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Games Like The Backroom - Lost and Found

60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Adventure, Exploration, Psychological Horror, Horror.

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The Backroom - Lost and Found is a story rich adventure game with some horror elements. Why is there an orphaned room hidden away in the depths of a strange liminal space? Is it "the backrooms" or something else? CYOA? SCP? Weirdcore? No clipping? And what's with the cute paintings?

Reviews: Very Positive — 89% — of 434 reviews
Released: 2022-07-25
Developer: Lollin' Pony
Genres: Adventure, Free To Play, Indie
Platforms: Windows

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  1. #1 Backrooms: Found Footage
    97% matchVery Positive84% of 280 reviews2024
    Dev: HNStudios
    Windows

    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: Realistic 12.9%, Multiplayer 11.8%, Exploration 10.8%, Horror 10.8%, First-Person 10.4%

  2. #2 The Complex: Found Footage
    96% matchVery Positive93% of 9,432 reviews2022
    Dev: pgWave
    Windows

    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: Psychological Horror 16.6%, Horror 16.1%, Realistic 10.2%, Multiplayer 10%, First-Person 9.9%

  3. #3 Inside the Backrooms
    96% matchVery Positive81% of 45,968 reviews2022
    Dev: MrFatcat
    Windows
    Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 15.0 hrs≥1hr: 87%

    Inside the Backrooms is a horror multiplayer game mixed with different mechanics that will make you spend an intense night with friends. Explore, think, interact, but be careful, it is rumored that there are several entities wishing to find you...

    Why similar: Horror 22%, Multiplayer 16.8%, Psychological Horror 14.9%, Puzzle 9.2%, Dark 6.9%

  4. #4 Within the Backrooms
    95% matchVery Positive96% of 190 reviews2023
    Dev: Shattered Display
    Windows

    You don't know how you got here, and you don't know how you'll leave. Wander the depths of the Backrooms in hopes of finding something more.

    Why similar: Exploration 34.4%, Atmospheric 25.9%, Adventure 14.9%, First-Person 12.1%, Indie 6%

  5. #5 Backroom Company
    94% matchMostly Positive77% of 497 reviews2025
    Dev: Hypercent Inc.
    Windows
    Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 81%

    Backroom Company (aka Async Corporation) is a mysterious group exploring “Noclip.” No one knows who created it. Follow the missing explorers' traces and find strange items deep in the Backrooms.

    Why similar: Horror 25.5%, Multiplayer 19.9%, Mystery 19.7%, Psychological Horror 18.2%, Exploration 11.5%

  6. #6 Outcore: Desktop Adventure
    92% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 17,301 reviews2022
    Dev: Doctor Shinobi
    Windows

    All you wanted was a nice game. But now you find yourself opening Windows apps like Paint & Notepad to solve puzzles, and searching for files on your computers that you didn't put there... Who is she? Why did she appear on your desktop? Let's dive into her memories and find out.

    Why similar: Psychological Horror 28%, Story Rich 14.7%, Funny 12.6%, Cute 11.1%, Exploration 11%

  7. #7 Backrooms: Exploration
    93% matchMostly Positive73% of 73 reviews2025
    Dev: HNStudios
    Windows

    Backrooms: Exploration is a single-player horror game, which takes place in 2020. Two friends have lost their jobs due to COVID-19, but they still have to bring food to the table. After a failed heist, one of them ends up in the Backrooms. Now your only mission is to survive.

    Why similar: Horror 17.6%, Realistic 15.7%, Psychological Horror 15.5%, First-Person 12.4%, Dark 10.5%

  8. #8 The Backrooms
    94% matchMostly Negative24% of 58 reviews2019
    Dev: WASABAE Studios
    Windows

    You find yourself in a strange world with no idea how you got there. As you explore more, the world gets increasingly convoluted and unstable. You are now in... The Backrooms.

    Why similar: Exploration 21%, Psychological Horror 20.6%, Horror 19.7%, First-Person 18.4%, Atmospheric 11.1%

  9. #9 Liminalcore
    91% matchVery Positive83% of 652 reviews2024
    Dev: Shadow Owl Studios
    Windows
    Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 2.6 hrs≥1hr: 73%

    Explore and admire while navigate through eerie, surreal environments inspired by the Backrooms lore. Explore this uncanny world lost in time and get lost in the otherworldly architecture in a world where reality bends and your sanity is tested.

