- #1 Shards of Dread
97% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: Markus Korda
Windows
It is a psychological horror game and walking simulator. Get chased by monsters. Monsters jumping towards at your screen.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 28.5%, 1990's 21.7%, Psychological Horror 14.4%, Psychological 13.7%, Horror 10.8%
- #2 Cursed Toy
96% match5 user reviews40% of 5 reviews2024
Dev: Markus Korda
Windows
It is a psychological horror game and walking simulator. Monsters jumping towards at your screen. Do housework. You get haunted by a monsters.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 24.8%, 1990's 18.8%, Psychological 17.6%, Psychological Horror 13.3%, Horror 10.9%
- #3 Chopped toys
95% matchPositive86% of 14 reviews2026
Dev: Hushed Cat
Windows
Run your own toy workshop in this horror-themed crafting simulation game. Chop, saw, paint, pack, and deliver toys for your mysterious customers.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 27.4%, 1990's 15.5%, Psychological 11.9%, Psychological Horror 10.3%, Horror 10%
- #4 The Meaning
96% matchMostly Positive72% of 25 reviews2022
Dev: Ember Eye Studio
Windows
"The Meaning" is a first-person psychological horror game focused on tense exploration and immersive storytelling. You are Ethen Daniels, a man who is struggling with the loss of his family and is now pursuing the meaning of life once again.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 21.9%, 1990's 20%, Psychological 11.8%, Psychological Horror 10.2%, Horror 9.9%
- #5 Backrooms 95
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: DreamVeloper Studio
Windows
Explore eerie liminal spaces in a low-poly Backrooms horror experience inspired by the aesthetics of forgotten 90s technology.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 23.7%, 1990's 20.7%, Horror 10%, Psychological 10%, Psychological Horror 8.1%
- #6 Drowned Grave
94% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Markus Korda
Windows
It is a psychological horror game and walking simulator. Get chased by monsters. Monsters jumping towards at your screen.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 36.3%, 1990's 23.8%, Psychological Horror 13.8%, Horror 11.8%, First-Person 7.4%
- #7 Mr. Zippy is Watching
93% matchNo user reviews
Dev: BLUEMEMORIES studio
Windows
You shouldn't be awake. After watching a late-night show about urban legends, paranoia takes hold: has your favorite toy, Mr. Zippy, come to life? Explore the house and survive this tense narrative-driven mascot horror experience featuring puzzle mechanics.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 26%, 1990's 12.7%, Psychological Horror 12.2%, Horror 12.1%, Psychological 11.9%
- #8 AFTERLIGHT: The Apartment
92% matchPositive93% of 14 reviews2026
Dev: SUPERLIGHTTTT
Windows
Explore an mid-2000s Korean apartment complex in this short first-person psychological horror experience.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 34.5%, 1990's 12.2%, First-Person 11.6%, Horror 10.6%, Psychological Horror 10.4%
- #9 Shadows of Midnight - They Watch Me Sleep
91% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Punga
Windows · Linux
The game is a narrative-driven horror experience inspired by the Silent Hill and Fears to Fathom franchises. Live through two terrifying stories: a man’s summer getaway turns into a nightmare at a shady hotel, and a child grows up knowing something watches from the forest—always waiting.
Why similar: 1990's 22.7%, Walking Simulator 21.8%, Psychological Horror 11.4%, Horror 11%, First-Person 9.8%
- #10 Where The Road Fades
91% match3 user reviews33% of 3 reviews2026
Dev: Smog3D
Windows
“Where the Road Fades” is a short psychological indie horror game. After an accident, you find yourself lost in the woods and seek help in a house but something isn’t right there. Explore, make decisions, and face the darkness. Can you find your way out?
Why similar: Walking Simulator 29.5%, 1990's 19.8%, First-Person 15.7%, 3D 12%, Psychological Horror 8.9%
- #11 Who's at the door?
