- #1 Iron Lung
96% matchVery Positive92% of 10,709 reviews2022
Dev: David Szymanski
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 2.0 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%, Psychological Horror 19.5%, Walking Simulator 19.2%, Exploration 10.1%, First-Person 10%
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 3,593 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%, Horror 15.1%, Psychological Horror 14.1%, Exploration 10.6%, First-Person 9.4%
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 477 reviews2024
Dev: Arsonist Studio
Windows
Find a way out.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 26.9%, Horror 14.5%, Psychological Horror 14.1%, Psychological 12%, First-Person 9.3%
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
95% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 6,218 reviews2024
Dev: Tensori
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 6.5 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 33.9%, Psychological Horror 18.1%, Exploration 13.8%, Realistic 10.3%, First-Person 9.4%
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 The Exit 8
94% matchVery Positive93% of 10,866 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 22.6%, Exploration 12.2%, Horror 11.9%, Psychological Horror 11%, Puzzle 10.7%
Why You'll Like It: A short, repetitive, and puzzle-oriented horror game that focuses on identifying anomalies in a confined, liminal environment.
- #6 Anemoiapolis: Chapter 1
94% matchVery Positive81% of 1,187 reviews2023
Dev: Andrew Quist
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 2.4 hrs≥1hr: 84%
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 22.2%, Horror 15.4%, Exploration 14.3%, Psychological Horror 14.2%, First-Person 10%
Why You'll Like It: This game excels at the liminal space exploration and environmental puzzle-solving that defines the unsettling atmosphere of Stockwrk7.
- #7 Stairway
93% matchVery Positive94% of 351 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 43.6%, Psychological Horror 25.3%, Puzzle 12.5%, First-Person 9.8%, 3D 7.9%
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% matchVery Positive80% of 46,110 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 26.4%, Multiplayer 19.3%, Psychological Horror 13.4%, Puzzle 12.3%, 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% matchMixed69% of 90 reviews2024
Dev: Team Gaivot
Windows
Shadow of Pharos is a short first-person horror game.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 27.6%, Horror 26.7%, Psychological Horror 17%, Exploration 10.3%, First-Person 7.9%
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 Positive89% of 186 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 22.3%, Horror 15.7%, Walking Simulator 14.1%, Psychological Horror 12.3%, Puzzle 10.4%
Why You'll Like It: A short, puzzle-heavy horror game that uses its atmospheric setting to build tension effectively.
- #11 Backrooms: Found Footage
90% matchVery Positive82% of 318 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 20.2%, Horror 16.3%, First-Person 12.3%, Realistic 11.9%, Psychological Horror 10.9%
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
89% matchMostly Positive73% of 2,120 reviews2018
Dev: Arbitrary MetricPub: Serenity Forge
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 54 minMean: 5.3 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 34.5%, Walking Simulator 23.8%, Psychological Horror 18.3%, Adventure 9.7%, 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 The Classrooms
87% matchVery Positive90% of 2,977 reviews2022
Dev: Xefier Games
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 72%
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 41.4%, Psychological Horror 13.1%, Exploration 12.4%, Horror 11.7%, First-Person 8%
Why You'll Like It: This procedural horror game captures the essence of liminal space exploration and the constant threat of the unknown.
- #14 Lost in Vivo
88% matchVery Positive92% of 3,903 reviews2018
Dev: KIRA
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.9 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 30.8%, Psychological Horror 30.6%, Psychological 23.2%, First-Person 14.7%, 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.
- #15 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 35.7%, Horror 20.3%, Exploration 16.5%, Psychological Horror 12.3%, First-Person 10.5%
Why You'll Like It: A first-person atmospheric horror game that emphasizes exploration and the feeling of being watched.
- #16 Krypta FM
86% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 1,988 reviews2024
Dev: Under The Sink Studio
Windows
Can you solve the mystery of the Beast of Gozdary?
Why similar: Walking Simulator 35.1%, Horror 18.7%, Exploration 16.6%, Narration 16.3%, Adventure 6%
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.
- #17 The Complex: Found Footage
85% matchVery Positive93% of 9,623 reviews2022
Dev: pgWave
Windows
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 19.6%, Horror 18%, Psychological Horror 14%, Exploration 12.6%, Multiplayer 10.6%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a realistic, first-person horror experience that leans into the exploration of strange, abandoned spaces.
- #18 God's Basement
86% matchMostly Positive74% of 1,316 reviews2018
Dev: Erebus
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 70%
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 22.7%, Horror 13.8%, Psychological Horror 12.4%, Psychological 10.4%, Puzzle 7.7%
Why You'll Like It: A psychological horror game that uses its walking simulator mechanics to deliver a narrative-driven, unsettling experience.