    Why similar: Psychological Horror 25.3%, Realistic 19.2%, Mystery 15.4%, Exploration 13.8%, Atmospheric 11.1%

  10. #10 BACKROOMS NO RETURN: Prologue
    91% matchMostly Negative33% of 1,186 reviews2024
    Dev: FriedGPU
    Windows

    Explore the poolrooms in a inmersive cooperative horror game. Immerse yourself in the story of scientists who are exploring the depths of the poolrooms and end up encountering various obstacles in order to find a way back to reality.

    Why similar: Psychological Horror 18.4%, Horror 15.1%, Funny 14.2%, Dark 12.7%, Multiplayer 12.2%

  11. #11 Shifting To The Backrooms
    89% matchVery Positive85% of 55 reviews2026
    Dev: Oopsome Games
    Windows

    Experience Will's complicated story, find a way out of the nightmare of liminal spaces by solving challenging puzzles and avoiding dangerous entities — all this awaits you in "Shifting To The Backrooms".

    Why similar: Psychological Horror 17.7%, Horror 15.4%, First-Person 11.1%, Puzzle 11%, Story Rich 10.3%

  12. #12 Return the Backrooms
    90% matchMixed63% of 139 reviews2022
    Dev: Skmaestro
    Windows

    Return the Backrooms is a Co-op horror game for 1-4 players where you can have a great time with your friends. Think, Explore, Wander, find the key items and try to escape. but be careful because something is lurking in the dark...

    Why similar: Psychological Horror 16.8%, Horror 13.6%, Exploration 11.6%, First-Person 11.3%, Mystery 11.2%

  13. #13 Backrooms Descent: Multiplayer Horror
    89% matchMixed46% of 106 reviews2023
    Dev: Sushi Studio
    Windows

    If you are not careful enough, you may end up in that place, the place some call The Backrooms. The Backrooms of existence, a hellish dimension of infinite maze-like constructs, each level pushing deeper into the despair. Could you, a normal person find the way out? Dive deeper into the horror

    Why similar: Stealth 15.7%, Psychological Horror 12.9%, Horror 10.7%, Realistic 10.3%, Multiplayer 8.8%

  14. #14 Transliminal: Beyond The Backrooms
    87% matchVery Positive94% of 119 reviews2022
    Dev: Corey JeffriesPub: Spatial Quotient
    Windows

    An unsettling rogue-lite horror adventure. Iconic Backrooms levels reshape around you. Classic and original entities lurk as greater beings bid for your favor. Collect relics and strange items. Grow stronger. Survive, escape, or claim more uncertain fates. Fall in. Get lost. Go beyond The Backrooms.

    Why similar: Psychological Horror 24.4%, Horror 19.8%, Exploration 15.3%, First-Person 11.5%, Atmospheric 10.6%

  15. #15 Backrooms Rec.
    86% matchMixed70% of 1,667 reviews2024
    Dev: Liminal Logic
    Windows
    Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 78%

    Dive into the mysteries of the Backrooms with a solo-developed survival game. Explore eerie hallways, uncover secrets alone or in multiplayer (up to 6 players), and take on unique challenges.

    Why similar: Horror 20.7%, Psychological Horror 19.6%, Multiplayer 18.9%, Realistic 14.3%, First-Person 12.8%

  16. #16 Rental
    84% matchVery Positive93% of 5,309 reviews2024
    Dev: Lonely HousePub: Animita Project
    Windows

    Rental is a short and spooky adventure game about the dangers of renting a house in an unknown place.

    Why similar: Horror 22.2%, Mystery 13.6%, Exploration 12.6%, Dark 10.3%, Atmospheric 10.1%

  17. #17 Marie's Room
    86% matchVery Positive93% of 6,612 reviews2018
    Dev: Kenny Guillaume
    Windows
    Median: 54 minMean: 14.9 hrs≥1hr: 42%

    Marie's Room is a short story exploration game about an unconventional friendship between two classmates. You play as Kelsey, remembering Marie's room as it was twenty years ago. But something’s off. What happened to Marie?

    Why similar: Story Rich 21.7%, Atmospheric 13.3%, Mystery 13.2%, Exploration 13.1%, First-Person 11.9%

  18. #18 Backrooms: What's Next
    85% matchMixed66% of 65 reviews2025
    Dev: SUDT Games
    Windows

    Backrooms: What's Next is a Co-op horror game up to 4 players, where you and your friends will explore the game, try to pass the game level using your mind, wit, remembering the places where you were

    Why similar: Stealth 28.7%, Exploration 13.4%, Horror 13.1%, Puzzle 12.6%, First-Person 11.7%

  19. #19 Fungiman
    84% matchVery Positive91% of 496 reviews2022
    Dev: svinoman
    Windows

    Just a game about a friendly fungus. There's nothing wrong, is there?

