- #1 The Human Test / Restart
97% matchPositive91% of 11 reviews2024
Dev: Jesse Aidyn
Windows
Two games in one! - Prove you are not human by completing 9 impossible challenges. - Explore various scenes directly inspired by a poem, solving a few riddles along the way.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 26.3%, Surreal 14.8%, Abstract 11.4%, Puzzle 9.7%, Exploration 9%
- #2 project_Structure_01
96% matchPositive96% of 49 reviews2026
Dev: Vesa Härkönen
Windows
project_Structure_01 is first-person exploration game focusing on atmosphere and exploration of surreal liminal spaces that feature brutalist architecture.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 27.2%, Surreal 19%, Atmospheric 12.3%, First-Person 11.7%, Abstract 9.5%
- #3 NaissanceE
96% matchVery Positive84% of 4,457 reviews2014
Dev: Limasse Five
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 44%
NaissanceE is an obscure and magical first person exploration game, a philosophical trip and an artistic experience. The adventure takes place in a primitive mysterious structure and the game mainly consists to explore and feel the deep and strong ambiance of this atemporal world.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 24.4%, Abstract 17.9%, Surreal 16.3%, Exploration 10.6%, Atmospheric 9.9%
- #4 Framed Fear
95% match6 user reviews83% of 6 reviews2025
Dev: HunGames
Windows
You must discover the differences between what you see through the camera and with your own eyes to distinguish real floors from fake ones and escape. It is said that ghosts behave the opposite of humans, and taking the elevator is no exception.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 35.4%, Surreal 12.7%, First-Person 11.6%, Exploration 9.3%, Horror 8.9%
- #5 Where The Crows Roam
94% matchPositive100% of 12 reviews2024
Dev: Elam Isaacs
Windows
Where The Crows Roam is a survival horror game made by a sixth grader in his free time. In this game you will get to explore the now deserted Stunig City and its outer ruins. Watch your back because you never know what is watching you. Can you survive?
Why similar: Walking Simulator 19.1%, Abstract 18.3%, Surreal 16.9%, Horror 10.8%, Atmospheric 8.8%
- #6 DATAWANDER
94% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: while
Windows
Embark on a surreal exploration of a digital island. Explore a silent virtual world and discover never-before-seen moments of transformation and hidden paths.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 38.3%, Surreal 18.2%, Atmospheric 14.3%, Abstract 10.8%, Exploration 6.2%
- #7 The 4th Wall
92% matchPositive82% of 10 reviews2024
Dev: GZ Storm
Windows
What lies beyond The 4th Wall?
Why similar: Walking Simulator 30.7%, Surreal 25.5%, Horror 14.5%, Exploration 8%, Puzzle 7.3%
- #8 Midnight News Report
91% matchMostly Positive72% of 18 reviews2026
Dev: Lunarbound Games
Windows
You watch a news program in the middle of the night featuring an unsettling reporter. As you watch, the world around you begins to warp and become unrecognizable. This is one broadcast you won't soon forget.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 26.9%, Surreal 22.3%, Horror 12.5%, Puzzle 8.6%, Atmospheric 6.7%
- #9 Kairo
93% matchMostly Positive74% of 1,755 reviews2013
Dev: Locked Door PuzzlePub: Lupus Studios Limited
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Enter the lost world of Kairo. Explore vast abandoned monuments. Bring strange and ancient machinery back to life. Slowly uncover the true purpose of Kairo and fulfil a great destiny.Kairo is an atmospheric 3D exploration and puzzle solving game.
