Games Like Stories to Tell [Alpha 1] - Run Away

"Stories to Tell" Is a psychological horror game series developed by a 15 year old kid were each installment is based on a dream/nightmare me the developer has had. This is a game you wouldn't want to miss...

Why similar: Walking Simulator 28.5%, 1990's 18.5%, Exploration 10.7%, First-Person 10.4%, Dialogue Heavy 9.2%

You are an 18-year-old Spanish boy called Antonio who one day went shopping, and when he returned home he noticed things that were somewhat strange...

Why similar: Walking Simulator 42.1%, Adventure 17.7%, Survival Horror 16.5%, Atmospheric 8.8%, 3D 8.3%

David Hopster, a 15-year-old high school student, has just been left home alone for the weekend while his parents head out of town. At first, everything seemed normal. He had no idea how quickly things would spiral.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 31%, 1990's 21.1%, First-Person 11.1%, Exploration 10.9%, Adventure 8.9%

Skin Off is an analog horror game where you play as a teenager spending a summer night alone at your uncle’s house. As you wait for your friends to arrive the next day, a strange message is broadcasted on national television, signaling the start of a nightmare you can’t escape.

Why similar: 1990's 22.3%, Walking Simulator 18.4%, Psychological 13.4%, First-Person 10.5%, Exploration 8.4%

"Stories to Tell" Is a psychological horror game series developed by a 16 year old were each installment is based on a dream/nightmare that I, the developer, have experienced. This is a game you wouldn't want to miss...

Why similar: Walking Simulator 30.9%, Psychological 13.1%, Exploration 13%, Atmospheric 12.2%, Adventure 10.1%

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

Why similar: Psychological 21.3%, Walking Simulator 18.2%, First-Person 15.7%, Dialogue Heavy 9.8%, Exploration 9.2%

Your parents have left, and you're home alone. What begins as an ordinary evening after school slowly turns into a living nightmare, where every little sound makes your heart race. Remember the most important rule: don't open the door for anyone.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 30.1%, Survival Horror 10.1%, Atmospheric 8.9%, First-Person 8.3%, Simulation 7.9%

Steve Jackson, a 19-year-old guy, is looking after a friends house and encounters eerie events in a small town. Dive into the dark mystery of the events you unwittingly became a part of. Will you be able to uncover the truth?

Why similar: Walking Simulator 31.1%, Psychological 14.2%, Dialogue Heavy 13.5%, 1990's 12%, Dark 7.1%

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: Walking Simulator 38%, Dark 15.8%, Atmospheric 13.7%, First-Person 13.5%, Adventure 11.3%

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 34.2%, Dark 15%, Adventure 12.6%, Exploration 10.3%, First-Person 8.7%

“SHE WAS 98” - you play as a grandson who returns to his elderly grandmother's home to care for her.....

Why similar: Walking Simulator 37.9%, Dark 15.2%, First-Person 14.2%, Atmospheric 13.9%, 3D 6.3%

Silent Nights - A short horror game with realistic graphics, touching storyline and scary moments.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 21.7%, Psychological 14.4%, Survival Horror 13.9%, Dark 9.5%, Atmospheric 6.5%

Christopher arrives at his grandmother's countryside home late at night for a seemingly ordinary visit. But soon after reuniting, he begins to notice something isn't right. The familiar setting warps into a place of unease, and the mystery that unravels is far more complex than anyone could expect.

Why similar: Psychological 18.5%, 1990's 18.3%, Dark 11.3%, Exploration 10.7%, First-Person 9.6%

Autumn, 1992. Anton, a 14-year-old boy, moves with his parents to a small town and is left alone in his grandmother's apartment. Meanwhile, children are disappearing across the town — the police are powerless, and no one knows who's behind it…

Why similar: Walking Simulator 29.2%, Exploration 10.7%, 1990's 10.6%, First-Person 10.4%, Survival Horror 7.8%

