Games Like The Bathhouse | 地獄銭湯 Restored Edition

The Convenience Store | 夜勤事件 is a J-horror game about a college girl on a night shift.

Why similar: Horror 39.5%, Psychological Horror 28.1%, Simulation 7.4%, Realistic 6.5%, First-Person 6.2%

Why You'll Like It: This title defined the job-horror genre with its perfect blend of mundane tasks and escalating supernatural dread.

The Closing Shift | 閉店事件 is a Japanese horror game about a girl on a closing shift.

Why similar: Immersive Sim 20.7%, Life Sim 20%, 1990's 14.4%, Realistic 9.7%, Puzzle 7.4%

Why You'll Like It: Features a similar gameplay loop of working a late-night shift while being stalked by a persistent, unsettling presence.

The Karaoke | ヒトカラ is a Japanese horror game about a high school girl at a Karaoke.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 15.3%, Multiple Endings 13.1%, Horror 11.9%, 1990's 11.6%, Choices Matter 11.4%

Why You'll Like It: Captures the same lonely, claustrophobic atmosphere of being trapped in a public space after hours.

Parasocial | パラソーシャル is a Japanese horror game about a live streamer.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 22.3%, Horror 21.8%, Immersive Sim 14.4%, Choices Matter 13.8%, Female Protagonist 7.9%

Why You'll Like It: Explores the psychological terror of modern digital life with the signature Chilla's Art VHS aesthetic.

Alone with the dead... Embalm corpses, banish demons, save your soul.

Why similar: Demons 31.7%, Horror 31.3%, Female Protagonist 7.2%, First-Person 6.2%, Dark 6.1%

Why You'll Like It: Combines detailed job simulation mechanics with intense, randomized supernatural horror events.

Night Security | 夜間警備 is a Japanese psychological horror game about night security.

Why similar: Demons 19%, Immersive Sim 15.3%, Psychological Horror 15.2%, Horror 11.7%, 1990's 8.6%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the tension of patrolling a large, empty building, mirroring the isolation of the bathhouse.

Shinkansen 0 | 新幹線 0号 is a game set in Japan where players are tasked with finding anomalies in the Shinkansen. (Japanese bullet train)

Why similar: Psychological Horror 22.7%, Horror 18.9%, Choices Matter 17.9%, Immersive Sim 17.4%, Realistic 10.8%

Why You'll Like It: Uses a confined, public transit environment to build psychological tension through subtle environmental changes.

"Trapped in a cocoon, the silkworm weaves her final dream." Hollow Cocoon is a first-person horror adventure game set in 1980s Japan. Immerse yourself in meticulously recreated environments as you venture into the depths of unspeakable horrors that await you.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 24.4%, Horror 20%, Multiple Endings 19.3%, Dark 11.2%, Realistic 11%

Why You'll Like It: An deeply atmospheric J-horror game that excels at environmental storytelling and psychological dread.

The Kidnap | 誘拐事件 is a Japanese horror game about a kidnapping incident.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 23.9%, Immersive Sim 22.4%, Horror 19.3%, Choices Matter 18.5%, Multiple Endings 9.6%

Why You'll Like It: Features the same focus on narrative-driven psychological horror and multiple endings as the seed game.

Night Delivery | 例外配達 is a psychological Japanese horror adventure game.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 29.3%, Horror 28.5%, Multiple Endings 14.8%, Adventure 7.5%, First-Person 6.8%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the eerie nature of mundane delivery work in a quiet, unsettling Japanese neighborhood.

The Caregiver | 終焉介護 is a psychological Japanese horror adventure game about a caregiver.

Why similar: Immersive Sim 52.7%, Horror 36.8%, Casual 10.5%

Why You'll Like It: Blends time-management mechanics with disturbing supernatural occurrences in a domestic setting.

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 21.9%, Psychological Horror 18.6%, Horror 13.8%, Dark 10.4%, First-Person 9.7%

Why You'll Like It: A job-based horror game that emphasizes the feeling of being watched while performing repetitive tasks in a small, isolated space.

Take on night shifts at a remote motel, handle unsettling guests, and navigate eerie events. Experience Emma’s unnerving apartment life, feel the unease of being watched, and question what’s real as the line between reality and nightmare blurs.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 19.2%, Horror 13.1%, Life Sim 11.9%, Immersive Sim 11.8%, Female Protagonist 7.6%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the tension of working a night shift in a location that slowly becomes corrupted by supernatural forces.

The Sushi Bar | 寿司バー is a Japanese-style horror game where you play as a sushi chef working the night shift.

Why similar: Immersive Sim 19.2%, Psychological Horror 18.5%, Horror 14.3%, 1990's 12.5%, Female Protagonist 10.4%

Why You'll Like It: Directly mirrors the job-based horror loop of the seed game, set in a restaurant environment.

