Games Like The Complex: Expedition

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: Realistic 13.6%, Psychological Horror 13.5%, Horror 12.9%, Mystery 11%, Immersive Sim 9.6%

Why You'll Like It: It shares the same hyper-realistic, liminal space aesthetic and focus on psychological dread found in The Complex.

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

Why similar: Psychological Horror 17.2%, Horror 17.2%, Immersive Sim 14.2%, Exploration 11.5%, Realistic 10.4%

Why You'll Like It: This title masterfully utilizes the concept of repetitive, liminal corridors to create a sense of psychological unease.

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: Horror 19.6%, Psychological Horror 17%, Realistic 14.7%, 1990's 9.9%, Exploration 7.5%

Why You'll Like It: It uses realistic graphics and a found-footage style to create an immersive, high-tension horror experience.

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 27.4%, Realistic 21%, Exploration 12.7%, Mystery 8.8%, First-Person 8.1%

Why You'll Like It: This game perfectly captures the eerie, empty, and dreamlike atmosphere of liminal spaces without relying on traditional combat.

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: Horror 14.1%, Psychological Horror 14%, Realistic 11.8%, Cinematic 11.7%, Mystery 9.8%

Why You'll Like It: It focuses heavily on the exploration of uncanny, abandoned indoor environments that mirror the Backrooms experience.

You are trapped on a train that runs forever. Keep an eye out for anomalies and find a way out.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 17.5%, Cinematic 12.2%, Realistic 11.6%, Immersive Sim 10.4%, Horror 10.4%

Why You'll Like It: As a spiritual successor to The Exit 8, it excels at making mundane, repetitive environments feel deeply unsettling.

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 22.9%, Realistic 19.9%, Immersive Sim 13.6%, Mystery 13.2%, Exploration 12.7%

Why You'll Like It: This game is explicitly designed to evoke the specific aesthetic of liminal spaces and psychological isolation.

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 20.4%, Psychological Horror 16.8%, Realistic 12%, Exploration 9.3%, Mystery 9.1%

Why You'll Like It: It is a direct thematic companion that leans into the found-footage aesthetic of the Backrooms lore.

Backrooms: Exploration is a single-player horror game, which takes place in 2020. Two friends have lost their jobs due to COVID-19, but they still have to bring food to the table. After a failed heist, one of them ends up in the Backrooms. Now your only mission is to survive.

Why similar: Horror 23.5%, Realistic 19.6%, Psychological Horror 16.6%, Story Rich 9.7%, First-Person 8.4%

Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on the core loop of wandering through infinite, procedurally generated hallways.

Liminal City is a psychological horror and exploration game based on found footage, set in Backrooms Level 11. Walk through the streets of Level 11, filled with soulless buildings, dynamically moving to different levels and searching for a way out. Once you fall in here will you be able to get out?

Why similar: Psychological Horror 17.6%, Realistic 15.7%, Horror 12.9%, Exploration 9.9%, Mystery 9.6%

Why You'll Like It: It focuses on the exploration of vast, empty urban environments that evoke a strong sense of loneliness and mystery.

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 37.4%, Psychological Horror 28.5%, Realistic 7.5%, First-Person 5.5%, Exploration 4.4%

Why You'll Like It: It provides a high-fidelity, cinematic psychological horror experience that excels at making the player feel vulnerable in a shifting home environment.

As one of many kidnapped and enslaved Probants of the Project 13 Group... You need to find Anomalies through your Walk. If you not obey and report , you will be stuck in it forever.

Why similar: Horror 15.4%, Psychological Horror 14.8%, Cinematic 11.8%, Realistic 9.3%, Immersive Sim 9%

Why You'll Like It: It combines the liminal space aesthetic with anomaly-detection gameplay for a unique psychological experience.

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: Horror 37%, Psychological Horror 20.2%, Mystery 8.9%, Exploration 8.9%, Multiplayer 6.5%

Why You'll Like It: It is a staple of the Backrooms genre that emphasizes puzzle-solving and survival within the iconic yellow hallways.

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: Psychological Horror 31.7%, Realistic 20.4%, Thriller 12.6%, Simulation 9.2%, Action 7.1%

Why You'll Like It: It uses a retro, low-fidelity aesthetic to capture the specific 'found footage' vibe of early Backrooms media.

