- #1 The Exit 8
97% matchVery Positive93% of 11,464 reviews2023
Dev: KOTAKE CREATEPub: PLAYISM
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 1.8 hrs≥1hr: 58%
You are trapped in an endless underground passageway. Observe your surroundings carefully to reach "The Exit 8".
Why similar: Walking Simulator 22.8%, Psychological Horror 18.5%, Immersive Sim 17.1%, Horror 15.8%, First-Person 8.1%
Why You'll Like It: This game pioneered the loop-based anomaly detection genre that serves as a direct mechanical cousin to the inspection gameplay of the seed game.
- #2 Platform 8
96% matchVery Positive87% of 2,850 reviews2024
Dev: KOTAKE CREATEPub: PLAYISM
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 1.9 hrs≥1hr: 45%
You are trapped on a train that runs forever. Keep an eye out for anomalies and find a way out.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 23%, Psychological Horror 20.8%, Immersive Sim 13.9%, Horror 10.5%, Realistic 6.7%
Why You'll Like It: As a spiritual successor to The Exit 8, it offers a similar focus on identifying subtle environmental anomalies within a confined, repetitive setting.
- #3 The Mortuary Assistant
96% matchVery Positive92% of 8,717 reviews2022
Dev: DarkStone DigitalPub: DreadXP
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Alone with the dead... Embalm corpses, banish demons, save your soul.
Why similar: Horror 49.3%, Atmospheric 9.5%, First-Person 9.1%, Realistic 7.1%, Simulation 6.6%
Why You'll Like It: It forces players to perform specific, repetitive tasks while managing supernatural threats, creating a high-stakes job simulation experience.
- #4 Welcome to Kowloon
95% matchVery Positive81% of 1,974 reviews2023
Dev: a1esskaPub: N4bA
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 1.9 hrs≥1hr: 55%
This is an indie horror from the first person, in which you find yourself in an area called Kowloon in search of cheap housing. The inhabitants of this place only at first glance seem to be ordinary people, but if we dig deeper, we will see their real faces.
Why similar: Horror 22.4%, Psychological Horror 21.3%, Walking Simulator 20.5%, Atmospheric 8.4%, Realistic 7.3%
Why You'll Like It: This game provides an incredibly dense, atmospheric urban environment that rewards the same slow-paced, observant exploration found in the seed game.
- #5 Nightmare Shift
94% matchMostly Positive76% of 254 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 21.5%, Psychological Horror 19.3%, Horror 14.6%, Immersive Sim 9.6%, First-Person 7.4%
Why You'll Like It: It leans heavily into the psychological horror of working a late-night shift where the environment begins to shift and distort around the player.
- #6 Dollmare
93% matchVery Positive94% of 2,143 reviews2024
Dev: Alex GradePub: Almost Done Games
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 88%
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 22.4%, Walking Simulator 20.2%, Horror 20.2%, First-Person 9.6%, Simulation 7.7%
Why You'll Like It: This title blends simulation and psychological horror with a focus on unsettling environmental details that require careful inspection.
- #7 The Closing Shift
94% matchMixed66% of 121 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 31.2%, Psychological Horror 28.8%, Simulation 18.9%, 3D 11.6%, Dark 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: This title masterfully combines mundane job simulation with escalating psychological horror, mirroring the 'work-shift' dread found in the seed game.
- #8 Shift 87
92% matchVery Positive87% of 215 reviews2024
Dev: PixelsplitPub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Your task today: Memorize your environment and report any anomalies. Good luck with your shift! "Shift 87" is an observation horror game with subtle anomalies and unsettling occurrences.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 28.3%, Psychological Horror 24.1%, Horror 12.1%, First-Person 9.9%, 3D 5.6%
Why You'll Like It: A strong entry in the anomaly-spotting genre that requires the same level of environmental scrutiny and attention to detail as the seed game.
- #9 [Chilla's Art] Night Security | 夜間警備
91% matchVery Positive89% of 991 reviews2023
Dev: Chilla's Art
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 1.7 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Night Security | 夜間警備 is a Japanese psychological horror game about night security.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 20.3%, Horror 17.4%, Immersive Sim 16.4%, Walking Simulator 12.9%, First-Person 7.6%
Why You'll Like It: It captures the specific feeling of being alone in a professional environment while performing routine tasks that slowly turn into a nightmare.
