Games Like The 4th Wall

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 6.6%, Adventure 6.1%

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 21%, Horror 17.8%, Exploration 11.2%, Adventure 9.5%

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 25.5%, Surreal 21%, Horror 16.6%, Exploration 10.1%, Minimalist 6.8%

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 41.1%, Walking Simulator 30.5%, Horror 10.7%, First-Person 5.2%, Adventure 5%

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 31.6%, Walking Simulator 30.9%, Horror 24.9%, Adventure 6.9%, 3D 3.3%

In Anomalist’s story, you and Finn chase an anomaly on a planet, experiencing the mood swings of a mysterious entity that devours victims with mind games and imprisons them in its own dimension. Your choices lead to different endings

Why similar: Walking Simulator 26%, Surreal 23.6%, Horror 13.7%, Exploration 10.7%, Puzzle 7.9%

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 20.8%, Surreal 19.6%, Horror 18.3%, 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 25.2%, Surreal 24%, Horror 15.4%, Exploration 9.9%, Puzzle 7.5%

The Charity Shop is an atmospheric, surreal, first-person 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, the place where people donate unwanted belongings—each carrying an imprint of the time they once shared.

Why similar: Surreal 43.9%, Horror 20.6%, Puzzle 10.1%, Exploration 8.1%, First-Person 7.2%

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 7.3%

A frightening experience in the Japanese countryside!

Why similar: Walking Simulator 34.7%, Horror 30.2%, Adventure 9.8%, Exploration 7.9%, First-Person 7.7%

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 28.1%, Surreal 23.2%, Horror 16.4%, Exploration 10.8%, Minimalist 7.4%

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 13.7%, Adventure 8.9%, First-Person 7.5%

Something is wrong with this store

Why similar: Horror 32%, Walking Simulator 30.5%, First-Person 10.5%, Adventure 10%, 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 11.4%, Adventure 10.6%, Puzzle 10.6%

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Why similar: Surreal 31.1%, Horror 23.2%, Walking Simulator 15.5%, Exploration 9.7%, Minimalist 7.2%

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 5.1%

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 24.3%, 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 5.1%

"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 28.5%, 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 19.7%, Puzzle 9.9%, First-Person 9.7%

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

Why similar: Walking Simulator 39.7%, Horror 17.8%, Exploration 13.5%, Adventure 11.6%, First-Person 8.4%

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 35.5%, Surreal 22.2%, Horror 19.8%, Exploration 12.1%, First-Person 8%

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 26.4%, Surreal 19%, Horror 13.8%, Exploration 12.5%, Puzzle 8.2%

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 8.7%

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 23.3%, Surreal 19.2%, Horror 17.9%, Minimalist 7.3%, Exploration 6.9%

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 29.1%, Horror 22.7%, Surreal 21.9%, Exploration 8.7%, First-Person 6.9%

You are trapped in a corridor suspended above the clouds. At the end lies a door. Explore the ever-changing environment each time you open it, find anomalies, use the alarm, and break the loop.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 26.4%, Surreal 19.2%, Horror 15.3%, Exploration 9.5%, Puzzle 7.3%

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 36.3%, Surreal 18.7%, Horror 16.6%, Exploration 12.5%, First-Person 8.3%

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 25.1%, Surreal 21.5%, Horror 18.2%, Exploration 8.6%, Puzzle 7.1%

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

Why similar: Surreal 28.4%, Walking Simulator 27.7%, Exploration 11.2%, First-Person 8.5%, Minimalist 7.8%

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%

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

Why similar: Surreal 22.4%, Walking Simulator 21%, Horror 17.5%, Minimalist 6.9%, Puzzle 6.8%

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 9.2%, Puzzle 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%

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

Why similar: Walking Simulator 31.1%, Surreal 21.3%, Horror 17.6%, Exploration 12.7%, First-Person 7.2%

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 28.4%, Surreal 21.7%, Horror 18.8%, Exploration 7.6%, Puzzle 6.9%

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 5.2%

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

Why similar: Surreal 31.1%, Walking Simulator 28.3%, Horror 15.3%, Exploration 13.9%, First-Person 6.7%

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 34.4%, Surreal 33.6%, Puzzle 10.8%, Adventure 7%, First-Person 6.5%

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 8%, Mystery 6.3%

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 25.1%, Horror 21.4%, Surreal 19.9%, Exploration 9%, Puzzle 6.8%

You Are Trapped In A Endless White Hospital Ward. The Nurse Asks You To Wait Patiently, But Something Tells You That Is A Bad Idea. Examine Each Ward Carefully To Escape The White Ward.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 31.4%, Horror 24.9%, Surreal 18.2%, Minimalist 8.3%, Puzzle 7.9%

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 41.7%, Surreal 22%, Exploration 13.2%, Horror 6.9%, Adventure 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 26.4%, Surreal 24.1%, Horror 14.4%, Exploration 10.6%, Puzzle 7.9%

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 24.2%, Surreal 21.4%, Horror 14.8%, Exploration 10.2%, Puzzle 7.2%

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 8%, First-Person 6.8%

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 27.3%, Surreal 21.6%, Horror 18.7%, 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 23.9%, Surreal 22.8%, Horror 18%, Exploration 9.9%, Puzzle 7.2%

This is a horror game where you escape from a Western-style mansion where a monster that eats people lurks.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 45.4%, Horror 37.2%, Adventure 6.6%, 3D 6.3%, Singleplayer 2.4%

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 6.1%

Set off on a calm and beautiful adventure exploring a vast mystical island in search of the lost Manaliths. Walk, climb, swim, and glide through valleys, woods, caverns, and coves discovering the island's secrets as you go.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 38.7%, Surreal 37.5%, Exploration 13.3%, Adventure 5.5%, First-Person 4.1%

As a journalist, you travel to an abandoned village to investigate a dark event that occurred years ago. As you progress through missing babies, hidden diaries, and forbidden rituals, you will be forced to perform a dangerous ritual yourself to uncover the truth.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 31.1%, Surreal 18.7%, Horror 17.5%, Exploration 10.7%, Adventure 8.5%

You are trapped in an endless hallway. Observe your surroundings carefully to reach your destiny.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 23.8%, Surreal 23.2%, Horror 16.4%, Exploration 8.3%, Puzzle 6.8%

You have wandered into a Japanese labyrinth where ghosts lurk. Escape from this strange space while running away from the ghosts.

Why similar: Surreal 31.3%, Walking Simulator 26.5%, Horror 22.3%, Exploration 8.4%, Adventure 5.5%

From the creators of What Remains of Edith Finch. Enter the surreal world of The Unfinished Swan and explore a mysterious, hidden kingdom by splatting paint to reveal the world around you.

Why similar: Surreal 30.9%, Walking Simulator 17%, Exploration 12.4%, Puzzle 9.9%, Minimalist 8.2%

Exit 8-affected, 'Find the Old Man' departure simulation. The final person to leave must check that no other employees remain before switching off the lights and locking up. Note: This game currently only supports Japanese. English support is planned for a future update.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 37.8%, Surreal 33.4%, Horror 12.9%, Exploration 10.2%, 3D 4.7%

Immerse yourself in a captivating blend of exploration, puzzle-solving, and otherworldly encounters. Can you navigate through the chaos and unravel the truth?

Why similar: Walking Simulator 25%, Surreal 21.7%, Horror 15%, Exploration 10.2%, Puzzle 7.5%

You find yourself in a quiet room with four doors. There's ALWAYS an anomaly. Choose wisely.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 24.7%, Surreal 23.5%, Horror 17.8%, Exploration 7.2%, Puzzle 6.8%