- #1 The Exit 8
97% matchVery Positive93% of 11,657 reviews2023
Dev: KOTAKE CREATEPub: PLAYISM
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 1.8 hrs≥1hr: 58%
You are trapped in an endless underground passageway. Observe your surroundings carefully to reach "The Exit 8".
Why similar: Walking Simulator 24.7%, Psychological Horror 16%, Horror 12.7%, Psychological 11.7%, First-Person 8.7%
Why You'll Like It: This is the definitive anomaly-spotting game that popularized the loop-based horror mechanic found in Ten Bells.
- #2 Platform 8
96% matchVery Positive87% of 2,890 reviews2024
Dev: KOTAKE CREATEPub: PLAYISM
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 1.9 hrs≥1hr: 45%
You are trapped on a train that runs forever. Keep an eye out for anomalies and find a way out.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 22.3%, Psychological Horror 16%, Hidden Object 13.8%, Dark 8.2%, Realistic 8%
Why You'll Like It: As the official sequel to the genre-defining title, it offers a refined experience of navigating a repetitive, unsettling environment.
- #3 ENDLOOP
96% matchMixed65% of 57 reviews2024
Dev: IcehelmPub: Icehelm
Windows
You are trapped in an endless stairway with no end in sight. Solve twisted puzzles and maybe you will escape your fate.
Why similar: Escape Room 23.1% ★, Psychological 16.1%, Psychological Horror 13.3%, Hidden Object 10.3%, Horror 10.1%
Why You'll Like It: Directly mirrors the loop-based psychological horror experience with a focus on first-person exploration.
- #4 Everloop
95% 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 20.1%, Psychological 14.8%, Psychological Horror 13.7%, Horror 10.3%, Realistic 9.2%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the psychological horror aspects of being trapped in a repetitive, walking-simulator environment.
- #5 10 Seconds
94% matchMostly Positive79% of 113 reviews2025
Dev: ithinknotM8!
Windows
Time loop puzzle horror, where you're stuck in a failed experiment and must escape or face being eaten for eternity.
Why similar: Horror 28%, Walking Simulator 20.4%, Dark 13.4%, First-Person 10.6%, 3D 10.1%
Why You'll Like It: Shares the time-sensitive, loop-based horror gameplay that keeps the player on edge.
- #6 Last Term
94% matchVery Positive94% of 94 reviews2025
Dev: Jakub.T
Windows
You’ve been trapped in a school by a mysterious God. Memorize your surroundings, spot the anomalies, and reach floor 0 to earn your escape.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 21.2%, Psychological Horror 14.4%, Hidden Object 14.3%, Horror 10.9%, Dark 9.5%
Why You'll Like It: Combines walking-simulator elements with psychological horror in a confined setting.
- #7 Twisted Gallery 异馆
92% 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 30.9%, Psychological Horror 21%, Horror 13.1%, First-Person 9.2%, Realistic 7.5%
Why You'll Like It: Offers a similar first-person horror experience in a confined, unsettling space.
- #8 Station 5
93% matchMixed50% of 92 reviews2023
Dev: Raynmakyr
Windows
You are trapped in an underground subway. Observe your surroundings carefully and take the correct trains to reach the 'Station 5' and exit the subway.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 32.8%, Psychological Horror 9.9%, Realistic 9.9%, Simulation 9.7%, Adventure 8.9%
Why You'll Like It: Features excellent atmosphere and precise anomaly-spotting gameplay that mirrors the tension of the seed game.
- #9 Forgot
91% 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 19.4%, Hidden Object 14.5%, Psychological 14.1%, Psychological Horror 13.9%, Horror 9.4%
Why You'll Like It: Features the same blend of puzzle-solving and psychological horror within a walking-simulator framework.
- #10 Prison Loop
91% matchMostly Positive74% of 69 reviews2024
Dev: Leakage Games
Windows
Embark on a journey of anomalies and repetition in "Prison Loop," a captivating indie puzzle game. Trapped in a mysterious temporal loop within a high-security prison, your objective is to observe anomalies throughout the environment.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 21.2%, Psychological Horror 14.4%, Psychological 13.9%, Horror 10.3%, Realistic 8.7%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the claustrophobic feeling of being trapped in a loop with limited escape options.
