Games Like That's not my Neighbor

Congratulations. The October labor lottery is complete. Your name was pulled. For immediate placement, report to the Ministry of Admission at Grestin Border Checkpoint. An apartment will be provided for you and your family in East Grestin. Expect a Class-8 dwelling.

Why similar: Point & Click 41%, Simulation 15.7%, Multiple Endings 15.4%, Indie 10.7%, Casual 3.8%

Why You'll Like It: The definitive gatekeeping simulation where you must scrutinize documents to decide who enters your country.

As an employee of a mysterious organization your job is to monitor live surveillance camera footage and spot anomalies using your sharp eyes and good memory. Can you survive the entire night shift or will you succumb into paranoia?

Why similar: Horror 54.6%, Psychological Horror 18.5%, Indie 14.6%, Puzzle 7.2%, Singleplayer 5.1%

Why You'll Like It: A pioneer in the anomaly detection genre that requires constant vigilance to spot subtle changes in your environment.

A reverse-detective adventure, where you control your character's face

Why similar: Point & Click 28.8%, Horror 18.4%, Choices Matter 16%, Multiple Endings 13.9%, First-Person 7.3%

Why You'll Like It: A unique psychological horror game that features a manual facial expression system to interact with characters.

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

Why similar: Horror 37.4%, First-Person 18.6%, Psychological Horror 14%, Simulation 12.5%, Casual 10.2%

Why You'll Like It: A masterclass in liminal space horror that forces you to observe your surroundings for anomalies to escape a loop.

In this 2D, short narrative-based game, you assume the role of the Grim Reaper... on an office job. Your job is to decide which people are going to live or die. The consequences of your choices are yours to bear, while the mystery of your incarnation awaits revelation!

Why similar: Point & Click 27.9%, Choices Matter 19.8%, Multiple Endings 14.2%, Simulation 9.3%, Casual 6.2%

Why You'll Like It: A bureaucratic simulation where your decisions about who lives or dies carry heavy narrative weight.

Person of European Heritage #112: Welcome to Relocation Block B, your new home. Your designated role is 'Bouncer'. Work hard, stay out of trouble, and we might let you stay in the UK.

Why similar: Simulation 46.1%, Multiple Endings 18.5%, Adventure 11.2%, 2D 8.2%, Indie 7.2%

Why You'll Like It: A dystopian simulation where you act as a bouncer, checking IDs and making moral choices about who gets in.

You’re a state-installed landlord in a totalitarian country. Place listening devices, steal and sneak into your tenants’ apartments. Use what you uncovered to report anyone capable of plotting against the state. You MUST! But WILL you?

Why similar: Point & Click 30.6%, Choices Matter 25.4%, Multiple Endings 18.2%, Simulation 11%, Adventure 4.6%

Why You'll Like It: A surveillance-based simulation where you must spy on tenants and report them to a totalitarian state.

Something scary is happening with everyone's favorite Saturday morning puppet show, The Friendly Neighborhood! Play as Gordon, a repairman sent to get to the bottom of this disturbing dilemma. Fend off puppets and solve puzzles in this survival horror adventure.

Why similar: Horror 25.3%, Choices Matter 24.1%, Multiple Endings 19.7%, First-Person 12%, Adventure 10.5%

Why You'll Like It: A survival horror game that uses a unique, unsettling aesthetic to subvert familiar character tropes.

A digital voyeur simulator where you watch strangers through surveillance cameras. Invade their privacy and witness their most intimate moments, but don’t interact with the subjects – anything could happen if you dare feed the monkeys!

Why similar: Point & Click 35.6%, Choices Matter 20.5%, Multiple Endings 16.8%, Simulation 9.2%, Adventure 7.2%

Why You'll Like It: A voyeuristic simulation that tasks you with observing strangers through cameras and managing the information you gather.

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: Horror 32.6%, Choices Matter 21.2%, Casual 13.3%, Psychological Horror 13.2%, Puzzle 6.1%

Why You'll Like It: A cooperative horror experience centered on identifying anomalies in a shifting, surreal environment.

WARNING. Stay inside. Lock your doors. Close the blinds. Only let humans in. Eliminate all Visitors. An anxiety horror about paranoia in the End of Times.

Why similar: Horror 20.2%, Choices Matter 19.6%, Thriller 17.3%, Multiple Endings 13.7%, Psychological Horror 7%

Why You'll Like It: A direct thematic clone that focuses on the tension of identifying imposters in a restricted setting.

Take over the duties of a border guard inspector in a communist country of the 80's. Smuggling, corruption and forgery are the order of the day here. Be vigilant and earn the respect of your superiors.

Why similar: Multiple Endings 36.8%, Simulation 26.8%, First-Person 23.1%, Singleplayer 6.8%, Indie 6.3%

Why You'll Like It: Combines border inspection mechanics with high-stakes scrutiny and tense investigation gameplay.

