Games Like The Classrooms

Subliminal is a psychological horror game inspired by the urban legend of The Backrooms. Bleeding edge lighting and rendering, handcrafted open-ended levels, light and perspective-based puzzles, nostalgic spaces, unfamiliar faces, and a rotting feeling that something is not quite right.

Why similar: Surreal 19.1%, Psychological Horror 16.2%, Investigation 14.9%, Horror 10.5%, Mystery 9.2%

Why You'll Like It: This game shares the exact procedural liminal space DNA and high-fidelity aesthetic found in The Classrooms.

The Backrooms: 1998 is a first-person found footage psychological horror survival game where it tells the story of a young teen after accidentally falling into the depths of The Backrooms in 1998. Roam freely, mark, explore and try unravel the story - however you are not alone. Don't scream.

Why similar: Survival Horror 35%, Psychological Horror 30.8%, Dark 15%, Atmospheric 6.6%, Adventure 4.5%

Why You'll Like It: It leans heavily into the VHS-style found-footage aesthetic that defines the visual identity of The Classrooms.

The most relaxing horror game you'll ever play. Anemoiapolis exists in the uncanny valley of American architecture -- endless carpeted floors and lonely malls. Escape for your life, and enjoy the scenery.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 11%, Surreal 11%, 1990's 10.7%, Procedural Generation 10.6%, 1980s 10%

Why You'll Like It: It is a masterclass in liminal space exploration, focusing on the same eerie, empty, and surreal environments.

Walking simulator. Explore, admire and listen. Uncanny. Relaxing. Unnerving. Eerie. Immersive. No monsters chasing you or jumping at your screen, but can feel oppressive at times by invoking fears of getting lost, the dark, tight spaces and liminal space architecture. Inspired by backrooms.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 27.9%, Surreal 25.3%, Atmospheric 11.2%, First-Person 10.9%, Exploration 10.8%

Why You'll Like It: This title perfectly captures the unsettling, dream-like atmosphere of empty, non-Euclidean spaces without relying on traditional jump scares.

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

Why similar: Horror 29.6%, Survival Horror 23.6%, Psychological Horror 22.6%, First-Person 9%, Exploration 7.3%

Why You'll Like It: A highly popular survival-horror experience that captures the core concept of navigating infinite, dangerous, and surreal levels.

Trapped in what appears to be an endless hallway in your home, rooms begin to feel unfamiliar. Capture anomalies on camera and stay away from any sinister entities.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 18.1%, Surreal 15.9%, Procedural Generation 13.7%, Horror 11.7%, Exploration 8.4%

Why You'll Like It: An immersive-sim horror game that excels at psychological tension and environmental storytelling.

Inside the Backrooms is a horror multiplayer game mixed with different mechanics that will make you spend an intense night with friends. Explore, think, interact, but be careful, it is rumored that there are several entities wishing to find you...

Why similar: Survival Horror 22.9%, Horror 22.4%, Psychological Horror 18.1%, Dark 7%, First-Person 6.7%

Why You'll Like It: This game combines exploration with puzzle-solving and survival mechanics within a procedurally shifting environment.

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: Psychological Horror 25.7%, Horror 22.9%, Survival Horror 18.4%, Dark 9.6%, Surreal 7.2%

Why You'll Like It: Widely considered the gold standard for psychological horror, featuring a shifting, surreal house that mirrors the dread of liminal spaces.

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: 1990's 24.6%, Psychological Horror 21.9%, Horror 17.3%, Dark 12%, First-Person 8.7%

Why You'll Like It: It utilizes realistic graphics and intense sound design to create a terrifyingly atmospheric experience in confined spaces.

MADiSON is a first person psychological horror game that delivers an immersive and terrifying experience. With the help of an instant camera, connect the human world with the beyond, take pictures and develop them by yourself. Solve puzzles, explore your surroundings and most importantly, survive.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 22.3%, Survival Horror 18.9%, Horror 17%, Dark 11.6%, First-Person 8.4%

Why You'll Like It: This game uses a camera-based mechanic to heighten the found-footage feel and psychological horror intensity.

