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  1. #1 Within the Backrooms
    97% 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: Multiple Endings 21.6%, Exploration 19.9%, Atmospheric 12.5%, Surreal 10.9%, Walking Simulator 7.6%

  2. #2 Enter The Backrooms
    96% 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: Walking Simulator 30.3%, Psychological Horror 17.7%, Horror 14.9%, First-Person 11.3%, Casual 7.5%

  3. #3 Backrooms: Found Footage
    96% 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: Exploration 19.5%, First-Person 16.3%, Horror 14.6%, Psychological Horror 11.6%, Multiple Endings 10.2%

  4. #4 The Backrooms Footage
    95% matchMixed67% of 75 reviews2022
    Dev: Untold Backrooms Stories
    Windows · Linux

    You have found a camera with a footage in it. For some reason you can't rewind the video, and as soon as you try winding it forward you find yourself in the Backrooms. Figure out whats in the footage and try to ESCAPE AS FAST AS POSSIBLE!

    Why similar: Walking Simulator 21.9%, Hidden Object 17.9%, Psychological Horror 14.7%, Horror 13.3%, Exploration 11.5%

  5. #5 The Backrooms
    94% matchMixed64% of 118 reviews2022
    Dev: Ionized Games
    Windows
    Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 73%

    The Backrooms is a first person survival horror game set in one of the most terrifying environments of the human psyche. Explore an ever evolving nightmare while running from terrifying creatures to stay alive.

    Why similar: Psychedelic 36.8%, Conspiracy 14.8%, First-Person 14.2%, Horror 11.4%, Psychological Horror 10.3%

  6. #6 Transliminal: Beyond The Backrooms
    94% 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: Walking Simulator 21.1%, Multiple Endings 13.6%, Psychological Horror 13.3%, Exploration 13.1%, Horror 12.7%

  7. #7 Anomalies Detective
    93% matchMostly Positive77% of 70 reviews2024
    Dev: ChenGame
    Windows

    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 29.4%, Multiple Endings 17.5%, Exploration 12.1%, Psychological Horror 11.9%, First-Person 9.8%

  8. #8 Liminalcore
    92% 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: Walking Simulator 40.1%, Psychological Horror 18.2%, Exploration 15.5%, Atmospheric 10.4%, Surreal 6.3%

  9. #9 Backrooms: Exploration
    91% 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: Walking Simulator 20.5%, Horror 19.8%, First-Person 16.1%, Psychological Horror 14.9%, Multiple Endings 10.2%

  10. #10 The Backrooms 1998 - Found Footage Survival Horror Game
    91% 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: Walking Simulator 39%, Psychological Horror 36.2%, Atmospheric 10.3%, 3D 7.6%, Adventure 6.9%

  11. #11 Liminal City
    90% 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: Walking Simulator 28.7%, Psychological Horror 14.7%, Exploration 12.3%, Horror 10%, First-Person 9.5%

  12. #12 The Complex: Found Footage
    89% 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: Walking Simulator 23.4%, Horror 17.9%, Psychological Horror 15.7%, Exploration 13.1%, First-Person 12.6%

  13. #13 The Backrooms: Lost Tape
    89% 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: Horror 22.5%, Psychological Horror 22%, Exploration 19.5%, First-Person 14.5%, Atmospheric 11.9%

  14. #14 13层:公寓异常管理员 13 Floors: Anomalies
    88% matchMixed65% of 123 reviews2024
    Dev: LU
    Windows

    You get a strange job. Your job is to patrol a 13th-floor apartment, look for anomalies...

    Why similar: Walking Simulator 30%, Exploration 18.5%, First-Person 13.4%, Psychological Horror 10.9%, 3D 8.8%

  15. #15 The Anomalous Hour
    87% matchVery Positive92% of 85 reviews2024
    Dev: Gambir Studio
    Windows

    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: Walking Simulator 18.9%, Hidden Object 16.2%, Multiple Endings 14.3%, Horror 10%, Exploration 9.7%

  16. #16 Backrooms Doors
    86% matchMixed68% of 84 reviews2023
    Dev: Performance Artist
    Windows

    Backrooms Doors - This is an atmospheric first-person horror game. Explore spaces that can't exist in the real world and find your way out before the entities find you.