90% matchVery Positive90% of 1,632 reviews2025
Dev: SKONEC Entertainment
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 2.3 hrs≥1hr: 72%
You are trapped in a small house, suffering from psychosis with no memory. Carefully observe your surroundings to distinguish reality from hallucinations, and overcome your illness by taking medication from visitors at the right time.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 23.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.3%, 1990's 16.2%, Horror 9.9%, First-Person 8.9%
- #12 Midnight Lane
89% matchPositive83% of 48 reviews2024
Dev: Blossom Legion
Windows
It's a short horror experience that deals with the fear of dark city streets. Or maybe it's the fear of the daily routine, when the maniac's break-in is just a deliverance
Why similar: Walking Simulator 26.3%, Psychological 18.6%, 1990's 15.3%, Psychological Horror 14.4%, Horror 11.8%
- #13 Lotta
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Yabuco Games
Windows
Derek Morgan is a 29-year-old watchman who works at a garage complex. One night, he enters an abandoned carpenter's workshop. Inside, he comes across an old wooden puppet. But soon he realizes that his curiosity has brought nothing good with it.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 26.2%, 1990's 19.6%, Psychological 13.6%, Psychological Horror 10.9%, Retro 8.6%
- #14 Cave Crawler
88% matchVery Positive85% of 582 reviews2023
Dev: Technomancy Studios
Windows · Linux
Median: 42 minMean: 1.4 hrs≥1hr: 25%
Cave Crawler is a short horror game where you pilot a drone into a cave and discover something horrible.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 30.3%, Horror 15.6%, First-Person 11.3%, 1990's 10.8%, Psychological Horror 10.6%
- #15 Haunted Property
87% match8 user reviews25% of 8 reviews2024
Dev: Markus Korda
Windows
It is a psychological horror game and walking simulator. Explore a haunted apartment. Monsters jumping towards at your screen.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 32.9%, Psychological Horror 15.7%, 1990's 14%, Horror 12.8%, Psychological 9.9%
- #16 These Roads are Terminal
86% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: KICKFLIPWIZARDSTUDIO
Windows · Linux
Survive the graveyard shift as a pizza delivery driver in decaying suburban America. Step out of the safety of your car, serve unpredictable customers, and try to ignore the things watching you from the dark. Your rent is due.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 20.5%, Psychological 14.5%, 1990's 13.6%, Psychological Horror 10.7%, Horror 10.6%
- #17 Cursed Digilens
86% match5 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2025
Dev: Markus Korda
Windows
It is a psychological horror game and walking simulator. Use a digital camera to take photos of ghosts. Get chased by monsters. Monsters jumping towards at your screen.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 27.6%, 1990's 20.8%, Psychological Horror 14.9%, Psychological 14.6%, Horror 12.1%
- #18 Too Well Hidden
84% matchVery Positive88% of 111 reviews2026
Dev: Runebox Studio
Windows
A found footage horror game about two sisters who often play hide and seek in their family home, recording everything with their mother's VHS camera. What begins innocently, soon turns disturbing, when it becomes clear that something is terribly wrong.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 28.9%, Horror 14.2%, Psychological Horror 11.6%, First-Person 10.1%, Psychological 9.9%
- #19 Case of the mysterious death of Keiko Haraeda
85% matchMixed57% of 149 reviews2023
Dev: sur
Windows
Japan, September 12, 1999, at 8:00 p.m., Ms. Keiko Haraeda collapsed in her room and was found dead. Although the police have ruled that there is no case and closed the investigation, many puzzling points remain, and the family is still calling for information.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 27.7%, 1990's 23.4%, Horror 15%, Psychological Horror 14.1%, First-Person 8.1%
- #20 Door(2/3)¹³
84% matchPositive85% of 13 reviews2025
Dev: Cabin Computer Entertainment
Windows
Door(2/3)¹³ is a first-person escape horror game. Three doors stand before you. Your survival probability is 2/3. Choose incorrectly, and you die. Use your luck and intuition to escape the loop of death.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 29.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.4%, Psychological Horror 16.4%, Horror 13.2%, Casual 8.8%
- #21 Static Grain - Quiet a Night
83% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Helmold Games
Windows
Anna, an 18-year-old university freshman in a different city. Together with her friend, she rented a small apartment in the station district. They had no idea what would happen during their very first week in the new place.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 26.8%, Psychological Horror 16.9%, 1990's 16.9%, Horror 13.8%, First-Person 13.1%
- #22 Don't Go to the Bathroom
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Beru Games
Windows
