- #1 Millennium Dream
97% matchVery Positive93% of 2,716 reviews2026
Dev: LucidDreamLab
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 1.9 hrs≥1hr: 61%
Wander through dreamscapes woven from memories of the millennium. Use your camera to freeze tender fragments of days gone by, collecting lost shards of childhood. In an atmosphere where Chinese Dreamcore and Liminal Space intertwine, savor a warmth that feels both familiar and strange.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 30.3%, Emotional 17%, Exploration 10.7%, Old School 10%, Atmospheric 9.1%
- #2 GLITCH DADDY
96% matchVery Positive96% of 53 reviews2024
Dev: Sad Mask Party
Windows
You have a strange dream where you meet a creature named Glitch Daddy, telling you that the world is ending very soon. Then, you wake up and go to unravel the truth through a wild, abstract psychedelic journey.
Why similar: Psychedelic 20.9%, Surreal 17.4%, Walking Simulator 14.3%, Abstract 12.3%, Exploration 6.3%
- #3 NIDANA
96% matchVery Positive86% of 227 reviews2025
Dev: lvl374Pub: PLAYISM
Windows
She continues to dream. A first-person dream simulator where you explore a corner of a dream.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 28.9%, Surreal 24.9%, Abstract 21.3%, Relaxing 8.1%, First-Person 5.2%
- #4 False Dream
94% matchVery Positive97% of 496 reviews2024
Dev: TenkaiGames
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 80%
You find yourself trapped in a dream. If you capture anomalies in the dream with a camera, you might be able to escape.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 68.2%, First-Person 17%, Casual 7.7%, Indie 4.9%, Singleplayer 2.1%
- #5 梦乡 The Dreamcatcher
95% matchVery Positive85% of 119 reviews2020
Dev: Huanlin Games
Windows
The Dreamcatcher is a single player first person psychological adventure set in the modern times. You play as a young man who has just started his life in a big city. You will adventure into different dream worlds, overcome obstacles in the dreams with the help from outside the dreams.
Why similar: Psychological 23.1%, Walking Simulator 22.1%, Emotional 13.6%, Surreal 12.1%, Exploration 9.3%
- #6 Hypnagogia 無限の夢 Boundless Dreams
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 758 reviews2021
Dev: sodaraptorPub: Raptorsoft Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 11.3 hrs≥1hr: 64%
Meet colorful characters, discover mysterious secrets, and reassemble the fractured remains of an ethereal crystal as you explore a series of abstract worlds based on dreams, nightmares, and the places in between.
Why similar: Surreal 22.5%, Walking Simulator 19.9%, Abstract 18.8%, Exploration 8.5%, Retro 7.3%
- #7 Dream
93% matchMixed56% of 996 reviews2015
Dev: HyperSloth
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Dream is an exploration game that takes place within the subconscious mind of Howard Phillips, a young man whose waking hours are tedious and dull, but whose dreams are lucid and powerful.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 36.7%, Exploration 15.1%, Atmospheric 9.2%, First-Person 8.9%, Surreal 7.9%
- #8 Dreamcore: Rabbit Hole
91% matchMostly Positive72% of 420 reviews2026
Dev: Ankoku
Windows
Walking simulator. Explore cozy liminal spaces that feel unsettlingly familiar and spark your imagination, like a dream you’ve been in before.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 35.7%, Surreal 21.7%, Exploration 13.6%, First-Person 10.2%, Relaxing 7.1%
- #9 Mango
91% matchVery Positive90% of 134 reviews2021
Dev: Sad Mask PartyPub: NILWARE
Windows · Mac · Linux
A surrealist indie first-person adventure game based on art and derealization. Explore the idea of a mind losing its grasp with reality, as reality turns into a dream, and that dream turns into a nightmare.
Why similar: Psychedelic 19.4%, Surreal 18.9%, Walking Simulator 17.1%, Psychological 16.1%, First-Person 5.9%
- #10 Dream Stone
92% matchMixed59% of 139 reviews2017
Dev: QuickSavePub: SA Industry
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 92%
You wake up and find yourself trapped in a dream. Only thing in your mind is to wake up. The key to wake up lies within 3 Dream Stones which are awaiting at the end of puzzles you encounter through the game in different dream chapters.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 33.4%, Adventure 14.1%, Exploration 11.1%, Puzzle 10.6%, First-Person 10.3%
- #11 7 Days
90% matchVery Positive99% of 103 reviews2025
Dev: Daver The DavePub: IC Industries
Windows
Step into a world where dreams and reality mix. You find yourself in a dream-like world, and explore a different traumatic experience each day. Your choice determines if the boy accepts these moments and moves on, or stays in the past.