Set in 1944 Italy, Martha Is Dead is an award-winning dark psychological thriller where the lines between truth, superstition, and tragedy blur. Explore a haunting countryside, uncover disturbing memories, and peel back layers of mystery. Every choice shapes the nightmare…are you ready to face it?

Why similar: Psychological Horror 18.8%, Cinematic 17.2%, Horror 16.8%, Mystery 11.4%, Story Rich 9.6%

Why You'll Like It: This game offers a deeply realistic and cinematic psychological narrative set in a haunting, atmospheric environment.

Amnesia: The Bunker is a first-person horror game set in a WW1 bunker. A relentless, AI-driven monster stalks you. Survival depends on finding tools, crafting items, and keeping the lights on.

Why similar: Horror 21.2%, Psychological Horror 18.4%, Immersive Sim 16.2%, Exploration 11.2%, First-Person 7.9%

Why You'll Like It: It creates an intense, claustrophobic atmosphere where exploration and sound management are key to surviving a persistent threat.

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 44.4%, Psychological Horror 22.6%, Exploration 8.7%, Multiplayer 6.9%, First-Person 6.8%

Why You'll Like It: A comprehensive Backrooms experience that covers multiple iconic levels and entities from the community lore.

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: Horror 17.8%, Psychological Horror 16.5%, Realistic 11.7%, Mystery 11.7%, Cinematic 11.3%

Why You'll Like It: It focuses on the survival-horror elements of the Backrooms with a strong emphasis on atmosphere and darkness.

The era-defining first-person psychological horror in all its terrifying glory. All of the game’s chapters collected into one convenient package that allows you to plumb the depths of madness in pursuit of artistic revelation.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 22%, Horror 21.3%, Mystery 13%, Exploration 11%, Story Rich 10.1%

Why You'll Like It: The game features constantly shifting environments and psychological storytelling that mirrors the surreal nature of the Backrooms.

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: Horror 33.3%, Psychological Horror 29.7%, First-Person 8.4%, Exploration 6.1%, Story Rich 5.4%

Why You'll Like It: A cinematic psychological horror game that uses environmental puzzles and a sense of isolation to build constant dread.

Sector 404 is a first-person anomaly horror game set in a crumbling Soviet housing block. After taking your medicine, your world begins to fracture. Climb from floor to floor, uncovering distorted anomalies and your own unraveling mind. Miss too much, and reality resets. Will you ever make it home?

Why similar: Psychological Horror 16.9%, Horror 15%, Realistic 13.1%, Immersive Sim 8.8%, Mystery 8.1%

Why You'll Like It: A first-person psychological horror game that focuses on the exploration of eerie, abandoned industrial corridors.

You woke up in some basement and don't remember who you are or how you ended up here... But what you do know is that you need to get out of here...

Why similar: Horror 19.2%, Psychological Horror 18.9%, Realistic 17.2%, Mystery 11%, Story Rich 7.6%

Why You'll Like It: This game emphasizes the walking-simulator aspect of horror, focusing on atmosphere and realistic visuals.

Abandoned Souls is a horror game, shown through a GoPro lens. You play as a vlogger who specializes in urban exploration.

Why similar: Horror 17.1%, Psychological Horror 16.9%, Realistic 16%, Mystery 9.4%, Exploration 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: It provides a realistic, atmospheric horror experience that relies on exploration and psychological tension.

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

Why similar: Horror 39.7%, Mystery 15.2%, Realistic 10%, Exploration 6.4%, First-Person 5.7%

Why You'll Like It: It creates a tense, isolated environment where the player must perform tasks while being stalked by psychological threats.

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

Why similar: Horror 17.2%, Psychological Horror 16.4%, Realistic 12.4%, Immersive Sim 10.5%, Exploration 9.8%

From the creators of Amnesia: The Dark Descent comes SOMA, a sci-fi horror game set below the waves of the Atlantic ocean. Struggle to survive a hostile world that will make you question your very existence.