- #10 The Night Cleaner
90% matchVery Positive84% of 129 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 30.6%, Immersive Sim 20%, Psychological Horror 14.9%, Horror 14%, First-Person 8.6%
Why You'll Like It: It focuses on the eerie experience of performing cleaning duties in a large, empty space, emphasizing the same 'lonely job' atmosphere.
- #11 Security Booth: Director's Cut
91% matchVery Positive90% of 288 reviews2022
Dev: Kyle HorwoodPub: Cloud Colony Games
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 3.2 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 23.4%, Psychological Horror 19.8%, Horror 16.4%, First-Person 11.1%, Atmospheric 9.2%
Why You'll Like It: The game focuses on the tension of monitoring an entrance and deciding who or what is allowed to pass, closely matching the inspection-based gameplay.
- #12 Who's at the door?
89% matchVery Positive90% of 1,632 reviews2025
Dev: SKONEC Entertainment
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 2.3 hrs≥1hr: 72%
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: Walking Simulator 18.7%, Horror 13.8%, Immersive Sim 13.3%, Psychological Horror 10.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 6.9%
Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on the anxiety of monitoring an entrance and the psychological impact of potential intruders, matching the seed game's core premise.
- #13 A Lonely Cabin Trip
89% matchMixed70% of 76 reviews2022
Dev: Korvinrular
Windows
You were supposed to have a relaxing cabin trip on a island all alone but after several strange encounters you had a mystery to solve, will you be able to survive a first-person psychological horror game or will you run away?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 21.7%, Walking Simulator 21.2%, Horror 18.9%, First-Person 8.7%, Atmospheric 8%
Why You'll Like It: Sharing the cabin-in-the-woods theme, this game focuses on atmospheric dread and the feeling of being watched in a remote setting.
- #14 DON'T SCREAM
88% matchMixed65% of 4,869 reviews2024
Dev: Digital Cybercherries
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 1.9 hrs≥1hr: 50%
If you scream, you restart. A jumpscare horror simulator where you walk through a pitch black forest and escape by reaching 8:00 AM.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 21.9%, Walking Simulator 19%, Horror 18.3%, Immersive Sim 11%, Realistic 7.1%
Why You'll Like It: This game emphasizes the importance of environmental awareness and stillness, creating a high-tension walking simulator experience.
- #15 The Complex: Found Footage
86% matchVery Positive93% of 9,917 reviews2022
Dev: pgWave
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 1.5 hrs≥1hr: 22%
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: Horror 23.8%, Psychological Horror 23%, Walking Simulator 19.9%, First-Person 9.3%, Realistic 8%
Why You'll Like It: This game captures the unsettling, liminal space aesthetic that makes the seed game's environment feel so claustrophobic and dangerous.
- #16 Station 5
87% matchMixed49% of 90 reviews2023
Dev: Raynmakyr
Windows
You are trapped in an underground subway. Observe your surroundings carefully and take the correct trains to reach the 'Station 5' and exit the subway.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 25.9%, Immersive Sim 15%, Simulation 10.6%, Psychological Horror 9.8%, Horror 9.1%
Why You'll Like It: This game tasks the player with monitoring a remote location for anomalies, mirroring the isolation and inspection mechanics of the seed game.
- #17 Floor 9
85% matchMostly Positive76% of 220 reviews2024
Dev: Room Games
Windows · Mac
Nine floors down to the exit of Hotel Liminal. Some are exactly as they should be. Some hide an anomaly. Everything depends on spotting the difference, and one mistake sends you back to the top.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 20%, Psychological Horror 17%, Immersive Sim 14.5%, Horror 13.9%, First-Person 7%
Why You'll Like It: A surreal anomaly-spotting game that forces players to make choices based on their observations of a shifting, repetitive environment.
- #18 The Boba Teashop
83% matchVery Positive94% of 1,362 reviews2025
Dev: Mike Ten
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 2.0 hrs≥1hr: 67%
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 21.3%, Walking Simulator 19.5%, Horror 18.3%, Immersive Sim 13.4%, First-Person 8.2%
Why You'll Like It: This game provides a unique 'job-horror' experience where the player must balance service tasks with the creeping dread of an encroaching supernatural presence.