Why similar: Surreal 22%, Psychedelic 16.2%, Psychological 13.5%, Emotional 10.9%, Walking Simulator 10.9%
- #12 Disminal
89% matchVery Positive90% of 172 reviews2024
Dev: Brian Gonnet
Windows · Mac · Linux
wandering into the uncanny concept of liminality, captured in DV tape format you explore what seems to be another dimension, lost in an endless space that looks human-made but isn't.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 38.1%, Psychological 29.2%, First-Person 11.9%, Atmospheric 10.9%, Exploration 5.8%
- #13 Afterdream
88% matchVery Positive93% of 363 reviews2023
Dev: Jesse MakkonenPub: Gamirror Games
Windows
Get lost in a lucid dream, bending the lines between reality and fiction. Utilize the strange camera to navigate through the ghosts' mysterious residence. Find the purpose of your nocturnal visit in a vivid and dreamlike setting.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 25.3%, Psychological 25%, Surreal 19.8%, Emotional 12.9%, Atmospheric 10%
- #14 Twisted Gallery 异馆
87% matchVery Positive86% of 420 reviews2025
Dev: FH Create Inc
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 1.5 hrs≥1hr: 54%
You're trapped in an endlessly looping art gallery — familiar, yet uncanny. If you can notice the changes, maybe you can find your way out.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 51.9%, Exploration 14.3%, First-Person 14.2%, Puzzle 6.5%, Adventure 5.5%
- #15 The Backrooms
89% matchMostly Negative23% of 59 reviews2019
Dev: WASABAE Studios
Windows
You find yourself in a strange world with no idea how you got there. As you explore more, the world gets increasingly convoluted and unstable. You are now in... The Backrooms.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 26.9%, Psychedelic 23.6%, Exploration 10.8%, Multiple Endings 9%, First-Person 8.2%
- #16 Escape From Lavender Island
86% matchVery Positive98% of 221 reviews2023
Dev: Jeremy CouillardPub: Akupara Games
Windows · Linux
Explore a dream that refuses to end. As Zede Aksis, wander a surreal city that feels both alive and liminal, filled with digital citizens and absurd infrastructure. Can you find an escape? A way out of a world that remembers you better than you remember it?
Why similar: Walking Simulator 35.6%, Surreal 25.8%, Exploration 13.8%, First-Person 11%, Relaxing 8.9%
- #17 Liminal Lane
84% matchMostly Positive76% of 82 reviews2025
Dev: Ravenhome Studios
Windows
Welcome to Liminal Lane. A short, single player, first person, atmospheric walking simulator. A nostalgic, surreal experience exploring Liminal Spaces. Uncover the secrets of Liminal Lane and escape the Lucid Dreams and Haunting Nightmares.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 27.9%, Abstract 22.2%, Exploration 9.9%, Emotional 9.6%, Puzzle 8.3%
- #18 Rememoried
86% matchMixed58% of 238 reviews2015
Dev: Vladimir KudelkaPub: Hangonit
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Rememoried is an independent video game, a virtual place where memories change to dreams and the only possible way is forgetting, which becomes a mechanism for proceeding to the next layer of dreams. The Surrealist explorative first-person adventure game.
Why similar: Surreal 19.3%, Psychedelic 19.3%, Abstract 15.7%, Walking Simulator 14.3%, First-Person 5.9%
- #19 Dreamcore
82% matchVery Positive89% of 2,017 reviews2025
Dev: MontraluzPub: Tlön Industries
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Experience backrooms like never before. Dreamcore is the ultimate psychological exploration game, set in the largest liminal world ever made. No guides, no path—only intuition. Will you keep your bearings in a world designed to make you lose them?