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: Horror 24.8%, Thriller 20%, Simulation 14.3%, Adventure 11.9%, First-Person 11%

Why You'll Like It: A simulation game that focuses on the specific tension of identifying visitors at your threshold.

The year is 1996 and you’re employed by a science lab called Nova Nexus. You work as a security guard at the front gate to the lab, inside a guard booth. However, tonight it seems something important is happening inside of Nova Nexus and things are... well... a little strange.

Why similar: Multiple Endings 25.6%, Horror 20.6%, First-Person 13.5%, Casual 12.1%, Simulation 10.1%

Why You'll Like It: A retro-styled horror game that captures the isolation and tension of working a night shift in a restricted area.

There is an unusual cabin deep in the woods. It had served as a laboratory and a dwelling for three generations of Lodgers.But as of late the latest Lodger has been noticing weird changes in familiar surroundings; things are missing, noises and rattle heard. Something odd is coming out of the woods.

Why similar: Horror 37.6%, Adventure 16.3%, Cartoony 13.9%, Psychological Horror 11.3%, 2D 10.9%

Why You'll Like It: A surreal horror game about surviving the night in a house where the environment changes around you.

Share thoughts and hot food with your last ever clients, as you wait for the world to end.

Why similar: Choices Matter 19.7%, Horror 19.6%, Multiple Endings 17.8%, Thriller 12%, Simulation 7.4%

Why You'll Like It: A narrative-driven horror game that forces you to interact with customers and make difficult choices.

You are trapped on a train that runs forever. Keep an eye out for anomalies and find a way out.

Why similar: Horror 24.6%, Simulation 20.3%, Adventure 18.1%, Psychological Horror 15.6%, First-Person 14.8%

Why You'll Like It: A direct spiritual successor to anomaly detection games, focusing on spotting subtle differences in a repetitive environment.

You've accepted a shady job offer at a doll factory. Inspect dolls for defects and anomalies. Follow strange protocols. Don't get fired and stay alive.

Why similar: Horror 24.9%, Thriller 19.2%, Multiple Endings 15.2%, Simulation 14%, First-Person 11.5%

Why You'll Like It: A simulation-heavy horror game that features unsettling character interactions and a claustrophobic atmosphere.

You are an observer tasked with monitoring surveillance footage for suspicious activity. This innocuous job soon takes a turn for the creepy, as anomalies begin to appear, from moving furniture... to them. Experience a real-time horror straight from horror-filled creepypastas!

Why similar: Point & Click 25.8%, Thriller 18.1%, Horror 16.2%, Arcade 9.1%, Simulation 8.1%

Why You'll Like It: A surveillance-based horror game that tasks you with monitoring cameras to identify paranormal threats.

One room. One hole. One judgement. Watch the guests through your peephole, inspect their documents, dial the telephone, and judge who's normal and who's not. Do your job properly to avoid the demon's punishment.

Why similar: Horror 36.5%, Simulation 21.6%, First-Person 16.7%, Psychological Horror 10.8%, Indie 9.5%

Why You'll Like It: A horror simulation that centers entirely on the mechanic of observing visitors through a peephole.

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: Horror 30.4%, Choices Matter 26.3%, Psychological Horror 11.1%, First-Person 10.3%, Simulation 10%

Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric horror game that emphasizes decision-making and environmental storytelling.

Who looks out dreams? Who looks inside awakens?

Why similar: Adventure 34.1%, Casual 32.5%, Indie 25.4%, Puzzle 7.9%

Why You'll Like It: A mystery-focused adventure game that explores the unsettling secrets behind closed doors.

Welcome to the Game II is an atmospheric horror / strategy / puzzle game that takes you into the world of the deep web in search of the shadow web. Play as an investigative reporter trying to solve a case of a mysterious woman broadcasting for help as masked men are on the hunt to kill her.

Why similar: Horror 51.7%, Simulation 14.1%, Psychological Horror 11.9%, First-Person 10.2%, Indie 6.6%

Why You'll Like It: A high-tension surveillance horror game that requires deep investigation and careful observation to survive.

Can you endure until morning Monitor Japan's stigmatized properties and report any paranormal activity If you miss a report or make repeated mistakes——

Why similar: Point & Click 35.3%, Thriller 23.4%, Horror 11.8%, Psychological Horror 8.7%, Simulation 7.7%

Why You'll Like It: An investigation-heavy horror game that tasks you with monitoring properties for supernatural activity.

You’re just trying to get home. It’s only a quarter mile. One street. What could go wrong.

Why similar: Choices Matter 48.8%, Psychological Horror 18.6%, First-Person 15.4%, Casual 12.3%, Indie 3%

Why You'll Like It: A psychological horror game where your choices determine your survival in a high-pressure environment.

