- #1 Ingrained
97% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Spear and Veil
Windows
A nonlinear psychological horror set in a watermill. You were a simple miller with a loving family, but now you are branded as possessed by a demon. Overcome the trials, figure out what happened, and find the one responsible for all your misfortunes.
Why similar: Nonlinear 20.6%, Walking Simulator 17.5%, Multiple Endings 14.6%, Exploration 11.6%, Survival Horror 11.4%
- #2 The Back of Existence
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Skylight Interactive
Windows
Nothing but the stink of old moist carpet, the madness of mono-yellow, the endless background noise of fluorescent lights at maximum hum-buzz, and approximately six hundred million square miles of randomly segmented empty rooms to be trapped in
Why similar: Walking Simulator 23.7%, Exploration 15.1%, Nonlinear 14.7%, Multiple Endings 13.7%, First-Person 12.8%
- #3 Apparatus: Exanimus
96% matchPositive97% of 36 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: Nonlinear 19.8%, Walking Simulator 19.4%, Exploration 14.3%, Multiple Endings 12.2%, First-Person 10.1%
- #4 Feywing
95% match9 user reviews78% of 9 reviews2023
Dev: Dinoleaf LLC
Windows · Linux
Feywing is a short game loosely inspired by classic internet ritual stories. You must memorize and navigate the strange environment of the Crossroads to collect materials for the ritual, and escape the Crossroads. During all of this, the whimsical Feywing will be there to guide you along.
Why similar: Exploration 19.6%, Walking Simulator 19.4%, Survival Horror 15.8%, Multiple Endings 10.9%, First-Person 10%
- #5 Fragments of Fear
94% match4 user reviews25% of 4 reviews2026
Dev: Pradyum Mistry
Windows
A VHS found-footage horror anthology where everyday chores become your worst nightmares. Experience a growing collection of bite-sized analog horror episodes, from a late-night trip to the laundromat to a terrifying walk home. Can you survive the mundane?
Why similar: Walking Simulator 23.4%, Exploration 18.2%, Multiple Endings 13.1%, First-Person 12.9%, 3D 9.6%
- #6 Night of the Wererat
94% matchMostly Positive76% of 17 reviews2022
Dev: Witchy Cat Studios
Windows
A cheesy short horror game where you play as an exterminator on a dark and rainy night. The house has rats within its walls, but what if something more sinister lies deep within the home? Survive and complete your job, or face down the wrath of the wererat!
Why similar: Walking Simulator 26.3%, Exploration 20.1%, Multiple Endings 15%, First-Person 14.4%, 3D 10.5%
- #7 The Promethean Project
93% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Alastair ForsythPub: Matt Desinics Designs
Windows
This is an multi-perspective detective story and you are the centerpiece. With a narrator watching everything you do, bending his story to what you've uncovered, and failed experimental creatures hunting for new meat, will you survive to find the truth of what happened to your brother?
Why similar: Nonlinear 20.7%, Walking Simulator 16.4%, Multiple Endings 11.7%, Exploration 11.7%, First-Person 10%
- #8 The Augury House
92% matchMostly Positive77% of 13 reviews2022
Dev: Augury House
Windows
The Augury House is a shifting collection of short experiences and exhibitions. Contents change weekly.
Why similar: Nonlinear 33%, Exploration 22.5%, Walking Simulator 19.6%, 3D 13.1%, Atmospheric 7.9%
- #9 SHADOW PUPPET
91% match9 user reviews100% of 11 reviews2024
Dev: ADHDev
Windows
A short horror game about wandering through vaguely familiar memories while something endlessly follows you. It moves when you do, and you need to get out before it catches up.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 24.1%, Exploration 18.7%, Multiple Endings 13.8%, First-Person 13.3%, 3D 9.9%
- #10 The Offering
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Tainted Mask
Windows
The Offering is a 1-4 player co-op psychological horror. You enter the halls of a roaming evil spirit, and the only way to survive is to gather the haunted artefacts quickly, using the equipment at your disposal. Work together as you explore the halls, where every turn could be your last.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 24%, Exploration 17.8%, Multiple Endings 16.2%, First-Person 14%, 3D 10.1%
- #11 Reel Horror
90% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: Snarkle Studios
Windows
A haunted projectionist’s room. A shelf of cursed films. Each reel plays a terrifying short story you must live through. Explore twisted worlds from the safety of the projection booth, or so you think...