- #19 Finnish Cottage 8
84% matchVery Positive95% of 58 reviews2025
Dev: Savukivi Games
Windows
You've been trapped in a looping Finnish summer cottage. Use your observation and memory to find anomalies and make the right choice to escape the Finnish Cottage 8.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 23.3%, Psychological Horror 20.3%, Horror 15.5%, Immersive Sim 8.6%, First-Person 8.3%
Why You'll Like It: A cabin-themed horror game that utilizes the same isolation and environmental puzzle-solving mechanics found in the seed game.
- #20 Visage
84% matchVery Positive84% of 10,917 reviews2020
Dev: SadSquare Studio
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Visage is a first-person psychological horror game. Explore a mysterious ever-changing house in a slow-paced, atmospheric world that combines both uncannily comforting and horrifyingly realistic environments, and enjoy a genuinely terrifying experience.
Why similar: Horror 31.6%, Psychological Horror 28.2%, Walking Simulator 8.9%, Survival Horror 7.6%, First-Person 5.9%
Why You'll Like It: A masterclass in psychological horror that uses a house as a central character, rewarding the same slow, observant exploration style.
- #21 THRESHOLD
80% matchVery Positive85% of 1,340 reviews2024
Dev: Julien EveilléPub: CRITICAL REFLEX
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 2.9 hrs≥1hr: 78%
In a lonely station atop a mountain, a train rumbles its precious cargo to places unknown. Now is your shift. Keep the pace. Uncover a mystery. Fight for your last breath. The air is thin up here.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 22.4%, Psychological Horror 19.9%, Horror 17.3%, Choices Matter 12.2%, Atmospheric 7.3%
Why You'll Like It: It focuses on atmospheric, first-person exploration of a dark, mysterious environment that feels both grounded and deeply unsettling.
- #22 Paranormal Observation
81% matchVery Positive84% of 50 reviews2024
Dev: PlaturoPub: Frosthain
Windows · Mac · Linux
Paranormal Observation is a single-player point-and-click ghost hunting game. Use your computer to identify the evil spirit by finding enough evidence and exorcise it with your professional tools.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 29.9%, Horror 26.6%, Immersive Sim 24.4%, Logic 8.5%, Dark 6.1%
Why You'll Like It: It tasks the player with monitoring a house for paranormal activity, directly paralleling the 'inspect and decide' loop of the seed game.
- #23 Infliction
82% matchVery Positive81% of 962 reviews2018
Dev: Caustic Reality
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 8.9 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Wander through an interactive nightmare set within the confines of a once-happy household. Piece together the mystery behind a harrowing series of events while struggling to survive encounters with an entity that relentlessly stands in the way of finding absolution.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 25.4%, Horror 23.4%, Walking Simulator 20%, Realistic 7.4%, First-Person 7.3%
Why You'll Like It: A deep psychological horror game that focuses on exploring a domestic space to uncover dark secrets, similar to the investigative nature of the seed game.
- #24 Mirror Forge
82% matchMostly Positive72% of 186 reviews2022
Dev: MystiveDevPub: DreadXP
Windows
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: Psychological Horror 21.5%, Horror 17.1%, Walking Simulator 15.7%, Choices Matter 11.6%, Survival Horror 8.5%
Why You'll Like It: It blends survival horror with psychological exploration, requiring the player to navigate shifting realities and observe environmental cues.
- #25 Obey the Voice™
78% matchVery Positive86% of 737 reviews2026
Dev: svklmrtPub: Patchwork Interactive
Windows
You are here to listen to The Voice. Do what he says. But don't listen to other voices... Obey the Voice is a pressure-driven psychological horror experience built on constant threats and rule-based challenges, where survival depends on attention, timing, and decision-making under extreme stress.