- #11 Reflection
90% matchVery Positive84% of 264 reviews2025
Dev: JustTomcuk
Windows
You woke up in some basement and don't remember who you are or how you ended up here... But what you do know is that you need to get out of here...
Why similar: Walking Simulator 21.5%, Psychological Horror 15%, Horror 12%, Dark 11.3%, Realistic 10.3%
Why You'll Like It: Emphasizes the atmospheric and psychological horror elements that define the seed game.
- #12 Trapped: Family Vacation
89% matchVery Positive91% of 94 reviews2025
Dev: New Forge Games
Windows
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 21%, Psychological 14.7%, Psychological Horror 14.7%, Horror 10.8%, First-Person 7.4%
Why You'll Like It: Shares the theme of being trapped in a horror-filled environment that requires careful navigation.
- #13 Finnish Cottage 8
88% matchVery Positive95% of 58 reviews2025
Dev: Savukivi Games
Windows
You've been trapped in a looping Finnish summer cottage. Use your observation and memory to find anomalies and make the right choice to escape the Finnish Cottage 8.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 23.2%, Psychological Horror 16.1%, Horror 11.4%, Psychological 8.8%, First-Person 8.3%
- #14 Implements of Hell
89% matchMostly Positive75% of 104 reviews2021
Dev: PsychoRavens
Windows
Implements of Hell is a first-person psychological horror game. Explore the mysteries, unlock the secrets, and change the outcome in a slow-paced atmospheric, and extremely horrifying experience.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 20.1%, Psychological 13.9%, Psychological Horror 12.8%, Horror 9.8%, Dark 9.6%
Why You'll Like It: Provides a similar atmospheric and psychological horror experience that relies on environmental storytelling.
- #15 Cloudrooms
86% 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 28%, Psychological Horror 19.7%, Realistic 12.3%, Horror 12.1%, Mystery 8.4%
- #16 CAPTURED
85% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 694 reviews2024
Dev: Puck RedflixPub: Puck Games
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 2.1 hrs≥1hr: 60%
Trapped in what appears to be an endless hallway in your home, rooms begin to feel unfamiliar. Capture anomalies on camera and stay away from any sinister entities.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 20.1%, Hidden Object 17.6%, Horror 15.4%, Psychological 9.2%, Realistic 8.6%
- #17 God's Basement
87% matchMostly Positive74% of 1,318 reviews2018
Dev: Erebus
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 69%
God's Basement is a first-person, narrative-driven, single player horror game. Uncover the secrets of an afterlife shrouded in mystery, as an entity known as "The Operator" leads you deeper into the fringes of a seemingly eternal purgatory.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 19.7%, Psychological Horror 14.1%, Psychological 13.2%, Dark 11.9%, Horror 11.7%
- #18 Kyoto Anomaly
84% 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 22.3%, Psychological Horror 16.4%, Hidden Object 14%, Horror 11.2%, Realistic 9.4%
- #19 Who's at the door?
82% matchVery Positive90% of 1,646 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 24.8%, Horror 13.6%, Psychological Horror 10.6%, Realistic 10.3%, First-Person 8.4%
- #20 Silent Descent
86% matchMostly Positive72% of 135 reviews2018
Dev: Deceptive Games Ltd.
Windows
Silent Decent is a highly-immersive first-person horror game with a rich and engaging atmosphere. Trapped in purgatory, you play as Samuel Harris who roams in an endless loop of anguish, pain and suffering. Can you find a way to save a tormented man's soul?