- #19 Cry of Fear
84% matchVery Positive89% of 84,143 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 41.3%, Psychological Horror 19.9%, Multiplayer 16.1%, Psychological 11.6%, First-Person 7.5%
Why You'll Like It: A foundational free-to-play psychological horror game that features intense first-person exploration and puzzle elements.
- #20 Midnight Snack
82% matchVery Positive87% of 264 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 16.9%, Horror 16.5%, Psychological Horror 14%, Exploration 13%, Psychological 10.1%
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 20.6%, Puzzle 20.3%, Horror 17.9%, Adventure 13.9%, First-Person 13.3%
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 3,664 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 17.3%, Psychological Horror 14.1%, Psychological 8.5%, Multiplayer 8.5%
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 145 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 34.6%, Horror 21.2%, Psychological Horror 15%, Exploration 11.6%, First-Person 6.4%
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 678 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 19.5%, Horror 12%, Psychological Horror 10.8%, Exploration 9.4%, Puzzle 8.6%
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 26.6%, Horror 16.2%, Psychological Horror 14.4%, Realistic 8.6%, 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 Escape Room - Der kranke Kollege
80% matchVery Positive81% of 12,512 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 26.9%, Horror 23.2%, Puzzle 19.6%, Psychological Horror 9.1%, First-Person 6.6%
Why You'll Like It: A multiplayer-focused horror puzzle game that captures the investigation and riddle-solving elements of the seed game.
- #27 Golgotha
79% matchVery Positive81% of 1,040 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 21.4%, Horror 18.5%, Psychological Horror 14.4%, Multiplayer 13.3%, First-Person 11.4%
Why You'll Like It: A first-person, multiplayer horror game that emphasizes the feeling of being trapped in a dangerous, unknown location.
- #28 Pleh!
78% matchVery Positive95% of 1,346 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%, Psychological Horror 15.4%, Psychological 12.2%, Horror 8.9%, Puzzle 8.7%
Why You'll Like It: A dark, story-rich walking simulator that excels at creating an unsettling psychological atmosphere.
- #29 TERPENIE
76% matchMostly Positive71% of 894 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 26.9%, Horror 16.2%, Exploration 12.3%, Narration 12%, Multiplayer 9.2%
- #30 Reflection
76% matchVery Positive84% of 247 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 27.7%, Horror 16.1%, Psychological Horror 14.8%, Realistic 9.6%, Psychological 8.3%
- #31 AfterHours
78% matchMostly Positive71% of 611 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 33.2%, Walking Simulator 21.8%, Exploration 10.6%, First-Person 9.4%, Adventure 6.6%
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 Kach
77% matchVery Positive81% of 292 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 8.6%, Adventure 7.8%
- #33 In Our Parlor
75% matchVery Positive84% of 58 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 31.4%, First-Person 13.2%, Psychological Horror 12.8%, Linear 11.4%, Exploration 9.2%
- #34 Unwilling Host
73% matchVery Positive95% of 58 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 31.9%, Horror 19.6%, Psychological Horror 17.1%, Exploration 8.9%, Adventure 7.4%
- #35 UnderDread
79% 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 25.2%, Walking Simulator 20.1%, Horror 14.7%, Exploration 11%, Adventure 8.6%
Why You'll Like It: An indie horror title that focuses on exploration and walking simulator mechanics to build a sense of mystery.
- #36 Mimic Search
73% matchVery Positive88% of 1,002 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 17.6%, Psychological Horror 17.3%, First-Person 8.9%, Linear 7.8%
- #37 The Closing Shift
74% matchMixed67% of 117 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 24.6%, Horror 19.8%, Psychological 18.4%, Psychological Horror 14.5%, 3D 12%
- #38 Shifting To The Backrooms
73% matchVery Positive85% of 68 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 14.6%, Psychological Horror 12.7%, Exploration 12%, Puzzle 11.6%
- #39 Fear in Hospital
77% matchMixed48% of 513 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 20.8%, Psychological Horror 19%, Puzzle 14.9%, Exploration 11%, Realistic 9.2%
- #40 Finnish Cottage 8
72% matchVery Positive94% of 53 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 21.8%, Psychological Horror 11.6%, Horror 11.1%, Puzzle 9.6%, Exploration 9.6%
- #41 The Last Job
74% matchMixed66% of 388 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 25.7%, Psychological Horror 18.9%, Multiplayer 14.1%, Puzzle 12.3%, First-Person 9.9%
- #42 Sub Terra
71% matchVery Positive93% of 81 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 21.1%, Psychological Horror 17%, Realistic 11.4%, First-Person 10.6%, Exploration 9.5%
- #43 Hotel Remorse
75% matchMostly Positive77% of 345 reviews2018
Dev: Charlie Behan