An unsettling rogue-lite survival horror adventure. Iconic levels reshape around you. Classic and original entities lurk as greater beings bid for your favor. Collect relics and strange items. Grow stronger. Survive, escape, or claim more uncertain fates. Fall in. Get lost. Go beyond The Backrooms.

Why similar: Mystery Dungeon 19.2%, Surreal 12.8%, 1980s 12.5%, Procedural Generation 11.4%, Survival Horror 11.1%

Why You'll Like It: Directly inspired by the same liminal space concepts, focusing on exploration and psychological horror.

Dive into the mysteries of the Backrooms with a solo-developed survival game. Explore eerie hallways, uncover secrets alone or in multiplayer (up to 6 players), and take on unique challenges.

Why similar: Survival Horror 31.9%, Psychological Horror 20.1%, Horror 17.9%, First-Person 11.2%, Atmospheric 8%

Why You'll Like It: Provides a multiplayer-focused take on the Backrooms concept with an emphasis on survival and exploration.

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: Psychological Horror 21.9%, Horror 17.8%, 1990's 15.7%, First-Person 10.9%, Exploration 10.1%

Why You'll Like It: Directly targets the found-footage aesthetic with a focus on navigating mysterious, non-linear corridors.

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

Why similar: Psychological Horror 21.9%, Surreal 19.2%, Horror 14.9%, Exploration 12.3%, First-Person 11.8%

Why You'll Like It: A short, focused experience centered on identifying anomalies within a repetitive, liminal subway corridor.

You work in the cinema as an usher and accidentally fell into the Backrooms, now being trapped, needing to unravel the mysteries of the yellow rooms in order to get out of this place, but be careful, there are entities that will be in your way.

Why similar: Survival Horror 13.5%, Surreal 11.6%, Psychological Horror 11.3%, Investigation 10.2%, 1980s 9.2%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses heavily on the found-footage narrative style and the dread of being lost in an infinite space.

Remnant Records is a horror investigation game for 1 to 4 players. Explore places haunted by the dead, survive elaborate and unique ghosts and find out what happened to them through thousands of generated stories.

Why similar: Survival Horror 13.7%, Procedural Generation 13.5%, Investigation 12.1%, Demons 12.1%, Psychological Horror 11.2%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on investigation and survival in haunted, abandoned spaces with a heavy emphasis on atmospheric tension.

DREAM LOGIC is a story driven first-person atmospheric horror game which takes place in liminal spaces. Explore various nostalgic, dreamlike, uncanny environments. But don't feel too safe, there's a sneaky creature watching your every move.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 19.2%, Horror 12%, 1980s 10.5%, 1990's 10.4%, Exploration 9.5%

Why You'll Like It: A surreal and atmospheric exploration game that mirrors the dream-like, illogical nature of liminal spaces.

Project Nightmares is a survival horror game with a procedural structure, creating unique scares every time you play. A machine will induce you into a dream state, throwing you into a living nightmare firsthand in order to discover the story of Henrietta Kedward, an old woman with a dark past.

Why similar: Survival Horror 17.6%, Procedural Generation 16.3%, 1980s 12%, Horror 10.6%, Demons 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: Features strong psychological horror elements with procedural components that keep the experience unpredictable.

Backrooms: Found Footage is a single-player horror game where you are the main character trying to survive the Backrooms. Curiosity wins and you decide to explore this weird place that you got trapped in. What could go wrong?

Why similar: 1990's 16.1%, Psychological Horror 11.2%, Horror 10.8%, Exploration 10.7%, Investigation 10.7%

Why You'll Like It: An exploration-heavy game that prioritizes the found-footage aesthetic and the feeling of being trapped.

A horror game about claustrophobia. During a storm your service dog is forced down a broken sewer drain. You find the nearest sewer entrance and run in after it. Along the way you will meet others that are also stricken by abnormal or psychological fear.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 24.2%, Survival Horror 24.2%, Surreal 17.9%, Horror 15.5%, Atmospheric 9.5%

Why You'll Like It: A surreal, claustrophobic horror game that captures a retro psychological horror feel reminiscent of 90s classics.