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

Why similar: Immersive Sim 24.9%, Psychological Horror 20.5%, Horror 15.8%, Puzzle 9%, First-Person 8.6%

Why You'll Like It: A masterclass in liminal space horror that uses repetitive, mundane environments to create profound unease.

You receive a cursed digital camera that captures ghosts from a strange website. The website allows you to liberate your loved ones by uploading images of their spirits using the camera. You decide to go to the nearest park where your girl was last seen.

Why similar: Demons 19.4%, Psychological Horror 14.3%, Immersive Sim 14.1%, Horror 10.8%, 1990's 10.2%

Why You'll Like It: Uses a retro camera mechanic to uncover supernatural threats, fitting the found-footage style of many J-horror games.

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: Psychological Horror 21.1%, Immersive Sim 18%, Horror 16.7%, Choices Matter 14.2%, Realistic 6.3%

Why You'll Like It: An immersive sim horror game that emphasizes environmental storytelling and the feeling of being trapped.

You're hired to dig up graves at a local church, looting valuables while demonic activity escalates. You must find and return all the burnt bones to stop the demonic activity. Each night you will dig for valuables to find bones, fend off growing corruption, and survive to solve the mystery.

Why similar: Demons 23.8%, Immersive Sim 17.1%, Horror 12.6%, Psychological Horror 12.2%, Multiple Endings 7.6%

Why You'll Like It: Combines a unique job simulation with dark, supernatural mystery elements.

In the summer of 2008. The main character, at the request of followers, goes to Russia to explore the abandoned camp "Yunost". Locals say that this place is inhabited by restless souls. This will need to be checked.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 28.1%, Horror 26.3%, Realistic 12.9%, Dark 10.2%, First-Person 9.7%

Why You'll Like It: A short, narrative-heavy horror experience that leans heavily into the retro VHS aesthetic.

Fear and anxiety prevail after the darkest tales from Japanese folklore come to life in this first-person psychological horror game. Set in a feudal era, Ikai revolves around the priestess of a shrine struggling to defeat the spirits of her past and her present.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 23.5%, Horror 18.6%, Female Protagonist 14.8%, Dark 9.9%, First-Person 8.7%

Why You'll Like It: A traditional Japanese horror game that focuses on folklore and psychological tension without relying on combat.

A local news team breaks into an abandoned house to chase a salacious ghost story... until a MANIAC chases them! ...VHS era 80's slasher. PS1 style survival horror!

Why similar: Horror 41.5%, Psychological Horror 34.8%, Realistic 10.7%, 3D 8.1%, Adventure 4.9%

Why You'll Like It: A Puppet Combo title that perfectly captures the 1980s slasher vibe with a gritty, low-fidelity aesthetic.

Can you escape the home of a cannibal serial killer? It's only a matter of time until you're dinner!

Why similar: Immersive Sim 28.1%, Horror 21%, 1990's 18.5%, Multiple Endings 15.2%, Puzzle 9.4%

Why You'll Like It: An immersive sim horror game that focuses on stealth and exploration within a terrifying, confined location.

Akai Onna | 赤い女 is a psychological J-horror game featuring a student.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 24.5%, Horror 21.1%, Multiple Endings 19%, First-Person 11.4%, Immersive Sim 10.9%

Why You'll Like It: A short, atmospheric Japanese horror experience that focuses on urban legends and psychological dread.

One of the most terrifying J-horror games of all time is coming to Steam at long last. What's more, all you have to do is make the player walk to the left!? This collection includes the seven initial works of the popular Tsugunohi series, as well as an entirely new episode.

Why similar: Horror 38.8%, Psychological Horror 30.5%, Adventure 17.9%, Dark 8.8%, Casual 4.1%

Why You'll Like It: An iconic Japanese horror series that uses simple, repetitive movements to build psychological terror.

A 90s Hong Kong public housing block hides twisted tenants, buried truths, and ghosts. As security guard Lee Shing, your choices shape the story and unlock multiple endings. A mystery full of foreshadowing—some truths can only be uncovered through repeated playthroughs.

Why similar: Multiple Endings 18.7%, Horror 17.2%, 1990's 15.9%, Psychological Horror 13.6%, Realistic 9.4%

Why You'll Like It: Features puzzle-heavy gameplay within a retro-styled, story-rich horror environment.

A cozy horror game where you own and manage a boba tea shop. Prepare boba teas, serve customers, and expand your menu to grow your business.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 25%, Immersive Sim 19.8%, Horror 19.3%, Female Protagonist 9.1%, First-Person 9%

Detention is an atmospheric horror game set in 1960s Taiwan under martial law. Incorporated religious elements based in Taiwanese/Chinese culture and mythology, the game provided players with unique graphics and gaming experience.