    Why similar: Psychological Horror 18.6%, Horror 17.6%, Mystery 16.4%, First-Person 12.2%, Exploration 12.1%

  20. #20 The Backrooms 1998 - Found Footage Survival Horror Game
    82% matchVery Positive85% of 799 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: Psychological Horror 34.2%, Dark 20%, Realistic 18.9%, Puzzle 12.1%, Atmospheric 7.5%

  21. #21 DREAM LOGIC
    83% matchVery Positive90% of 382 reviews2022
    Dev: Teleopsia Games
    Windows

    DREAM LOGIC is a story driven first-person atmospheric horror game which takes place in liminal spaces. Explore various nostalgic, dreamlike, uncanny environments. But don't feel too safe, there's a sneaky creature watching your every move.

    Why similar: Psychological Horror 18.9%, Horror 14.1%, Mystery 13.9%, Exploration 10.8%, Puzzle 9.5%

  22. #22 Garten of Banban 0
    82% matchMostly Positive71% of 3,977 reviews2025
    Dev: Euphoric Brothers
    Windows
    Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 2.1 hrs≥1hr: 59%

    Explore the origins of the mysterious Banban’s Kindergarten. Survive the dark past of the establishment. Try to make some friends. Uncover the truth behind the place, and who you are…

    Why similar: Horror 18%, Psychological Horror 17.7%, Dark 13.5%, First-Person 12.7%, Puzzle 11.6%

  23. #23 BACKROOM LOOP
    81% matchVery Positive95% of 123 reviews2025
    Dev: N.C Bana
    Windows

    Backroom Loop is a first-person psychological horror (entertainment) game. You are trapped in a familiar-feeling space, exploring and escaping… only to return to the start. Can you break free from the loop?

    Why similar: Horror 23.4%, First-Person 20.8%, Funny 20.6%, Psychological Horror 17.2%, Puzzle 9.3%

  24. #24 sheeeroom
    80% matchMostly Positive78% of 272 reviews2024
    Dev: LuuuLuuuL
    Windows

    You wish to bring "She" back to life to reclaim something precious you’ve lost. Solve the various puzzles set before you and gather what "She" needs. Even you don’t know what "She" truly is. "sheeeroom" is a mysterious adventure game.

    Why similar: Mystery 24.8%, Puzzle 18.9%, Exploration 17%, First-Person 15.8%, Cute 15.3%

  25. #25 Subliminal
    78% matchVery Positive81% of 236 reviews2026
    Dev: Accidental StudiosPub: Gone Shootin
    Windows

    Subliminal is a psychological horror game inspired by the urban legend of The Backrooms. Bleeding edge lighting and rendering, handcrafted open-ended levels, light and perspective-based puzzles, nostalgic spaces, unfamiliar faces, and a rotting feeling that something is not quite right.

    Why similar: Realistic 15.3%, Mystery 15%, Psychological Horror 14.1%, Horror 11.1%, First-Person 8.5%

  26. #26 Lost Hope: Backrooms
    81% matchMixed69% of 99 reviews2023
    Dev: mdvdPub: Lost Hope games
    Windows

    Lost Hope, a chilling horror game set in the eerie Backrooms universe, challenges players to delve into enigmatic locations teeming with bizarre and inexplicable phenomena. Embark on an expedition alone or with friends!

    Why similar: Horror 28.5%, Psychological Horror 26.7%, First-Person 20.8%, Exploration 12.5%, Adventure 6.9%

  27. #27 NOCLIP
    79% matchMostly Positive71% of 54 reviews2024
    Dev: DELIRIUM Labs
    Windows

    Chapter-based Backrooms experience. Embark on a chilling journey through the unknown. Visuals based on early 2000's camcorders.

    Why similar: Psychological Horror 18.3%, Horror 15.1%, Exploration 13.5%, First-Person 12.8%, Realistic 12%

  28. #28 The Backrooms: Lost Tape
    78% matchVery Positive84% of 1,325 reviews2022
    Dev: Cortez Productions
    Windows
    Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 2.6 hrs≥1hr: 59%

    You work in the cinema as an usher and accidentally fell into the Backrooms, now being trapped, needing to unravel the mysteries of the yellow rooms in order to get out of this place, but be careful, there are entities that will be in your way.