You woke up in grandma's house at midnight and need to reach the bathroom alone. Observe the hallway carefully. If something feels wrong, turn back immediately. If nothing changed... keep walking.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 20.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.3%, Psychological 13.9%, 1990's 12.9%, Horror 9.8%
- #23 ROOST
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Jack Chapman
Windows
'ROOST' is a brief first-person horror game, set in the English town of Mournbrough - a place harbouring dark secrets and seemingly lost to time. Welcome to your happy place.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 23.4%, 1990's 17.5%, Psychological 12.4%, First-Person 9%, Horror 7.6%
- #24 おかあさん
80% match9 user reviews78% of 9 reviews2026
Dev: Purihana
Windows
This is a Japanese horror, puzzle-solving, walking simulator.Your mother suddenly collapses right in front of you. Save her.You only have two actions to change her fate. Search for clues hidden throughout the house, piece together the truth, and try again and again to reach the happy ending.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 34%, Choose Your Own Adventure 29.3%, Horror 16.2%, First-Person 11.8%, Casual 5.1%
- #25 Zone 13
81% matchPositive86% of 14 reviews2024
Dev: Happy Claws Interactive
Windows
Find anomalies, escape the endless loop, and uncover the dark secrets of Zone 13.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 36.6%, Psychological 23.6%, Horror 17.3%, First-Person 11.6%, Atmospheric 10.5%
- #26 Ghostprint
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: DevRoids
Windows
Atmospheric first-person horror game where you carry an old Polaroid camera. Take the right picture and a way forward emerges.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 16.4%, Psychological Horror 15.2%, 1990's 13.6%, First-Person 12.9%, Horror 12%
- #27 LIMINALITY
79% match7 user reviews71% of 7 reviews2026
Dev: chrisgrammers
Windows
After his daughter disappears under mysterious circumstances, Liam Henderson takes matters into his own hands to find, investigate and safely bring her back from the depths of a multi-faceted cacophony of rooms known as "The Complex". Will he find her? Only time can tell, but it's unreliable here.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 24.7%, 1990's 23.3%, Psychological 14%, Horror 12.9%, Psychological Horror 12.6%
- #28 The Deepest Shift
79% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Friendly Bug Studio
Windows
A psychological horror game about working night shifts in a remote underwater facility, maintaining equipment, completing tasks, and making it through another night.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 21.6%, 1990's 21%, Psychological Horror 19.4%, Horror 15.6%, First-Person 12.2%
- #29 White Room: Mind’s Prison
78% matchMixed46% of 13 reviews2025
Dev: Manja Studio
Windows · Linux
White Room: Mind's Prison is a psychological horror game. Choose your own story in the White Room. You have 100 days to survive! Survive as long as possible.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 21.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.6%, 1990's 12.3%, Psychological Horror 10.9%, Horror 10.5%
- #30 HOLLOW EARTH
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: MyrhadevPub: Myrhadev (OL Software)
Windows
An experimental found footage horror game set in 2017.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 27.8%, Psychological 12.7%, First-Person 10.9%, 1990's 10.6%, Psychological Horror 10.4%
- #31 When will I get Home?
76% matchPositive100% of 15 reviews2026
Dev: ZForgeGames
Windows
Indie anomaly-detection game set in a bleak Eastern-European stairwell. 11 floors, 40+ anomalies, minimal horror, maximal tension.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 24.8%, Psychological 17.7%, 1990's 16.3%, Horror 10.8%, Psychological Horror 10.5%
- #32 Uncanny Tales: Cold Road
77% matchMostly Positive75% of 1,398 reviews2025
Dev: VYASTUDIO
Windows
Uncanny Tales is an episodic horror series where the real terror comes not from monsters or the supernatural, but from people. Each episode is a new unsettling story inspired by real fears and eerie situations from everyday life.
Why similar: Psychological 18.9%, Walking Simulator 17.5%, 1990's 13.7%, Horror 11.6%, Psychological Horror 11.5%
- #33 Spaces Between
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: FreakZone GamesPub: Bit Bot Media
Windows
A place built from things you almost remember... Inspired by the original unsettling feeling of the Backrooms, Spaces Between is a psychological liminal horror game about loneliness, memory, and losing yourself in impossible places.
Why similar: Psychological 20.8%, Walking Simulator 18.7%, Psychological Horror 14.3%, 1990's 12.4%, Horror 11.8%
- #34 Beyond The Frame
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Nash Lawrence
Windows
Beyond The Frame is a first-person linear narrative experience about exploring dreams shaped by childhood anxiety. Journey through eerie, liminal spaces where the familiar becomes distorted by dream logic, and uncover your story through the metaphors within them.