Backrooms Society is a 1-8 player co-op horror game. Make your way through unique levels of the backrooms while trying to survive and avoid mysterious entities. Scavenge each level for gear and resources, bring it back to The Hub where you can sell valuables and buy/craft new gear.

Why similar: Procedural Generation 23.9%, Survival Horror 23.9%, Psychological Horror 17.9%, Horror 14.3%, Exploration 8.6%

Why You'll Like It: Adds procedural generation and survival mechanics to the classic Backrooms setting for increased replayability.

A short horror game where you pilot a tiny submarine through an ocean of blood on an alien moon.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 24.1%, Horror 19.6%, Atmospheric 11.1%, First-Person 9.4%, Surreal 8.4%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a unique, claustrophobic found-footage-adjacent experience that relies on limited visibility and pure atmosphere.

A procedural first-person horror adventure. You are on your own after something goes terribly wrong in this top-secret containment facility. Collect items to aid in your escape and try to uncover the truth, as horror lurks behind every door. Can you make it out alive?

Why similar: Procedural Generation 17.4%, Surreal 15.8%, Survival Horror 15.2%, Horror 12.2%, Exploration 8.1%

Why You'll Like It: A classic procedural horror game that centers on escaping a facility filled with anomalous entities.

An indie psychological horror experience about surviving infinity. Navigate an endless expanse of rooms, ascend through various levels, gather items and artifacts, avoid going insane, evade corrupted entities, and see just how deep the realm known as The Backrooms goes.

Why similar: Procedural Generation 21.9%, Survival Horror 21.7%, Psychological Horror 18.7%, Surreal 11.4%, Horror 11.2%

Why You'll Like It: A more retro-styled, indie take on the procedural Backrooms concept with a focus on survival and resource management.

Survival horror with roguelike elements. Explore randomized levels with different items and entities while trying to maintain your thirst, hunger, and sanity, ensuring a new experience every time. Play alone or with up to TEN friends online! Cross-platform multiplayer with Nintendo Switch.

Why similar: Mystery Dungeon 27.5%, Survival Horror 21.9%, Psychological Horror 17.7%, Horror 12.9%, Dark 10.8%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the survival aspect of the liminal space, requiring players to manage resources while avoiding entities.

Cry of Fear is a psychological single-player and co-op horror game set in a deserted town filled with horrific creatures and nightmarish delusions. You play as a young man desperately searching for answers in the cold Scandinavian night, finding his way through the city as he slowly descends into madness.

Why similar: Horror 31.8%, Survival Horror 27%, Psychological Horror 24.3%, First-Person 6.9%, Atmospheric 6.4%

Why You'll Like It: A definitive 90s-style psychological horror game that emphasizes survival and a gritty, unsettling urban atmosphere.

Explore and admire while navigate through eerie, surreal environments inspired by the Backrooms lore. Explore this uncanny world lost in time and get lost in the otherworldly architecture in a world where reality bends and your sanity is tested.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 28.7%, Surreal 23%, Exploration 13.4%, Atmospheric 12.3%, Mystery 11.6%

Why You'll Like It: A walking-simulator experience purely focused on the aesthetic and psychological impact of liminal spaces.

A visually lifelike co-op horror game for 1-6 people. Journey through 11 procedurally generated levels, using what's available to survive and progress deeper into the Backrooms.

Why similar: Survival Horror 22.9%, Psychological Horror 20%, Horror 17%, Procedural Generation 14.1%, First-Person 6.9%

THE_ABYSS_HAS_WALLS takes you into Ad Infinitum (also known as "The Backrooms") like never seen before. Review footage. Document fate.

Why similar: Survival Horror 34.6%, Procedural Generation 19.4%, Horror 16.7%, Atmospheric 10.8%, Exploration 7.7%

Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric and surreal horror game that emphasizes the feeling of being trapped within infinite, oppressive walls.