Why similar: Horror 33.7%, Psychological Horror 29.9%, Female Protagonist 12.8%, Puzzle 10.1%, Dark 8.7%

Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric Asian horror game that explores deep psychological and historical themes through a 2D lens.

Jisatsu | 自撮 is a Japanese found footage mockumentary horror game.

Why similar: Demons 21.1%, Immersive Sim 16.1%, Psychological Horror 14.7%, Horror 11.3%, Realistic 8.1%

A PSX Inspired horror game where you must work and cook at a shop late at night and the horrors that comes with it.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 24.5%, Horror 23.8%, Multiple Endings 20.1%, Choices Matter 10.4%, Female Protagonist 9.8%

Immerse yourself in an atmospheric psychological horror with a haunting VHS aesthetic. As a night-shift waitress at a secluded roadside café, serve strange patrons and feel mounting dread. Each night, the nightmare becomes more real, and someone is watching from the darkness. Can you survive?

Why similar: Immersive Sim 16.7%, Psychological Horror 16.2%, Life Sim 15.6%, 1990's 13.5%, Horror 10.6%

Stories Untold is a compilation tape of four experimental adventures, including a remaster of the original hit episode “The House Abandon”.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 44.5%, Horror 37.7%, Adventure 11.1%, Puzzle 6.7%

Why You'll Like It: A retro-styled narrative horror game that excels at building atmosphere through interactive, mundane technology.

Supermarket simulator meets horror. You’re a clerk at a 24-hour convenience store. During the day - serve customers and hit your sales goals. At night - beware of strange clients. Try to survive 7 days in the Far North.

Why similar: Life Sim 14.6%, Immersive Sim 14.1%, Psychological Horror 11.5%, Choices Matter 10.5%, Horror 10.3%

Kiosk is a horror cooking game where you prepare orders for late-night customers who visit your cozy, rain-soaked kiosk. The eerie atmosphere clashes with the mounting tension as you serve your mysterious visitors.

Why similar: Immersive Sim 22.2%, Horror 21.3%, Psychological Horror 20.8%, 1990's 9.5%, First-Person 7.6%

Take a night shift job in a place that runs on habit, not purpose. Restock shelves, take deliveries, clean the mess, and try to make it till morning. Not everything feels right and you’re never quite alone. Something waits in the dark.

Why similar: Immersive Sim 15%, Life Sim 14.5%, Psychological Horror 12.6%, Multiple Endings 10.6%, Choices Matter 10%

The Radio Station | 深夜放送 is a Japanese psychological horror game.

Why similar: Immersive Sim 25.8%, 1990's 16.7%, Realistic 12.6%, Puzzle 9.5%, Simulation 9.2%

Play through a common childhood fear about turning the lights off and going to bed. This time extended, remastered, and re-imagined.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 22%, Demons 21.5%, Horror 19.2%, Multiple Endings 16.5%, Dark 8.2%

Stigmatized Property, 事故物件 (Jiko bukken) is a horror game inspired by haunted apartment rooms in Japan. These properties are known to have cheap rents and you play to find out the exact reason why.

Why similar: Horror 32.6%, Psychological Horror 20.7%, Simulation 15.5%, Adventure 9.5%, Casual 8.9%

Mirror Forge is a first-person psychological survival horror game. Roam between realities of fear, madness & machinery. Solve puzzles, explore an atmospheric world, survive horrifying entities.

Why similar: Demons 18.6%, Psychological Horror 18.4%, Horror 13.2%, Multiple Endings 11.7%, Choices Matter 11.1%

Okaeri is a VHS Japanese psychological horror game about a middle school girl and her mother who recently moved to a new house.

Why similar: Horror 27.8%, Psychological Horror 22.8%, Female Protagonist 13.6%, Simulation 10.8%, Adventure 7.3%

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: Immersive Sim 19.2%, Horror 14.5%, Psychological Horror 11.7%, 1990's 11%, Realistic 8.6%

BrokenLore: LOW is a psychological horror game set in a mist-covered, beautiful Japanese village, blending hyper-realistic graphics with low-poly elements. The main enemy is the Gashadokuro, a yokai from Japanese folklore.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 27.6%, Female Protagonist 23.4%, Horror 21.3%, First-Person 11.7%, 1990's 7.4%

Notorious cult-classic Korean horror. Sneak into school at midnight to return your sweetheart's diary and get caught in a terrifying game of cat and mouse. Explore haunted hallways, solve classic survival horror puzzles and escape the clutches of a killer Janitor who is out for your blood.