Why similar: Psychological 24.8%, Walking Simulator 21.4%, Psychological Horror 13.3%, Atmospheric 11.5%, Horror 11.4%
- #35 The Midnight Biohazard
74% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2026
Dev: Zombibwe
Windows
The Midnight Biohazard is a first person choice based horror game set in an abandoned mining site. You were sent there to clean the place up and retrieve secret documents in the mines. However the mines have a dark history with a serial killer that was killing in the mines back then.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 29.5%, Psychological 15.1%, First-Person 11.4%, Psychological Horror 10.7%, Horror 10.4%
- #36 Akai Onna
75% matchVery Positive87% of 241 reviews2024
Dev: Yamoto
Windows
Akai Onna | 赤い女 is a psychological J-horror game featuring a student.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 35.8%, First-Person 13.8%, Horror 13.5%, Psychological Horror 12.8%, 3D 8.4%
- #37 The Vanishing Train | ワンマン列車
73% matchMixed63% of 46 reviews2025
Dev: RAYBIS GAMES
Windows
The Vanishing Train | ワンマン列車 is a psychological horror game where you work as a train driver on a rural Japanese railway line.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 22.8%, Horror 16.9%, Psychological Horror 16.6%, Psychological 13.5%, First-Person 8.2%
- #38 Valley of Shadows
74% matchMostly Positive79% of 24 reviews2024
Dev: BadTaste Studio
Windows
Valley of Shadows is a short psychological horror set in an ordinary American suburb. Players navigate as James, a family man seeking answers about his missing family, while grappling with paranoia and supernatural forces.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 18%, 1990's 16.6%, Psychological 16%, Psychological Horror 10.7%, Horror 10.3%
- #39 The Kult
73% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: NOT APPLICABLE
Windows
A missing friend. Her last known location on your phone. A fence you probably shouldn’t cross. Enter the eerie woods, uncover her story, and face the kult that waits in the dark.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 31.6%, 1990's 26.3%, Horror 9.5%, Atmospheric 8.5%, First-Person 8%
- #40 Liminal Explorer
72% matchPositive91% of 11 reviews2025
Dev: compact
Windows
Wander through a variety of eerie liminal spaces whilst completing puzzles and discovering secrets. Each level is designed to be explored to its fullest, packed with hidden details and objectives for true Liminal Explorers.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 29.9%, 1990's 20.3%, First-Person 10.1%, Horror 8.6%, 3D 7%
- #41 Mannequin The Passing
75% matchMostly Positive75% of 28 reviews2022
Dev: Robot Legs Games
Windows
Mannequin The Passing is a single-player psychological horror game. Get through the stages watching the mannequins carefully as some show signs of wanting to stop you. Use patience and observational skills to get through and survive the passing mannequin experience.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 27.2%, Psychological 15.3%, Horror 14.6%, Psychological Horror 14%, Atmospheric 9.1%
- #42 Uneasy Memories
73% matchMostly Negative33% of 18 reviews2024
Dev: CHM
Windows
A Psychological Horror Game Set in Everyday Life
Why similar: Walking Simulator 42.3%, First-Person 15.2%, Horror 12.5%, Psychological Horror 12.2%, 3D 9.3%
- #43 Leaving school story
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: THE FOOL CREATE
Windows
Walk home from school — and step into a different story every time. Talk to the people you pass in town, or take a closer look at the things around you, and a new tale begins.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 35.9%, 1990's 20.2%, Casual 11.5%, First-Person 10.2%, 3D 8.4%
- #44 Cursed Home
71% match8 user reviews25% of 8 reviews2024
Dev: Markus Korda
Windows
It is a psychological horror game and walking simulator. Monsters jumping towards at your screen.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 29.3%, Psychological 20.7%, 1990's 16.8%, Psychological Horror 15.8%, Horror 12.9%
- #45 Abode: Definitive Edition
71% matchPositive80% of 10 reviews2024
Dev: Jordon SelwayPub: JordonGameDev
Windows
Abode: Definitive Edition is the updated edition of Abode, it is a short walking simulator horror game, you are stuck in a loop going through a small house, when horror starts happening around you.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 26%, 1990's 21.2%, Psychological Horror 11.9%, Horror 10.8%, First-Person 8.4%
- #46 Framed Fear
70% match6 user reviews83% of 6 reviews2025
Dev: HunGames
Windows
You must discover the differences between what you see through the camera and with your own eyes to distinguish real floors from fake ones and escape. It is said that ghosts behave the opposite of humans, and taking the elevator is no exception.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 38.6%, First-Person 13.8%, Horror 10.2%, Psychological Horror 9.4%, Casual 8.8%
- #47 Next Station
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Demcaont
Windows
Next Station: A surreal Survival Horror/Walking Simulator. Trapped in mysterious, lonely rooms, you must solve puzzles, survive monsters, and avoid traps to find the exit. Experience a dark, immersive atmosphere with unique NPCs and creatures reflecting the void. Can you find your way out?