Why similar: Walking Simulator 25.1%, Exploration 18.6%, Multiple Endings 14.5%, First-Person 13.4%, Horror 12.7%
- #12 The Heilwald Loophole
89% matchVery Positive97% of 368 reviews2022
Dev: Jan Malitschek
Windows
The Heilwald Klinikum used to be one of the most renowned medical facilities in Germany. That all changed when that curious loophole appeared...
Why similar: Nonlinear 25.8%, First-Person 12.4%, Walking Simulator 12.1%, Survival Horror 11.8%, Exploration 10.6%
- #13 The Hallowed Echo
89% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: SomeTimesAtNight
Windows · Mac · Linux
Cooperative survival horror. Four friends find themselves in a forest where an ancient ritual has awakened something terrifying. Your goal is to destroy the root of evil by burning a cursed tree and survive until morning. Explore, hunt, hide. Alone is scary. Together is even worse.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 22.6%, Exploration 14.5%, Nonlinear 14.4%, First-Person 12.5%, Survival Horror 11.6%
- #14 Last Sighting
88% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2024
Dev: ArachnisGames
Windows
Wake up to the sound of your neighbors dog outside. Take your trusty lantern and escort him home. With night looming. Use your lantern to guide you on your way. With something lurking in the night and your car broken down you'll have to find a way to defend yourself as you make your way to safety.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 26.8%, Exploration 21.2%, First-Person 15.8%, Realistic 10.1%, Horror 9.4%
- #15 Mago's Nightly Take Out
86% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Studio MI
Windows
Mago’s Nightly Take Out is a short first-person survival-horror comedy game about a fluffy wizard trying to retrieve his stolen delivery food from a mysterious and deadly foe. Are you prepared to face the dangers of the night? Or will you go home with an empty belly?
Why similar: Nonlinear 27.6%, Multiple Endings 17.8%, Exploration 14.5%, Walking Simulator 11.7%, Horror 10.4%
- #16 Born Into Fear
87% matchVery Positive89% of 282 reviews2022
Dev: Just Sauce Studio
Windows
Born Into Fear is a first-person horror game set in an evacuated neighborhood. You'll have to complete task and avoid enemies to destroy the evil Buffer.
Why similar: Nonlinear 27.7%, Multiple Endings 13.7%, Walking Simulator 11.7%, Exploration 11.5%, First-Person 8.7%
- #17 Dreamcore: Rabbit Hole
84% matchMostly Positive71% of 384 reviews2026
Dev: Ankoku
Windows
Walking simulator. Explore cozy liminal spaces that feel unsettlingly familiar and spark your imagination, like a dream you’ve been in before.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 22.7%, Nonlinear 22.1%, Exploration 16.4%, First-Person 12.2%, 3D 7.7%
- #18 The White Room
85% match2 user reviews0% of 2 reviews2024
Dev: Necdet Yavaş
Windows · Linux
Locked in the white room and you are slowly losing your mind. Not sure what is real anymore and you must escape.
Why similar: Nonlinear 35.7%, Multiple Endings 19.3%, Exploration 17.2%, Realistic 9.6%, First-Person 7.4%
- #19 My Day Challenge
84% matchMostly Positive74% of 31 reviews2024
Dev: MindlessFinn
Windows
A short, atmospheric horror experience about daily life.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 24.3%, Exploration 19.6%, First-Person 14.1%, Horror 13.7%, Realistic 9.1%
- #20 BATYA
86% matchMostly Positive75% of 24 reviews2020
Dev: R's Horrors
Windows
A game about escaping a nightmare. You stumble through the narrow corridors of garage complex as the distant footsteps is heard. Batya is getting closer.
Why similar: Multiple Endings 15.2%, Walking Simulator 14.6%, Survival Horror 13.9%, First-Person 12.8%, Exploration 11.1%
- #21 TO:RI
83% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Farfama
Windows
TO:RI is an atmospheric first-person experience set on an abandoned island. Explore a train station that holds dreams and memories of isolated existence. Journey through an ethereal story about the essence of being.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 28.7%, Exploration 24.8%, First-Person 16.6%, Multiple Endings 15.5%, Atmospheric 9.1%
- #22 Anomalies Detective
82% 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 27%, Multiple Endings 21.5%, Exploration 17.1%, First-Person 13.8%, 3D 8.1%
- #23 Deep Anomaly
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Pogona Games
Windows
Enter the murky depths of the Zenith Corporation facility as a ZBO unit technician. In this merciless 4-player extraction horror, you will face living anomalies and a paranoia system that will make you distrust your own senses. Will you uncover the secrets of the complex before it's too late?