Windows
Wander long creepy corridors in search for answers in this short and jumpscare filled game.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 26.4%, Horror 18.1%, Exploration 13.1%, First-Person 10.7%, Psychological Horror 8.2%
- #44 Forest Asylum
72% matchVery Positive87% of 54 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 20.6%, Horror 14.9%, Psychological Horror 13.3%, Exploration 12.6%, Puzzle 10.8%
- #45 Project Hailstorm
70% matchVery Positive84% of 683 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 33.2%, Horror 15.7%, First-Person 11.4%, Linear 11.2%, Realistic 9.9%
- #46 [Nightmare Files] Clap Clap
68% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 5,142 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 30.4%, Walking Simulator 28.1%, Psychological Horror 17.9%, First-Person 9.2%, Adventure 6.7%
- #47 Backrooms: Exploration
70% matchMostly Positive74% of 86 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%, Walking Simulator 17.9%, Psychological Horror 13.9%, First-Person 12.4%, Realistic 11.7%
- #48 Scauage
67% matchVery Positive91% of 815 reviews2024
Dev: KREIDPIX
Windows
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: Horror 16.4%, Psychological 15.5%, Psychological Horror 14.9%, Exploration 13.3%, Puzzle 11.3%
- #49 Haus Of Irndrous
69% matchMostly Positive72% of 53 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 20.5%, Puzzle 16.7%, Psychological Horror 14.6%, Exploration 12.4%, First-Person 12%
- #50 7th Chance
71% matchMostly Positive78% of 65 reviews2021
Dev: Drewid GamesPub: Stasis Booth Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
7th Chance is a short (20-30 minute) story-based exploration adventure game. Waking up from a night of heavy drinking ... something isn't right.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 30.1%, Exploration 17.9%, Puzzle 14.4%, First-Person 8.9%, 3D 7.1%
- #51 Days Without Incident
66% matchVery Positive94% of 553 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 27.3%, Puzzle 17.8%, Exploration 17.4%, Psychological Horror 11.2%, First-Person 9.2%
- #52 It Happened At Night
70% matchMixed69% of 54 reviews2024
Dev: Davidcrosdev
Windows
It Happened At Night is a short horror game where the player must complete basic objectives to advance the story and immerse themselves through the eyes of the protagonist.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 25.2%, Horror 14.9%, Exploration 13.5%, Psychological Horror 9.5%, First-Person 8%
- #53 Scream under the house
67% matchVery Positive81% of 59 reviews2026
Dev: 1ne2wozzzPub: Admia
Windows
A psychological first-person horror about a house that hides a disturbing truth beneath its walls. Explore, uncover fragments of the past, and decide whether to confront what lies below… or leave it buried forever.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 24.7%, Horror 13.9%, Psychological Horror 13.7%, Exploration 12.2%, First-Person 8.8%
- #54 Seybul Tech
68% matchVery Positive91% of 135 reviews2023
Dev: Seybul Tech
Windows
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 27.5%, Psychological Horror 14.9%, Horror 12.1%, Exploration 12%, Psychological 10%
- #55 BABBDI
65% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 8,187 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 34.1%, Exploration 23.4%, Horror 14.4%, Psychological Horror 12%, First-Person 11.3%
- #56 Kraven Manor
71% matchMostly Positive76% of 739 reviews2014
Dev: Demon Wagon Studios
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 37%
Turn out the lights, take a deep breath, and prepare yourself. Explore the depths of the immersive, atmospheric world of Kraven Manor. Uncover its secrets, solve its mystical puzzles, and face its growing threat. Face your fears and see if you have what it takes...the doors of Kraven Manor await you.
Why similar: Horror 44.9%, Puzzle 16.9%, Multiplayer 16.3%, Adventure 12.6%, First-Person 9.3%
- #57 Viltnemda
68% matchVery Positive83% of 257 reviews2022
Dev: Not In Kansas Games
Windows
You've been called into the forest to investigate a wounded deer, but the forest is dark and all you have is a flashlight. Oh bother, what a Tuesday you're having.A retro PSX style horror game
Why similar: Walking Simulator 31.1%, Horror 22.1%, Exploration 19.4%, First-Person 10.8%, Multiplayer 9.4%
- #58 Rental
64% matchVery Positive92% of 5,401 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 36.4%, Exploration 26.2%, Psychological Horror 12.3%, Dark 8.5%, 3D 7.7%
- #59 Shelley Manor
67% matchMostly Positive79% of 103 reviews2024
Dev: Tiny Terrors StudioPub: ESAT
Windows
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: Puzzle 35.2%, Exploration 29.7%, Adventure 14.6%, Dark 11.7%, 3D 7.6%
- #60 Cave Crawler
66% matchVery Positive85% of 579 reviews2023
Dev: Technomancy Studios
Windows · Linux
Median: 42 minMean: 1.5 hrs≥1hr: 26%
Cave Crawler is a short horror game where you pilot a drone into a cave and discover something horrible.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 29.7%, Horror 20.2%, Psychological Horror 12.1%, First-Person 9.7%, Linear 7.7%