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

Why similar: Point & Click 37.6%, Horror 24.4%, Adventure 14.2%, Indie 9%, First-Person 8%

Why You'll Like It: A point-and-click horror experience that relies on investigation and puzzle-solving to progress.

Jumpscare Simulator is a sci-fi horror game featuring a story-driven main game and two additional game modes. Pass through doors carefully, battle the simulation, and try to fall from your seat as little as possible!

Why similar: Thriller 31.7%, Horror 25.9%, Adventure 10.7%, Psychological Horror 9.5%, First-Person 8.9%

Why You'll Like It: A horror-focused observation game that tests your reflexes and attention to detail.

PSYCHOLOGICAL HORROR // ANTI-DATING SIM about learning to say NO.

Why similar: Choices Matter 21.8%, Horror 21.2%, Thriller 13.5%, Adventure 10.8%, Casual 9.9%

The Mansion, a grim yet fascinating building you’re facing, doesn’t exist.

Why similar: Point & Click 29.4%, Adventure 15.7%, Horror 14.4%, Casual 13.6%, First-Person 7.4%

Why You'll Like It: A puzzle-rich adventure game that maintains a dark, atmospheric tone throughout the investigation.

A psychological horror game set in a Korean apartment building. Explore eerie occurrences throughout the complex and uncover the truth behind them.

Why similar: Horror 23.5%, Choices Matter 16.5%, Thriller 14.6%, Multiple Endings 12.8%, Psychological Horror 10.3%

Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric horror game set in an apartment complex that builds tension through environmental observation.

Five nights at Tinky's is a indie horror game, where you apply for a job as a nightguard at the "Tinkys Lasagne Place". You only need to work for 5 nights to receive your payment, but soon you will find out that you are not alone... Can you survive the 5 nights?

Why similar: Point & Click 34.7%, Arcade 15%, Horror 13.9%, Choices Matter 10%, 2D 6.4%

Why You'll Like It: An arcade-style horror game that uses limited visibility and point-and-click mechanics to build dread.

Dread Neighbor is a first-person, multi-perspective psychological horror game. Play as a young woman living alone in an unusually cheap apartment. As the days pass, combat the overwhelming sense of unease, malice, and the unshakable feeling that you’re being watched from every crack in the room.

Why similar: Thriller 38.2%, Horror 25.7%, First-Person 13.9%, Psychological Horror 11.5%, Indie 7.1%

The most sinister spot-the-difference in the world. When you uncover the final mistake, the truth of this world will be revealed.

Why similar: Thriller 26.4%, Point & Click 19%, Multiple Endings 14%, Horror 10.5%, Choices Matter 8.9%

You're an ordinary factory worker, whiling away your dreary life in a nondescript small town. You had a stable job, your own apartment, mortgaged at just 89% interest, and everything was going well, until one gloomy evening, an uninvited guest knocked on your door...

Why similar: Horror 19.3%, Choices Matter 19.2%, Simulation 10.7%, Multiple Endings 9.9%, Thriller 9.2%

A new life begins in a low-cost apartment. Strange occurrences at night and the suspicious behavior of neighbors gradually push the protagonist to the edge.

Why similar: Horror 30.2%, Casual 24.6%, Multiple Endings 17%, First-Person 12.1%, Psychological Horror 8.9%

The game takes place in a world on the brink of destruction. You experience all the horrors of the apocalypse in your own cozy house on the outskirts of a small town. People may knock on your door in need of your help. Will you be able to save them?

Why similar: Horror 21%, Choices Matter 18.7%, Thriller 12.6%, Multiple Endings 11.6%, Simulation 7.9%

Can you survive until dawn? Monitor real Japanese properties and report every anomaly. Miss too many… and you will fail.

Why similar: Point & Click 28%, Horror 21.1%, Thriller 10.3%, Adventure 10.2%, Simulation 9.2%

This is a first-person Chinese horror game, players will go to a murder building, uncover the truth of the murder, find the missing people..

Why similar: Thriller 29%, Horror 26.8%, Adventure 10%, First-Person 8.5%, Simulation 8.3%

As an employee of a mysterious organization your job is to monitor live surveillance camera footage and spot anomalies using your sharp eyes and good memory. Can you survive the entire night shift or will you succumb into paranoia?

Why similar: Horror 54.2%, Psychological Horror 20.7%, Casual 12%, Puzzle 8.9%, Singleplayer 2.4%

In Newspaper Day, you take on the role of a newspaper delivery person in a seemingly quiet neighborhood. Every morning, you carry out your job, delivering the day's news to your neighbors' doors. However, you soon realize that things are not what they seem.

