- #1 DREAM LOGIC
96% matchVery Positive89% of 409 reviews2022
Dev: Teleopsia Games
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 2.1 hrs≥1hr: 36%
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: Walking Simulator 18.6%, Horror 13.5%, Mystery 12.8%, Exploration 10.7%, Psychological Horror 10.6%
- #2 Dream
97% matchMixed56% of 996 reviews2015
Dev: HyperSloth
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Dream is an exploration game that takes place within the subconscious mind of Howard Phillips, a young man whose waking hours are tedious and dull, but whose dreams are lucid and powerful.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 33.5%, Exploration 17.6%, Horror 9%, Adventure 8.8%, Atmospheric 8.4%
- #3 Strange Dream
96% matchMostly Positive77% of 95 reviews2025
Dev: Half Flower
Windows
You are trapped in a strange dream from which there is no waking. It is stitched from Chinese nostalgia, childhood echoes, and liminal spaces—where sense and nonsense blend freely. All you can do is keep exploring, until you must choose: return to restless reality, or stay in the dream forever?
Why similar: Psychological 23.1%, Walking Simulator 22.1%, Emotional 13.6%, Surreal 12.1%, Exploration 9.3%
- #4 Afterdream
95% matchVery Positive93% of 363 reviews2023
Dev: Jesse MakkonenPub: Gamirror Games
Windows
Get lost in a lucid dream, bending the lines between reality and fiction. Utilize the strange camera to navigate through the ghosts' mysterious residence. Find the purpose of your nocturnal visit in a vivid and dreamlike setting.
Why similar: Psychological 18.8%, Walking Simulator 14%, Emotional 12.3%, Horror 11.1%, Psychological Horror 8.5%
- #5 Millennium Dream
94% matchVery Positive93% of 2,716 reviews2026
Dev: LucidDreamLab
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 1.9 hrs≥1hr: 61%
Wander through dreamscapes woven from memories of the millennium. Use your camera to freeze tender fragments of days gone by, collecting lost shards of childhood. In an atmosphere where Chinese Dreamcore and Liminal Space intertwine, savor a warmth that feels both familiar and strange.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 22.1%, Emotional 21.2%, Exploration 9.9%, Horror 9.6%, Psychological Horror 8.6%
- #6 Dreamless
94% matchMostly Positive72% of 140 reviews2024
Dev: Setone GamesPub: Limansia Fears
Windows
In a remote provincial town, teenagers mysteriously disappear every 25 years — and it is happening again. You are a high school student about to turn 18… But what if you become the next victim?
Why similar: Psychological 23.2%, Walking Simulator 14.2%, Horror 11.6%, Psychological Horror 8.9%, Mystery 7.3%
- #7 Dream Cage
93% matchMixed66% of 335 reviews2025
Dev: Hitori De Productions
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 43%
Robert battles early Alzheimer's and nightly sleep paralysis. Each night reveals fragments of his past. Uncover the truth and help him solve the mysteries haunting his mind.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 25.7%, Horror 15.6%, Mystery 14%, Exploration 11.5%, Psychological Horror 11.3%
- #8 Hypnagogia 無限の夢 Boundless Dreams
92% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 758 reviews2021
Dev: sodaraptorPub: Raptorsoft Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 11.3 hrs≥1hr: 64%
Meet colorful characters, discover mysterious secrets, and reassemble the fractured remains of an ethereal crystal as you explore a series of abstract worlds based on dreams, nightmares, and the places in between.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 23.6%, Surreal 17.5%, Horror 14.9%, Exploration 12.9%, Atmospheric 8.5%
- #9 False Dream
91% matchVery Positive97% of 496 reviews2024
Dev: TenkaiGames
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 80%
You find yourself trapped in a dream. If you capture anomalies in the dream with a camera, you might be able to escape.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 40%, Horror 21.8%, Psychological Horror 11.7%, First-Person 9.3%, 3D 6.6%
- #10 Dreamcore
90% matchVery Positive89% of 2,017 reviews2025
Dev: MontraluzPub: Tlön Industries
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 71%
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: Walking Simulator 21%, Surreal 12%, Horror 11.4%, Mystery 10%, Exploration 10%
- #11 Depression The Game
91% matchMixed69% of 310 reviews2018
Dev: DeepWorks Studios
Windows
Depression The Game is an interactive game simulating major depression. You are joining a young man on one of his really bad days trying to handle his thoughts and survive that day... Will he?