Why similar: Escape Room 23.9% ★, Walking Simulator 15.4%, Psychological Horror 13.6%, Horror 10.8%, Realistic 6.6%
- #21 Home_0
83% 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 24.6%, Psychological Horror 17.2%, Hidden Object 17.2%, Horror 12.6%, Realistic 5.9%
- #22 White Room Protocol
82% 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 23.6%, Psychological Horror 16.8%, Horror 14%, Dark 12.1%, Realistic 10.5%
- #23 Trapped
84% 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 23.6%, Horror 17%, Psychological Horror 16.9%, First-Person 10%, Adventure 9.4%
- #24 Liminal Exit
81% matchMostly Positive73% of 135 reviews2025
Dev: LittleRedDread
Windows
Step into an uncanny building trapped in endless loops. Use the elevator, uncover unsettling anomalies, and evade the Entity lurking behind you. Liminal Exit is an immersive game inspired by liminal spaces and Exit 8. Explore 3 liminal space floors and track anomalies to escape, but watch your back!
Why similar: Walking Simulator 20.6%, Nonlinear 15.9%, Psychological Horror 11.7%, Psychological 10.8%, Horror 9.4%
- #25 The Liminal Dimension
81% 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 25.9%, Psychological Horror 16.6%, Horror 10.8%, Dark 9.5%, Realistic 9.2%
- #26 Obfuscation
80% matchMostly Positive75% of 53 reviews2025
Dev: mid1224
Windows
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 19.7%, Psychological Horror 14.7%, Dark 12.2%, Horror 12.2%, Psychological 8.9%
- #27 Anomaly Loop
79% 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 38.9%, Psychological Horror 13.6%, Simulation 11.6%, Adventure 10.7%, First-Person 9.9%
- #28 Hotel 188
78% matchVery Positive90% of 90 reviews2025
Dev: Leonn CamayoPub: Andes Interactive
Windows
Dive into a realistic experience of the Backrooms, without jumpscares, getting lost in impossible spaces and feeling like something is watching you. The uncertainty of not knowing where you're going will make you want to quit… Will you be able to make it to the end?
Why similar: Walking Simulator 19.4%, Escape Room 19.3% ★, Nonlinear 15.3%, Psychological Horror 13.6%, Realistic 8.7%
- #29 Exit Together
79% matchMostly Positive70% of 60 reviews2025
Dev: Çınar's Art
Windows
ANOMALY LOOP ADVENTURE Play solo or with up to 6 players. Spot anomalies, solve puzzles, and escape the loop. Will you reach Room 9 or stay trapped forever?
Why similar: Walking Simulator 20.4%, Psychological Horror 13.9%, Hidden Object 12%, Horror 10.6%, Psychological 10.5%
- #30 CAPTURED 2
75% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 616 reviews2026
Dev: Puck RedflixPub: Puck Games
Windows
You're trapped in an apartment with ever-changing rooms. Capture anomalies on camera, survive deadly entities and escape an endless nightmare.
Why similar: Escape Room 32.5% ★, Psychological Horror 16.7%, Horror 14%, Realistic 9.4%, Psychological 8.8%
- #31 Chorus of Carcosa
78% matchMostly Positive77% of 207 reviews2025
Dev: Chameleon 42
Windows
Chorus of Carcosa is a first-person psychological horror game about an anxious sculptor who is trapped in a dark and ever-changing building. Stay silent, survive its twisted labyrinths and escape the monsters. Just don’t lose your way in the shadows or within your own mind.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 22.9%, Psychological Horror 15.7%, Dark 13%, Horror 11.6%, Realistic 9.3%
- #32 The Stairway 7 - Anomaly Hunt Loop Horror Game
77% matchVery Positive86% of 173 reviews2024
Dev: Steelkrill Studio
Windows
The Stairway 7 is an endless loop anomaly hunt and observation "spot the difference" game where you are stuck in a endless loop of stairways with a cat and you have to observe your surroundings carefully to reach the exit. Anomalies are watching, and ready to hunt you down. Don't take them with you.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 29.5%, Psychological Horror 20%, Horror 15.2%, Hidden Object 14.2%, 3D 6.8%
- #33 Backrooms: Exit from Supermarket
76% matchMixed65% of 60 reviews2025
Dev: CGI LAB GAMES
Windows
In the Backrooms: Exit from Supermarket, you find yourself trapped in a labyrinth of endless, flickering aisles. Unearth dark secrets behind every shelf while evading lurking apparitions and supernatural terrors. Can you survive the haunted corridors and escape before the nightmare consumes?