Why similar: Walking Simulator 29.9%, Surreal 26.1%, Exploration 11.1%, First-Person 9.6%, Relaxing 8.4%
- #20 DREAMO - Puzzle Adventure
85% matchMostly Positive77% of 62 reviews2020
Dev: Hypnotic AntsPub: Carbon Studio
Windows
The plane crashed, bringing an abrupt end to your journey. You regain consciousness in a strange lucid dream filled with interactive cube puzzles, where a mysterious voice guides you through the changing landscape. What is happening? Who are you? Do you have what it takes to wake up?
Why similar: Walking Simulator 21.1%, Surreal 20.2%, Exploration 9.2%, First-Person 8.6%, Relaxing 8.2%
- #21 Home_0
84% matchMostly Positive76% of 94 reviews2024
Dev: Mike Ten
Windows
You are trapped in a memory of your past. Observe your surrounding carefully to end your nightmare.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 29.3%, Surreal 26.3%, Retro 9%, Atmospheric 8.7%, Multiple Endings 7.8%
- #22 Within the Backrooms
83% matchVery Positive94% of 236 reviews2023
Dev: Shattered Display
Windows
You don't know how you got here, and you don't know how you'll leave. Wander the depths of the Backrooms in hopes of finding something more.
Why similar: Surreal 31.7%, Exploration 13.6%, Retro 12.3%, Atmospheric 11.7%, Multiple Endings 9.4%
- #23 Anomaly Loop
82% matchVery Positive89% of 63 reviews2024
Dev: DidOne
Windows
You woke up and found yourself in an anomalous endless place from which it is not so easy to get out. Carefully observe your surroundings to find a way out of this place.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 49.2%, Puzzle 15.5%, First-Person 11.4%, Adventure 10.6%, Atmospheric 9%
- #24 Cloudrooms
81% matchNo user reviews64% of 74 reviews2026
Dev: LIGHTWORKER GAMES
Windows
You are trapped in a corridor suspended above the clouds. Each time you open the door at the end of the corridor, explore the environment that awaits you, find anomalies, use the alarm, and break the loop.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 32.7%, Surreal 19.8%, Exploration 11.6%, Atmospheric 9.6%, Puzzle 9.1%
- #25 L.S.D.: Prologue to Lasting Spiritual Derangement
81% matchVery Positive80% of 273 reviews2021
Dev: Fabiulous Games
Windows · Mac
L.S.D. is a first person experience set during a hallucinogen trip.In the prologue of this dream-like, surreal experience, you will explore mysterious open worlds, find weapons and fight against dangerous enemies.Will you be able to break the loop and get back to reality?
Why similar: Psychedelic 26.6%, Surreal 23.1%, Psychological 22.9%, Exploration 7.9%, First-Person 7.1%
- #26 DREAM LOGIC
80% matchVery Positive89% of 409 reviews2022
Dev: Teleopsia Games
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 2.1 hrs≥1hr: 36%
DREAM LOGIC is a story driven first-person atmospheric horror game which takes place in liminal spaces. Explore various nostalgic, dreamlike, uncanny environments. But don't feel too safe, there's a sneaky creature watching your every move.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 32.5%, Exploration 14.7%, Atmospheric 13.5%, Puzzle 10.3%, First-Person 10.1%
- #27 BACK*SPACE
78% matchVery Positive91% of 147 reviews2026
Dev: Mostly Farmless Games
Windows
You have found yourself in a space that reminds you of nothing, and everything. A space of rooms, that are both comfortingly familiar, yet strangely unknown. A space of quiet and loneliness. You have found the BACK*SPACE. You aren't sure if you are alone. You aren't sure if you want to leave.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 35.2%, Psychological 16.5%, Surreal 14.2%, Exploration 11.1%, Casual 7.5%
- #28 The Liminal Dimension
79% matchVery Positive83% of 119 reviews2024
Dev: Airem
Windows · Mac · Linux
You're trapped in an endless loop within a liminal dimension, where each loop leads to increasingly unsettling places. Will you find the way out of this psychological horror? The game offers a unique déjà vu experience that blurs the lines between reality and illusion.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 53.1%, Surreal 26.7%, Casual 7.9%, Adventure 7.7%, Indie 2.8%
- #29 Restless Dreams
77% matchVery Positive93% of 87 reviews2026
Dev: Room410
Windows
Before you realize it, dreams have become a curse. Wander through a darkened room and descend into the depths of her mind. A story-driven first-person horror game that leads you into an abyss of anguish and despair. Dedicated to those who once pursued their dreams—and to those who still do.