Why similar: Nonlinear 18.8%, Survival Horror 15.8%, Exploration 13.7%, Multiple Endings 10.3%, First-Person 8.8%
- #24 SEWERCIDE
81% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: kyezdev
Windows
Trapped in a bunker connected to an old sewer, you must survive a few days before the creature lurking below finds you. Explore dark tunnels, gather key items, solve environmental puzzles, and uncover what happened underground before “it” finally devours you.
Why similar: Exploration 17.5%, Multiple Endings 15.9%, 3D 13.2%, First-Person 13.2%, Walking Simulator 13.1%
- #25 Lantern of Remembrance
81% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2025
Dev: KAWAUSO FORGE
Windows
A faint light is your only clue. A branching psychological horror through memory and darkness.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 31.1%, Exploration 19.7%, Multiple Endings 16.7%, First-Person 16.5%, Horror 9.7%
- #26 Horton Genetics: Breach
80% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ReHoGa Interactive
Windows
First-person survival horror. You are a technician at Horton Genetics' Facility 79 when a sector goes dark and something gets out. No weapon, no backup, no way out. You hide, you run, and you work the facility to stay one step ahead of it.
Why similar: Multiple Endings 26.4%, First-Person 22.2%, 3D 17.9%, Exploration 14.3%, Horror 13.2%
- #27 Soviet Village
79% matchMixed47% of 15 reviews2025
Dev: Ghost_RUS Games
Windows
A deadly search for a grandmother in the village. Can you escape the loop? Unpredictable horror.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 25.6%, Exploration 16.8%, First-Person 13.4%, 3D 10.1%, Realistic 10%
- #28 Where The Road Fades
78% match3 user reviews33% of 3 reviews2026
Dev: Smog3D
Windows
“Where the Road Fades” is a short psychological indie horror game. After an accident, you find yourself lost in the woods and seek help in a house but something isn’t right there. Explore, make decisions, and face the darkness. Can you find your way out?
Why similar: Walking Simulator 24.5%, First-Person 19.9%, 3D 15.9%, Multiple Endings 13.8%, Exploration 13.7%
- #29 Poolrooms
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: NoPeople Inc
Windows
Welcome to Level 37, commonly known as the Poolrooms, a psychological horror experience that immerses players in an eerie, otherworldly environment.
Why similar: Nonlinear 16.6%, Walking Simulator 14.6%, First-Person 14.3%, Realistic 13%, Exploration 12.5%
- #30 SANCTION
79% match5 user reviews60% of 5 reviews2022
Dev: Leland CarterPub: LethalLizard Studios
Windows
SANCTION is a procedurally generated FPS/RPG where you are a prisoner sanctioned to come from the safety of your doomsday bunker to gather supplies for the community. Your freedom and your community's livelihood rely on you. Survive the desolate wasteland left by the final war.
Why similar: Nonlinear 24.1%, First-Person 12.7%, Walking Simulator 12%, Realistic 10.5%, Survival Horror 10.3%
- #31 BLIND_SITE
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Enigma Forge
Windows
Explore dark corridors, snap photos, and survive hostile entities hunting you. Use your camera's flash to reveal the way, but beware - each flash draws unwanted attention.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 22.1%, Exploration 15.7%, Multiple Endings 15.6%, First-Person 12.9%, 3D 9.3%
- #32 The Maid
76% matchMostly Positive79% of 180 reviews2025
Dev: 99 Grados Games
Windows
The Maid is a first-person psychological horror and mystery game that focuses on creating fear and tension in the player.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 23.5%, Exploration 15.7%, First-Person 14%, Realistic 11.6%, Survival Horror 9.2%
- #33 New Home
74% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: kietchdev
Windows
You are trapped inside your new home, where doors open up to various liminal spaces and anomalies appear around every corner. Will you manage to find your way out?
Why similar: Walking Simulator 21.6%, Nonlinear 21.6%, Exploration 16.5%, First-Person 10.9%, Multiple Endings 9.5%
- #34 Is Anybody There?
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Red Oni Games
Windows
Step into the role of a blind boy hunted by a paranormal entity. Can you avoid being kidnapped by navigating the world through echolocation and listening for every rustle?
Why similar: Walking Simulator 21.4%, Nonlinear 16.7%, First-Person 12.9%, Exploration 12.6%, Multiple Endings 11%
- #35 The Drained Goddess
76% matchMostly Negative38% of 29 reviews2022
Dev: Wang, Zhen
Windows
The Drained Goddess is a first-person survival horror game focused on combat system and side story exploration. You will need to fight with many unique enemies and investigate the twisted fate of our main character. Finally you can put different endings to the story.