Why similar: Surreal 19.3%, Abstract 17.4%, Puzzle 14.9%, Walking Simulator 12.2%, Atmospheric 10.2%
- #10 Somnara
91% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: Cerulean Bird
Windows
Somnara is a psychological dream experience focused on atmosphere and exploration. No monsters, no jumpscares, just strange environments that shift, distort, and feel increasingly wrong.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 34%, Abstract 17.9%, Surreal 12.5%, Exploration 8.9%, First-Person 8.1%
- #11 Dream Voyage
90% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: Fire Cat
Windows · Linux
Dream Voyage is an Indie Story rich Walking simulator focused on the exploration of introspective surreal levels in the dream world of a 10 years old blind child who's looking for the memories of their late mother. Dream Voyage's hudless experience will immerse you in this emotive searching.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 40.5%, Surreal 23%, First-Person 10.3%, Exploration 9.9%, 3D 6%
- #12 Apparatus: Exanimus
89% matchPositive97% of 37 reviews2025
Dev: Figglewatts
Windows · Linux
DIRUS Software's lost 1999 cult-classic is back! Explore its confusing and stygian world for yourself in this newly remastered edition, and uncover the mystery of its warped labyrinths and crossroads. Find hidden secrets unknown even to the original developers.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 27.3%, Surreal 15.7%, Abstract 12%, Horror 9.8%, Atmospheric 9.2%
- #13 Glimpse
89% matchPositive82% of 22 reviews2024
Dev: Melanzue
Windows · Mac · Linux
"Glimpse" is a single-player atmospheric horror game. Get a glimpse of the struggles and fears of a person affected by Alzheimer's Disease.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 27.1%, Surreal 12.3%, Horror 10.9%, Linear 9.8%, Abstract 9.3%
- #14 6F: NIGHT SCHOOL LOOP∞
87% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: お寿司
Windows · Mac
Observe a familiar Japanese elementary school corridor at night. If nothing has changed, go downstairs. If you spot an anomaly, go upstairs. A wrong choice sends you back to 6F. Escape the loop in this short first-person horror game.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 34.3%, Surreal 15.8%, Puzzle 13.5%, First-Person 11.2%, Horror 10.4%
- #15 Sorrow Asylum 3
88% match5 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2024
Dev: Vidas Salavejus
Windows
Sorrow Asylum 3 is a looping horror game, a mix of an abandoned asylum and your mind's prison.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 23.7%, Surreal 15.9%, Abstract 12.3%, First-Person 8.7%, Horror 8.4%
- #16 With Shining Eyes
86% matchVery Positive93% of 107 reviews2024
Dev: Lucas Fisher
Windows
Uncover secrets, experience history, solve puzzles and understand one another. Immerse yourself and explore a surreal and colorful world in this short, first-person adventure.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 24.7%, Surreal 23.1%, Abstract 15%, Puzzle 9.7%, First-Person 7.3%
- #17 BETWEEN ROOMS
86% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Viis
Windows
A surreal psychological horror game where familiar rooms become strange and unpredictable. Explore your home, uncover hidden details, and experience reality changing around you.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 31.9%, Puzzle 11.8%, Surreal 10.6%, First-Person 8.7%, Exploration 8.4%
- #18 Walk Home
84% matchPositive86% of 42 reviews2026
Dev: PauraGames
Windows
Walk Home is a short psychological horror game that puts you in the shoes of a young teenage girl, experiencing deeply unsettling circumstances as she navigates an eerie dirt trail back to her rural home late at night.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 35.7%, First-Person 12.5%, Exploration 11.4%, Horror 11.1%, Linear 8.6%
- #19 In The Night You Had Bad Dreams
84% matchPositive85% of 34 reviews2024
Dev: ENAB-f
Windows
In the Night You Had Bad Dreams is a first-person horror game. You're trapped inside a strange house that seems to shift and change, waiting for you to solve unconventional puzzles.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 22.5%, Surreal 16.7%, Abstract 13.8%, Horror 9.4%, First-Person 9.1%
- #20 My Day Challenge
83% matchMostly Positive74% of 31 reviews2024
Dev: MindlessFinn
Windows
A short, atmospheric horror experience about daily life.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 32%, Horror 16.9%, Atmospheric 11.9%, First-Person 11.2%, Exploration 10.6%
- #21 MIND: Path to Thalamus Enhanced Edition
85% matchMixed65% of 1,426 reviews2014
Dev: Pantumaca BarcelonaPub: Talking About Media
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 8.5 hrs≥1hr: 91%
MIND: Path to Thalamus is a First Person Puzzler that throws you into a fantastic and surreal environment. You will bend the natural elements to your will in order to progress in this emotive, mindbending tale. Now also in Virtual Reality!
