- #1 [Chilla's Art] The Convenience Store | 夜勤事件
97% matchVery Positive83% of 3,184 reviews2020
Dev: Chilla's Art
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 2.1 hrs≥1hr: 78%
The Convenience Store | 夜勤事件 is a J-horror game about a college girl on a night shift.
Why similar: Horror 30.1%, Psychological Horror 20.3%, Walking Simulator 10.9%, Psychological 8.5%, First-Person 6%
Why You'll Like It: A seminal job-horror experience that perfectly captures the feeling of working a late-night shift while being stalked by something supernatural.
- #2 Happy's Humble Burger Farm
96% matchVery Positive93% of 1,953 reviews2021
Dev: Scythe Dev TeamPub: tinyBuild
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Congrats, you're hired! Serve customers and maintain the Happy's Humble Burger Farm restaurant alone on the overnight. But be careful; things fall apart if you mess up! After work, head home and keep your eyes open for a way to escape the Barnyard Buds and their fast food fever-dream.
Why similar: Horror 21.6%, Immersive Sim 20.9%, Management 18.8%, First-Person 14.2%, Atmospheric 10.9%
Why You'll Like It: It successfully combines fast-food management simulation with a surreal, first-person horror narrative.
- #3 The Closing Shift
96% matchMixed68% of 109 reviews2025
Dev: Bird Box Games
Windows
A short interactive first-person horror game. Walk, look around, and talk to people to finish the short story about closing your restaurant. Complete the story with immersive sounds, and spooky tension and jumpscares to keep you focused.
Why similar: Horror 19.5%, Psychological Horror 19%, Psychological 16.5%, Simulation 15.2%, Crime 13.2%
Why You'll Like It: This game excels at building dread through the mundane routine of closing a cafe, mirroring the specific atmosphere of The Boba Teashop.
- #4 The Bathhouse | 地獄銭湯 Restored Edition
95% matchVery Positive91% of 1,256 reviews2024
Dev: Chilla's Art
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 85%
The Bathhouse | 地獄銭湯 Remake is a Japanese horror game that revolves around working at a bathhouse. A complete revamp of the original bathhouse.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 25%, Immersive Sim 19.8%, Horror 19.3%, Female Protagonist 9.1%, First-Person 9%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the eerie, repetitive nature of service work in a confined, atmospheric setting.
- #5 While We Wait Here
94% matchVery Positive89% of 2,242 reviews2024
Dev: Bad Vices Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Share thoughts and hot food with your last ever clients, as you wait for the world to end.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 24%, Psychological Horror 23.4%, Horror 19.1%, First-Person 8.8%, Simulation 6.3%
Why You'll Like It: Features a diner setting where you must manage orders while engaging in deep, psychological conversations that hint at an impending apocalypse.
- #6 The Sushi Bar | 寿司バー
94% matchMixed54% of 65 reviews2024
Dev: KM Studios
Windows
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: Psychological Horror 20.2%, Walking Simulator 16.9%, Horror 16.5%, Immersive Sim 16.1%, Simulation 8.1%
Why You'll Like It: Directly mirrors the cooking and service management mechanics of The Boba Teashop within a horror context.
- #7 [Chilla's Art] Night Security | 夜間警備
93% matchVery Positive89% of 946 reviews2023
Dev: Chilla's Art
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 1.7 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Night Security | 夜間警備 is a Japanese psychological horror game about night security.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 19.8%, Horror 16.1%, Immersive Sim 15.2%, Walking Simulator 11.4%, First-Person 9.4%
Why You'll Like It: Another Chilla's Art masterpiece that emphasizes the isolation and tension of performing job duties in a quiet, lonely environment.
- #8 The Mortuary Assistant
92% matchVery Positive92% of 8,435 reviews2022
Dev: DarkStone DigitalPub: DreadXP
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Alone with the dead... Embalm corpses, banish demons, save your soul.
Why similar: Horror 47.6%, First-Person 12%, Atmospheric 10.9%, Simulation 8.5%, Mystery 6.4%
Why You'll Like It: A high-stakes job simulator that forces you to balance technical tasks with terrifying supernatural occurrences.