Escaped from Liam's obsession, Kate seeks refuge in her grandpa's mansion. Strange occurrences raise questions about Liam's presence or another figure. Unraveling mysterious letters, Kate embarks on a journey, seeking peace.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 23.9%, Psychological 18.1%, Dark 14.9%, Atmospheric 9.9%, Exploration 8.8%

"Do you think a house can dream?" Ritual Static is a surreal first-person photography horror game following a young man in his childhood home the day before a big move. Surf the television, sink into static, and rot in the dark.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 19.6%, Survival Horror 14.9%, 1990's 11%, Simulation 9.6%, Exploration 7.1%

backrooms horror game

Why similar: Walking Simulator 28.3%, 1990's 16%, Exploration 10.5%, First-Person 9.5%, Dark 9.1%

Escaping from a car trunk, you find yourself in the garage of a mysterious house, with no memory of what happened. Step inside this first-person psychological horror experience and uncover the truth hidden inside.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 27.1%, Dark 14.3%, Psychological 11.8%, Atmospheric 9%, Exploration 9%

Noah Baker, an 18 year old highschooler experiences unsettling occurrences while house-sitting for a media personality, little did he know what was about to unfold that night.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 28.8%, Atmospheric 15.2%, Dialogue Heavy 14.9%, Exploration 13.5%, Adventure 9.8%

You play as a traveler stranded on a cold, stormy night after your car runs out of gas. With no signal and nowhere else to go, you follow your dying GPS to a small roadside motel— but what seems like a safe place quickly turns into something far more sinister.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 35.4%, Dialogue Heavy 16.1%, First-Person 12.7%, Atmospheric 11.1%, Exploration 10%

A psychological horror game where you spend a night in the shoes of an arcade worker named Marcus. Win prizes on the crane machine and shoot some hoops. Just make sure to keep the doors locked.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 27.5%, Exploration 12.4%, First-Person 10.1%, Dark 9.6%, Simulation 8.7%

TRAFFIC is an Atmospheric First-Person Psychological Horror game about a troubled child in a home where he must deal with both internal and external stresses. You will communicate with your parents, do your chores, and stay out of the way.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 28.9%, Survival Horror 16.3%, Dark 14.3%, First-Person 9.8%, Atmospheric 8.4%

The Backrooms: 1998 is a first-person found footage psychological horror survival game where it tells the story of a young teen after accidentally falling into the depths of The Backrooms in 1998. Roam freely, mark, explore and try unravel the story - however you are not alone. Don't scream.

Why similar: Survival Horror 24.3%, Walking Simulator 20.9%, Dark 14.6%, Simulation 13.2%, Action 8.5%

Left Alone plunges you into a first-person psychological horror journey, where darkness and memories intertwine. As secrets emerge from shadows, use your wits to solve puzzles and explore haunting, forgotten locations. Every step echoes with the past; can you face the truths that await?

Why similar: Walking Simulator 24.4%, Psychological 13.4%, Exploration 10%, Survival Horror 9.9%, First-Person 9.3%

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

Why similar: Walking Simulator 29.7%, Survival Horror 15.4%, Dark 11.1%, First-Person 9.3%, Exploration 8.8%

You find yourself in a deserted territory of a country house, and when you try to get out, understand that it's impossible. One on one with ghosts and your task is to survive and only then to figure out what happened here...

Why similar: Adventure 30.6%, Action 29.2%, First-Person 19.4%, Atmospheric 16.4%, Horror 2.4%

Where home feels wrong, and you're anything but welcome

Why similar: Exploration 23.1%, Survival Horror 19%, First-Person 18.9%, 3D 13.7%, Action 11.6%

The Telephone is a first-person psychological horror game that will transport you to a world governed by anxiety. You will have to explore the house in which you are locked and the mysterious town of Lonely Plain, searching for clues that can help Roberta regain her memory.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 20.7%, Psychological 16.8%, 1990's 14.8%, Dark 9.1%, First-Person 8.6%

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

Why similar: Walking Simulator 26.8%, Survival Horror 17.9%, Dark 11.4%, First-Person 10.8%, Simulation 7.1%

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: Walking Simulator 22.1%, First-Person 16.7%, Exploration 15.3%, Psychological 13.4%, Adventure 10.7%

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 33.4%, Dark 14.9%, Psychological 14.2%, Atmospheric 10.1%, First-Person 5.9%

Free Prologue to Stay Out Of The Farm, a ps1 styled horror game where you try to escape from a serial killer.