Why similar: Walking Simulator 34.8%, Surreal 24.2%, Puzzle 13%, Atmospheric 10.3%, First-Person 9.5%
- #22 Kaishain
82% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: Kazorume
Windows
You are trapped in the Office. A first-person Observation-Game about walking an endless office, spotting anomalies, and getting off work.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 26.9%, Surreal 17.9%, Puzzle 9.5%, First-Person 9.3%, Horror 9.1%
- #23 Memento Mori
82% matchVery Positive82% of 77 reviews2024
Dev: Shea KellyPub: WolfWare Studios
Windows
A game for the ones we lost on the way. Memento Mori is a surreal walking simulator that combines a minimalistic art style and a show don't tell story, focused on dealing with loss.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 34.2%, Surreal 23.4%, Abstract 14.1%, Linear 10%, Atmospheric 6.4%
- #24 Liminal Sick Pizza Blue
81% matchPositive100% of 32 reviews2026
Dev: POCKET HORROR BOX
Windows
Make pizzas and deliver them. The hardest part of running the shop alone is that the delivery destinations are "liminal spaces." A story-driven 3D horror game. There is a kind of worst possible outcome that can only be born in infinite space. Once you understand it, it is already too late.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 37%, Surreal 13.3%, First-Person 11.2%, Exploration 9.7%, Horror 8%
- #25 Fired
80% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Man on the Moon Games
Windows
FIRED is a retro-styled puzzle adventure game centered around the story of a young employee who gets laid off under mysterious circumstances. Explore the world, solve puzzles, and work to take down the evil Orcus Corporation.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 32.3%, Surreal 17.7%, Puzzle 11.8%, Exploration 10.8%, First-Person 10.8%
- #26 NIDANA
79% matchVery Positive86% of 227 reviews2025
Dev: lvl374Pub: PLAYISM
Windows
She continues to dream. A first-person dream simulator where you explore a corner of a dream.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 34.5%, Surreal 24.9%, Abstract 20.6%, First-Person 7.1%, Atmospheric 6.3%
- #27 Scary 8 Bits
78% match4 user reviews50% of 4 reviews2025
Dev: Daniels Šlosbergs
Windows
A lightweight psychological horror and a walking simulator, where the player needs to carefully observe the surroundings to succesfully flee from this wretched place.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 30.9%, Surreal 15%, Horror 11.2%, First-Person 10.4%, Puzzle 8.8%
- #28 The Old City: Leviathan
81% matchMostly Positive72% of 746 reviews2014
Dev: PostMod Softworks
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 61%
The Old City: Leviathan is an experiment in first person exploration that focuses entirely on story. All that exists is you and the world. Set in a decaying city from a civilization long past, The Old City: Leviathan puts the player in the shoes of a sewer dwelling isolationist.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 42.5%, Surreal 15.6%, Atmospheric 13.2%, Exploration 10.3%, First-Person 10.1%
- #29 Pregnant
79% matchMixed56% of 49 reviews2021
Dev: Pregnant
Windows
In this first-person horror experience you will solve puzzles while navigating the pitch black Reed forest. Armed with only your flashlight you are at the mercy of the forests inhabitants, with limited time to find your way before they find you and end your adventure.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 21%, Horror 15.9%, First-Person 13.1%, Puzzle 12.3%, Atmospheric 10.7%
- #30 Martyrdom
77% matchMostly Positive70% of 10 reviews2024
Dev: Vidas Salavejus
Windows
Martyrdom is a psychological horror game about torture.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 23.9%, Surreal 15.4%, Abstract 11.4%, Horror 9.9%, Puzzle 8.5%
- #31 Backrooms 95
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: DreamVeloper Studio
Windows
Explore eerie liminal spaces in a low-poly Backrooms horror experience inspired by the aesthetics of forgotten 90s technology.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 27.2%, Surreal 18.7%, Horror 10.9%, Linear 9.6%, Atmospheric 7.9%
- #32 Daardoa
78% matchPositive90% of 20 reviews2021
Dev: Vidas Salavejus
Windows
Atmospheric and surreal horror game about day and night cycle.
Why similar: Surreal 23.1%, Abstract 17.8%, Walking Simulator 16.2%, Horror 13.2%, Exploration 6.7%
- #33 Office 8
75% matchPositive80% of 10 reviews2026
Dev: ChronoQuill
Windows
"Office 8" is a psychological walking simulator exploring the unsettling nature of liminal office spaces. Pay close attention — your sanity depends on it.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 30.8%, Surreal 15.5%, Horror 11.1%, First-Person 10.3%, Puzzle 8.6%
- #34 Room 13
76% matchPositive86% of 36 reviews2024
Dev: Tyler L
Windows
You are inside an endless hotel but there is a way you can escape. Search in the hallways of the hotel and find the changes within them to reach Room 13.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 28.4%, Surreal 15.7%, Horror 10.7%, First-Person 10.1%, Puzzle 7.9%
- #35 Infinite Innocence
75% match7 user reviews71% of 7 reviews2024
Dev: UnDivision
Windows
Infinite Innocence is a game about finding anomalies, but it is very easy to see them with lighting. What if we give it a little more difficulty and tension? Will you be able to remember everything until the end?