- #9 Kiosk
91% matchVery Positive88% of 2,518 reviews2025
Dev: Vivi
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 2.1 hrs≥1hr: 76%
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: Horror 18.1%, Psychological Horror 16.8%, Immersive Sim 13.7%, Walking Simulator 13.6%, Conversation 9.9%
Why You'll Like It: A short, immersive job-simulator that uses pixel art to convey a sense of unease while managing a small shop.
- #10 Nightmare Shift
91% matchMostly Positive76% of 221 reviews2025
Dev: Binary Lunar
Windows
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: Walking Simulator 17.4%, Psychological Horror 17.3%, Horror 12.5%, Conversation 11.2%, First-Person 8.3%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the psychological toll of working late-night shifts in an atmospheric, first-person environment.
- #11 Tostchu
90% matchVery Positive84% of 607 reviews2024
Dev: Ravenscape CollectivePub: Mars Bacon LLC
Windows
A slow-burn atmospheric horror game about managing a toast shop in a desolate location in Central Anatolia, Turkey. Make toasts for customers, cash in, buy more ingredients, and witness strange events unfolding.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 33.3%, Immersive Sim 25.9%, First-Person 14.6%, Atmospheric 7.6%, 3D 7.5%
Why You'll Like It: A cooking-focused job simulator that uses a 1990s aesthetic to ground its psychological horror elements.
- #12 HELLMART
89% matchMostly Positive78% of 908 reviews2026
Dev: GAZE IN GAMES
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 90%
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: Psychological Horror 19.3%, Horror 18.2%, Immersive Sim 18.2%, First-Person 11.5%, Atmospheric 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: Blends the mundane experience of working in a grocery store with surreal, exploration-based horror.
- #13 My Little Cafe Nightmare
89% matchVery Positive95% of 87 reviews2025
Dev: SethMadDevPub: Ivy Juice Games
Windows
Brew otherworldly coffee for ghostly patrons in a dark, cozy first-person café. Upgrade your shop, manage supplies, and turn a haunted café into a sanctuary amidst nightmares.
Why similar: Management 28.9%, First-Person 25.2%, Simulation 16.2%, Atmospheric 16.1%, 3D 13.7%
Why You'll Like It: A direct thematic match that focuses on the cozy-to-creepy transition of managing a small cafe.
- #14 Fears to Fathom - Woodbury Getaway
86% matchVery Positive87% of 3,295 reviews2024
Dev: Rayll Studios
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 10.3 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Sydney Harper, a 23-year-old working at a consulting firm plans a weekend getaway to a Woodbury rental with her college friends. Little did she know what was about to unfold during their stay.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 23.2%, Walking Simulator 17.9%, Horror 15%, First-Person 10.2%, Atmospheric 7.6%
Why You'll Like It: Uses realistic, atmospheric storytelling to build tension during a stay in a remote location.
- #15 Security Booth: Director's Cut
88% matchVery Positive90% of 287 reviews2022
Dev: Kyle HorwoodPub: Cloud Colony Games
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 74%
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: Walking Simulator 18.4%, Psychological Horror 17.3%, Horror 13.5%, First-Person 12.1%, Atmospheric 9%
Why You'll Like It: Captures the repetitive nature of a night-shift job while introducing an escalating sense of paranoia and dread.
- #16 Dead of Night: Supermarket
87% matchMostly Positive73% of 62 reviews2025
Dev: SilverMoon Studios
Windows
Experience the dread of a midnight shift in a quiet supermarket. As mundane tasks blur with eerie events, discover that the darkness hides more than just silence.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 19%, Psychological Horror 18.3%, Horror 15.2%, Psychological 13.1%, Immersive Sim 8.2%
Why You'll Like It: A psychological horror game that turns the familiar setting of a supermarket into a place of terror.
- #17 Creepy Shift: Uncle Joe’s Motel
85% matchVery Positive93% of 134 reviews2026
Dev: Night Shift Team Pub: Red Limb Studio
Windows
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 18%, Psychological 17.9%, Psychological Horror 15.9%, First-Person 9.5%, Immersive Sim 8.7%
Why You'll Like It: A job-simulator horror game that emphasizes the isolation of working in a remote motel.