Why similar: Adventure 24.9%, Action 22.7%, Simulation 22.5%, Survival Horror 21.7%, Stealth 6.2%

Mists of Aiden is a first-person story driven horror game. You play as a thief trapped in an eerie mansion. Each choice can open a new mystery of the house and lead to a unique walkthrough and ending. Uncover final secret of the house. Uncover your own secrets.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 27.5%, Adventure 13.7%, First-Person 13.1%, Action 11.1%, Dark 9.5%

It’s an indie horror game where John, a forensic photographer, after an unexpected and exhausting shift, is forced to spend the night away from home. What seemed like a temporary rest soon begins to turn unsettling.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 27.5%, Exploration 12.1%, Simulation 12%, Dark 10.6%, Psychological 9.4%

An 13-year-old boy travels with his parents to a cabin in a remote area for a short trip. During their stay, they explore the surroundings, visit a nearby abandoned house, and spend their evenings at the cabin. The trip does not continue as planned.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 26.8%, Psychological 14%, Atmospheric 12.2%, 3D 9.8%, First-Person 9.5%

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: Walking Simulator 21.8%, Exploration 16.5%, Adventure 15.1%, Atmospheric 14%, Dark 13.9%

This is an exciting adventure in an abandoned house in which you are left alone with ghosts and their heavy stories.

Why similar: Survival Horror 24.6%, Exploration 18.6%, Adventure 13.9%, Action 13.6%, First-Person 12%

Brian Lewis buys an old house, hoping for a quiet and orderly life. But on the very first night, the house begins to behave strangely... What starts as a harmless incident slowly turns into something far more terrifying... What if someone else is inside?

Why similar: Walking Simulator 28.7%, Psychological 14.7%, Simulation 11.9%, Exploration 9.6%, Atmospheric 7.5%

“Grandma, Is That You?” is a psychological horror game. As we visit our elderly and ill grandmother to help her, the old mansion reveals buried memories and dark secrets. The line between reality and illusion begins to blur.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 37.1%, Exploration 14%, Psychological 13.1%, First-Person 12.5%, Dark 10%

Nightbell is a first-person Christmas Eve horror told through the eyes of a boy who stayed home with his mother. After a bedtime story about a witch with a bell, he wakes up to that same familiar chime, discovers his mother is missing, and comes face to face with a creature eerily similar to her.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 44.9%, Simulation 19.5%, First-Person 16%, Adventure 10.1%, Atmospheric 7.4%

Explore and experience this horror story, as you embark on an ghostly adventure unlike anything you have played before. Come face-to-face with terror itself as you look for your missing sister.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 28.3%, Simulation 27.7%, Action 16.8%, Adventure 16.5%, Atmospheric 7.4%

This is Alpha 1 of Hello Neighbor, 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 34.6%, First-Person 20.5%, 3D 13.1%, Action 11.1%, Story Rich 9.8%

The protagonist gets into a car accident and is forced to take shelter from the cold in an abandoned house, waiting for warmer temperatures, where it will soon turn out that he is not alone at all..

Why similar: Survival Horror 20.7%, Walking Simulator 19.1%, Dark 15.8%, First-Person 10.9%, Exploration 9.8%

Albert Innovation is an immersive, narrative, atmospheric semi-horror game, where you will attempt to unravel the mysteries of what was once the most brilliant technological innovation company of the olden days. Manipulate machines, run away, and put an end to this nightmare.

Why similar: Dark 24.1%, Exploration 17.9%, Atmospheric 15.8%, Action 9.5%, 3D 9.2%

Stranded in the depths of an eerie forest after your car breaks down, you set out in search of help. But as you navigate the darkness, an unseen presence stalks you—until it finally strikes. The adventure begins. First-person horror that will introduce you to Hoia Baciu lore.