Why similar: Nonlinear 26.1%, Multiple Endings 13.4%, Survival Horror 11.7%, Exploration 11.4%, First-Person 9.4%
- #36 Brutalism22
75% matchMixed64% of 70 reviews2023
Dev: Marginal act
Windows
This is a retro horror game about the war in Ukraine and brutalist architecture in Eastern Europe
Why similar: Walking Simulator 23.4%, Exploration 17%, Multiple Endings 16.8%, First-Person 13.7%, 3D 8%
- #37 Anomaly Echoes
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: BaltaHorror
Windows
Anomaly Echoes is a "walk simulator" style game that takes inspiration from the Japanese school environment, featuring liminal spaces and back rooms. The player finds himself trapped in an endless scenario of a Japanese school.
Why similar: Nonlinear 23%, Walking Simulator 17.6%, Multiple Endings 12.8%, First-Person 11.7%, Realistic 11.1%
- #38 Liminality
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Liminality Studios
Windows
Liminality sets in the near future, where humanity discovers a liminal hell full with anomalies, explore multiple unique levels with increasing difficulty and teamwork, good luck on your next expedition.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 23.7%, Exploration 15.8%, First-Person 13.1%, Realistic 11.7%, Multiple Endings 11.1%
- #39 Backward poiesis
73% matchPositive89% of 37 reviews2024
Dev: sur
Windows
A short walking simulator with a horror feel that recreates actual found footage, which can be related to Liminal Space and Backrooms.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 27.9%, Exploration 21.8%, First-Person 15.6%, 3D 11.4%, Horror 9.1%
- #40 GhostlyRyokan
73% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2024
Dev: Taiga
Windows
An abandoned inn where lost souls wander, your decision will determine its outcome.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 32.7%, Exploration 20.8%, First-Person 16.5%, 3D 12.2%, Horror 8.6%
- #41 Selenetrope
71% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Verrysoft
Windows
Selenetrope is a survival horror game where you play as a lab grown homunculus struggling to survive in a base below the surface of an exoplanetary moon. Battle your insane and misbegotten brothers and stave off a raging fever that threatens to destroy you from within.
Why similar: Nonlinear 34.8%, Exploration 16.7%, First-Person 13.3%, Survival Horror 12.3%, Horror 11.4%
- #42 Springs, Eternal
71% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Fullbright
Windows
Explore a mysterious hot springs in the dead of night and meet the other lost souls who are drawn to this place.
Why similar: Nonlinear 32.9%, Exploration 16.7%, Walking Simulator 15.5%, First-Person 12.9%, Atmospheric 8%
- #43 Unmixable Syrup
71% matchNo user reviews2026
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 37.5%, Exploration 22.4%, First-Person 17.4%, Atmospheric 8.8%, 3D 8.1%
- #44 Day at the Office - Prologue
70% matchPositive90% of 49 reviews2024
Dev: ezCaos
Windows
Try to escape from the office, make your decisions carefully, and keep your cool to get home safe and sound... Do you hear that...? The phone is ringing, and it's for you.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 20.5%, Exploration 15.1%, Realistic 13.3%, Multiple Endings 12.1%, Survival Horror 11%
- #45 Black Annis
69% matchMostly Positive76% of 21 reviews2025
Dev: Man the Barricades Ltd
Windows
Work the night shift and uncover what haunts Lone Oak College in this short horror exploration game inspired by British folklore. Survive the horror, solve challenging puzzles, and search for your missing friend before it’s too late.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 16.9%, Exploration 14.9%, Multiple Endings 14%, First-Person 11.4%, Horror 9.9%
- #46 ARCHIVE 1996
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: UDAGamelab
Windows
Tonight, you are not just helping Serena survive. You are deciding whether she will live, lose her mind, or vanish in this hotel forever.
Why similar: Nonlinear 28.3%, Walking Simulator 17.2%, Multiple Endings 14%, Survival Horror 10.2%, Horror 8.3%
- #47 House Party 8
68% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: Pedro Verpha
Windows
A short first-person anomaly horror game set inside a looping house party. Observe carefully, trust your memory, and escape only when everything feels normal.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 27.9%, Exploration 17.9%, First-Person 14.1%, Realistic 10.9%, 3D 10.6%
- #48 DREAMFIELD
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Firststep Studio
Windows
DREAMFIELD is a liminal game where you parkour through empty spaces filled with a strong atmosphere. Some places may feel familiar. Dive into an immersive experience where, perhaps, you will never wake up.