- #18 Creepy Shift: Roadside Diner
84% matchVery Positive91% of 240 reviews2024
Dev: Night Shift TeamPub: Red Limb Studio
Windows
A broke young man takes on the night shift at a roadside diner. In the glow of the blood moon, routine tasks turn into a fight for survival. First-person horror based on a dark creepypasta with a set of rescue rules.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 25.5%, Horror 21.3%, First-Person 15.8%, Atmospheric 10.7%, Mystery 6.1%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the survival-horror aspects of managing a roadside business under supernatural threat.
- #19 Midnight Crane
84% matchVery Positive88% of 72 reviews2025
Dev: Dekaizen Studios LLC
Windows
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: Walking Simulator 21%, Psychological Horror 17.5%, Immersive Sim 17.2%, Horror 14.3%, First-Person 10%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on exploration and atmosphere, providing a slower-paced, unsettling experience for fans of walking simulators.
- #20 Brother Hai's Pho Restaurant
82% matchVery Positive93% of 129 reviews2026
Dev: marisa0704
Windows
A story-driven psychological horror game where you must balance cooking authentic Vietnamese Pho with surviving chilling, unexpected events in a quiet, mysterious village.
Why similar: Horror 30.2%, Walking Simulator 16.8%, 3D 12.9%, Simulation 8.8%, First-Person 8.1%
Why You'll Like It: A casual, 3D cooking-horror game that shares the specific niche of restaurant-management terror.
- #21 NIGHT OF THE CONSUMERS
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: GERMFOOD
Windows
Start your new job in a store overrun by maniacal consumers and their unrelenting thirst for customer service. RETAIL IS HELL!
Why similar: Horror 32.2%, Immersive Sim 24.9%, First-Person 14.3%, Simulation 13.3%, 3D 8.5%
Why You'll Like It: A frantic retail-horror game that emphasizes the stress of customer service and the absurdity of low-wage labor.
- #22 Rewind Or Die
83% matchVery Positive94% of 432 reviews2023
Dev: Comp-3 InteractivePub: Torture Star Video
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 2.9 hrs≥1hr: 94%
There's a serial killer stalking your video store, and you just got called into work on your day off! Stock shelves, deal with customers and RUN FOR YOUR LIFE!
Why similar: Horror 26.5%, First-Person 14.6%, Atmospheric 12.2%, Simulation 11.9%, 3D 7.7%
Why You'll Like It: A retro-inspired survival horror game that captures the aesthetic of 1990s VHS horror.
- #23 The Cabin Factory
81% matchVery Positive91% of 3,493 reviews2024
Dev: International Cat StudiosPub: Future Friends Games
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 1.3 hrs≥1hr: 52%
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%, Walking Simulator 19.7%, Horror 17.6%, Immersive Sim 13.7%, First-Person 8.3%
- #24 Stay Out of the House
82% matchVery Positive95% of 1,761 reviews2022
Dev: Puppet Combo
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Can you escape the home of a cannibal serial killer? It's only a matter of time until you're dinner!
Why similar: Horror 29.8%, Immersive Sim 28.9%, First-Person 14.1%, Atmospheric 11.4%, Retro 6.9%
Why You'll Like It: An immersive sim that forces you to navigate a dangerous environment while managing limited resources.
- #25 Murder House
81% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 2,293 reviews2020
Dev: Puppet Combo
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 68%
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 39.6%, Psychological Horror 31.5%, Retro 8.1%, 3D 8%, Psychological 6.2%
Why You'll Like It: A retro-styled horror game that excels at building tension within a confined, domestic space.
- #26 [Bober Bros] No Means Nothing
78% matchVery Positive94% of 330 reviews2025
Dev: BOBER BROS
Windows
PSYCHOLOGICAL HORROR // ANTI-DATING SIM about learning to say NO.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 20.5%, Walking Simulator 17.4%, Horror 16.7%, Psychological 11.8%, First-Person 9.4%
- #27 True Nightmare - Roadside Сafe
79% matchMostly Positive77% of 122 reviews2025
Dev: Frost Fox Studios
Windows
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: Psychological Horror 19.9%, Walking Simulator 17.8%, Immersive Sim 15.6%, Horror 13.7%, Simulation 8%
- #28 [Chilla's Art] The Closing Shift | 閉店事件
80% matchVery Positive88% of 3,053 reviews2022
Dev: Chilla's Art
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 2.1 hrs≥1hr: 75%
The Closing Shift | 閉店事件 is a Japanese horror game about a girl on a closing shift.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 26.9%, Immersive Sim 21.9%, First-Person 13.4%, Simulation 10%, Anime 9.7%
- #29 [Chilla's Art] Parasocial | パラソーシャル
79% matchVery Positive94% of 1,621 reviews2023
Dev: Chilla's Art
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 2.2 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Parasocial | パラソーシャル is a Japanese horror game about a live streamer.