You're trapped in an apartment with ever-changing rooms. Capture anomalies on camera, survive deadly entities and escape an endless nightmare.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 18.5%, 1990's 15%, Horror 13%, Surreal 10.1%, Exploration 9.2%

Enter Banban's Kindergarten, and you're sure to make some friends. Explore the mysterious establishment and don't lose your life and sanity. Uncover the horrifying truth behind the place, but be careful, as you are far from alone…

Why similar: Survival Horror 16.8%, Surreal 16.4%, Psychological Horror 15.6%, Horror 11.1%, Dark 9.5%

Why You'll Like It: A surreal horror game that uses exploration of a strange, empty facility to build tension.

When a routine expedition into The Complex goes horribly wrong, you're left alone and lost, wandering the seemingly infinite maze of hallways, otherwise known as the Backrooms. Might there be something following you?

Why similar: Psychological Horror 18.6%, Cinematic 16.9%, Horror 15.4%, 1990's 11.2%, Exploration 10.7%

The Backrooms: Found Footage is a survival horror game with rogue-lite elements, where you explore 600 million miles of randomly generated office space, contend with entities, collect unique and useful lore- all while attempting to maintain your sanity as you try to escape.

Why similar: Surreal 23.1%, Procedural Generation 18.7%, Psychological Horror 17.8%, Horror 12%, Exploration 10.7%

Come Cook With Us! Let's learn together how to cook delicious meals for you and your family. Because remember, can't live with an empty belly! Find the right VHS scattered around the house through a random system of placement in order to find the code to escape the house. Good Luck!

Why similar: 1990's 17.9%, Survival Horror 13.5%, Psychological Horror 10.4%, Investigation 9.7%, Horror 9.7%

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

Why similar: Psychological Horror 21.2%, First-Person 18.1%, Dark 17.4%, Horror 16.9%, Atmospheric 12.5%

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

Why similar: Cinematic 21.4%, Psychological Horror 20.2%, Horror 13.1%, Demons 12.5%, Exploration 8.7%

Explore terrifying liminal spaces. Horror walking simulator with reality-bending platforming and supernatural threats. Get lost between dimensions.

Why similar: Exploration 16.5%, First-Person 13.7%, Psychological Horror 12.8%, Adventure 11.2%, Dark 10.9%

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

Why similar: Survival Horror 22.8%, Psychological Horror 14.9%, Horror 13.7%, Dark 12.5%, First-Person 10.1%

Delve into the infinitely AI-generated, ghastly haunted mansion of TORUTARU. Use talismans, maps, your wits, and the friends you make along the way to fight off the angered spirits and survive. Every playthrough is a unique experience.

Why similar: Procedural Generation 19.1%, Survival Horror 17.9%, Surreal 15.4%, Psychological Horror 12.5%, Horror 10.9%

Demonologist is a Co-Op horror game that can be played with at least 1 and up to 4 players. Your goal is to identify the type of evil spirit in cursed places and exorcise it using your equipment, either alone or with your team.

Why similar: Surreal 13.7%, Psychological Horror 13%, Cinematic 12.1%, Demons 11.8%, Investigation 11.4%

Backrooms Lost Runners is a co-op survival horror with team play, voice-reactive AI, and immersive puzzles. This isn’t a “walking simulator”: explore liminal spaces, outsmart entities, and remember—even a whisper can give you away.

Why similar: Survival Horror 17.8%, 1990's 17.4%, Cinematic 15.5%, Psychological Horror 14.6%, Horror 9.9%

You arrive at Mars Site-113, a decaying monument to the SCP Foundation's ambition—and its failures. Once the most secure facility, now a cradle of horrors calling you to uncover its secrets. Face relentless anomalies, humanity's darkest truths, and a mission that demands survival above all else.

Why similar: Survival Horror 25.7%, Psychological Horror 22.1%, Horror 15.4%, First-Person 10.9%, Exploration 10.4%

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: Surreal 15.6%, Survival Horror 15.6%, Psychological Horror 13%, Investigation 9.9%, Horror 9%

Paranormal first-person horror, which takes place in an abandoned orphanage. Walk through the corridors of your childhood, but do remember that you're not only one here.

Why similar: Survival Horror 21.9%, Horror 21.7%, Psychological Horror 21.5%, Dark 12.2%, First-Person 8.9%

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

Why similar: Survival Horror 20%, Psychological Horror 18.8%, Horror 12.8%, Dark 12.4%, First-Person 8.8%

A Liminal Place RMSTER is a solitary game, and relaxing on some levels. ALPR Uses Body-Cam, Analog Horror and Found Footage style. Including realistic Liminal Spaces, and "Backrooms" levels.