Why similar: Surreal 28.7%, Walking Simulator 26.4%, Retro 17.4%, Adventure 8.5%, First-Person 6.5%
- #30 Liminal Shroud
77% 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: Walking Simulator 30.2%, Surreal 20.8%, Exploration 10.8%, Relaxing 8.9%, Atmospheric 8.4%
- #31 LIMSCAPE : THE LIMINAL SPACE EXPLORER
76% matchVery Positive86% of 175 reviews2025
Dev: SMOOTHEA
Windows
Explore quiet liminal spaces that feel familiar, yet strangely wrong. Walk, climb, and swim through five handcrafted stages, then build worlds of your own in a powerful sandbox. Publish them through LIMSCAPERS, visit other creators’ spaces, and explore together in Multiplay Beta.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 26.9%, Surreal 19.5%, Level Editor 18.2%, Exploration 10.3%, Atmospheric 8.3%
- #32 Dreaming Sarah
76% matchVery Positive91% of 2,873 reviews2015
Dev: Asteristic Game Studio
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Dreaming Sarah is an adventure platformer where you play as Sarah, a girl who is in a coma. Explore the world around her and help her wake up!
Why similar: Psychedelic 16.6%, Walking Simulator 16.2%, Surreal 14.8%, Psychological 14%, Abstract 12.9%
- #33 ENA: Dream BBQ
70% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 37,394 reviews2025
Dev: ENA TeamPub: Joel G
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
Why similar: Surreal 27.8%, Psychedelic 20.5%, Walking Simulator 16.6%, Exploration 8.1%, Retro 6.7%
- #34 LSD Dream Emulator: Vaporwave (Wanderlust)
79% matchMixed48% of 117 reviews2017
Dev: Eternity Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 18 minMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 30%
LSD Dream Emulator: Vaporwave (Wanderlust) is a first person exploration game that takes you to a journey between worlds. Inspired by the original PSX game.
Why similar: Casual 37.7%, Adventure 34.3%, Indie 28%
- #35 Forgot
73% matchVery Positive92% of 111 reviews2025
Dev: Maxwell Whitebaker
Windows
You are trapped at home in an endless loop. Remember your surroundings and watch out for anomalies, if you ever want to leave.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 30.6%, Psychological 25.1%, Puzzle 9.3%, Atmospheric 9.3%, Exploration 8.6%
- #36 Manifold Garden
73% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 8,585 reviews2020
Dev: William Chyr Studio
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Rediscover gravity and explore an Escher-esque world of impossible architecture. Witness infinity in first-person and master its rules to solve physics-defying puzzles. Cultivate a garden to open new paths forward, where an eternal expanse awaits.
Why similar: Surreal 20.5%, Psychedelic 20.2%, Abstract 18.3%, Puzzle 7.3%, Exploration 7.1%
- #37 Sometimes to Deal with the Difficulty of Being Alive, I Need to Believe There Is a Possibility That Life Is Not Real.
75% matchVery Positive86% of 128 reviews2019
Dev: Jeremy CouillardPub: Akupara Games
Windows
Wander through a shifting simulation that feels both tragic and hilarious. Observe, interact, or simply exist as the world reshapes around you — a meditative, overstimulated reflection on what it means to keep going when everything’s falling apart.
Why similar: Psychedelic 21.5%, Walking Simulator 18.8%, Surreal 18.6%, Abstract 16.2%, Psychological 15.1%
- #38 The Elision Effect
73% matchVery Positive94% of 184 reviews2024
Dev: teamakes.games
Windows · Linux
The Elision Effect is a short surreal puzzle game. The last person finds themselves in an empty office. The place seems off, like it shouldn’t exist. Not knowing what made everyone abandon these liminal spaces, they look for an exit.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 16.7%, Surreal 16.1%, Psychological 13.2%, Psychedelic 12.5%, Abstract 10.1%
- #39 LAVALAMP
71% matchVery Positive95% of 331 reviews2026
Dev: The Space Lemmings from Space Productions
Windows · Mac
3D first-person walking simulator with a side of exploration/interaction with the environment. The game tells the story of the Space Lemmings from Space who, after running many experiments with breakfast alphabet and the space-time continuum, got blocked between dimensions (or something).