Why similar: Horror 28.7%, Psychological Horror 27.9%, Immersive Sim 13.8%, Atmospheric 7.5%, Anime 5.7%
- #30 Creature Kitchen
73% matchOverwhelmingly Positive100% of 4,359 reviews2026
Dev: The Rat Zone
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 2.8 hrs≥1hr: 83%
A creepy-cozy cooking simulator where you befriend local wildlife and feed them their favorite snacks! With a strange house to search and forest to explore, the witching hour has only begun.
Why similar: First-Person 27.8%, Horror 17.4%, Atmospheric 16.3%, Simulation 14%, 3D 13.8%
- #31 Call of Boba
77% matchMostly Positive71% of 164 reviews2025
Dev: Tomatoast
Windows
A cozy pixel art adventure about saving a struggling Boba Tea shop. Brew up tasty drinks, battle enemies for inspiration, make friends with customers, and much much more, on your quest to serve up the best tea in town!
Why similar: Management 49.5%, Simulation 28.2%, Casual 11.3%, Indie 5.6%, Action 5.3%
- #32 MilkTea Time
75% matchVery Positive84% of 132 reviews2026
Dev: 星九猫游戏-StarNineCat Games
Windows · Mac
"Milk Tea Time" is simulation business game that includes all the elements of production, deployment and construction. You need to make each cup of milk tea. Research new flavors to win customer praise. Build and decorate your milk tea shop by hand. Create your own beautiful milk tea shop!
Why similar: Immersive Sim 33.8%, Management 31.5%, Simulation 18.2%, 3D 10.3%, Casual 6.1%
- #33 Fear the Spotlight
74% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 1,141 reviews2024
Dev: Cozy Game PalsPub: Blumhouse Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Fear the Spotlight is an atmospheric third-person horror adventure with a disturbing mystery to unravel. Sneak into school after hours with Vivian and Amy, survive a séance gone wrong, solve tactile puzzles, and, whatever you do, stay out of the spotlight…
Why similar: Psychological Horror 28.9%, Horror 23.3%, Atmospheric 13.9%, Female Protagonist 13.1%, 3D 7.7%
- #34 [Chilla's Art] Stigmatized Property | 事故物件
78% matchVery Positive80% of 1,343 reviews2019
Dev: Chilla's Art
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 68%
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 27.9%, Psychological Horror 16.8%, Simulation 12.4%, Walking Simulator 8.9%, Psychological 6.7%
- #35 NIGHT SHIFT NIGHTMARE
74% matchVery Positive83% of 103 reviews2025
Dev: Taco Al Pastor Dev
Windows
First-person horror game where you work the night shift at a Mexican convenience store, handling daily tasks while facing eerie and unexpected events.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 25.1%, Horror 22.2%, First-Person 12.1%, Conversation 9.6%, Crime 8.3%
- #36 Boba Simulator : Idle Shop Management
76% matchVery Positive86% of 340 reviews2022
Dev: Cuddle Code
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 10.2 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Boba Tea shop simulator. Manage recipe, stock and customer satisfaction.