Why similar: Horror 25.9%, Walking Simulator 18.3%, Atmospheric 8.8%, Psychological Horror 8.4%, First-Person 7.7%
- #26 Office After Hours
79% matchVery Positive95% of 165 reviews2025
Dev: gameandcode
Windows
Spot anomalies and uncover hidden clues to escape an office where overwork turns strange and experiments happen more often than coffee breaks.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 22.4%, Psychological Horror 19.7%, Horror 14.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.8%, First-Person 7.9%
- #27 Effugium
81% matchMixed60% of 67 reviews2023
Dev: Souporno GhoshPub: Team Glasses
Windows
Explore a cold, abandoned, and dreary facility to piece together its mysteries and find a means for escape from the horror that lurks within.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 31.9%, Horror 23.7%, Psychological Horror 18.1%, Atmospheric 12.4%, First-Person 9.5%
Why You'll Like It: A walking simulator that emphasizes exploration and environmental storytelling, perfect for those who enjoy the slow-burn tension of the seed game.
- #28 Find Yourself
79% matchVery Positive84% of 1,326 reviews2021
Dev: EMIKA_GAMES
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 2.7 hrs≥1hr: 67%
Explore the truly frightening subway cars and find out what fears the main character will have to face.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 29.3%, Horror 22.4%, Psychological Horror 18.9%, Realistic 9%, First-Person 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: This game uses a simulation-like structure to explore psychological themes, rewarding the player for paying close attention to their surroundings.
- #29 One Last Clip
77% matchVery Positive87% of 174 reviews2025
Dev: Struggle Games Studio
Windows
You are locked inside a cinema. Your only way to escape is to follow the instructions of your task: Watch the same film clip repeatedly and search for flaws to break free. But this may sound easier than it is, every wrong decision or death will set you back. So be careful!
Why similar: Psychological Horror 17.4%, Walking Simulator 15.9%, Horror 14%, Choices Matter 10.8%, Immersive Sim 8.5%
- #30 Trapped: Family Vacation
78% matchVery Positive91% of 94 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 20.5%, Psychological Horror 18.1%, Horror 14.3%, Immersive Sim 7.4%, First-Person 7.2%
- #31 The Alley
76% matchVery Positive94% of 227 reviews2026
Dev: AIXLABPub: Smilegate
Windows
A first-person psychological horror game. Explore a maze-like alleyway, using your camera to distinguish between supernatural "Aberrations" and deceptive "Deceptions" while escaping the relentless pursuit of a vengeful ghost.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 20.5%, Horror 17.4%, Walking Simulator 17.2%, Immersive Sim 10.7%, Survival Horror 6.8%
- #32 9 Souls
77% matchVery Positive91% of 64 reviews2025
Dev: Sandstorm in a BottlePub: DreamStudios
Windows
An atmospheric horror journey between reality and madness. Three paths lie ahead only one is free of anomalies. Observe closely. Choose wisely. Save the lost souls.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 25.1%, Psychological Horror 24.3%, Horror 18.3%, Atmospheric 6.8%, Immersive Sim 6%
- #33 The Floor Above
75% matchVery Positive90% of 264 reviews2026
Dev: Swytapp Games
Windows
A claustrophobic anomaly-horror game where you can only turn, blink, and decide: is it real or not? Survive five endings and uncover Mike’s story.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 24%, Horror 20.1%, Simulation 15.4%, Immersive Sim 14.9%, Choices Matter 14%
- #34 The Cursed Tape
76% matchVery Positive81% of 335 reviews2024
Dev: JustTomcuk
Windows
Someone slipped a mysterious videotape under your door... Do you dare watch it?!
Why similar: Walking Simulator 23.9%, Psychological Horror 20.7%, Horror 18.1%, First-Person 8.5%, Realistic 8%
- #35 Twisted Gallery 异馆
74% matchVery Positive86% of 410 reviews2025
Dev: FH Create Inc
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 1.5 hrs≥1hr: 54%
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 25.7%, Psychological Horror 22%, Horror 14.8%, Immersive Sim 11.2%, First-Person 7.7%
- #36 SILENT BREATH
73% matchMixed68% of 1,238 reviews2026
Dev: EXODIAC STUDIOS
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 1.8 hrs≥1hr: 51%
Unpredictable horrors lurk around every corner, forcing you to find the missing people while desperately clinging to survival. In this experience even your own mind can become your enemy. Stay vigilant and keep your voice hushed, or risk becoming another victim of the forest's darkness
Why similar: Psychological Horror 25.8%, Horror 25.6%, Walking Simulator 13.1%, Realistic 10.8%, First-Person 8.4%
- #37 From The Darkness
75% matchVery Positive89% of 3,526 reviews2021
Dev: N4bA
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 76%
From the darkness is a psychological horror game with a scary atmosphere, the game takes place in an old Soviet abandoned apartment.