Why similar: Walking Simulator 31%, Horror 14.1%, First-Person 11.4%, Psychological 9.9%, Psychological Horror 8.7%
- #48 The Quiet Flat
70% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Firzy Games
Windows
The Quiet Flat is a first-person psychological horror game set in an atmospheric Soviet apartment. Uncover the mystery of your father’s death as your familiar home slowly transforms into a nightmare
Why similar: 1990's 24.4%, Walking Simulator 22.6%, Psychological Horror 14.5%, Horror 12.4%, First-Person 9%
- #49 NIGHTSLINK
72% matchVery Positive81% of 118 reviews2021
Dev: Noiseminded
Windows
You are the Nightslink. Traverse abandoned roads under cover of night. Deliver cassette tapes in a post-apocalyptic world. An atmospheric retro-3D horror adventure.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 25.9%, Psychological 12%, First-Person 10.5%, Psychological Horror 10.4%, Horror 10.3%
- #50 Bleach & Blood
69% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: The Windy Project
Windows
Bleach & Blood is a retro slasher horror game about surviving the night shift at a small-town laundromat while a killer stalks the streets.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 22.8%, 1990's 16.3%, Psychological Horror 11.1%, Horror 11%, First-Person 10.2%
- #51 The Wrong Floor
69% match5 user reviews40% of 5 reviews2026
Dev: MIDI Studio
Windows
Trapped in a mysterious hotel, you must observe, decide, and take risks. Use your points and abilities to descend faster… if you dare.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 32.5%, Psychological 19.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.7%, Horror 11.8%, First-Person 11.3%
- #52 From Devil's Womb
67% matchPositive85% of 39 reviews2026
Dev: ZeroZeroThirteen
Windows
You are a broken ex–police officer haunted by your partner’s disappearance. A mysterious clue drags you into decaying places infected by a devilish presence, breathing, waiting, watching from the dark. Solve cryptic puzzles, face buried guilt, and uncover a truth that was never meant to surface.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 29.7%, Psychological 18.8%, Psychological Horror 14.5%, Horror 11.6%, First-Person 7.6%
- #53 Office After Hours
68% matchVery Positive95% of 165 reviews2025
Dev: gameandcode
Windows
Spot anomalies and uncover hidden clues to escape an office where overwork turns strange and experiments happen more often than coffee breaks.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 25.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 23%, Psychological Horror 11.9%, First-Person 10.3%, Psychological 9.6%
- #54 The Boba Teashop
67% matchVery Positive94% of 1,362 reviews2025
Dev: Mike Ten
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 2.0 hrs≥1hr: 67%
A cozy horror game where you own and manage a boba tea shop. Prepare boba teas, serve customers, and expand your menu to grow your business.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 24.8%, Psychological Horror 14.2%, Horror 13.5%, First-Person 11.7%, Psychological 11.3%
- #55 My Friend, the Wickhorn
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Dragon Key Studio
Windows
A first-person psychological horror where you care for your cat, maintain an isolated mountain cabin, and uncover the link between your father’s secret past and the ancient curse that has taken hold of your friend.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 25.3%, 1990's 22.6%, Psychological Horror 11.1%, First-Person 10.5%, Horror 10.3%
- #56 TRAIN 9
66% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: SHALDMI
Windows
Find the anomalies aboard an old commuter train and escape.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 37.5%, 1990's 15.9%, First-Person 13.2%, Psychological Horror 12.7%, 3D 9.6%
- #57 Disminal
68% matchVery Positive90% of 165 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 43.6%, Psychological 27.3%, First-Person 16.9%, Atmospheric 12.2%
- #58 Timber trail
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Diotoons
Windows
You take over as the new ranger overseeing the infamous Timber Trail, a trail known for mysterious disappearances and the Timber Trail Murders.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 29.1%, Psychological Horror 14%, Horror 13.8%, First-Person 12.7%, Retro 9.2%
- #59 Analog - Skin off
66% matchVery Positive94% of 342 reviews2025
Dev: Adouson
Windows
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 23.1%, Walking Simulator 17.3%, Psychological 12%, Horror 11.2%, Psychological Horror 10.6%
- #60 The Night Cleaner
65% matchVery Positive84% of 129 reviews2026
Dev: Yamoto
Windows
Night shift office cleaning. All that greets you, a new hire, is a dirty floor… and a formless sense of unease. In the silent floors above, something is unmistakably moving.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 39.1%, First-Person 12.5%, Horror 10.4%, Psychological Horror 10%, 3D 9.1%