Why similar: Horror 38%, Psychological Horror 21.8%, Multiple Endings 9.4%, First-Person 9.2%, Adventure 7.8%

High School Dirty Secrets is a horror/puzzle adventure where Kasuga wakes up locked inside her high school with no memory of how she got there. As she searches for a way out, strange and unsettling events unfold, leading her to uncover dark secrets hidden within the school's walls.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 19.7%, Multiple Endings 16%, Horror 14.7%, Female Protagonist 14.2%, Choices Matter 13.2%

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

Why similar: Psychological Horror 26.8%, Horror 17.6%, Immersive Sim 12.7%, Multiple Endings 12.3%, Choices Matter 12%

The Rotting Man | 悪臭男 is a psychological horror game that depicts a protagonist working as a clerk in a Japanese internet café.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 23%, Immersive Sim 19.3%, Horror 18%, Multiple Endings 14.3%, First-Person 8.7%

A psychological horror game where you spend a night in the shoes of an arcade worker named Marcus. Win prizes on the crane machine and shoot some hoops. Just make sure to keep the doors locked.

Why similar: Immersive Sim 25.5%, Psychological Horror 19.8%, Horror 15.5%, First-Person 8.5%, Dark 7.4%

The Ghost Train | 幽霊列車 is a psychological train horror game.

Why similar: Immersive Sim 35.2%, Psychological Horror 24.8%, Horror 20.6%, First-Person 12%, Casual 7.4%

Social welfare survival horror based on real events. Endure emotional pain and societal pressure. Stay entertained. Survive the routine and become the hero of your studio apartment—battle inner demons, hide skeletons in the closet, and most importantly… keep the bathroom clean.

Why similar: Immersive Sim 17.9%, Dark Comedy 17.8%, Life Sim 17.2%, Psychological Horror 13.3%, Multiple Endings 9.4%

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: Psychological Horror 26%, Immersive Sim 17%, Horror 16.3%, First-Person 8.8%, Simulation 8.1%

Explore a school plagued by unnatural phenomena in this horror-adventure game revolving around the missing girl Misao. Improving upon 2017's "Definitive Edition" with refreshed graphics and support for HD resolutions, you can now experience the terror in a new form.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 26.3%, Horror 21.1%, Female Protagonist 21%, Puzzle 11.3%, Dark 10%

The Night Way Home is a Japanese survival horror game.

Why similar: Dark Comedy 18.6%, 1990's 14.9%, Realistic 11.4%, Stylized 9.1%, Dark Fantasy 8.9%

Devil's Hideout is a horror point and click adventure. Lauren learns from a mystic that her young sister is still alive, with cultists staging her death. Traveling to the hospital where her sister received care, Lauren plunges headfirst into a nightmare.

Why similar: Demons 25.6%, Horror 14.5%, Female Protagonist 13.4%, 1990's 10.4%, Psychological Horror 9.9%

《Immoral-Bathhouse》is a management game with mini-games where you renovate a failed soapland into a bathhouse to repay your father's mafia debt. Meet seven female customers and balance life as a bathhouse owner and a man pursuing romance while racing to pay off the debt.

Why similar: Life Sim 56.8%, Multiple Endings 43.2%

The Death | Thần Trùng is a Viet Nam psychological horror adventure game made by three Vietnamese people from a tiny indie studio. The game takes place in Hanoi city in 2022.

Why similar: Horror 24.4%, Psychological Horror 24%, Realistic 11%, Multiple Endings 10.3%, Puzzle 9.2%

Paranormal Night Shift is an observation and spot the anomaly game set in a haunted house in the 1980s.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 27.4%, Immersive Sim 17.8%, Demons 13.6%, Realistic 11%, Puzzle 11%

Urayama | ウラヤマ is a psychological J-horror game featuring students on summer vacation.

Why similar: Immersive Sim 27.8%, Psychological Horror 18.6%, Horror 18.3%, Multiple Endings 12.6%, First-Person 9.4%

An unknown actress takes a job at Uncle’s Motel to make ends meet. She’s running from trouble but peace is the last thing she’ll find here. A blend of cozy simulation, horror, and psychological depth, wrapped in a dark, noir-tinged atmosphere.

Why similar: Horror 19%, Psychological Horror 17.6%, Female Protagonist 16.7%, Immersive Sim 12.6%, Realistic 9.7%

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: Immersive Sim 29.7%, Psychological Horror 27.9%, Realistic 12.1%, Horror 11%, Dark 9.1%

Witness the tale of a most foolish family. A remake of the classic horror exploration game makes its way to Steam.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 31.1%, Horror 26.5%, Female Protagonist 12.9%, Multiple Endings 9%, Dark 7.6%