Games Like The 4th Wall

Observe a familiar Japanese elementary school corridor at night. If nothing has changed, go downstairs. If you spot an anomaly, go upstairs. A wrong choice sends you back to 6F. Escape the loop in this short first-person horror game.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 30.3%, Surreal 19.9%, Horror 16.6%, Puzzle 10.1%, First-Person 6.8%

The Charity Shop is an atmospheric, surreal puzzle game where you use your camera to capture the essence of a life lived. To this end, you have been delivered to The Charity Shop, a place where people donate unwanted belongings—each carrying an imprint of the time they once shared.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 30.7%, Surreal 25.5%, Horror 14.5%, Exploration 8%, Puzzle 7.3%

In this first person experience, you are returning home after a long day of work. Turn off all of the lights on each floor of the office before you depart. Use the elevator to travel between floors, and be on the lookout for any unusual behavior from your coworkers.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 33.6%, Surreal 22.9%, Horror 18.1%, Adventure 10%, First-Person 7.5%

Dream Voyage is an Indie Story rich Walking simulator focused on the exploration of introspective surreal levels in the dream world of a 10 years old blind child who's looking for the memories of their late mother. Dream Voyage's hudless experience will immerse you in this emotive searching.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 37.3%, Surreal 30.3%, Exploration 11.9%, First-Person 6.5%, Adventure 6.2%

You awaken in an elevator. Something is terribly wrong with this apartment building. Find the scattered notes, follow the clues, and escape—before it's too late.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 32.9%, Surreal 20.9%, Horror 17.8%, Exploration 11.2%, Adventure 9.7%

After discovering a strange anomaly on Jupiter's moon, Europa, you find yourself in the outer reaches of a dangerous, uncanny complex.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 29%, Surreal 25.8%, Horror 17.6%, Exploration 10%, Adventure 8.1%

You watch a news program in the middle of the night featuring an unsettling reporter. As you watch, the world around you begins to warp and become unrecognizable. This is one broadcast you won't soon forget.

Why similar: Surreal 30.2%, Walking Simulator 25.6%, Horror 21.6%, Exploration 8.1%, Puzzle 6.9%

You're stranded at a cathedral-like train station in the near future, searching for a ticket out of town. Explore the secret passageways, interact with strangers, dig for records, and get hypnotized by the soundtrack – a batch of original music courtesy of the band, Archie Pelago.

Why similar: Surreal 41%, Walking Simulator 30.6%, Horror 10.7%, First-Person 5.2%, Adventure 5.1%

DIRUS Software's lost 1999 cult-classic is back! Explore its confusing and stygian world for yourself in this newly remastered edition, and uncover the mystery of its warped labyrinths and crossroads. Find hidden secrets unknown even to the original developers.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 25.6%, Surreal 21%, Horror 16.7%, Exploration 10.1%, Minimalist 6.8%

You’re trapped in a repeating basement corridor. Watch closely: objects shift, signs change, and something is always slightly wrong. Detect anomalies, choose wisely, and survive the darkness. Miss a detail and the loop pulls you back.

Why similar: Surreal 31.5%, Walking Simulator 30.9%, Horror 24.9%, Adventure 7.1%, 3D 3.2%

Every floor looks normal… until it isn't. Go up if everything is fine, down if something is wrong. One mistake sends you back. The deeper you go, the less the corridor obeys its own rules.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 20.9%, Surreal 19.6%, Horror 18.4%, Exploration 8.7%, Minimalist 7.4%

You are trapped in the Office. A first-person Observation-Game about walking an endless office, spotting anomalies, and getting off work.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 25.3%, Surreal 24%, Horror 15.5%, Exploration 9.9%, Puzzle 7.5%

Make pizzas and deliver them. The hardest part of running the shop alone is that the delivery destinations are "liminal spaces." A story-driven 3D horror game. There is a kind of worst possible outcome that can only be born in infinite space. Once you understand it, it is already too late.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 34.8%, Surreal 17.9%, Horror 13.6%, Exploration 11.9%, First-Person 7.2%

A frightening experience in the Japanese countryside!