    Why similar: Horror 24.9%, First-Person 21.3%, Psychological Horror 19.4%, 3D 13.1%, Atmospheric 9.4%

  17. #17 Elevator Zero
    86% matchVery Positive89% of 55 reviews2024
    Dev: Arvus Games
    Windows

    In Elevator Zero, a first-person exploration and puzzle game, you find yourself trapped in an otherworldly dimension. Escape is possible only through the elevator.

    Why similar: Walking Simulator 34.8%, Horror 12.6%, Multiple Endings 12.5%, First-Person 12.3%, Casual 11.5%

  18. #18 Forgot
    83% matchVery Positive91% of 87 reviews2025
    Dev: Maxwell Whitebaker
    Windows

    You are trapped at home in an endless loop. Remember your surroundings and watch out for anomalies, if you ever want to leave.

    Why similar: Walking Simulator 22.9%, Hidden Object 19.3%, Psychological Horror 11.6%, Multiple Endings 10%, Horror 9.4%

  19. #19 Backrooms: Exit from Supermarket
    84% matchMixed70% of 56 reviews2025
    Dev: CGI LAB GAMES
    Windows

    In the Backrooms: Exit from Supermarket, you find yourself trapped in a labyrinth of endless, flickering aisles. Unearth dark secrets behind every shelf while evading lurking apparitions and supernatural terrors. Can you survive the haunted corridors and escape before the nightmare consumes?

    Why similar: Walking Simulator 26.6%, Psychological Horror 17.6%, Horror 16.8%, First-Person 13.2%, Atmospheric 10.4%

  20. #20 The Backrooms: Found Footage
    85% 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: Walking Simulator 27.6%, Exploration 13.2%, Psychological Horror 12.3%, Horror 11.6%, First-Person 10.8%

  21. #21 Shifting To The Backrooms
    82% 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: Walking Simulator 26.8%, Horror 15.7%, Psychological Horror 15.4%, Exploration 13.5%, First-Person 13.1%

  22. #22 EXPEDITION TO THE BACKROOMS
    82% matchMixed68% of 146 reviews2025
    Dev: 1_Cutter_1
    Windows

    You are the exploration team from company Async, you arrive to reported anomaly place and searching for anomalies, but what would you find? Prepare yourself for a gripping and heart-pounding adventure in EXPEDITION TO THE BACKROOMS, where every step could be your last.

    Why similar: Walking Simulator 37.5%, Exploration 15.3%, Horror 14.6%, Psychological Horror 13%, First-Person 12.4%

  23. #23 The Backrooms Multiplayer
    84% matchMostly Negative37% of 73 reviews2022
    Dev: Untold Backrooms Stories
    Windows

    You and your friends have found a camera with a footage in it. For some reason you can't rewind the video, and as soon as you try winding it forward you all find yourself in the Backrooms. Together figure out whats in the footage and try to ESCAPE AS FAST AS POSSIBLE!

    Why similar: Walking Simulator 23.6%, Psychological Horror 14.5%, Horror 13%, Conspiracy 10.5%, Exploration 9.5%

  24. #24 Interior Worlds
    81% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 562 reviews2023
    Dev: sodaraptorPub: Raptorsoft Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 73%

    Snap your own homemade liminal space photos using a mysterious SLR camera as you explore a variety of empty, strange, and familiar spaces.

    Why similar: Walking Simulator 25.6%, Hidden Object 17.7%, Exploration 14.7%, Horror 11.4%, Atmospheric 8.3%

  25. #25 The Complex: Expedition
    79% 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 24.2%, Exploration 22%, Psychological Horror 20.5%, First-Person 11.7%, Walking Simulator 6.8%

  26. #26 Inside the Backrooms
    79% 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 35.8%, Psychological Horror 20.7%, Exploration 13.8%, First-Person 12.3%, Atmospheric 7.7%

  27. #27 Anomaly Loop
    80% matchVery Positive89% of 62 reviews2024
    Dev: DidOne
    Windows

    You woke up and found yourself in an anomalous endless place from which it is not so easy to get out. Carefully observe your surroundings to find a way out of this place.