Why similar: Psychological 21.3%, Walking Simulator 14.5%, Emotional 14%, Interactive Fiction 12.7%, Horror 7.9%
- #12 Mango
89% matchVery Positive90% of 134 reviews2021
Dev: Sad Mask PartyPub: NILWARE
Windows · Mac · Linux
A surrealist indie first-person adventure game based on art and derealization. Explore the idea of a mind losing its grasp with reality, as reality turns into a dream, and that dream turns into a nightmare.
Why similar: Psychological 23.7%, Walking Simulator 18.6%, Surreal 13.4%, Psychological Horror 8.2%, Exploration 7.8%
- #13 Home_0
89% matchMostly Positive76% of 94 reviews2024
Dev: Mike Ten
Windows
You are trapped in a memory of your past. Observe your surrounding carefully to end your nightmare.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 24.9%, Surreal 14.6%, Horror 14.5%, Psychological Horror 11.4%, Atmospheric 7.4%
- #14 Hollow Cocoon
87% matchVery Positive92% of 931 reviews2023
Dev: NAYUTA STUDIO
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 85%
"Trapped in a cocoon, the silkworm weaves her final dream." Hollow Cocoon is a first-person horror adventure game set in 1980s Japan. Immerse yourself in meticulously recreated environments as you venture into the depths of unspeakable horrors that await you.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 17.6%, Horror 15.5%, Psychological Horror 10.5%, Surreal 10%, Exploration 7.5%
- #15 Dreamcore: Rabbit Hole
86% matchMostly Positive72% of 420 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 26.6%, Exploration 12.9%, Surreal 10.6%, Psychological Horror 10.5%, Horror 9.6%
- #16 Luto
84% matchVery Positive85% of 1,366 reviews2025
Dev: Broken Bird Games
Windows
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Luto is a psychological horror experience where you take on the role of someone unable to leave their home. Every attempt to escape will lead you deeper into the unknown, where nothing is as it seems and everything will test your senses.
Why similar: Psychological 18.9%, Walking Simulator 18.7%, Emotional 12%, Psychological Horror 8.9%, Mystery 8.8%
- #17 Dream Stone
88% matchMixed59% of 139 reviews2017
Dev: QuickSavePub: SA Industry
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 92%
You wake up and find yourself trapped in a dream. Only thing in your mind is to wake up. The key to wake up lies within 3 Dream Stones which are awaiting at the end of puzzles you encounter through the game in different dream chapters.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 28.3%, Adventure 18.8%, Mystery 14.5%, Exploration 12%, Indie 9.6%
- #18 NMNE
86% matchMostly Positive75% of 78 reviews2021
Dev: AK Studio
Windows
You find yourself inside your dream, which turns into one continuous nightmare.
Why similar: Exploration 14.4%, Emotional 11.3%, Surreal 11%, Mystery 9.8%, First-Person 9.1%
- #19 NIDANA
84% 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 43.4%, Surreal 24.5%, Atmospheric 7.4%, First-Person 7.3%, Adventure 6.4%
- #20 Ritual Static
83% matchVery Positive96% of 51 reviews2026
Dev: Clifford Games
Windows
"Do you think a house can dream?" Ritual Static is a surreal first-person photography horror game following a young man in his childhood home the day before a big move. Surf the television, sink into static, and rot in the dark.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 22.4%, Horror 17.4%, Psychological Horror 13.2%, Story Rich 10%, Exploration 9.7%
- #21 The Green Light
82% matchMostly Positive79% of 135 reviews2026
Dev: waleedzo
Windows
A first person horror game. Fred is stuck in a dead-end job, haunted by hallucinations. A voice on the radio speaks of a green light. It promises peace and freedom. A tale of self-discovery where Fred is willing to find freedom, even at the cost of his life.
Why similar: Psychological 17.5%, Emotional 15.2%, Walking Simulator 13.6%, Horror 10.4%, Mystery 10.1%
- #22 The Nightmare
85% matchMixed48% of 77 reviews2020
Dev: Leakage Games
Windows
The Nightmare is a first-person horror game. Dive into the nightmare and try to get rid of that nightmare...