Why similar: Walking Simulator 18.9%, Psychological Horror 17.5%, Dark 15.1%, Horror 14%, First-Person 8.4%
- #34 10:59
76% matchMixed69% of 176 reviews2024
Dev: Beshbarmak games
Windows
You wake up with a bad hangover and don’t recognize your home. You see a boy and you understand... that something is wrong with him. Someone's presence causes anxiety, fear and is about to plunge you into the realm of horror. But you don’t lose hope and try to get out of this nightmare.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 23.1%, Psychological 18.3%, Psychological Horror 15.1%, Horror 12.5%, Dark 12.1%
- #35 The Curse of Elmwood
77% matchMixed53% of 58 reviews2024
Dev: STuNT
Windows
You hear quiet whispers from deep inside the house, but no one sees. You begin to feel that you are not alone in this house. Curse of Elmwood is an atmospheric horror where you find yourself trapped in a gloomy 18th century mansion, steeped in mystery and horror.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 21.2%, Hidden Object 15.9%, Psychological Horror 12%, Psychological 9.9%, Horror 8.9%
- #36 The 18th Attic - Paranormal Anomaly Hunting Game
73% matchVery Positive88% of 202 reviews2026
Dev: Steelkrill Studio
Windows
The 18th Attic is a psychological horror game where you play as a man trapped in the attic with your cat companion, armed only with a camera. Hunt down paranormal anomalies by taking their pictures and detecting their presence to unravel secrets of your past. Each photo unlocks a new memory.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 20.4%, Psychological 15.1%, Psychological Horror 14.6%, Dark 11.3%, Horror 11.2%
- #37 holo8
73% matchVery Positive90% of 168 reviews2025
Dev: frog blendPub: holo Indie
Windows
Escape from the looping office. Observe the office carefully and look for any anomaly to reach the main entrance.
Why similar: Escape Room 39.2% ★, Walking Simulator 20.4%, Psychological Horror 13.6%, Horror 8.6%, Hidden Object 8.2%
- #38 MIRROR MIRROR
74% matchMostly Positive70% of 74 reviews2025
Dev: ZeroZeroThirteen
Windows
MIRROR MIRROR is a first-person psychological horror game. You repeatedly find yourself in a house where you find presence of unknown entities. Go through unreal experiences in the house and uncover the secrets of your fractured mind. Experience the tension and fear in the repeating space.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 19.1%, Psychological Horror 14.6%, Psychological 13.8%, Horror 10.6%, Realistic 9.9%
- #39 Anomalies Detective
74% matchMostly Positive75% of 76 reviews2024
Dev: ChenGame
Windows
A psychological horror game with a chapter-based plot, thriller and unusual elements! You are a novice paranormal detective, exploring secrets and finding ways to escape in an infinite loop of scenes. Many unusual things happen during this process, as if some strange force wants to devour you...
Why similar: Walking Simulator 38.4%, Psychological Horror 21.7%, Horror 14.5%, First-Person 11.4%, 3D 6.5%
- #40 One Last Clip
72% matchVery Positive88% of 176 reviews2025
Dev: Struggle Games Studio
Windows
You are locked inside a cinema. Your only way to escape is to follow the instructions of your task: Watch the same film clip repeatedly and search for flaws to break free. But this may sound easier than it is, every wrong decision or death will set you back. So be careful!
Why similar: Walking Simulator 17.7%, Psychological Horror 15.4%, Hidden Object 11.9%, Horror 11.6%, Dark 10.8%
- #41 Tape 101: Liminal Descent
71% matchVery Positive94% of 62 reviews2026
Dev: 2H-Productions
Windows
A psychological horror descending through liminal spaces shaped by the Kübler Ross model - the five stages of grief, where your perception and an RC car are the only tools to grasp what’s real.