    Why similar: Walking Simulator 46.7%, First-Person 13.3%, Psychological Horror 11.7%, Adventure 8.5%, 3D 8.4%

  28. #28 Backrooms Descent: Multiplayer Horror
    81% 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: Exploration 20.5%, Psychological Horror 19.4%, Horror 18.9%, First-Person 17.6%, 3D 10.5%

  29. #29 Disminal
    78% matchVery Positive92% of 131 reviews2024
    Dev: Brian Gonnet
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    wandering into the uncanny concept of liminality, captured in DV tape format you explore what seems to be another dimension, lost in an endless space that looks human-made but isn't.

    Why similar: Walking Simulator 51%, First-Person 19.6%, Atmospheric 13.1%, Exploration 9.6%, Indie 5%

  30. #30 Reflection
    77% matchVery Positive84% of 230 reviews2025
    Dev: JustTomcuk
    Windows

    You woke up in some basement and don't remember who you are or how you ended up here... But what you do know is that you need to get out of here...

    Why similar: Walking Simulator 33.6%, Psychological Horror 16.7%, Horror 16%, Supernatural 9.7%, Atmospheric 9.4%

  31. #31 NOCLIP
    78% 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: Walking Simulator 32.3%, Exploration 15.2%, Psychological Horror 13.2%, Horror 12.7%, First-Person 12.5%

  32. #32 BABBDI
    74% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 7,913 reviews2022
    Dev: Sirius LemaitrePub: Lemaitre Bros
    Windows · Mac · Linux

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

    Why similar: Walking Simulator 28.5%, Exploration 16.6%, First-Person 10.4%, Atmospheric 10.2%, Horror 10.1%

  33. #33 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: Walking Simulator 28.3%, Psychological Horror 14.5%, Hidden Object 11.3%, Exploration 10.3%, Horror 10.1%

  34. #34 False Mall
    75% matchVery Positive95% of 147 reviews2024
    Dev: TenkaiGames
    Windows

    You have wandered into an infinite looping shopping mall in Japan. If you notice changes within the mall, you might be able to escape.

    Why similar: Walking Simulator 38.6%, Hidden Object 21.9%, Psychological Horror 14.9%, Surreal 7.3%, First-Person 7.3%

  35. #35 Paranormal place
    76% matchMixed65% of 74 reviews2024
    Dev: ASK_GAMES
    Windows

    Alex is a blogger who explores places with paranormal phenomena. At the request of his subscribers, he goes to an abandoned place where, according to rumors, some creepy things were noticed. What is happening there? You have to find it out.

    Why similar: Walking Simulator 21.1%, Psychedelic 20.7%, Hidden Object 13.2%, Psychological Horror 10.4%, Horror 10.3%

  36. #36 Liminal Exit
    74% matchMostly Positive78% of 90 reviews2025
    Dev: LittleRedDread
    Windows

    Step into an uncanny building trapped in endless loops. Use the elevator, uncover unsettling anomalies, and evade the Entity lurking behind you. Liminal Exit is an immersive game inspired by liminal spaces and Exit 8. Explore 3 liminal space floors and track anomalies to escape, but watch your back!

    Why similar: Walking Simulator 27.7%, Multiple Endings 14.7%, Psychological Horror 11.4%, Horror 10.8%, First-Person 10.2%

  37. #37 The Backrooms Regret
    76% 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: Exploration 21.7%, Horror 20%, Psychological Horror 17.2%, First-Person 15.4%, 3D 11.8%

  38. #38 Hotel 188
    73% 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: Walking Simulator 35.1%, Psychological Horror 17.5%, First-Person 13.1%, Exploration 10.8%, Atmospheric 9.5%

  39. #39 Project Liminal 2
    72% 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: Platformer 28.8%, Exploration 19.1%, First-Person 14.1%, 3D 9.3%, Adventure 9.1%

