Games Like TERPENIE

Alone with the dead... Embalm corpses, banish demons, save your soul.

Why similar: Horror 48.5%, Multiplayer 12.9%, Hidden Object 11.3%, First-Person 7.9%, Exploration 6.7%

Why You'll Like It: Features the same core loop of performing routine, procedural tasks while being hunted by supernatural entities.

At Dead Of Night is part horror film, part horror game and part ghost hunt. It blends live-action and graphics to create a unique immersive horror experience like no other.

Why similar: Horror 47.9%, First-Person 17.7%, Multiplayer 16.3%, Story Rich 10.8%, Indie 5.4%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the intense, cat-and-mouse tension of being stalked by a maniac within a confined, eerie environment.

From the darkness is a psychological horror game with a scary atmosphere, the game takes place in an old Soviet abandoned apartment.

Why similar: Horror 37.7%, Walking Simulator 25%, Multiplayer 12.8%, First-Person 7.8%, Linear 4.7%

Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric, first-person horror game that excels at making mundane apartment exploration feel deeply threatening.

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

Why similar: Horror 65.8%, First-Person 20%, Indie 10%, Singleplayer 4.2%

Why You'll Like It: Captures the gritty, low-fidelity aesthetic and the terrifying experience of navigating a house while avoiding a persistent killer.

A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.

Why similar: Horror 56.6%, First-Person 18.6%, Exploration 18.2%, Adventure 6.6%

Why You'll Like It: Blends mundane work-life simulation with cooperative exploration and sudden, lethal horror encounters.

Cry of Fear is a psychological single-player and co-op horror game set in a deserted town filled with horrific creatures and nightmarish delusions. You play as a young man desperately searching for answers in the cold Scandinavian night, finding his way through the city as he slowly descends into madness.

Why similar: Horror 60.4%, Multiplayer 23.6%, First-Person 7.5%, Adventure 4.2%, Indie 2.3%

Why You'll Like It: A classic psychological horror title that perfectly encapsulates the bleak, post-Soviet urban atmosphere found in TERPENIE.

Experience the liminal world of the backrooms through a VHS camera, immersing into a mysterious story and wandering the dream-like structures... Might there be something following you?

Why similar: Horror 27.3%, Walking Simulator 24.6%, Multiplayer 15.8%, Exploration 10.7%, First-Person 9.5%

Why You'll Like It: Uses a found-footage aesthetic to heighten the realism of exploring liminal, unsettling indoor spaces.

You are trapped in an endless underground passageway. Observe your surroundings carefully to reach "The Exit 8".

Why similar: Walking Simulator 36.8%, Horror 23.9%, Exploration 13.6%, First-Person 10.7%, Linear 7.5%

Why You'll Like It: A masterclass in liminal space exploration where players must identify anomalies in a repetitive, mundane environment.

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 32.5%, Horror 27%, Adventure 11.6%, Exploration 8.9%, First-Person 6.3%

Why You'll Like It: A dark, stylized walking simulator that mirrors the moody, exploration-heavy gameplay of the seed title.

A short horror game where you pilot a tiny submarine through an ocean of blood on an alien moon.

Why similar: Horror 38.7%, Walking Simulator 24.1%, First-Person 10.5%, Exploration 8.8%, Adventure 7.6%

Why You'll Like It: Forces the player to perform routine navigation tasks in a claustrophobic, terrifying environment where the threat is unseen.

DON'T FACE UP is a first-person horror game. Never make eye contact with them. They may appear and disappear. They may be standing in the direction you suddenly turn your eyes. Even in such a situation, you must proceed with your search for the building. Therefore, "DON'T FACE UP."

Why similar: Walking Simulator 31.7%, Horror 23.5%, Hidden Object 13.7%, Exploration 7.2%, Story Rich 7.1%

Why You'll Like It: A psychological horror experience that emphasizes the tension of walking through unsettling, story-rich environments.

Visage is a first-person psychological horror game. Explore a mysterious ever-changing house in a slow-paced, atmospheric world that combines both uncannily comforting and horrifyingly realistic environments, and enjoy a genuinely terrifying experience.

Why similar: Horror 48.7%, Walking Simulator 14.7%, Multiplayer 14%, First-Person 8.1%, Exploration 4.9%

Why You'll Like It: Provides a high-fidelity psychological horror experience centered on exploring a house filled with dark, hidden secrets.

A 3D horror game where your only goal is to finish your work… and survive the night. Unnatural anomalies creep into the office as you complete your tasks. Can you make it to the end of your shift alive.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 31.8%, Horror 23.1%, Hidden Object 20.5%, Exploration 7.8%, Multiplayer 7.7%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on atmospheric, hidden-object style exploration within a confined, horror-filled setting.