Why similar: Horror 27.4%, Psychological Horror 23.7%, Walking Simulator 16.9%, First-Person 6.5%, Survival Horror 4.9%
- #38 The Stalked 2
74% matchMostly Positive79% of 253 reviews2025
Dev: Korvinrular
Windows
"The Stalked 2" is a standalone horror sequel to "The Stalked", where you play as Rachel, an avid hiker. What begins as a relaxing hike to a cabin turns into a nightmare filled with eerie interactions and unsettling events. Will you survive?
Why similar: Horror 23.8%, Psychological Horror 23.1%, Walking Simulator 22.8%, Atmospheric 9.7%, Dark 5.6%
- #39 The Anomaly Project
73% matchVery Positive82% of 641 reviews2024
Dev: Kekdot
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 2.9 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Your goal is simple, spot anomalies to escape. Play alone or together with up to 8 players in online co-op. Make the right decisions to advance to the next level, or risk being reset to the beginning!
Why similar: Psychological Horror 21.5%, Walking Simulator 21.4%, Horror 18.5%, Choices Matter 11.1%, First-Person 8.5%
- #40 Anomaly Company
72% matchMostly Positive77% of 167 reviews2026
Dev: Kekdot
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 1.8 hrs≥1hr: 80%
You and your crew are sent in to assess reality in this 4-player co-op horror game. Memorize the environment. Spot disturbing anomalies. Decide if the timeline is safe. One bad call—and you’re forced to start over.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 22.8%, Walking Simulator 20.4%, Horror 20.2%, Choices Matter 9.8%, First-Person 8.9%
- #41 Make Good Choices
71% matchVery Positive87% of 638 reviews2025
Dev: TN Games
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 1.6 hrs≥1hr: 40%
You’re just trying to get home. It’s only a quarter mile. One street. What could go wrong.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 34.6%, Walking Simulator 28%, Choices Matter 22.5%, First-Person 9.5%, 3D 4.7%
- #42 Anomalies Detective
73% matchMostly Positive75% of 75 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 29.6%, Psychological Horror 21.1%, Immersive Sim 16.5%, Horror 15.1%, First-Person 8.8%
- #43 Midnight Crane
71% matchVery Positive85% of 86 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 22.2%, Immersive Sim 17.3%, Psychological Horror 16.7%, Horror 14.4%, First-Person 7.6%
- #44 IN THE FACADE WE TRUST™
72% matchMostly Positive72% of 178 reviews2025
Dev: svklmrtPub: Patchwork Interactive
Windows
You’re torn between a girl who is obsessed with you and a creature. Whose words can lead you out of this endless loop? Trust the right person in the right cycle to get closer to the exit, or be misled by facades, complicating your next loop.
Why similar: Horror 20.4%, Walking Simulator 19.2%, Choices Matter 16.2%, Psychological Horror 9%, Atmospheric 8.1%
- #45 True Nightmare - Roadside Сafe
71% matchMostly Positive79% of 137 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 18.3%, Walking Simulator 18.1%, Immersive Sim 15.1%, Horror 13.3%, Survival Horror 7.9%
- #46 Stairway
70% matchVery Positive94% of 385 reviews2024
Dev: Hungry Games
Windows
Get out of the building via the stairway. Observe the levels carefully for a successful exit.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 27.2%, Psychological Horror 25.3%, Immersive Sim 15.7%, Choices Matter 7.9%, Logic 6.6%
- #47 Creepy Shift: House For Sale
69% matchVery Positive93% of 373 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 22.5%, Immersive Sim 19.3%, First-Person 10.9%, Realistic 9.3%, Simulation 9.1%
- #48 Creepy Shift: Uncle Joe’s Motel
68% matchVery Positive92% of 226 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 24.5%, Psychological Horror 20.3%, Immersive Sim 11.8%, First-Person 9.7%, Realistic 9.6%
- #49 Kyoto Anomaly
69% matchVery Positive99% of 85 reviews2025
Dev: BiteMe Games
Windows
You find yourself trapped in the endless maze of Kyoto's backstreets, trying to reach the temple of Hōkan-ji before the main tourist rush. Inspect the street for anomalies, choose the right path, and reach your destination... or be trapped forever.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 19.2%, Psychological Horror 17.8%, Horror 13.1%, Immersive Sim 10.8%, Choices Matter 8.5%