Why similar: Dark 23.2%, Exploration 21.4%, First-Person 20.2%, Adventure 15.4%, 3D 14.3%

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 29.9%, Psychological 19.7%, Dark 14%, First-Person 7.5%, Atmospheric 6.6%

You were supposed to have a relaxing cabin trip on a island all alone but after several strange encounters you had a mystery to solve, will you be able to survive a first-person psychological horror game or will you run away?

Why similar: Walking Simulator 27.5%, Dark 16.1%, First-Person 12%, Atmospheric 10.1%, Exploration 7.8%

Luto is a psychological horror experience where you take on the role of someone unable to leave their home. Every attempt to escape will lead you deeper into the unknown, where nothing is as it seems and everything will test your senses.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 29.3%, Psychological 18.6%, Dark 14.1%, Exploration 9.5%, Atmospheric 7.3%

You're trapped in a small six-room hotel. The only way to escape is to observe your surroundings and follow the family's rules.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 25%, Psychological 16.9%, Survival Horror 10.4%, First-Person 9.4%, Simulation 8.7%

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 35.6%, Dark 15.5%, First-Person 10.9%, Atmospheric 10.5%, 3D 7.4%

DEAD FEED is a psychological ghost-hunting horror game where you control two friends investigating a haunted house. One explores the darkness while the other monitors the feeds, as something unseen and paranormal slowly turns their investigation into a quiet, creeping nightmare.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 28.4%, Simulation 17.4%, Psychological 10.9%, First-Person 9.8%, Dark 9.3%

It's a story about a skeptical detective John who's investigating the abandoned's house massacre where group of teenagers were killed. On early night Detective John arriving to the abandoned house to find out what has happened there but suddenly he realized that he is not alone...

Why similar: Walking Simulator 38.6%, Adventure 13.5%, First-Person 11.9%, Dark 11%, 3D 8.6%

Your father needs a beer, and it's your job to get it. He doesn't care what it takes, so do what you must. Be quick though - it's not so safe in the dark.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 39.5%, Dark 17%, Atmospheric 11.2%, Adventure 9%, First-Person 7.6%

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 27%, 1990's 19.6%, Psychological 10.7%, First-Person 8.8%, 3D 6.2%

Open your eyes, get ready for school, and try to follow your usual routine. With your mother away, the responsibility of getting through the day falls on you.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 28.5%, Dark 18.4%, Adventure 13.2%, Atmospheric 12.9%, Exploration 12.1%

The Last Letter is a short VHS-style horror game about a film student who receives mysterious letters containing coordinates that lead to a house deep in the forest, where the truth about his past awaits.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 26.6%, Psychological 16.8%, Dark 8.7%, Simulation 8.6%, Exploration 8.3%

RESTORER is a classic walking simulator set in an old, atmospheric mansion. Something roams the halls… It wants to share its secret—with the price being your sanity.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 38.6%, Dark 13%, Atmospheric 11.2%, Simulation 10.8%, Linear 6.2%

A first person horror game. Fred is stuck in a dead-end job, haunted by hallucinations. A voice on the radio speaks of a green light. It promises peace and freedom. A tale of self-discovery where Fred is willing to find freedom, even at the cost of his life.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 24.3%, Psychological 19.7%, Dark 10.7%, First-Person 9%, Atmospheric 6.7%

Alex wakes up at his grandmother’s, left alone in a silent house. Unsure where his family is, he begins to uncover a dark mystery in an attempt to escape. Facing his fear in an endless nightmare, Alex must survive the dead of night, a cursed forest, and paranormal activities before daylight arrives.

Why similar: Dark 22.5%, Survival Horror 16.2%, Exploration 14.3%, Adventure 11.2%, Atmospheric 10.9%

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

Why similar: 1990's 31%, Survival Horror 30.1%, First-Person 11.9%, Atmospheric 9.8%, Action 7.6%