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 23.3%, Horror 22.1%, Hidden Object 19.1%, Exploration 10.7%, Multiplayer 8.2%

Why You'll Like It: Features similar exploration and hidden-object mechanics set within a dark, simulation-heavy environment.

Explore a cold, abandoned, and dreary facility to piece together its mysteries and find a means for escape from the horror that lurks within.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 40.5%, Horror 28%, Exploration 12.7%, First-Person 9.9%, Adventure 5.3%

Why You'll Like It: A first-person exploration game that prioritizes atmospheric tension and environmental storytelling.

In the summer of 2008. The main character, at the request of followers, goes to Russia to explore the abandoned camp "Yunost". Locals say that this place is inhabited by restless souls. This will need to be checked.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 33.1%, Horror 29.5%, First-Person 9.2%, Exploration 8.5%, Linear 6.8%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on atmospheric, first-person exploration in a confined setting that slowly descends into psychological horror.

LiDAR Exploration Program is a relaxing atmospheric game with light horror elements, where you explore in complete darkness using a scanner to reveal the world around you.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 27.9%, Horror 21.2%, Exploration 11.3%, Hidden Object 9.2%, Adventure 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: Uses a unique visual style to enhance the feeling of exploring dark, unknown, and potentially dangerous spaces.

Walking simulator. Explore, admire and listen. Uncanny. Relaxing. Unnerving. Eerie. Immersive. No monsters chasing you or jumping at your screen, but can feel oppressive at times by invoking fears of getting lost, the dark, tight spaces and liminal space architecture. Inspired by backrooms.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 55.5%, Exploration 15.2%, First-Person 12.7%, Adventure 6.3%, 3D 5.4%

Why You'll Like It: A pure walking simulator that relies on liminal, unsettling architecture to create a sense of dread without traditional combat.

This is a 3D first-person adventure and horror game that lets you plunge deep into your fears. A unique cave system, enemies and screamers. While picking mushrooms in a clearing, you stumble upon an abandoned hut. Exploring it, you find yourself in a cave full of unexpected inhabitants and surprises

Why similar: Horror 28.5%, Hidden Object 22.3%, Multiplayer 16%, Exploration 10.2%, First-Person 8.2%

Why You'll Like It: A multiplayer-focused horror game that incorporates hidden-object elements and psychological tension.

A horror game about claustrophobia. During a storm your service dog is forced down a broken sewer drain. You find the nearest sewer entrance and run in after it. Along the way you will meet others that are also stricken by abnormal or psychological fear.

Why similar: Horror 67.9%, First-Person 22%, Indie 8.2%, Singleplayer 1.9%

Why You'll Like It: A claustrophobic, surreal horror experience that emphasizes the feeling of being trapped in a hostile, shifting environment.

Your mission is to cleanse a cursed item in a haunted house. Use your tools to locate and investigate items. Create a ritual area to mark your location of interest and bring items with energy there to progress. Be careful though, the unknown is always watching you and waiting around every corner.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 41.7%, Horror 24.4%, Exploration 13.7%, Multiplayer 9.8%, 3D 7.7%

Why You'll Like It: A 3D walking simulator that emphasizes exploration and the discovery of dark secrets in an eerie setting.

Film your friends doing scary things to become SpöökTube famous! (strongly advised to not go alone)

Why similar: Horror 37.5%, Multiplayer 23.2%, Exploration 17.6%, First-Person 11.7%, Adventure 5.2%

Why You'll Like It: Combines the thrill of cooperative exploration with the horror of documenting terrifying entities in dark, abandoned locations.

MATRESHKA is a first-person psychological horror experience, you need find a way to escape from a maze of old soviet building. If you die...

Why similar: Walking Simulator 38.8%, Horror 28.3%, Exploration 12.1%, Adventure 9.5%, First-Person 9.3%

Why You'll Like It: A survival-horror game that incorporates action and adventure elements within a dark, psychological narrative.

Experience psychological horror in a large abandoned hospital. Hide, explore and survive from a mysterious creature living in the ruins of this hospital.

Why similar: Horror 43.1%, Walking Simulator 23.3%, Adventure 8.5%, First-Person 8.3%, Exploration 7.7%

Why You'll Like It: A free-to-play horror title that supports multiplayer and focuses on the tension of exploring an abandoned environment.

Play through a common childhood fear about turning the lights off and going to bed.

Why similar: Horror 41%, Walking Simulator 23.4%, Multiplayer 15.9%, Adventure 9.7%, 3D 4.4%

Why You'll Like It: A cooperative horror experience that relies on atmosphere and exploration to build tension in dark, confined areas.