Why similar: Horror 41.3%, First-Person 16.3%, Exploration 14%, Psychological Horror 12%, 3D 11.1%
- #23 Project Threshold
82% matchMostly Positive73% of 90 reviews2026
Dev: Murushii Studios
Windows
You are a participant in Project Threshold, an experiment designed to force people to confront their deepest fears. Pass through sets of blue and red doors, survive what waits beyond them, and reach the end, if escape is even possible.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 23.6%, Psychological 19.1%, Horror 11.4%, Adventure 7.1%, Psychological Horror 6.8%
- #24 HYPNOS
81% matchVery Positive95% of 106 reviews2026
Dev: Redlock Studio
Windows
HYPNOS is a first-person adventure and exploration game, set in a lovecraftian megastructure fever dream. Enter the Nameless City at the edge of Dreams. Follow the trail into the shadow of the Holy Mountain. Embrace your destiny.
Why similar: Horror 14.4%, Surreal 12.7%, Walking Simulator 12.4%, Interactive Fiction 11.5%, Exploration 11.4%
- #25 Liminal Shroud
80% matchVery Positive91% of 106 reviews2026
Dev: Everdeep Studios
Windows
A different kind of liminal experience. Explore surreal spaces inspired by nostalgia, discover hidden paths, and unravel a mystery that is shaped by your own mind. No monsters, no combat. Just atmosphere, discovery, and dread.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 23.2%, Horror 14.2%, Psychological Horror 10.7%, Exploration 10.6%, Surreal 10.4%
- #26 MIRROR MIRROR
81% matchMostly Positive70% of 74 reviews2025
Dev: ZeroZeroThirteen
Windows
MIRROR MIRROR is a first-person psychological horror game. You repeatedly find yourself in a house where you find presence of unknown entities. Go through unreal experiences in the house and uncover the secrets of your fractured mind. Experience the tension and fear in the repeating space.
Why similar: Psychological 17.1%, Walking Simulator 15.5%, Horror 9.8%, Mystery 8%, Psychological Horror 7.7%
- #27 7 Days
79% matchVery Positive99% of 103 reviews2025
Dev: Daver The DavePub: IC Industries
Windows
Step into a world where dreams and reality mix. You find yourself in a dream-like world, and explore a different traumatic experience each day. Your choice determines if the boy accepts these moments and moves on, or stays in the past.
Why similar: Emotional 20.1%, Psychological 19.5%, Surreal 15.4%, Walking Simulator 11.6%, Psychological Horror 7.8%
- #28 Christmas Nightmare
78% matchVery Positive89% of 357 reviews2023
Dev: JustTomcuk
Windows
Christmas Nightmare is an atmospheric horror game about New Year's Eve.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 24.4%, Exploration 10.9%, Surreal 9.4%, Horror 9.4%, Psychological Horror 7%
- #29 The Signifier Director's Cut
79% matchMostly Positive79% of 350 reviews2020
Dev: PlaymestudioPub: Raw Fury
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 90%
This story-driven adventure follows a mystery of death and despair from reality into the surreal realms of objective memories and subjective experiences. Search the mind, solve puzzles, and unravel the dark truth in this psychological thriller.
Why similar: Emotional 16.2%, Walking Simulator 15.8%, Surreal 10.5%, Psychological 9.7%, Mystery 8.7%
- #30 梦魇:无归 Nightmare without return
77% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 628 reviews2022
Dev: 青衣工作室
Windows
This is a journey without return When you wake up... In the strange space, the bronze gate that eats people, the strange rules of the game, and the ever-changing nightmare world appear in front of you Everything starts from here
Why similar: Adventure 25.8%, Story Rich 25.7%, Multiple Endings 22.5%, Surreal 18.7%, Singleplayer 5.4%
- #31 The Scourge | Tai Ương
75% matchVery Positive94% of 1,331 reviews2026
Dev: Rare ReverseePub: Rare Reversee (Global)
Windows
Explore the nightmarish lucid dreams of Nhat Huy to solve his family's mystery. Set in 90s Saigon, navigate dilapidated corridors, solve mind-bending puzzles, and uncover sinister secrets. Can you survive the twisting maze and The Scourge?
Why similar: Walking Simulator 20.6%, Horror 18.1%, Exploration 11.3%, Psychological Horror 9.2%, Multiple Endings 7.8%
- #32 In Nightmare
78% matchVery Positive82% of 97 reviews2022
Dev: Magic Fish Games
Windows
In Nightmare is a narrative-driven horror adventure game combining sneak action with diverse puzzles. It follows a young boy in search for the last hope of love who is working out his own salvation by navigating through his fear.