Why similar: Escape Room 19.1% ★, Walking Simulator 14.8%, Nonlinear 12.7%, Psychological Horror 10.3%, Horror 8.3%
- #42 The Empty Eyes
72% matchVery Positive82% of 83 reviews2026
Dev: 99 Grados Games
Windows
The Empty Eyes is a first-person psychological horror experience that immerses you in an investigation steeped in mystery. Every step inside the house brings you closer to a hidden truth, while tension mounts and fear takes root in your mind.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 19%, Horror 16.4%, Dark 11.1%, Walking Simulator 9.8%, Mystery 9.6%
- #43 Greenhouse
71% matchVery Positive90% of 62 reviews2025
Dev: 7D Games Studio
Windows
A psychological horror game where you enter the Greenhouse at your own risk to uncover the truth behind the friendly façade. Change the environment and weather to progress, hoping to get out. Switch off the entities to enjoy eerie serenity.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 19.9%, Escape Room 19.2% ★, Psychological Horror 13.4%, Nonlinear 11.2%, Horror 11%
- #44 Unanswered
70% matchVery Positive95% of 101 reviews2026
Dev: WhiteRoot Studio
Windows
You wake up in a strange place, not knowing who you are, where you are, or how you got here. Trapped in an environment that twists to break your sanity, your only way out is to delve into the unknown and face the horrors of a past your mind is trying to hide.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 20.8%, Horror 15.1%, Walking Simulator 14.2%, First-Person 10%, Psychological 9%
- #45 The Guest
75% matchMostly Positive74% of 976 reviews2016
Dev: Team GothamPub: 505 Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 89%
'The Guest' is a gloomy adventure full of enigmas where the exploration of your surroundings comes to prominence; puzzles, secrets and riddles will help you discover who has locked you in this somber hotel room and most importantly, why.
Why similar: Horror 21.2%, Walking Simulator 20.4%, Mystery 14.9%, Psychological Horror 12.2%, First-Person 10.6%
- #46 SCP-3008: Infinite Store
69% matchVery Positive85% of 105 reviews2026
Dev: YAPPub: Yet Another Publisher
Windows · Mac
An observation-driven psychological horror set inside an endless furniture superstore. Spot anomalies, choose the correct path, complete your shopping list — and escape the loop.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 15.1%, Dark 13.8%, Horror 13%, Realistic 11.9%, First-Person 9.2%
- #47 DEAD END
71% matchVery Positive83% of 60 reviews2024
Dev: PHANTOM PIXEL
Windows
Trapped in a hallucinatory, liminal-space style underground passageway, explore and unravel the endless "dead-end" paths to find a way forward. "Dead Path is a short ambient horror puzzle game that references Exit 8, but with a completely different core mechanic.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 26.7%, Psychological Horror 18.7%, Horror 13.6%, Nonlinear 12.9%, Realistic 7.9%
- #48 Omitted
73% matchMixed47% of 57 reviews2022
Dev: PsychoRavens
Windows
Omitted is a first-person psychological horror game. Experience being left alone in an old hospital, discover its secrets and try to survive.
