house, that holds dark secrets, in this first person horror experience.
Why similar: Horror 25.8%, Psychological Horror 18.9%, Multiplayer 14%, Puzzle 12.4%, First-Person 9.8%
- #44 TERPENIE
71% matchMostly Positive70% of 1,035 reviews2025
Dev: Chugunovkos
Windows
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 29.9%, Horror 18.9%, Exploration 13.6%, Multiplayer 11.5%, First-Person 7.4%
- #45 Shifting To The Backrooms
70% matchVery Positive87% of 76 reviews2026
Dev: Oopsome Games
Windows
Experience Will's complicated story, find a way out of the nightmare of liminal spaces by solving challenging puzzles and avoiding dangerous entities — all this awaits you in "Shifting To The Backrooms".
Why similar: Walking Simulator 20.5%, Horror 14.7%, Psychological Horror 12.6%, Exploration 11.9%, Puzzle 11.7%
- #46 Fear in Hospital
76% matchMixed49% of 528 reviews2019
Dev: IO Games
Windows
Fear in Hospital is a short survivor horror in hospital where you should find a occult path to escape alive!
Why similar: Horror 20.9%, Psychological Horror 18.9%, Puzzle 15.1%, Exploration 10.9%, Realistic 9.2%
- #47 Hotel Remorse
74% matchMostly Positive76% of 350 reviews2018
Dev: Charlie Behan
Windows
Wander long creepy corridors in search for answers in this short and jumpscare filled game.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 26.5%, Horror 18.1%, Exploration 13.1%, First-Person 10.6%, Psychological Horror 8.2%
- #48 Finnish Cottage 8
70% matchVery Positive95% of 58 reviews2025
Dev: Savukivi Games
Windows
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 21.9%, Psychological Horror 11.5%, Horror 11.1%, Puzzle 9.7%, Exploration 9.6%
- #49 BABBDI
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 8,765 reviews2022
Dev: Sirius LemaitrePub: Lemaitre Bros
Windows · Mac · Linux
Find your way out of BABBDI. A short, first person exploration experience.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 34.2%, Exploration 23.6%, Horror 14.4%, Psychological Horror 12.1%, First-Person 10.9%
- #50 Project Hailstorm
68% matchVery Positive84% of 704 reviews2025
Dev: Imbrium
Windows
Step into the shoes of a researcher in the depths of the antarctic and uncover the mysteries behind Project Hailstorm.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 33.3%, Horror 15.7%, Linear 11.3%, First-Person 11.2%, Realistic 10%
- #51 Sub Terra
68% matchVery Positive92% of 91 reviews2025
Dev: artescape
Windows
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 21.2%, Psychological Horror 17%, Realistic 11.6%, First-Person 10.4%, Exploration 9.5%
- #52 Forest Asylum
69% matchVery Positive85% of 55 reviews2025
Dev: Michal Piotrowski
Windows
A short Psychological Horror Experience for one night that takes you through the dark corridors of a mental asylum. For best experience a dark room and headphones recommended.
Why similar: Narration 21.6%, Horror 14.7%, Psychological Horror 13%, Exploration 12.4%, Puzzle 10.8%
- #53 [Nightmare Files] Clap Clap
66% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 5,355 reviews2024
Dev: Raycastly
Windows
Clap Clap is a short indie horror game that puts you in the shoes of a house sitter, experiencing strange occurrences in a seemingly ordinary home.
Why similar: Horror 31%, Walking Simulator 27.8%, Psychological Horror 17.9%, First-Person 9%, Adventure 6.8%
- #54 Blackthorne's Manor
68% matchVery Positive81% of 54 reviews2025
Dev: Error 404 Studios
Windows
Blackthorne's Manor is a first-person mystery thriller, where logic, puzzles, and the supernatural collide. Search for your missing friend, uncover the secrets of Blackthorne Manor, and escape before the house claims you too.
Why similar: Exploration 17.4%, Puzzle 16.7%, Horror 11.8%, Adventure 11.2%, First-Person 9.1%
- #55 Rental
65% matchVery Positive92% of 5,674 reviews2024
Dev: Lonely HousePub: Animita Project
Windows
Rental is a short and spooky adventure game about the dangers of renting a house in an unknown place.
Why similar: Horror 37.3%, Exploration 25.5%, Psychological Horror 12.4%, Dark 8.3%, 3D 7.5%
- #56 THE WELL IS NOT EMPTY
65% matchVery Positive91% of 182 reviews2026
Dev: tweakEra
Windows
The well has gone dry. It's up to you to find out why. Traverse through abandoned tunnels. Discover remnants of a ritual never meant to be seen. Power dying machinery to bring light into darkness. Dig into broken earth and crawl your way out. Down here you’re not exploring... you're trespassing.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 23.4%, Horror 18.9%, Psychological Horror 18.4%, Exploration 10.3%, Adventure 7.3%
- #57 Days Without Incident
64% matchVery Positive94% of 678 reviews2025
Dev: We Create StuffPub: Black Lantern Collective
Windows
It has been -̷̯͙̔̈́-̴̱̽̓͝-̷̍̊̕͠ days without incident. Your investigation has brought you to an old metalworks factory, abandoned after a series of mysterious deaths. But something’s been growing in the quiet. A short first-person survival horror experience.
Why similar: Horror 27.8%, Puzzle 17.5%, Exploration 17%, Psychological Horror 11.4%, First-Person 8.6%
- #58 Floor 9
67% matchMostly Positive76% of 221 reviews2024
Dev: Room Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 2.5 hrs≥1hr: 61%
Nine floors down to the exit of Hotel Liminal. Some are exactly as they should be. Some hide an anomaly. Everything depends on spotting the difference, and one mistake sends you back to the top.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 21.1%, Exploration 11.5%, Horror 11.1%, Psychological Horror 10.9%, Puzzle 10.1%
- #59 The Backrooms: Escape
69% 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 31.9%, Exploration 17.1%, Psychological Horror 15.3%, Realistic 10.7%, First-Person 9.7%
- #60 Haus Of Irndrous
67% matchMostly Positive72% of 54 reviews2025
Dev: Ryle AfgarnPub: Ryan Afgarn
Windows
Welcome to the Afgarn Mansion. Don’t ask why it’s empty. Nor why the lights flicker. The more you ask, the more they’ll want to answer. Find your father. If you hear voices, don’t respond. The experiments are still inside. They know you entered. And they’re eager to have you close.
Why similar: Horror 20.6%, Puzzle 16.9%, Psychological Horror 14.6%, Exploration 12.4%, First-Person 11.9%