Why similar: Walking Simulator 27.6%, Surreal 17.6%, Puzzle 9.8%, First-Person 9.7%, Exploration 8.4%
- #36 Manalith
77% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2021
Dev: Spinfoam Games
Windows
Set off on a calm and beautiful adventure exploring a vast mystical island in search of the lost Manaliths. Walk, climb, swim, and glide through valleys, woods, caverns, and coves discovering the island's secrets as you go.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 40.4%, Surreal 27.3%, Atmospheric 11.5%, Exploration 10.6%, First-Person 6.2%
- #37 Melancholia Maze
74% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: Angus Fenton
Windows
Melancholia Maze is a brief atmospheric horror adventure in a twisted version of home. Complete everyday tasks while avoiding lurking demons, collect clues to piece together a lifeline, and find your way out of the darkness. Escape is just a call away.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 32.4%, Surreal 15.8%, Exploration 10.3%, First-Person 10%, Horror 8.4%
- #38 Daddy's Long Milk Run
73% matchMostly Positive75% of 24 reviews2025
Dev: ZoomerDev
Windows
You are a father on a quest for 8 milk cartons. Observe your surroundings carefully to pick up and check out your milk before returning to your family at last.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 27.7%, Surreal 17.2%, Horror 10.5%, First-Person 10.1%, Puzzle 8.8%
- #39 You Are Liam: Shadow Memories
74% matchMixed60% of 10 reviews2024
Dev: Aaron WisePub: Trial By Fire Games
Windows
You have done some things you're not proud of. Now you must enter your own mind to come to terms with the things you've done. Loop around rooms, solve puzzles and hide from different monsters as you uncover your own truth.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 29.5%, Abstract 16.6%, Puzzle 10.4%, First-Person 8.8%, Exploration 8%
- #40 Akeno's Veil
73% matchPositive92% of 24 reviews2025
Dev: Gamefan
Windows
Spot the anomalies. Escape the loop. Akeno’s Veil is a psychological horror game where spotting anomalies is your only escape—from the relentless demon determined to pull you back.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 27.1%, Surreal 16.2%, Horror 10.8%, Puzzle 9%, First-Person 8.9%
- #41 Read of Mask
73% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: temmkainc
Windows
A first-person psychological puzzle game set in Eastern Europe, 1999. Explore a surreal black-and-white world, decipher an invented alphabet using a reality-altering mask, and unlock the story letter by letter.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 32.1%, Abstract 12.9%, Puzzle 11.8%, Exploration 10.9%, First-Person 10.6%
- #42 TAMAGORUDO - FLOOR O
72% matchMixed56% of 39 reviews2026
Dev: TamagorudoTeam
Windows
TAMAGORUDO - Floor 0 - is an atmospheric psychological horror game. You will find yourself stuck in a parallel floor of the Backrooms, trying to break out of the loop of a chicken-or-the-egg paradox. Will you find the answer to this endless question ?
Why similar: Walking Simulator 37.7%, Surreal 19.7%, Atmospheric 11.9%, First-Person 9%, Exploration 8.9%
- #43 Allophobia
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Amel
Windows
17 Horror rooms simulating common phobias. Are you afraid of spiders, cockroaches, snakes, heights, fire, being buried alive? Enter the black doors and conquer your fears!