Why similar: Psychological 18.7%, Psychological Horror 16%, Horror 12.2%, Dark 11.3%, Walking Simulator 8.5%
- #49 August Night
70% matchMostly Positive72% of 86 reviews2025
Dev: Sahl Ibrahimi
Windows
Escape a distorted version of your own newly rented apartment in this interactive nightmare.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 25.6%, Horror 14.9%, Realistic 13.2%, First-Person 11.4%, Walking Simulator 8.1%
- #50 PROJECT 13
70% matchMostly Positive79% of 201 reviews2024
Dev: N0NPub: Glacier LTD
Windows
As one of many kidnapped and enslaved Probants of the Project 13 Group... You need to find Anomalies through your Walk. If you not obey and report , you will be stuck in it forever.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 30%, Psychological Horror 17.7%, Horror 14.5%, First-Person 8.6%, Realistic 8.3%
- #51 Horror
68% matchMixed65% of 100 reviews2026
Dev: STuNT
Windows
HORROR is a test of your logic in the face of primal fear. You are unarmed. You are vulnerable. All you have is a flashlight with a dying battery and your intellect.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 19.3%, Horror 15.3%, Hidden Object 15.2%, Psychological Horror 11.1%, Psychological 7.5%
- #52 The Cabin Factory
66% matchVery Positive91% of 3,821 reviews2024
Dev: International Cat StudiosPub: Future Friends Games
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 1.3 hrs≥1hr: 51%
Your job at the Cabin Factory is simple: inspect the cabins and decide on whether they’re haunted or not. If you do find any anomalies, get out…immediately.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 25.6%, Psychological Horror 20.1%, Horror 16.6%, Realistic 7.8%, First-Person 7.7%
- #53 The Backrooms 1998 - Found Footage Survival Horror Game
67% matchVery Positive84% of 838 reviews2025
Dev: Steelkrill Studio
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 2.1 hrs≥1hr: 55%
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: Escape Room 30.4% ★, Psychological Horror 18.2%, Walking Simulator 14.1%, Dark 11.6%, Realistic 8.8%
- #54 [SUBJECT]
69% matchVery Positive87% of 94 reviews2023
Dev: RUDZKI
Windows
[SUBJECT] is a first-person psychological horror game. You wake up confused in a dark room, not knowing where you are. The last thing you remember is a robotic voice echoing through you ears. How you got here or why is unclear, but you do know one thing: You're being watched.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 16.3%, Escape Room 15.3% ★, Psychological 11.6%, Psychological Horror 11.4%, Horror 9.7%
- #55 ELEVATOR: AVICI
65% matchVery Positive92% of 75 reviews2026
Dev: Southern Cross
Windows
"ELEVATOR: AVICI" is a 1st-person psychological horror with a retro, HK lo-fi aesthetic. Trapped in a decaying apartment elevator, your only link to the outside is a strange voice on the intercom claiming to be a repairman. Will you follow his commands, or find your own escape from the darkness?
Why similar: Walking Simulator 26.8%, Psychological Horror 25.7%, Horror 18.4%, First-Person 12.3%, Atmospheric 6.6%
- #56 Locked in my Darkness
69% matchMostly Positive74% of 76 reviews2022
Dev: Blusagi TeamPub: indie.io
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 96%
A tense, atmospheric descent into psychological horror—trapped in a place where reality fades and fear takes hold.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 23.7%, Psychological Horror 19.5%, Horror 14%, Realistic 10.5%, Mystery 8.9%
- #57 Paragnosia
65% matchVery Positive90% of 2,314 reviews2024
Dev: Sine Coda
Windows · Linux
Median: 42 minMean: 9.6 hrs≥1hr: 45%
Observe every corner of your apartment by moving your camera along a rail that runs through the rooms. Find and take pictures of paranormal anomalies to exorcise them. Locked in your surveillance room, will you survive tonight's 8 rounds?
Why similar: Psychological 14.5%, Hidden Object 13.5%, Psychological Horror 13.4%, Dark 10.1%, Horror 10%
- #58 The Telephone
67% matchVery Positive90% of 52 reviews2023
Dev: Daniele Doesn't MatterPub: Doesn't Matter Games
Windows
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 18.8%, Psychological 15.8%, Psychological Horror 13.7%, Hidden Object 12.4%, Horror 10.6%
- #59 Mists of Aiden
67% matchVery Positive91% of 1,141 reviews2020
Dev: Steppe Hare Studio
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 79%
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: Horror 24.2%, Walking Simulator 17.6%, Psychological Horror 17.3%, First-Person 7.8%, Dark 7.2%
- #60 The Guest
66% matchMostly Positive77% of 217 reviews2023
Dev: 99 Grados Games
Windows
The Guest is a first-person psychological horror game that focuses on creating fear and tension for the player.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 21%, Psychological Horror 16.8%, Dark 14.2%, Horror 13.8%, First-Person 8.5%