Why similar: Walking Simulator 34.7%, Horror 30.2%, Adventure 10%, Exploration 7.9%, First-Person 7.6%

Find your way out of a haunted house like a maze. A first-person horror exploration adventure.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 43.1%, Horror 23.8%, Exploration 13.6%, Adventure 9.1%, First-Person 7.4%

17 Horror rooms simulating common phobias. Are you afraid of spiders, cockroaches, snakes, heights, fire, being buried alive? Enter the black doors and conquer your fears!

Why similar: Walking Simulator 28.2%, Surreal 23.2%, Horror 16.5%, Exploration 10.7%, Minimalist 7.4%

Something is wrong with this store

Why similar: Horror 32%, Walking Simulator 30.6%, First-Person 10.4%, Adventure 10.2%, Exploration 9%

Car breakdown, deserted road, the dead of night. The only option is to follow the signs to the gas station. But on this last mile, not everything is as it seems.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 33.7%, Surreal 20.7%, Exploration 11.3%, Adventure 10.8%, Puzzle 10.6%

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Why similar: Surreal 31.1%, Horror 23.3%, Walking Simulator 15.5%, Exploration 9.7%, Minimalist 7.1%

This is a single player, story driven psychological thriller that follows the mental collapse of a character who has lost touch with reality. As the player, you enter the mind of someone trying to escape a world that is falling apart. Remember the past by reading a diary left behind by your family.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 29.3%, Surreal 27.9%, Horror 16.2%, Exploration 12.3%, 3D 5%

Don't trust your eyes. A spot-the-difference horror with photography and a mysterious story. Explore 3 levels, find 100+ anomalies, and manage your sanity — mistakes warp reality. Uncover the truth of Project 404!

Why similar: Walking Simulator 24.4%, Surreal 22.7%, Horror 15.8%, Exploration 9.4%, Puzzle 7.3%

Hollow Floor is a psychological horror walking simulator set in a looping, scorched apartment. Stalked by a restless corpse, you must unravel the truth before you're consumed by it.

Why similar: Surreal 32.3%, Walking Simulator 27.2%, Horror 23.2%, Exploration 5.1%, First-Person 5%

"Office 8" is a psychological walking simulator exploring the unsettling nature of liminal office spaces. Pay close attention — your sanity depends on it.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 28.6%, Surreal 20.6%, Horror 18.7%, Exploration 7.3%, Puzzle 6.8%

Only If is a surreal first person adventure-puzzle game. It takes idiom into reality.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 24.8%, Horror 24.7%, Surreal 19.6%, Puzzle 9.9%, First-Person 9.6%

POOLIMINAL is an atmospheric liminal space horror game set in endless, procedurally generated poolrooms. A Backrooms-inspired descent into thalassophobia, where the real terror lies in the dark water below.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 32.3%, Surreal 21.6%, Horror 11.5%, Exploration 11%, Adventure 9.2%

An abandoned inn where lost souls wander, your decision will determine its outcome.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 39.8%, Horror 17.8%, Exploration 13.5%, Adventure 11.8%, First-Person 8.3%

Trapped within shifting liminal spaces, you must rely on keen observation to survive. Inspect your surroundings, detect subtle anomalies, and make the right elevator decisions to break the loop and escape.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 24.5%, Horror 20.8%, Surreal 18.1%, Puzzle 8.2%, Exploration 7.7%

美術品を警備する――対峙するのは強盗でも怪盗でもなく「夜ごと変異する美術品」。ヴィクトルズ・テスト・ナイトと呼ばれる一連の間違い探しプロトコルに参加し、５日間、無限の世界の歩き方を学び続けなければならない。

Why similar: Walking Simulator 35.6%, Surreal 22.2%, Horror 19.8%, Exploration 12.1%, First-Person 7.9%

Drawn back to his haunted home, Dave must solve eerie puzzles, uncover forgotten lore, and survive the shadows that stalk every corner of its decaying halls - a past that refuses to let go.