    Why similar: Psychological Horror 15.9%, Horror 13.9%, Dark 12.6%, Mystery 11.7%, Realistic 9.7%

  29. #29 The Backrooms: Unbounded
    77% matchMostly Positive76% of 658 reviews2023
    Dev: BluSkie
    Windows

    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: Psychological Horror 16.5%, Horror 13.7%, Mystery 11.9%, Realistic 11.8%, Multiplayer 10.3%

  30. #30 The Backrooms: Found Footage
    79% matchMostly Positive71% of 62 reviews2022
    Dev: BaddWeatherPub: Euclid Games
    Windows

    The Backrooms: Found Footage is a survival horror game with rogue-lite elements, where you explore 600 million miles of randomly generated office space, contend with entities, collect unique and useful lore- all while attempting to maintain your sanity as you try to escape.

    Why similar: Psychological Horror 23.5%, Horror 18.9%, Exploration 16.3%, First-Person 15.3%, Realistic 15%

  31. #31 SKUF BACKROOMS
    77% matchMixed60% of 93 reviews2024
    Dev: akhsotoen
    Windows

    SKUF BACKROOMS is a psychological horror game that takes the player to the Backrooms level, consisting of intertwining transition zones of post-Soviet living spaces.

    Why similar: Psychological Horror 20.3%, Memes 15.6%, Realistic 14.6%, Horror 12.1%, Exploration 9.2%

  32. #32 monoch room
    75% matchVery Positive88% of 50 reviews2024
    Dev: LuuuLuuuL
    Windows

    After losing consciousness, I found myself in a strange room. An unknown figure guided me deeper into the room. "I thought you would make it this far." Eventually, I saw a past I had forgotten... "monoch room" is an adventure game with puzzle elements.

    Why similar: Psychological Horror 21.1%, Mystery 15.6%, First-Person 13.3%, Puzzle 13.2%, Exploration 12.2%

  33. #33 Hotel 188
    74% matchVery Positive88% of 73 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: Psychological Horror 25.5%, Realistic 18.7%, First-Person 14.1%, Atmospheric 10.7%, Exploration 10.1%

  34. #34 The Complex: Expedition
    72% matchVery Positive89% of 2,232 reviews2025
    Dev: pgWave
    Windows
    Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 10.4 hrs≥1hr: 74%

    When a routine expedition into The Complex goes horribly wrong, you're left alone and lost, wandering the seemingly infinite maze of hallways, otherwise known as the Backrooms. Might there be something following you?

    Why similar: Horror 17%, Psychological Horror 16.9%, Realistic 15.8%, Mystery 13.1%, Exploration 11.6%

  35. #35 The Fridge is Red
    76% matchMixed56% of 229 reviews2022
    Dev: 5WORD TeamPub: tinyBuild
    Windows
    Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 85%

    What is inside the Red Fridge? Collection of six episodes of psychological analog horror. Tour through liminal spaces filled with surreal events and uncanny strangers. Inspired by retro horrors of the PSX era.

    Why similar: Psychological Horror 14.3%, Mystery 13.1%, Horror 12.2%, Dark 10.8%, Puzzle 9.4%

  36. #36 Kach
    75% matchVery Positive81% of 292 reviews2022
    Dev: Bhargav ModhaPub: BYGames
    Windows · Mac

    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: Horror 20.4%, Dark 14.4%, Psychological Horror 9.9%, Exploration 9.4%, Mystery 8.9%

  37. #37 The Backrooms Regret
    74% matchMixed61% of 147 reviews2024
    Dev: Noirware
    Windows

    Are you ready to survive in this hostile world? Discover who you are and how you ended up in this dimension. But don't worry, you can rely on warm company that will make your experience much more 'pleasant.' Oh, and good luck, you'll need it.

    Why similar: Multiplayer 15.4%, Psychological Horror 15.2%, Horror 15%, Puzzle 13.1%, Exploration 12.3%

  38. #38 The Guest
    76% matchMostly Positive74% of 945 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: Puzzle 20%, Horror 19.2%, Mystery 19.1%, First-Person 10.5%, Psychological Horror 10.2%

  39. #39 Enter The Backrooms
    73% matchVery Positive88% of 1,041 reviews2021
    Dev: Justin KrohPub: Cosmic Crow Creations
    Windows
    Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 61%

    An indie psychological horror experience about surviving infinity. Navigate an endless expanse of rooms, ascend through various levels, gather items and artifacts, avoid going insane, evade corrupted entities, and see just how deep the realm known as The Backrooms goes.