Why similar: Psychedelic 23.8%, Walking Simulator 21.3%, Surreal 15.2%, Abstract 12.6%, Exploration 7.2%
- #40 TRIP Steam Edition
78% matchMixed46% of 284 reviews2015
Dev: TRIPPub: Self-Published
Windows
Median: 6 minMean: 43.1 hrs≥1hr: 24%
Explore an avant-garde cubist dream, stimulate your visual senses and immerse yourself in a surreal TRIP. A visually tantalizing open world artware that culminates the player to relax and enjoy a safe enviroment for them to explore at their own pace. There are no objectives, no rules, just art.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 19.7%, Psychedelic 19.6%, Surreal 15.6%, Abstract 15.3%, Exploration 6.8%
- #41 Yume Nikki
72% matchVery Positive94% of 10,656 reviews2018
Dev: kikiyamaPub: PLAYISM
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 70.8 hrs≥1hr: 46%
This is a game in which you traverse the extremely dark world inside a dream.
Why similar: Surreal 26.8%, Walking Simulator 25.2%, Psychological 21%, Exploration 9.4%, Atmospheric 7.5%
- #42 nophenia
69% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 1,706 reviews2026
Dev: lane
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 74%
a small dream explorer.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 35.7%, Surreal 32%, Exploration 12.9%, Atmospheric 11.2%, Adventure 3.1%
- #43 Trapped
74% matchVery Positive82% of 169 reviews2019
Dev: N4bA
Windows
You come to your senses in this place, you do not understand what is happening, but you know that it is better to get out of here as soon as possible
Why similar: Walking Simulator 36.4%, First-Person 14.1%, Atmospheric 13.4%, Puzzle 11.5%, Adventure 11.4%
- #44 Everloop
72% matchVery Positive94% of 95 reviews2024
Dev: Infinity Green Game Studio
Windows
You are trapped in an endless hallway. Observe your surroundings carefully to reach your destiny.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 23.9%, Psychological 19.9%, Surreal 19.4%, Exploration 8.1%, First-Person 7.4%
- #45 NMNE
74% matchMostly Positive75% of 78 reviews2021
Dev: AK Studio
Windows
You find yourself inside your dream, which turns into one continuous nightmare.
Why similar: Psychedelic 34.3%, Surreal 18.5%, Exploration 12.5%, First-Person 10.8%, Atmospheric 9.1%
- #46 见诡录:阴魂街 Haunting Record: Phantom Street
70% matchVery Positive85% of 126 reviews2025
Dev: Gameloop
Windows
You step into a street both strange and familiar, where eerie events unfold one after another. The air is thick with lingering spirits and overwhelming resentment, as if something in the shadows is waiting to drag you into the abyss…
Why similar: Walking Simulator 51.4%, Exploration 17.1%, First-Person 10.1%, Adventure 6.7%, Atmospheric 6.1%
- #47 'n Verlore Verstand
75% matchMixed51% of 192 reviews2016
Dev: Skobbejak GamesPub: Conglomerate 5
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Be prepared to be transported to a reality of dreams and nightmares. What will you discover about yourself in this journey through the subconscious?
Why similar: Walking Simulator 28%, First-Person 12.5%, Atmospheric 11.3%, Adventure 10.9%, Exploration 10.1%
- #48 Elevator Zero
71% matchVery Positive89% of 55 reviews2024
Dev: Arvus Games
Windows
In Elevator Zero, a first-person exploration and puzzle game, you find yourself trapped in an otherworldly dimension. Escape is possible only through the elevator.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 52.2%, First-Person 15.1%, Casual 11.4%, Multiple Endings 9.7%, Exploration 7%
- #49 HYPNOS
68% matchVery Positive95% of 106 reviews2026
Dev: Redlock Studio
Windows
HYPNOS is a first-person adventure and exploration game, set in a lovecraftian megastructure fever dream. Enter the Nameless City at the edge of Dreams. Follow the trail into the shadow of the Holy Mountain. Embrace your destiny.