A thrilling psychological horror game. Your job is to look for anomalies in a haunted house. If you see anyhting suspicious (furniture moving, extra objects, intruders), take a photo and send a report. Includes both VR- (windows only) and non-VR (windows, mac, linux)-versions.

Why similar: Horror 29%, Hidden Object 28.9%, Exploration 12.3%, First-Person 11.8%, Adventure 9.9%

Why You'll Like It: A hidden-object style horror game where you must carefully monitor a space to identify subtle, dangerous anomalies.

A local news team breaks into an abandoned house to chase a salacious ghost story... until a MANIAC chases them! ...VHS era 80's slasher. PS1 style survival horror!

Why similar: Horror 73%, 3D 12.4%, Adventure 9.9%, Indie 4.7%

Why You'll Like It: A slasher-inspired horror game that forces players to navigate a house while being hunted by a persistent, terrifying killer.

Escape from Horn head is 3D horror game. You need to find the keys and potions before he catches up with you. Explore the rooms, look for objects and avoid the pursuer. Try to find the best way, remember the movement of the Horned-headed demon chasing its victim, that is, you.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 31.5%, Hidden Object 29.6%, Horror 14.8%, First-Person 7.3%, Linear 7.1%

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 29.4%, Hidden Object 20.7%, Horror 19%, Exploration 9.8%, First-Person 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: Horror 28.4%, Walking Simulator 21.2%, Exploration 13.5%, First-Person 12.3%, Adventure 9.9%

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 36.3%, Horror 26.8%, First-Person 8.4%, Linear 7.9%, 3D 6.1%

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 41.2%, Horror 19.5%, Exploration 13.4%, First-Person 10.1%, Adventure 6.3%

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 28.6%, Hidden Object 22.5%, Horror 15%, Exploration 11.5%, First-Person 7.7%

Isolation. Hopelessness. Starvation. By the will of an unknown force, you find yourself isolated from the outside world. Now you are doomed to starve to death. No one will come to your aid. No one will hear your prayers.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 32%, Hidden Object 19.3%, Horror 11.2%, Exploration 10.3%, Adventure 8.2%

Skull Hotel is a horror game where you clean hotel rooms while creatures hide, waiting to kill you.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 35.9%, Horror 23.9%, Multiplayer 15.6%, First-Person 9.1%, Exploration 6.2%

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 40.2%, Horror 27.9%, Exploration 14.1%, First-Person 6.2%, Adventure 5.7%

Find a way out.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 38.4%, Horror 25.3%, Multiplayer 13.1%, First-Person 11%, 3D 7.2%

Your goal is simple, spot anomalies to escape. Play alone or together with up to 8 players in online co-op. Make the right decisions to advance to the next level, or risk being reset to the beginning!

Why similar: Walking Simulator 24%, Horror 19.3%, Multiplayer 14.1%, Hidden Object 13.7%, Exploration 8.1%

Move silently. Clean thoroughly. A 3D horror action and cleaning simulation featuring Kao’s real products. Clean the villa, solve hidden puzzles, and escape while your performance affects the home’s appraisal value. A unique blend of suspense and cleaning awaits.

Why similar: Horror 57.7%, Exploration 25%, First-Person 12.6%, Indie 3.3%, Singleplayer 1.4%

"CowaCowa: Jinmenken" is a 3D horror adventure game based on the Japanese urban legend of the "Jinmenken," a dog with a human face. Explore a hand-drawn 2.5D world from a first-person perspective, uncovering eerie mysteries in a quiet residential neighborhood at night.

Why similar: Horror 24.7%, Hidden Object 21.1%, Walking Simulator 18.8%, Exploration 11.6%, First-Person 6.7%

This is an indie horror from the first person, in which you find yourself in an area called Kowloon in search of cheap housing. The inhabitants of this place only at first glance seem to be ordinary people, but if we dig deeper, we will see their real faces.

Why similar: Horror 32.5%, Walking Simulator 31.9%, First-Person 9.3%, Adventure 7.8%, 3D 5.4%

A first-person puzzle horror game. Solve clues, find hints, discover keys, and use passwords to navigate the haunted Clinic and find a way out.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 38.9%, Horror 31.5%, Multiplayer 18.7%, 3D 6.5%, Indie 2.6%

Unpredictable horrors lurk around every corner, forcing you to find the missing people while desperately clinging to survival. In this experience even your own mind can become your enemy. Stay vigilant and keep your voice hushed, or risk becoming another victim of the forest's darkness

Why similar: Horror 34.4%, Multiplayer 19%, Walking Simulator 18.8%, Exploration 11.2%, First-Person 9.9%

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: Horror 31.6%, Walking Simulator 15%, Hidden Object 11.9%, First-Person 7.9%, Story Rich 7.4%

Backrooms: Found Footage is a single-player horror game where you are the main character trying to survive the Backrooms. Curiosity wins and you decide to explore this weird place that you got trapped in. What could go wrong?