    Why similar: Psychological Horror 40.2%, Horror 28.8%, First-Person 19%, Adventure 10%, Singleplayer 2%

  40. #40 Liminal City
    72% matchMostly Positive73% of 79 reviews2025
    Dev: LIGHTWORKER GAMES
    Windows

    Liminal City is a psychological horror and exploration game based on found footage, set in Backrooms Level 11. Walk through the streets of Level 11, filled with soulless buildings, dynamically moving to different levels and searching for a way out. Once you fall in here will you be able to get out?

    Why similar: Psychological Horror 19.4%, Realistic 14.2%, Horror 11.2%, Mystery 11%, Stealth 10.8%

  41. #41 Project Liminal 2
    71% matchVery Positive96% of 56 reviews2026
    Dev: AquaHeaven StudiosPub: TXC
    Windows

    Explore terrifying liminal spaces. Horror walking simulator with reality-bending platforming and supernatural threats. Get lost between dimensions.

    Why similar: Puzzle 18.6%, Realistic 15.3%, Exploration 14.1%, First-Person 12%, Adventure 11.8%

  42. #42 Crossroad OS
    70% matchVery Positive99% of 298 reviews2023
    Dev: GuyPub: Martin Games
    Windows · Linux

    Explore the mysterious operating system Crossʀoad OS. Adventure through its decaying programs, solve puzzles, collect items and meet strange creatures.

    Why similar: Mystery 18.6%, Funny 16%, Horror 15.1%, Dark 12.4%, Puzzle 9.9%

  43. #43 Behind The Backrooms
    73% matchMixed48% of 58 reviews2024
    Dev: SupKai
    Windows

    Behind the Backrooms is a 1-4 player co-op horror exploration game

    Why similar: Horror 25%, Puzzle 17.5%, Exploration 16.2%, First-Person 15.3%, Mystery 15.1%

  44. #44 Krypta FM
    68% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 1,929 reviews2024
    Dev: Under The Sink Studio
    Windows

    Can you solve the mystery of the Beast of Gozdary?

    Why similar: Horror 22.9%, Exploration 16%, Mystery 15%, Story Rich 13.7%, Atmospheric 13.4%

  45. #45 I Frog-ot
    70% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 727 reviews2022
    Dev: Krabby Games
    Windows

    A short horror- I mean, cute game :) Help a normal, innocent frog get back to his super awesome wizard self!! :O

    Why similar: Memes 21.7%, Psychological Horror 14.5%, Horror 13.2%, Funny 11.9%, Dark 10.8%

  46. #46 THE NORMAL THING
    71% matchVery Positive95% of 488 reviews2020
    Dev: Orata Studio
    Windows · Mac

    THE NORMAL THING is a story about a dog who lost his memory. Sunless forests, strange gardens, weird inhabitants... Start a little journey to retrieve your memory.

    Why similar: Mystery 20.7%, Puzzle 20.3%, Horror 14.1%, Atmospheric 12.8%, Exploration 10.2%

  47. #47 The NADI Project
    73% matchMixed67% of 468 reviews2016
    Dev: Monkeys Tales Studio
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 54 minMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 43%

    The NADI Project it is a free-to-play, first person graphic adventure, in which you will face various obstacles to escape from your destiny.

    Why similar: Multiplayer 14%, First-Person 13.7%, Exploration 11.6%, Mystery 11.2%, Horror 11.1%

  48. #48 Fingerbones
    71% matchMostly Positive80% of 3,583 reviews2015
    Dev: David Szymanski
    Windows
    Median: 24 minMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 10%

    Explore a mysterious abandoned bunker and find notes that paint a disturbing picture.

    Why similar: Psychological Horror 20.4%, Horror 16.5%, Dark 15.2%, First-Person 12.2%, Exploration 9.1%

  49. #49 This is Interesting
    68% matchVery Positive99% of 79 reviews2025
    Dev: Scott Jund
    Windows

    This is Interesting is a psychological horror mystery based game with roguelite elements. You are being watched, and you aren't really sure why. Delve through the depths of memory to uncover the mystery behind the gray purgatory you find yourself in.