Why similar: Surreal 24.9%, Psychedelic 20.7%, Walking Simulator 15.9%, Exploration 11.5%, Atmospheric 8.9%
- #50 Poolscape
68% matchVery Positive92% of 78 reviews2026
Dev: CosmicArcade
Windows
Explore the Poolrooms as if it were lost media from 1998.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 25.3%, Surreal 22%, Psychological 18.2%, Old School 9.4%, Exploration 8.1%
- #51 Kyoto Anomaly
69% matchVery Positive98% of 87 reviews2025
Dev: BiteMe Games
Windows
You find yourself trapped in the endless maze of Kyoto's backstreets, trying to reach the temple of Hōkan-ji before the main tourist rush. Inspect the street for anomalies, choose the right path, and reach your destination... or be trapped forever.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 38.2%, Surreal 20.3%, Exploration 12%, Atmospheric 9.7%, First-Person 8.2%
- #52 StrangePool
70% matchVery Positive82% of 74 reviews2024
Dev: KomeFukuro
Windows
You are trapped in a pool that looks familiar. Take a good look around and try to escape from the pool. This game is an anomaly search game. If you don't find any anomalies, proceed, and if you do find an anomaly, go back.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 54.9%, Exploration 14.4%, First-Person 9.7%, Atmospheric 8.3%, Puzzle 6.9%
- #53 Devious Path
69% matchVery Positive96% of 52 reviews2024
Dev: AAD Games
Windows
You are trapped in an endless astral world. Keep a close eye on your surroundings to get out of the astral world.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 87.7%, Casual 4.6%, Adventure 4.1%, Indie 3.6%
- #54 梦魇:无归 Nightmare without return
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 628 reviews2022
Dev: 青衣工作室
Windows
This is a journey without return When you wake up... In the strange space, the bronze gate that eats people, the strange rules of the game, and the ever-changing nightmare world appear in front of you Everything starts from here
Why similar: Surreal 34.7%, Multiple Endings 31.8%, Adventure 19.9%, Singleplayer 11.6%, Indie 2%
- #55 Condo
66% matchVery Positive97% of 246 reviews2025
Dev: FlubbedMachina
Windows · Mac
Unable to sleep, you navigate a quiet condo complex. There's no rush - just you, the building, its inhabitants, and the stories they hold.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 31%, Emotional 12.1%, Exploration 10.6%, First-Person 9%, Atmospheric 8.8%
- #56 Lost in Anomaly
68% matchMixed63% of 1,321 reviews2024
Dev: Axakal Interactive
Windows
In this single-player experience, you wake up on the 9th floor of an unknown building. The only way out of here is to detect and mark anomalies. One wrong move and you could be trapped forever.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 28.9%, Surreal 19%, Psychological 16.2%, Exploration 10%, First-Person 8.6%
- #57 Andarin Weppes: Pre-Dementia
67% matchVery Positive93% of 194 reviews2024
Dev: MötivPub: Next in Game
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 1.8 hrs≥1hr: 24%
Andarin Weppes is a first person puzzle experience of a man with ever advancing dementia...
Why similar: Psychedelic 18%, Surreal 14.7%, Abstract 14.3%, Psychological 14.2%, Walking Simulator 12.5%
- #58 The Next Door
71% matchMixed49% of 1,117 reviews2016
Dev: LaboryPub: SA Industry
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Who looks out dreams? Who looks inside awakens?
Why similar: Walking Simulator 50.3%, Puzzle 14.7%, Indie 12.9%, Casual 11.6%, Adventure 10.5%
- #59 Ritual Static
66% matchVery Positive96% of 51 reviews2026
Dev: Clifford Games
Windows
"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 29.1%, Psychedelic 25.2%, Atmospheric 10.7%, Exploration 9.9%, Puzzle 9%
- #60 Liminalcore
65% matchVery Positive84% of 760 reviews2024
Dev: Shadow Owl Studios
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 2.8 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Explore and admire while navigate through eerie, surreal environments inspired by the Backrooms lore. Explore this uncanny world lost in time and get lost in the otherworldly architecture in a world where reality bends and your sanity is tested.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 40.6%, Surreal 22%, Exploration 12.7%, Atmospheric 11.7%, Relaxing 7.3%