Why similar: Horror 28.6%, Exploration 19.8%, Adventure 18.5%, First-Person 14.4%, 3D 11%

Blasfemia is a first-person horror game. You are trapped in a seemingly normal apartment but realize early on that you're not alone. Explore a handcrafted, detail rich environment in a tense and terrifying atmosphere and try to find a way out before an ominous entity gets to you.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 31.6%, Horror 29.9%, Adventure 10.8%, Exploration 9.9%, First-Person 7.6%

The Backrooms: Unbounded is a Free Simple Linear single player first person body camera horror game based on the backrooms. You take the role of a police officer who noclips out of reality while on duty. Will you make it out alive?

Why similar: Walking Simulator 26%, Horror 19.3%, Multiplayer 14%, Linear 8.7%, Exploration 8.5%

Investigator is a first-person exploration game with horror elements, where the events take place in a world of extreme weather cataclysms.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 40.6%, Horror 33.9%, Adventure 14.1%, Indie 5.8%, First-Person 4.5%

You are some small-time journalists, exploited by your boss. When an abandoned Cold War-era shelter is discovered, your boss sends you there to do the story of a lifetime. Only you two will know what awaits you in there...

Why similar: Horror 31%, Exploration 21.3%, First-Person 16.6%, 3D 12.4%, Multiplayer 12%

You are here to listen to The Voice. Do what he says. But don't listen to other voices... Obey the Voice is a pressure-driven psychological horror experience built on constant threats and rule-based challenges, where survival depends on attention, timing, and decision-making under extreme stress.

Why similar: Horror 31.1%, Walking Simulator 23.7%, Exploration 11.2%, Adventure 9.6%, First-Person 8.2%

The Backrooms Experiment is a co-op walking simulator with horror and thriller elements. Find your way in Backrooms, avoid the entities, cheese entities with voices, explore the levels, cooperate with your friends, and most importantly, do not die.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 48.3%, Adventure 16.9%, First-Person 12.4%, 3D 9.4%, Multiplayer 8.8%

On your way home on the train, you weren't paying attention. Until you realised the train had been stopping at the same station over, and over again. Watch out for anomalies, and avoid the Anomaly Exit! Made for singleplayer and 2-6 co-operative multiplayer.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 26.4%, Hidden Object 22.1%, Horror 19.5%, Multiplayer 12.8%, Exploration 6.5%

DISTURBING FEARS is an episodic psychological horror game based on true events that immerses players in haunting narratives.

Why similar: Horror 25.8%, Multiplayer 18.1%, Walking Simulator 17.2%, First-Person 10.2%, Exploration 9.6%

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 31.6%, Horror 28.7%, Adventure 18.4%, First-Person 11%, Indie 8.4%

Mortuar is a 1-4 player Online co-op psychological horror game. Delve deep into Hoia Baciu Forest where eerie sightings and paranormal activity have transpired. Make use of various ghost hunting equipment to first identify the ghost's type, then attempt to banish it back to the afterlife.

Why similar: Horror 42.6%, Walking Simulator 30.7%, Exploration 10.4%, First-Person 7.2%, 3D 5.8%

When your madness is not desired, When your madness that you did not want is strangled by the bars in the pit. You go from being a powerless goat to a human being, and the only way to surprise the white coats who want to cure you completely is to take refuge in the craziness you want.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 27.8%, Hidden Object 21.5%, Horror 19.6%, Exploration 12.3%, Adventure 6.5%

Third-Person horror game . The game contains many puzzles and mysteries. The game contain escaping and hiding from evil entity.

Why similar: Horror 47.8%, Adventure 24.2%, 3D 19.9%, Indie 5.2%, Singleplayer 2.8%

You've been called into the forest to investigate a wounded deer, but the forest is dark and all you have is a flashlight. Oh bother, what a Tuesday you're having.A retro PSX style horror game

Why similar: Walking Simulator 31.2%, Horror 26.9%, Exploration 13.2%, Multiplayer 11.2%, First-Person 8.8%

Plunge into the atmosphere of fear and horror,investigate the dark house full of mysteries and danger!

Why similar: Horror 61.5%, Walking Simulator 20.4%, Adventure 12.1%, Indie 6%

A videographer receives the task of filming a wake in an old Soviet apartment. But he soon realizes that something terrible is lurking within these walls. And in the middle of the room there is a closed coffin...

Why similar: Walking Simulator 35.7%, Horror 24.1%, Hidden Object 17.1%, Exploration 9.2%, First-Person 6.4%