Why similar: Horror 22.9%, Psychological Horror 20.2%, Exploration 11%, Story Rich 10%, Mystery 9.4%

Why You'll Like It: It provides a masterclass in psychological horror and atmospheric exploration within a desolate, claustrophobic setting.

Observation is a sci-fi thriller uncovering what happened to Dr. Emma Fisher, and the crew of her mission, through the lens of the station’s artificial intelligence S.A.M.

Why similar: Horror 28.2%, Adventure 18.3%, Psychological Horror 16.3%, Story Rich 10.6%, Mystery 9.7%

Why You'll Like It: This cinematic sci-fi horror game focuses on isolation and environmental interaction from a unique, detached perspective.

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: Realistic 16.9%, Horror 15.8%, Exploration 12.7%, Psychological Horror 11.5%, 1990's 8.4%

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 40.6%, Horror 38.5%, First-Person 11%, Atmospheric 7.7%, Singleplayer 2.2%

Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on claustrophobic, surreal exploration that feels very similar to the disorienting nature of the Backrooms.

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 50.9%, Psychological Horror 26.5%, First-Person 5.6%, Multiplayer 4.8%, Action 3.5%

Why You'll Like It: A classic psychological horror game that excels at urban exploration and building a sense of dread in lonely environments.

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: Horror 27.7%, Psychological Horror 21%, Realistic 17.8%, First-Person 8.7%, Multiplayer 5.9%

backrooms horror game

Why similar: Realistic 16.3%, Exploration 11.9%, Psychological Horror 11%, Mystery 10.3%, 1990's 9.4%

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: Psychological Horror 18.3%, Cinematic 17.3%, Mystery 10.6%, Realistic 9.2%, Story Rich 8.8%

Are you ready to survive in this hostile world? Discover who you are and how you ended up in this dimension. But don't worry, you can rely on warm company that will make your experience much more 'pleasant.' Oh, and good luck, you'll need it.

Why similar: Horror 17.7%, Cinematic 15.5%, Psychological Horror 14.5%, Exploration 12%, Adventure 8.4%

Experience Will's complicated story, find a way out of the nightmare of liminal spaces by solving challenging puzzles and avoiding dangerous entities — all this awaits you in "Shifting To The Backrooms".

Why similar: Horror 19.5%, Psychological Horror 18.1%, Cinematic 10.8%, Exploration 10.4%, Story Rich 10.1%

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: Psychological Horror 18.6%, Horror 16.9%, Realistic 15.7%, Mystery 11.9%, Exploration 11.8%

You wake up in a strange place, not knowing who you are, where you are, or how you got here. Trapped in an environment that twists to break your sanity, your only way out is to delve into the unknown and face the horrors of a past your mind is trying to hide.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 23.3%, Horror 21.3%, Exploration 11.7%, Realistic 9.8%, First-Person 8%

"God save you if you hear something wandering around nearby, because it sure as hell has heard you.."

Why similar: Cinematic 17.9%, Horror 16.7%, Psychological Horror 16%, Realistic 12.2%, Immersive Sim 11.2%

Chapter-based Backrooms experience. Embark on a chilling journey through the unknown. Visuals based on early 2000's camcorders.

Why similar: Horror 14.5%, Psychological Horror 14.2%, Immersive Sim 13.6%, Realistic 10.8%, Exploration 10.8%

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: Psychological Horror 34.9%, Horror 31%, First-Person 10.3%, Adventure 8.2%, Walking Simulator 7.9%

You don't know how you got here, and you don't know how you'll leave. Wander the depths of the Backrooms in hopes of finding something more.

Why similar: Exploration 31.3%, 1990's 23.1%, Adventure 12.4%, Atmospheric 10.9%, First-Person 6.8%

You are the exploration team from company Async, you arrive to reported anomaly place and searching for anomalies, but what would you find? Prepare yourself for a gripping and heart-pounding adventure in EXPEDITION TO THE BACKROOMS, where every step could be your last.