Why similar: Horror 25.6%, Thriller 23.3%, Multiple Endings 17%, First-Person 9.9%, Psychological Horror 9.4%

As an employee of a mysterious organization your job is to monitor live surveillance camera footage and spot anomalies using your sharp eyes and good memory. Can you survive the entire night shift or will you succumb into paranoia?

Why similar: Point & Click 37.8%, Horror 34.4%, Psychological Horror 14.2%, Puzzle 4.9%, Casual 3.5%

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

Why similar: Horror 32.8%, Thriller 31.9%, Psychological Horror 11.5%, Casual 10.6%, Adventure 7.4%

A psychological home-invasion horror set in the bleak year of 1992, focusing on tension, atmosphere, and an immersive soundtrack. The story involves elements of a cult, rituals meant to reach the dead, and the haunting presence of those who should have remained in the past.

Why similar: Thriller 35.9%, Horror 27.1%, First-Person 13.3%, Psychological Horror 10.5%, Adventure 8.4%

A man living in his new apartment finds himself in the center of something much more sinister.

Why similar: Horror 48.8%, Adventure 16.8%, First-Person 16.1%, Puzzle 7.1%, Singleplayer 5.9%

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: Horror 28.2%, Simulation 15%, First-Person 14.2%, Adventure 13.5%, Psychological Horror 13.2%

To save money, you rent an unusually cheap apartment, believing you could coexist with “them” as you always have. But you soon discover that the disturbances here run far deeper—and are far more dangerous—than anything you’ve encountered before.

Why similar: Thriller 34.8%, Horror 26.2%, First-Person 14.8%, Simulation 14.3%, Indie 4.3%

This game is a simulation of self-isolation. You need to support your family, not to lose your job and finally not to go crazy.

Why similar: Horror 24%, Choices Matter 18.2%, Simulation 13%, Multiple Endings 12.3%, Adventure 12.2%

An atmospheric horror, exploration and automation game all set in the dim halls of an apartment building

Why similar: Horror 38.8%, Adventure 18.7%, First-Person 17.8%, Psychological Horror 15.1%, Puzzle 6.4%

An interactive horror experience of exploring a missing woman’s phone.

Why similar: Point & Click 23.5%, Thriller 16.3%, Horror 15.6%, Choices Matter 14.2%, Multiple Endings 11.5%

After a sudden rent hike, you move into a suspiciously cheap house deep in the woods. The price is absurdly low and there’s work nearby-it seems like a stroke of luck. But you soon realize something is seriously wrong with the place...

Why similar: Horror 34.8%, Thriller 23.6%, Adventure 18.1%, Psychological Horror 11.6%, First-Person 7.1%

You are a body snatching creature. Capture the body, explore the environment, reproduce.

Why similar: Point & Click 31.1%, Horror 19.6%, Thriller 14%, Adventure 9.5%, Simulation 9.2%

You're working overtime again in your dead-end job, whilst your boss is on vacation. However, strange things are happening throughout the office. Complete your daily work tasks, explore your office, report any anomalies you may find, and you may just find yourself getting a promotion...

Why similar: Choices Matter 26.6%, Horror 22.1%, Adventure 17.6%, Psychological Horror 14.3%, First-Person 13.1%

There is a monster living in your apartment.

Why similar: Point & Click 59.8%, Thriller 16.5%, First-Person 15%, Psychological Horror 8.6%

You are alone in a deserted station. Or are you? Take pictures of strange anomalies around the station and you might find a way out.

Why similar: Horror 29.1%, Multiple Endings 25.1%, Simulation 12.2%, First-Person 11.6%, Adventure 9%

This is Alpha 1 of Hello Neighbor, a Stealth Horror Game about sneaking into your neighbor's house and figuring out what he's hiding in the basement. Play against an advanced AI that learns from your actions.

Why similar: Thriller 33.2%, Horror 30.2%, Cartoony 18.2%, First-Person 13.9%, Puzzle 4.6%

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

Why similar: Horror 34.2%, Thriller 23.1%, Psychological Horror 13.8%, Adventure 13.4%, Casual 8.6%

A "spot the difference" horror game where you have to monitor cameras in a haunted house and report anomalies. You have no choice but to finish the job. Can you spot every anomaly? Can you survive the night?

Why similar: Point & Click 35.8%, Horror 25%, First-Person 11.4%, Psychological Horror 9.8%, Casual 9.7%

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: Choices Matter 26.5%, Horror 20.2%, Adventure 11.6%, Simulation 11.6%, Psychological Horror 8.9%

Escape a distorted version of your own newly rented apartment in this interactive nightmare.

Why similar: Horror 33.8%, Adventure 19.9%, First-Person 18.4%, Psychological Horror 17.3%, Indie 5.3%

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

Why similar: Horror 49.1%, First-Person 12.6%, Psychological Horror 12.3%, Adventure 8.6%, Casual 7.7%