Why similar: Management 67.6%, Simulation 23.2%, Casual 9.2%
- #37 Corner Shop: NightShift
73% matchVery Positive90% of 171 reviews2026
Dev: Live Motion Games
Windows
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: Psychological Horror 22.7%, Immersive Sim 20.6%, Horror 18.4%, First-Person 12.6%, Atmospheric 8.6%
- #38 Obsessed : Night Shift
73% matchVery Positive89% of 133 reviews2025
Dev: arydkPub: Akhir Hayat Studio
Windows
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: Horror 34.9%, Psychological Horror 34.1%, First-Person 11.6%, Female Protagonist 7.6%, Retro 5.8%
- #39 [Chilla's Art] Okaeri | おかえり
77% matchMixed66% of 778 reviews2019
Dev: Chilla's Art
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 48 min≥1hr: 15%
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 20.1%, Psychological Horror 15.7%, Walking Simulator 15.4%, Psychological 7.9%, Simulation 7.3%
- #40 Twisted Gallery 异馆
72% 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 23.9%, Psychological Horror 22.7%, Horror 15%, Immersive Sim 11.4%, First-Person 10.3%
- #41 Midnight Prowl
75% matchMixed65% of 73 reviews2023
Dev: Yamoto
Windows
Midnight Prowl is a horror exploration game set in a Japanese town, where you will experience the horror that takes place there.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 24.8%, Horror 17.3%, Immersive Sim 13.3%, Psychological Horror 12.8%, First-Person 10.9%
- #42 [Chilla's Art] The Ghost Train | 幽霊列車
76% matchMostly Positive78% of 651 reviews2020
Dev: Chilla's Art
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 2.0 hrs≥1hr: 72%
The Ghost Train | 幽霊列車 is a psychological train horror game.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 23.1%, Immersive Sim 19.1%, Psychological Horror 17.6%, Horror 15.4%, First-Person 11.5%
- #43 Chopped Up
71% matchVery Positive96% of 52 reviews2026
Dev: Dekaizen Studios LLC
Windows
A cozy horror cooking game with a deadly twist. Serve bizarre fantasy creatures and secretly eliminate targets as an assassin hiding in plain sight. Just keep an eye out for those out to get you.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 24.3%, Immersive Sim 16.6%, Simulation 13.9%, Horror 10.5%, Psychological Horror 7.9%
- #44 Lily's Lil Video Shop!
70% matchVery Positive94% of 81 reviews2025
Dev: Lich & Lily
Windows
The old Lily Flash Games are being recompiled for modern systems! In Lily's Lil Video help Lily learn to be the best worker at the Happy Video Store! Sort through VHS tapes, stock up the shelves, and pick up after messy customers. Strive for perfection every day so Lily can be the best employee!
Why similar: Psychological Horror 33.7%, Horror 27.7%, Female Protagonist 12.6%, Simulation 12%, Anime 9.7%
- #45 Dungeon Bodega Simulator
69% matchVery Positive98% of 87 reviews2026
Dev: Alien Fruit
Windows · Linux
Dungeon Bodega Simulator is a retro styled fantasy shop game where you can grow crops, brew potions, sell items and raise slimes as pets! Can you build up your bodega into a one stop adventuring shop while solving the mysteries of the dungeon beneath you?
Why similar: Immersive Sim 30.6%, First-Person 24.3%, Simulation 19%, 3D 8.9%, Casual 7.2%
- #46 DINNERDINNNER
72% matchVery Positive83% of 178 reviews2024
Dev: LuuuLuuuL
Windows
"DINNERDINNNER" is a horror adventure game set in the modern era. You become a diner staff member and encounter strange events – customers with bizarre stories, engaging in trivial conversations, and discussing incomprehensible matters.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 34.1%, Psychological Horror 15.1%, First-Person 13.2%, Anime 9.8%, 3D 8.7%
- #47 The Sushi House
70% matchVery Positive82% of 101 reviews2025
Dev: Noirbit
Windows
On your first day at the sushi shop, everything seemed normal. But a subtle sense of unease begins to seep into your daily routine. And slowly, you find yourself drawn toward something hidden within.
Why similar: Horror 27.9%, First-Person 21.3%, Atmospheric 11.9%, Simulation 11.7%, 3D 10.9%
- #48 Wanderstop
68% matchVery Positive93% of 2,890 reviews2025
Dev: Ivy RoadPub: Annapurna Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 80%
From the creator of The Stanley Parable and The Beginner’s Guide comes Wanderstop, a narrative-centric cozy game about change and tea.
Why similar: Simulation 23.3%, Psychological Horror 18.8%, Management 18.2%, Female Protagonist 14.4%, 3D 13.4%
- #49 Dollmare
68% matchVery Positive94% of 2,009 reviews2024
Dev: Alex GradePub: Almost Done Games
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 87%
You've accepted a shady job offer at a doll factory. Inspect dolls for defects and anomalies. Follow strange protocols. Don't get fired and stay alive.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 23.4%, Horror 20%, Walking Simulator 19%, First-Person 12.7%, Simulation 9.9%
- #50 Creepy Shift: House For Sale
68% matchVery Positive94% of 313 reviews2025
Dev: Night Shift TeamPub: Red Limb Studio
Windows
Handyman needed—ASAP! The investor’s coming in the morning, and the house still isn’t ready! Take on an extra shift where horror meets simulation. Tackle the chaos, uncover dark secrets, and finish everything before dawn.