Why similar: Horror 17.9%, Realistic 15.7%, Psychological Horror 14.9%, Immersive Sim 12.9%, Exploration 11.5%

If you are not careful enough, you may end up in that place, the place some call The Backrooms. The Backrooms of existence, a hellish dimension of infinite maze-like constructs, each level pushing deeper into the despair. Could you, a normal person find the way out? Dive deeper into the horror

Why similar: Horror 17.9%, Psychological Horror 17.4%, Realistic 16.1%, Exploration 12.1%, Story Rich 8.9%

A chilling psychological horror set in 1980s Kerala. After weeks of silence, you arrive on a remote island to search for your missing wife. Explore an abandoned house, uncover local folklore, survive haunting encounters, and unravel the island’s buried secrets.

Why similar: Exploration 18.3%, Horror 16.7%, Psychological Horror 14.1%, Realistic 12.1%, Mystery 9.6%

You are trapped in a corridor suspended above the clouds. Each time you open the door at the end of the corridor, explore the environment that awaits you, find anomalies, use the alarm, and break the loop.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 18.7%, Realistic 15.5%, Horror 14.5%, Mystery 11.3%, Exploration 10.6%

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: Horror 29%, Psychological Horror 22.7%, Realistic 14.6%, Exploration 8.2%, First-Person 5.9%

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: Horror 19.5%, Psychological Horror 19.3%, Realistic 10.5%, Immersive Sim 9.9%, Exploration 9.7%

The Empty Eyes is a first-person psychological horror experience that immerses you in an investigation steeped in mystery. Every step inside the house brings you closer to a hidden truth, while tension mounts and fear takes root in your mind.

Why similar: Horror 19.7%, Psychological Horror 18%, Mystery 12.9%, Realistic 10.2%, Story Rich 6.9%

Dire Echo is a psychological horror walking simulator that immerses players in the eerie and oppressive atmosphere of abandoned deep space.

Why similar: Cinematic 15.7%, Realistic 13.3%, Psychological Horror 11.9%, Horror 11.6%, Mystery 9.4%

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: Horror 35.7%, Psychological Horror 33.2%, First-Person 9.4%, Simulation 9%, Adventure 6.4%

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: Horror 20.2%, Psychological Horror 20%, Mystery 10.2%, Story Rich 10.1%, First-Person 7%

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: Horror 23.7%, Psychological Horror 23.4%, Exploration 15.1%, Story Rich 8.9%, First-Person 7%

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: Psychological Horror 17%, Horror 14.7%, Realistic 12.9%, Mystery 10.4%, Immersive Sim 9.2%

You are trapped in an endless hallway. Observe your surroundings carefully to reach your destiny.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 15.6%, Horror 14.8%, Realistic 13.9%, Immersive Sim 11.4%, Mystery 11.2%

An observation-driven psychological horror set inside an endless furniture superstore. Spot anomalies, choose the correct path, complete your shopping list — and escape the loop.

Why similar: Horror 13.9%, Realistic 13.4%, Psychological Horror 12.8%, Immersive Sim 10.5%, Mystery 10.4%

Co-op horror for 1 to 6 players. Anyone can try to escape the Backrooms. You are going back in: locate the lost agents, solve the puzzles, film the entities, and hold out until extraction. Everything you carry can be lost. Your ranks, gear and storage are built to last.

Why similar: Horror 21.8%, Psychological Horror 19.9%, Realistic 18.2%, Exploration 11.1%, First-Person 7.4%

Someone slipped a mysterious videotape under your door... Do you dare watch it?!

Why similar: Horror 18.6%, Psychological Horror 18.2%, Cinematic 17.4%, Realistic 14.4%, First-Person 6.8%

The Wellmonts Case is a first-person psychological horror game set in 1993, Northern Maine. As a private detective, you explore the abandoned Wellmont farm, search for clues, photograph unsettling evidence, and uncover the truth behind a family's unexplained disappearance.

Why similar: Horror 16.2%, Psychological Horror 15.9%, Realistic 11.4%, Cinematic 11.1%, Mystery 9.9%

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

Why similar: Horror 17.7%, Psychological Horror 14.5%, Cinematic 13.6%, Realistic 11.6%, Mystery 7%

2012. The Arctic research station "Persei" loses contact with the outside world. You are Ethan Miller, a technician sent to the facility to fix the issues. But something here has clearly gone out of control.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 23.7%, Horror 14.8%, Realistic 11.9%, Story Rich 9.3%, Exploration 8.4%