Why similar: Nonlinear 31.1%, Exploration 27.9%, Realistic 13.8%, 3D 12.2%, Walking Simulator 6.1%
- #49 Objective H.A.S.T.E. - Survival Horror Escape
72% match5 user reviews60% of 5 reviews2022
Dev: Sparking Games
Windows
Objective H.A.S.T.E. - is a first-person 3D survival game in the horror genre. Have you ever imagined that your school could be under attack by terrorists, so the only good thing would be that the lessons would be canceled? I bet you did. This game can allow you to visit such a situation.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 16.4%, Nonlinear 15%, Survival Horror 11.6%, First-Person 11.2%, Exploration 10.4%
- #50 Shards Of Solitude
67% matchVery Positive86% of 156 reviews2026
Dev: Chilling Designs
Windows
Immerse yourself in a survival game created by Miyuki, a girl with a split personality. Will you be able to escape, or will you choose a different path?
Why similar: Multiple Endings 18.1%, Survival Horror 14.4%, First-Person 13.5%, Exploration 12.6%, Nonlinear 11.2%
- #51 The Cow Game
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: NightinGames
Windows
Moo! You play as a brave cow. While searching for your stolen calf, you uncover a mystical saga about a secret cow-lt. Explore a lively low poly world full of little puzzles and fantastical adventures. Various surprising endings are waiting for you to discover them.
Why similar: Nonlinear 19.4%, Walking Simulator 17.1%, Exploration 15.1%, Multiple Endings 13.9%, First-Person 10.3%
- #52 Soviet Anomaly 7
68% matchMostly Positive72% of 25 reviews2024
Dev: Ghostbe Studio
Windows
Investigate an abandoned Soviet-era building with anomalous properties. As a researcher, you must navigate the eerie, ever-changing corridors to uncover the truth. One wrong move could send you back to the beginning. Explore. Survive. Don’t miss the anomaly.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 20.3%, Multiple Endings 16.9%, First-Person 12.3%, Exploration 11.5%, Realistic 8.4%
- #53 NEXT OBJECTIVE
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Alex Klexber
Windows · Mac · Linux
The objective marker IS the monster. Play as Tom, a very obedient boy, and teach him how to disobey. Leave the playable area, break the rules, and fight back against a game that wants you to stay on script.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 22.6%, Multiple Endings 18.8%, Exploration 17.8%, Nonlinear 10.2%, First-Person 9.8%
- #54 Desolate Roads
70% matchMostly Negative30% of 10 reviews2020
Dev: Gabor DandarPub: Gadan Digital
Windows
Desolate Roads is a first-person psychological horror vignette. You’ve run out of gas in the middle of nowhere, and all you can see are empty roads, a dark forest, and the endless thick and strangling fog.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 18.1%, Multiple Endings 13.9%, Exploration 12.8%, Survival Horror 12.2%, First-Person 10.8%
- #55 CRYO
65% matchVery Positive87% of 542 reviews2025
Dev: Valko Game Studios
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 91%
CRYO is a multiplayer co-op survival horror for 1-4 players. You have been deployed by your company to various locations around the Antarctic due to communication issues. What awaits you in these dark, remote regions is far more sinister than a technical fault...
Why similar: Nonlinear 26.2%, Multiple Endings 16.2%, First-Person 13.3%, 3D 9.3%, Realistic 8.9%
- #56 World Alone: Dreampools
66% matchVery Positive82% of 51 reviews2025
Dev: DCE Projects
Windows
World Alone: Dreampools is a single-player Backrooms experience focused on dreamlike liminal pools. The game features a narrative told through cinematic sequences and immersive environments. Feel the true essence of solitude in World Alone...
Why similar: Nonlinear 29.2%, Walking Simulator 19.2%, Exploration 13.9%, Realistic 10.6%, First-Person 10.3%
- #57 Dark Shrine
69% match5 user reviews40% of 5 reviews2023
Dev: ciel45
Windows
Dark Shrine is a short horror game set in a japanese shrine.
Why similar: Nonlinear 34.9%, Walking Simulator 25%, First-Person 18.8%, Horror 14.2%, Adventure 3.9%
- #58 A Symmetric Escape
67% matchPositive100% of 44 reviews2023
Dev: SporkTank
Windows · Mac · Linux
Explore and solve your way through the gloomy halls in which you find yourself stuck. Thinking symmetrically will be key! Isolated and environmental puzzles feature in this first-person puzzle experience.
Why similar: Nonlinear 27.5%, Walking Simulator 19.2%, Exploration 16%, First-Person 14.3%, Stylized 7.4%