Why similar: Horror 24.3%, Immersive Sim 20.9%, First-Person 15.6%, Simulation 12.7%, Walking Simulator 8.6%
- #51 It Happened At Night
71% matchMixed69% of 54 reviews2024
Dev: Davidcrosdev
Windows
It Happened At Night is a short horror game where the player must complete basic objectives to advance the story and immerse themselves through the eyes of the protagonist.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 22.1%, Horror 18%, Psychological Horror 15.2%, First-Person 9.8%, Atmospheric 9.3%
- #52 Dread Flats
67% matchVery Positive85% of 1,372 reviews2025
Dev: Ghostcase
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 2.1 hrs≥1hr: 74%
This is a first-person Chinese horror game, players will go to a murder building, uncover the truth of the murder, find the missing people..
Why similar: Horror 23.7%, Psychological Horror 23%, Walking Simulator 16.3%, First-Person 10.4%, Atmospheric 7.7%
- #53 A TAVERN FOR TEA
70% matchVery Positive92% of 145 reviews2023
Dev: npckc
Windows · Mac · Linux
A fantasy tea-brewing adventure. Listen to your customers' worries and brew them the tea that they didn't know they needed.
Why similar: Simulation 31.9%, Anime 31.4%, Atmospheric 23.7%, Action 13%
- #54 The Night Cleaner
67% 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 26.4%, Immersive Sim 18.6%, Psychological Horror 14.3%, Horror 12.8%, First-Person 10.4%
- #55 [Chilla's Art] The Radio Station | 深夜放送
71% matchMostly Positive73% of 485 reviews2021
Dev: Chilla's Art
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 1.5 hrs≥1hr: 70%
The Radio Station | 深夜放送 is a Japanese psychological horror game.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 28.5%, Immersive Sim 22.4%, First-Person 14%, Simulation 10.4%, Anime 9.8%
- #56 DYSTHANASIA
66% matchVery Positive90% of 301 reviews2025
Dev: Madowaku KoboPub: Eroge Japan
Windows
You awaken in a cold unfamiliar building crawling with grotesque creatures. Stave off terror using your wits and anything you can find, then try to make it out alive in this highly atmospheric environmental horror game.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 25.9%, Horror 21.3%, Walking Simulator 18.9%, Atmospheric 10.2%, Anime 9.8%
- #57 Once Upon A Mind - A Little Too Friendly
66% matchVery Positive92% of 228 reviews2025
Dev: ZealPub: Cardiora Studio
Windows
A story-rich psychological horror inspired by real-life experiences. Follow Emily, 23, as she moves to Brooklyn for a fresh start, but finds herself drawn into a slow spiral of obsession and control. Featuring voice acting, this atmospheric and grounded experience is deeply unsettling.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 19.7%, Walking Simulator 19%, Horror 15.2%, First-Person 9.1%, Atmospheric 6.8%
- #58 Tavern Manager Simulator 🍻
65% matchVery Positive92% of 4,300 reviews2024
Dev: One More Time
Windows
Median: 7.1 hrsMean: 13.0 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Restore your fantasy tavern to its full glory. Repair, improve and expand the establishment. Cook delicious food and keep an eye on the mood of the visitors. Create a unique atmosphere for unforgettable adventures!
Why similar: Management 29.7%, Immersive Sim 27.7%, First-Person 19.1%, Simulation 14.8%, Casual 4.7%
- #59 The Rotting Man | 悪臭男
67% matchMixed62% of 66 reviews2025
Dev: RAYBIS GAMES
Windows
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: Walking Simulator 18.7%, Psychological Horror 18.3%, Horror 15.2%, Immersive Sim 11.8%, Psychological 11.3%
- #60 Trapped: Family Vacation
65% matchVery Positive92% of 86 reviews2025
Dev: New Forge Games
Windows
You're trapped in a small six-room hotel. The only way to escape is to observe your surroundings and follow the family's rules.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 18.1%, Psychological Horror 17.7%, Horror 13.2%, Psychological 10.8%, First-Person 8.9%