  40. #40 The Backrooms: Unbounded
    73% 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: Walking Simulator 29.9%, Psychological Horror 15.3%, Horror 15%, First-Person 12.8%, Exploration 12.3%

  41. #41 Trapped
    75% matchVery Positive83% of 156 reviews2019
    Dev: N4bA
    Windows

    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 27.7%, Horror 17.1%, Psychological Horror 14.2%, First-Person 13.2%, Indie 11.3%

  42. #42 Twisted Gallery 异馆
    71% matchVery Positive85% of 349 reviews2025
    Dev: FH Create Inc
    Windows
    Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 1.5 hrs≥1hr: 53%

    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: Walking Simulator 31.4%, Psychological Horror 15.2%, Horror 11.8%, Exploration 11%, First-Person 10.9%

  43. #43 The Backroom - Lost and Found
    72% matchVery Positive89% of 434 reviews2022
    Dev: Lollin' Pony
    Windows

    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?

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

  44. #44 The Liminal Dimension
    71% matchVery Positive83% of 98 reviews2024
    Dev: Airem
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    You're trapped in an endless loop within a liminal dimension, where each loop leads to increasingly unsettling places. Will you find the way out of this psychological horror? The game offers a unique déjà vu experience that blurs the lines between reality and illusion.

    Why similar: Walking Simulator 39.3%, Psychological Horror 17.8%, Horror 14%, Casual 8.9%, 3D 6.5%

  45. #45 The Night Cleaner
    70% matchVery Positive88% of 92 reviews2026
    Dev: Yamoto
    Windows

    Night shift office cleaning. All that greets you, a new hire, is a dirty floor… and a formless sense of unease. In the silent floors above, something is unmistakably moving.

    Why similar: Walking Simulator 34.8%, Multiple Endings 11.4%, First-Person 11%, Horror 10.1%, Psychological Horror 9.6%

  46. #46 Home_0
    71% matchMostly Positive79% of 77 reviews2024
    Dev: Mike Ten
    Windows

    You are trapped in a memory of your past. Observe your surrounding carefully to end your nightmare.

    Why similar: Walking Simulator 22.8%, Hidden Object 17.9%, Multiple Endings 11.7%, Psychological Horror 11.3%, Horror 9.9%

  47. #47 Escape the Backrooms
    65% matchVery Positive91% of 134,540 reviews2025
    Dev: Fancy GamesPub: Secret Mode
    Windows
    Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 12.9 hrs≥1hr: 90%

    Escape the Backrooms is a 1-4 player co-op horror exploration game. Traverse 30+ eerie backrooms levels while avoiding entities and other dangers. Try to escape but be warned: survival isn't guaranteed.

    Why similar: Horror 37.8%, Psychological Horror 20.7%, First-Person 13.2%, Exploration 12%, 3D 5.9%

  48. #48 The Exit 8
    68% matchVery Positive93% of 10,306 reviews2023
    Dev: KOTAKE CREATEPub: PLAYISM
    Windows
    Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 1.9 hrs≥1hr: 58%

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

    Why similar: Walking Simulator 29%, Exploration 13.6%, Psychological Horror 13.1%, Horror 12.4%, First-Person 11.7%

  49. #49 In The Backrooms
    73% matchMixed57% of 154 reviews2022
    Dev: BLOCK 211
    Windows

    "God save you if you hear something wandering around nearby, because it sure as hell has heard you.."

    Why similar: Psychological Horror 20.2%, Horror 20%, Exploration 15.7%, Supernatural 15.1%, First-Person 14%

  50. #50 Floor 9
    70% matchMostly Positive74% of 175 reviews2024
    Dev: Room Games
    Windows · Mac

    In Floor 9, you find yourself trapped in a mysterious hotel known as "Hotel Liminal." To escape, you must identify anomalies on each floor. These anomalies can be anywhere - on the ground, in paintings, or even right in front of your eyes.

    Why similar: Walking Simulator 25.1%, Psychological Horror 15.2%, Exploration 11.9%, First-Person 10.6%, Horror 9.3%

  51. #51 Dreamcore
    67% matchVery Positive89% of 1,505 reviews2025
    Dev: MontraluzPub: Tlön Industries
    Windows
    Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 71%

    Experience liminal spaces like never before. Dreamcore is the ultimate psychological exploration game, set in the largest liminal world ever made. No guides, no path—only intuition. Will you keep your bearings in a world designed to make you lose them?