Why similar: Surreal 29.4%, Horror 20%, Walking Simulator 12%, Puzzle 8.9%, Adventure 8.9%

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 29.2%, Horror 22.7%, Surreal 21.9%, Exploration 8.7%, First-Person 6.8%

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 26.5%, Surreal 19.2%, Horror 15.3%, Exploration 9.5%, Puzzle 7.3%

You are trapped in the new company by Lao Liu, and you need to carefully observe whether there are any abnormalities every day, make the right choice within the limited time, and break the cycle.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 26.5%, Surreal 19.1%, Horror 13.8%, Exploration 12.4%, Puzzle 8.3%

Descend the infinite office staircase. The Darkness follows you. Squeeze the rubber duck to not be afraid. And never look back. Psychological horror in a dreamcore aesthetic

Why similar: Walking Simulator 23.4%, Surreal 19.2%, Horror 17.9%, Minimalist 7.2%, Exploration 6.9%

Spot the anomalies. Escape the loop. Akeno’s Veil is a psychological horror game where spotting anomalies is your only escape—from the relentless demon determined to pull you back.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 25.2%, Surreal 21.5%, Horror 18.2%, Exploration 8.6%, Puzzle 7.1%

A lightweight psychological horror and a walking simulator, where the player needs to carefully observe the surroundings to succesfully flee from this wretched place.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 29.3%, Surreal 20.3%, Horror 19.3%, Exploration 7.6%, Puzzle 7%

project_Structure_01 is first-person exploration game focusing on atmosphere and exploration of surreal liminal spaces that feature brutalist architecture.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 28.3%, Surreal 28.2%, Exploration 11.4%, First-Person 8.3%, Minimalist 7.7%

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 36.5%, Surreal 18.7%, Horror 16.6%, Exploration 12.5%, First-Person 8.2%

First-person anomaly horror game. Spot what's wrong, advance the levels, survive what's hunting your soul and go Beyond the 10th.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 27.8%, Horror 18.3%, Surreal 15.1%, Exploration 12%, Puzzle 8.6%

You are trapped inside your new home, where doors open up to various liminal spaces and anomalies appear around every corner. Will you manage to find your way out?

Why similar: Walking Simulator 25%, Surreal 21.6%, Horror 20.2%, Exploration 9.9%, Puzzle 7.6%

Messa Anomaly is a first-person psychological horror game set in an endlessly shifting museum. Observe each corridor, spot unsettling changes, and choose the correct path. One mistake can send you deeper into a night shift that refuses to end.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 25.5%, Surreal 22.4%, Horror 13.6%, Exploration 11.4%, Puzzle 8.1%

FIRED is a retro-styled puzzle adventure game centered around the story of a young employee who gets laid off under mysterious circumstances. Explore the world, solve puzzles, and work to take down the evil Orcus Corporation.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 31.5%, Surreal 24.7%, Exploration 13.7%, Puzzle 9.8%, First-Person 7.2%

A first-person psychological walking simulator where you awaken in a distorted game world without memory, uncover fragments of your past, and stop your evil counterpart before she escapes into the real world.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 33.3%, Surreal 16.4%, Exploration 10.6%, Adventure 9.4%, Puzzle 9.1%

You are trying to reach classroom 1.09. Nobody is around, and the atmosphere feels wrong. Trapped in looping corridors, your only way out is to observe carefully, spot anomalies, and choose the right door… or remain trapped.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 28.3%, Surreal 21.6%, Horror 19.1%, Exploration 7.6%, Puzzle 6.9%

You can go left or right, but remember, a mistake will cost you your life…

Why similar: Walking Simulator 27.1%, Surreal 23.5%, Horror 18.6%, Exploration 9.6%, Puzzle 6.8%

A free first-person horror game about dream puzzles - unsettling, surreal and built on strange logic.