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.2%, Psychological Horror 16.7%, Mystery 12.8%, Exploration 11.1%, Puzzle 10.3%

  50. #50 Garten of Banban
    69% matchMixed53% of 12,506 reviews2023
    Dev: Euphoric Brothers
    Windows
    Median: 36 minMean: 16.5 hrs≥1hr: 25%

    Enter Banban's Kindergarten, and you're sure to make some friends. Explore the mysterious establishment and don't lose your life and sanity. Uncover the horrifying truth behind the place, but be careful, as you are far from alone…

    Why similar: Psychological Horror 17.6%, Horror 14.9%, Mystery 12.9%, Dark 12.9%, First-Person 11.2%

  51. #51 Darkness Under My Bed
    70% matchVery Positive90% of 92 reviews2021
    Dev: Desert Fox
    Windows

    Wander through intricate maze under the bed, and discover the secrets hidden in the long, dark tunnels. Document the existence of monsters. Retrieve the stolen treasures and memories.

    Why similar: Psychological Horror 18.1%, Horror 15.1%, Mystery 13.1%, Dark 11.8%, First-Person 11.1%

  52. #52 POOLS
    65% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 6,027 reviews2024
    Dev: Tensori
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 62%

    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: Psychological Horror 25.7%, Realistic 17.9%, First-Person 12.2%, Exploration 11.8%, Atmospheric 10.6%

  53. #53 The Paradixion: Son's Room
    69% matchVery Positive85% of 53 reviews2023
    Dev: GomPangGames
    Windows

    [The Paradixion: Son's Room] is a point-and-click adventure game with a mysterious atmosphere.Solve various puzzles with a unique atmosphere and find the hidden elements in the game to gather clues about the story.

    Why similar: Psychological Horror 20.3%, Horror 17%, Mystery 16%, Puzzle 14.5%, Dark 11.6%

  54. #54 A Liminal Place Remastered
    68% matchMostly Positive74% of 103 reviews2024
    Dev: Mirage Entertainment
    Windows

    A Liminal Place RMSTER is a solitary game, and relaxing on some levels. ALPR Uses Body-Cam, Analog Horror and Found Footage style. Including realistic Liminal Spaces, and "Backrooms" levels.

    Why similar: Exploration 28.6%, Puzzle 26.7%, First-Person 23.1%, Atmospheric 11.3%, Adventure 6.5%

  55. #55 MUZY
    67% matchMostly Positive77% of 215 reviews2024
    Dev: Andrew RybisPub: Galactic Crows
    Windows

    Explore the mystery behind a once-loved and hugely popular children's toy, also known as MUZY, in this terrifying horror adventure game. Several reports detail frightening incidents connected to accidents. Your job is to solve the puzzles and find the cause of these unsettling occurrences.

    Why similar: Horror 18.6%, Psychological Horror 16.4%, Dark 12.5%, Puzzle 9.9%, First-Person 9.7%

  56. #56 The House of E.
    67% matchVery Positive91% of 68 reviews2023
    Dev: Gamenastica Studios
    Windows

    The House of E. is a story-driven puzzle game with horror elements and a creepy atmosphere.

    Why similar: Horror 17%, Mystery 16.1%, Dark 13.3%, Puzzle 12.3%, Realistic 10.7%

  57. #57 ONE IN THE BACK
    64% matchVery Positive96% of 167 reviews2025
    Dev: Mr. Jingo
    Windows

    An escape-room styled series of puzzles await in the car that seems to contain neither rhyme nor reason. See if you can solve the mysteries of the photographs, and figure out what it means to be the ONE IN THE BACK.

    Why similar: Puzzle 23.6%, Psychological Horror 23%, Horror 18.8%, Story Rich 18.5%, Mystery 8.8%

  58. #58 TELEFORUM
    65% matchVery Positive92% of 3,393 reviews2023
    Dev: Monumental CollabPub: CRITICAL REFLEX
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 2.5 hrs≥1hr: 52%

    TELEFORUM is a found-footage-styled horror game exploring the unknown side of media. You’re visiting a widow’s apartment to conduct an interview about her husband's death. But that’s not the main reason why you’re here. It’s all about the tape, isn’t it?

    Why similar: Psychological Horror 23.3%, Horror 20.6%, Story Rich 11%, Puzzle 10.6%, Exploration 10.3%

  59. #59 Indigo Park: Chapter 1
    62% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 22,765 reviews2024
    Dev: UniqueGeese
    Windows

    Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.

    Why similar: Horror 27.2%, First-Person 15.4%, Cute 11.4%, Psychological Horror 8.3%, Funny 6.3%

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