Why similar: Exploration 27.1%, 1990's 22.2%, First-Person 21.4%, Atmospheric 12.1%, 3D 11.3%

Dark Fracture is a psychological horror experience in which you explore an ever-changing world where reality and nightmares collide. Walk on the edge of madness in the shoes of a tormented soul as you descend into the darkest depths of the human psyche, and question everything you see.

Why similar: Survival Horror 15.3%, Surreal 14.2%, Psychological Horror 12.1%, Demons 11.3%, Horror 10.2%

Backrooms: The Phobolore is a cooperative multiplayer online horror game for 1-4 players. In this game you will take control of a character who woke up in an unknown place and does not remember anything, your task will be to pass the game levels trying to remember who you are...

Why similar: Survival Horror 26.9%, Psychological Horror 14.7%, Horror 14.7%, Dark 13.2%, Exploration 10.6%

School 666 is a 1-4 Player Co-op Survival Horror. You must escape this endless nightmare. Try to identify the correct path and survive the anomalies in this endless school. Some extremely powerful anomalies will catch you to their dimensions. Explore the reason why you are here... and don't die.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 31.4%, Horror 22.7%, First-Person 15.9%, Exploration 9.5%, Mystery 6.3%

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

Why similar: Surreal 19.1%, Psychological Horror 15.5%, Investigation 13.1%, Horror 9.5%, Exploration 8.2%

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

Why similar: Surreal 23%, Psychological Horror 19.4%, Investigation 9.1%, Horror 8.5%, First-Person 8.4%

Baldi's Basics® Plus is an active stealth roguelike that parodies cheap '90s edutainment with a subtle horror twist! Play Hide & Seek with Baldi as he chases you through procedurally generated levels while using your surroundings, items, and game knowledge to shift chaos in your favor.

Why similar: Procedural Generation 21%, 1990's 17.8%, Surreal 13.9%, Survival Horror 12.8%, Horror 12.4%

ROUTINE is a First Person Sci-Fi Horror set on an abandoned lunar base designed around an 80s vision of the future. Explore and investigate your surroundings as you survive against unknown threats.

Why similar: Cinematic 19.4%, Psychological Horror 16%, Survival Horror 15.4%, Dark 10.7%, Horror 9%

Scrap hunting season has gone wrong, VHS slasher survival horror.

Why similar: Survival Horror 19.3%, 1980s 15.4%, Psychological Horror 14.3%, Horror 11.2%, Cinematic 9.9%

Cooperate with up to 6 players to explore, search, and extract lost agents within the Backrooms. Solve puzzles, unlock tools, survive against entities, and progress through increasingly dangerous levels.

Why similar: Survival Horror 26.8%, Psychological Horror 22.7%, Horror 16.2%, First-Person 11.3%, Exploration 10.5%

Explore abandoned locations, collect paranormal evidence, and survive the wrath of the former residents still haunting them. Team up with up to 3 friends to investigate by day, and hide for your life by night. What begins as an investigation quickly turns into a desperate struggle to stay alive.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 19.1%, Investigation 16.6%, Demons 14.6%, Horror 13.5%, Exploration 9.4%

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

Why similar: Surreal 24.6%, Psychological Horror 22%, Horror 14.9%, First-Person 12.2%, Mystery 9%

You and your crew are tasked with cleaning up after the last exploration team's ill-fated journey into the Backrooms. Dodge deadly incursions, scrub every surface, and leave no trace.

Why similar: Survival Horror 25.1%, Psychological Horror 23%, Horror 14.6%, First-Person 12.3%, Atmospheric 10.3%

Explore 20+ handcrafted levels filled with puzzles, secrets, and hidden lore. Collect, trade, and upgrade your tools as you uncover the story behind a realistic world full of danger and discovery.

Why similar: Survival Horror 27.4%, Psychological Horror 20.6%, Horror 18.4%, First-Person 13.5%, Exploration 8.3%