Why similar: Surreal 22.4%, Walking Simulator 21.1%, Horror 17.5%, Puzzle 6.8%, Minimalist 6.8%

You wake up. Everything seems normal. Click. Is something wrong? One anomaly. One chance. One mistake, and it all begins again. A horror experience woven from paranoia, where your attention to detail is the only thing that can save you.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 25.1%, Horror 19.1%, Surreal 18.1%, Exploration 8.1%, Puzzle 6.5%

An ordinary home video from 2002 takes a terrifying turn as you get lost in the Backrooms.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 31.2%, Surreal 21.3%, Horror 17.6%, Exploration 12.7%, First-Person 7.1%

REVEIL is a narrative first-person psycho-thriller game that focuses on story, puzzles and exploration. Find out what’s going on inside Walter Thompson and what his dark past at the Nelson Bros Circus has to do with it.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 24.5%, Surreal 23.1%, Horror 17.1%, Exploration 7.9%, Puzzle 6.3%

White Ward is a single player horror game where nothing is as it seems. Awoken as a confused patient, your only hope of escape from an anomalous hospital is to detect the strange occurrences within each ward. Do you have what it takes to escape the White Ward?

Why similar: Walking Simulator 31.4%, Horror 25%, Surreal 18.1%, Minimalist 8.2%, Puzzle 7.9%

Find your way out of BABBDI. A short, first person exploration experience.

Why similar: Surreal 31.3%, Walking Simulator 28.1%, Horror 15.3%, Exploration 13.8%, First-Person 6.6%

The Wetrooms is a surreal liminal space pools horror game.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 30.9%, Surreal 28.4%, Horror 18.8%, Exploration 7.3%, Adventure 5.3%

MIND: Path to Thalamus is a First Person Puzzler that throws you into a fantastic and surreal environment. You will bend the natural elements to your will in order to progress in this emotive, mindbending tale. Now also in Virtual Reality!

Why similar: Walking Simulator 34.2%, Surreal 33.9%, Puzzle 10.8%, Adventure 7.1%, First-Person 6.4%

The corridor looks the same every time. But does it really? Maybe something has changed. Observe your surroundings carefully.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 24.8%, Surreal 22.3%, Horror 16.6%, Exploration 9.6%, Puzzle 7.4%

The Old City: Leviathan is an experiment in first person exploration that focuses entirely on story. All that exists is you and the world. Set in a decaying city from a civilization long past, The Old City: Leviathan puts the player in the shoes of a sewer dwelling isolationist.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 41.8%, Surreal 22%, Exploration 13.1%, Adventure 7.1%, Horror 7%

In this single-player experience, you wake up on the 9th floor of an unknown building. The only way out of here is to detect and mark anomalies. One wrong move and you could be trapped forever.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 25.6%, Horror 21.8%, Surreal 20.1%, Exploration 9%, Puzzle 6.9%

Infinite Innocence is a game about finding anomalies, but it is very easy to see them with lighting. What if we give it a little more difficulty and tension? Will you be able to remember everything until the end?

Why similar: Walking Simulator 26.5%, Surreal 24.2%, Horror 14.5%, Exploration 10.5%, Puzzle 7.9%

Explore a seemingly endless hotel floor where each identical corridor challenges your perception. This horror walking simulator tests your observation skills as you seek the emergency exit.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 27.5%, Surreal 21.2%, Horror 18.6%, Exploration 7.9%, First-Person 6.7%

You have arrived at a research facility to rescue your younger sister. You’ve received information that she is on the 10th floor of the facility, but will you be able to reach her?

Why similar: Surreal 27.3%, Walking Simulator 26.4%, Horror 22%, Exploration 6.4%, First-Person 6%

You are inside an endless hotel but there is a way you can escape. Search in the hallways of the hotel and find the changes within them to reach Room 13.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 27.4%, Surreal 21.6%, Horror 18.8%, Exploration 9.7%, First-Person 6.7%

RE-EXIT is an anomaly horror game that challenges your perception and attention to detail. Your mission is to observe your surroundings carefully, survive, and report any anomalies.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 24%, Surreal 22.8%, Horror 18%, Exploration 9.9%, Puzzle 7.2%