- #50 Dead of Night: Supermarket
70% matchMostly Positive71% of 63 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 23.6%, Psychological Horror 20.5%, Horror 17.9%, Immersive Sim 9.7%, First-Person 7.3%
- #51 [Bober Bros] No Means Nothing
67% matchVery Positive95% of 422 reviews2025
Dev: BOBER BROS
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 2.0 hrs≥1hr: 72%
PSYCHOLOGICAL HORROR // ANTI-DATING SIM about learning to say NO.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 21.2%, Walking Simulator 19.9%, Horror 18.2%, Choices Matter 14.5%, First-Person 7.7%
- #52 Dead Feed
68% matchMostly Positive79% of 62 reviews2025
Dev: SolitaryStudios
Windows
DEAD FEED is a psychological ghost-hunting horror game where you control two friends investigating a haunted house. One explores the darkness while the other monitors the feeds, as something unseen and paranormal slowly turns their investigation into a quiet, creeping nightmare.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 27.8%, Horror 12.3%, Simulation 11.2%, Psychological Horror 10.7%, Realistic 9.3%
- #53 墙之恐惧: The Walls Still Stand
70% matchMostly Positive71% of 85 reviews2024
Dev: Starpixel Studios
Windows
Step into the eerie Kowloon Walled City in 墙之恐惧: The Walls Still Stand, an indie horror walking simulator. Complete daily tasks, uncover dark secrets, and explore with 3D spatial sound. Think critically to unlock all six endings in this 1-2 hour journey. Can you escape the city's grip?
Why similar: Walking Simulator 23.9%, Immersive Sim 16.9%, Simulation 9.7%, Horror 9.6%, Psychological Horror 9.6%
- #54 Haunted Property
67% matchVery Positive93% of 193 reviews2025
Dev: Yamoto
Windows
A new life begins in a low-cost apartment. Strange occurrences at night and the suspicious behavior of neighbors gradually push the protagonist to the edge.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 27.4%, Immersive Sim 19.8%, Horror 17.5%, Psychological Horror 16.6%, First-Person 7.5%
- #55 Lost in Anomaly
69% matchMixed63% of 1,301 reviews2024
Dev: Axakal Interactive
Windows
In this single-player experience, you wake up on the 9th floor of an unknown building. The only way out of here is to detect and mark anomalies. One wrong move and you could be trapped forever.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 21.5%, Psychological Horror 21.3%, Horror 18.3%, Immersive Sim 12.2%, First-Person 7%
- #56 Luto
66% matchVery Positive85% of 1,351 reviews2025
Dev: Broken Bird Games
Windows
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Luto is a psychological horror experience where you take on the role of someone unable to leave their home. Every attempt to escape will lead you deeper into the unknown, where nothing is as it seems and everything will test your senses.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 31%, Psychological Horror 28.2%, Atmospheric 8%, Realistic 6.9%, Dark 5.9%
- #57 APT. 407
68% matchMostly Positive74% of 90 reviews2025
Dev: Jayhyeon Studio
Windows
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 22.9%, Walking Simulator 19.2%, Horror 16.8%, Choices Matter 9.2%, Immersive Sim 8.8%
- #58 Jumpscare Simulator: System Breach
67% matchVery Positive91% of 91 reviews2025
Dev: Durultay Games
Windows
Jumpscare Simulator is a sci-fi horror game featuring a story-driven main game and two additional game modes. Pass through doors carefully, battle the simulation, and try to fall from your seat as little as possible!
Why similar: Walking Simulator 21.9%, Psychological Horror 21.8%, Horror 19.1%, Survival Horror 8.3%, First-Person 6.8%
- #59 Project Threshold
66% matchMostly Positive73% of 85 reviews2026
Dev: Murushii Studios
Windows
You are a participant in Project Threshold, an experiment designed to force people to confront their deepest fears. Pass through sets of blue and red doors, survive what waits beyond them, and reach the end, if escape is even possible.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 28.9%, Horror 16%, Psychological Horror 15.5%, First-Person 9%, Adventure 7.5%