Why similar: Walking Simulator 31.2%, Surreal 17.9%, First-Person 10.7%, Horror 10%, Exploration 9.1%
- #44 The Edge of the Backrooms
71% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: CosmicArcade
Windows
After discovering a strange anomaly on Jupiter's moon, Europa, you find yourself in the outer reaches of a dangerous, uncanny complex.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 33.6%, Surreal 20.9%, Horror 11.3%, Exploration 8.9%, Atmospheric 7.8%
- #45 POOLIMINAL
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Horrified
Windows · Mac
POOLIMINAL is an atmospheric liminal space horror game set in endless, procedurally generated poolrooms. A Backrooms-inspired descent into thalassophobia, where the real terror lies in the dark water below.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 35.1%, Surreal 16.4%, First-Person 11.5%, Atmospheric 9.5%, Exploration 9.2%
- #46 The Shrouded
70% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2025
Dev: Pulsar One
Windows
A short PSX-style horror game. Explore a dark cellar, collect 8 books, and survive a few tense encounters with a lurking presence.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 38.3%, Horror 16%, First-Person 14%, Linear 11%, Exploration 9.4%
- #47 Messa Anomaly
70% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: 1,5 Games
Windows
Messa Anomaly is a first-person psychological horror game set in an endlessly shifting museum. Observe each corridor, spot unsettling changes, and choose the correct path. One mistake can send you deeper into a night shift that refuses to end.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 27.4%, Surreal 16.8%, Puzzle 10.3%, Exploration 9.4%, First-Person 8.9%
- #48 Exit: Left or Right
70% matchMixed49% of 35 reviews2024
Dev: PE4ENEGI GAMES
Windows
You can go left or right, but remember, a mistake will cost you your life…
Why similar: Walking Simulator 29%, Surreal 17.5%, Horror 10.9%, First-Person 10.3%, Puzzle 8.6%
- #49 Blind Sound
71% matchMixed67% of 12 reviews2023
Dev: LunarDream GamesPub: Grey Dev
Windows
Blind Sound is a Game about, Exploration and Puzzle-solving. This is a Linear Story Based horror game which sets in a science facility. You will discover tons of thing and find about the Creepy history of this facility with Full of Creatures That extremely Dangerous.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 24.3%, Surreal 15.9%, Horror 11.4%, Puzzle 9.5%, Linear 8.2%
- #50 6th Floor
69% matchPositive86% of 22 reviews2024
Dev: Sombra Games
Windows
Explore a seemingly endless hotel floor where each identical corridor challenges your perception. This horror walking simulator tests your observation skills as you seek the emergency exit.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 29.2%, Surreal 15.7%, Horror 10.8%, First-Person 10.4%, Puzzle 7.7%
- #51 Paragon Tower
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Studio Lizard Tank
Windows · Linux
A first-person atmospheric horror game. Explore and uncover secrets about the Paragon Corporation, a pharmaceutical on the forefront of innovation.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 33.6%, Horror 15.9%, Puzzle 12.5%, First-Person 10.9%, Linear 8.1%
- #52 BABBDI
68% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 8,765 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 30%, Surreal 23.4%, Atmospheric 13.4%, Exploration 11.4%, First-Person 10.3%
- #53 VHScape
69% matchPositive83% of 18 reviews2024
Dev: Cluck Games, LLC
Windows
You find yourself trapped in a haunted VHS rental store, can you survive their twisted games and escape?
Why similar: Walking Simulator 26.8%, Surreal 16.9%, Horror 10%, First-Person 9.7%, Puzzle 8%
- #54 Unmixable Syrup
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: asobinukuPub: Waku Waku Games
Windows
I wolf down a cold, lonely meal. Work's wearing me down, and money's shaky. The syrup I pour into my cold coffee never mixes, no matter how much I stir. So I figure I'll just wander around in my dreams.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 49.6%, First-Person 13.9%, Atmospheric 13.6%, Exploration 12.1%, Adventure 5.3%
- #55 Beer Machine
67% matchVery Positive81% of 97 reviews2025
Dev: Crack Creations
Windows
Your father needs a beer, and it's your job to get it. He doesn't care what it takes, so do what you must. Be quick though - it's not so safe in the dark.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 35%, Horror 15.2%, Surreal 11.5%, Atmospheric 11%, Linear 8.7%
- #56 Tessera
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Charlie Batten
Windows · Mac · Linux
Explore multiple worlds in first-person, composing views and transforming them into living jigsaw puzzles.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 32.8%, Surreal 16.5%, Abstract 13%, Puzzle 11%, First-Person 10.7%
- #57 CoRoT
66% matchMixed68% of 57 reviews2025
Dev: Azteck Game Studios
Windows
CoRoT is a first-person psychological meta-horror game. Search for cassettes in a transforming house, unraveling its macabre past. A sinister atmosphere surrounds you as you try to understand what's happening and where you really are. Can you discover the truth hidden in its walls?
Why similar: Walking Simulator 21.8%, Surreal 21%, Horror 9.7%, Puzzle 9%, Atmospheric 8.3%
- #58 Unseen: 2002
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: First Impact Group
Windows
An ordinary home video from 2002 takes a terrifying turn as you get lost in the Backrooms.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 33.7%, Surreal 16%, First-Person 11.2%, Exploration 10.5%, Horror 10.5%
- #59 77th: The Game
67% matchMixed65% of 48 reviews2024
Dev: Lavatsj Games
Windows
77th: The Game is an abstract representation of the experience of joining an online community. Walk through the community and solve the puzzles to progress as a community member.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 38.5%, Surreal 16%, First-Person 12.6%, Puzzle 12.3%, Atmospheric 7.7%