    Why similar: Walking Simulator 25.3%, Psychological Horror 12%, Exploration 11.6%, Horror 10.5%, First-Person 10%

  52. #52 Lost in Anomaly
    69% matchMixed64% of 993 reviews2024
    Dev: Aximus Games
    Windows

    In Lost in Anomaly, 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 29.1%, Psychological Horror 15.9%, Horror 15.4%, Exploration 12.7%, First-Person 10.5%

  53. #53 Backmooms
    68% matchVery Positive85% of 110 reviews2025
    Dev: LuuuLuuuL
    Windows

    You’ve wandered into a strange dimension while shopping.A mysterious monster is chasing you.You must escape."Backmooms" is a first-person adventure game.

    Why similar: Walking Simulator 25.3%, Psychological Horror 19.5%, Horror 14.4%, Exploration 12.1%, First-Person 8.8%

  54. #54 The Backrooms Game FREE Edition
    69% matchVery Positive80% of 3,604 reviews2019
    Dev: Pie On A Plate Productions
    Windows · Linux

    Nothing but the stink of old, moist carpets, the madness of mono-yellow, and the blinding light of fluorescent bulbs at maximum hum-buzz. Over 600 million sq. miles of randomly segmented rooms. God save you if you hear something wandering nearby, because it sure as hell has heard you.

    Why similar: Horror 30%, Walking Simulator 23.8%, Psychological Horror 21%, First-Person 8.4%, Atmospheric 5%

  55. #55 The Backrooms Project
    70% matchMostly Positive70% of 143 reviews2022
    Dev: 3AM Studios
    Windows · Linux

    Scientists made a new discovery about the Backrooms. Noclipping out of bounds in normal reality was a myth for long, but now it can be real! Now they are looking for subjects to test it on civil people. There are already scientists inside, so you have nothing to worry about, they say. Or do you?

    Why similar: Walking Simulator 29.7%, Psychological Horror 16.3%, Horror 15.6%, Exploration 13.8%, First-Person 11%

  56. #56 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: Walking Simulator 33.4%, Psychological Horror 16.7%, Exploration 12%, First-Person 10.8%, Atmospheric 9%

  57. #57 [SUBJECT]
    68% matchVery Positive88% of 92 reviews2023
    Dev: RUDZKI
    Windows

    [SUBJECT] is a first-person psychological horror game. You wake up confused in a dark room, not knowing where you are. The last thing you remember is a robotic voice echoing through you ears. How you got here or why is unclear, but you do know one thing: You're being watched.

    Why similar: Walking Simulator 29.1%, Horror 14.6%, Psychological Horror 14.5%, Hidden Object 11.6%, Atmospheric 8.8%

  58. #58 The Strange Lights
    65% matchVery Positive91% of 109 reviews2026
    Dev: JustTomcuk
    Windows

    You have arrived in a forest where people are rumored to disappear and strange things happen... Locals often see bright flashes and hear strange sounds...

    Why similar: Walking Simulator 31.5%, Psychological Horror 15.3%, Horror 14.8%, Supernatural 9.3%, Atmospheric 8.8%

  59. #59 Noclipped
    69% matchVery Positive82% of 57 reviews2022
    Dev: MateussDev
    Windows

    Noclipped is a Survival Horror Adventure game located in the Backrooms. Explore infinite levels, collect resources, fight or flee from dangerous beings and survive in the harsh environments of the Backrooms.

    Why similar: Exploration 21.5%, Walking Simulator 19.5%, First-Person 18.7%, Horror 16%, 3D 8%

  60. #60 Overtime Anomaly
    66% matchVery Positive84% of 75 reviews2025
    Dev: BiteMe Games
    Windows

    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: Walking Simulator 29.9%, Psychological Horror 15.7%, Exploration 12.6%, First-Person 9.4%, Atmospheric 9.2%

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