Why similar: Exploration 26.5%, Psychological Horror 17.7%, Atmospheric 14.9%, Adventure 12.9%, 3D 11.2%
- #33 HOMESICKNESS
76% matchVery Positive93% of 85 reviews2025
Dev: jnity
Windows
HOMESICKNESS is a point-&-click psychological horror indie game exploring the nuances of nostalgia. Play as Theo, trapped in CHILDREEF’s daycare, descending floor by floor; surviving the remnants of time. Use the Kids' multi-tool, listen to obscure tapes, and make your way to the lot. She's waiting.
Why similar: Psychological 19.2%, Exploration 15.6%, Psychological Horror 15.5%, Horror 14.5%, Story Rich 11.6%
- #34 GLITCH DADDY
77% matchVery Positive96% of 53 reviews2024
Dev: Sad Mask Party
Windows
You have a strange dream where you meet a creature named Glitch Daddy, telling you that the world is ending very soon. Then, you wake up and go to unravel the truth through a wild, abstract psychedelic journey.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 22.6%, Surreal 18.1%, Psychological Horror 12.7%, Exploration 12.7%, Atmospheric 9.1%
- #35 Room 404
74% matchVery Positive90% of 203 reviews2025
Dev: Multimedium
Windows
Room 404 is a first-person Chinese horror game.Players must discern anomalies within an endlessly looping corridor, make decisions,and attempts to unravel the mysteries surrounding themselves and the four floors of the apartment.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 26.8%, Psychological Horror 16.7%, Exploration 15.3%, Horror 10.1%, Multiple Endings 6.6%
- #36 Try To Fall Asleep
75% matchVery Positive90% of 194 reviews2019
Dev: AmberDrop
Windows
John Herrin survived a horrible accident, damaging his brain and memory. Through falling asleep, he can rediscover his unfortunate past in his dreams, but due to his brain damage he'll start to see visions and hallucinations, and falling asleep won't be as easy as it seems at first...
Why similar: Psychological 19.9%, Emotional 15%, Horror 10%, Surreal 8.9%, Story Rich 8.6%
- #37 Jung's Labyrinth
76% matchMostly Positive72% of 72 reviews2020
Dev: Jan Jileček
Windows · Mac
Jung's Labyrinth is a psychological exploration game that uses Jungian psychology, mythology, alchemical and dream symbolism in a series of active imaginations to map the process of individuation. Confront your inner archetypes, collect messages that other travelers left behind and reach your Self.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 20.1%, Psychological 16.2%, Emotional 13.3%, Mystery 9.9%, Exploration 8.8%
- #38 Limoria
73% matchMostly Positive79% of 181 reviews2024
Dev: Farkas Interactive
Windows
Welcome to a world where you are lost between consciousness and dreams. As you wander the dark corridors of an old hotel, face the games your mind plays on you. Your memories linger like a shadow following you. But there's nowhere to escape... Are you ready to confront your darkest fears?
Why similar: Walking Simulator 21%, Psychological Horror 15.4%, Exploration 12.5%, Atmospheric 9.8%, Horror 8.9%
- #39 Anomalies Detective
73% matchMostly Positive75% of 76 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 32.1%, Horror 13.8%, Exploration 13.7%, Psychological Horror 11.9%, Multiple Endings 8.5%
- #40 NIGHTSLINK
74% matchVery Positive81% of 118 reviews2021
Dev: Noiseminded
Windows
You are the Nightslink. Traverse abandoned roads under cover of night. Deliver cassette tapes in a post-apocalyptic world. An atmospheric retro-3D horror adventure.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 19.6%, Psychological 15%, Horror 11.4%, Surreal 10.5%, Psychological Horror 7.9%
- #41 CINERIS SOMNIA
73% matchVery Positive91% of 1,216 reviews2018
Dev: NAYUTA STUDIOPub: PLAYISM
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 58%
"I hope that someday, you'll dream of me." -- CINERIS SOMNIA is a 3D adventure through a beautifully strange and mesmerizing world - and a young girl's cruel and forlorn dreams.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 30%, Horror 16.5%, Psychological Horror 12%, Mystery 11.9%, Story Rich 8.3%
- #42 The Nameless City
72% matchVery Positive88% of 57 reviews2024
Dev: Paradnight Studio
Windows · Mac
Narrative-driven first person horror adventure inspired by Lovecraft's short novel "The Nameless City". Explore the ruins of a city that some say they are older than humanity itself. While you delve deeper into the ancient buildings, reality and visions blend into an indistinct haze.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 24.5%, Psychological 15.4%, Surreal 12.6%, Psychological Horror 10.9%, Horror 10.5%
- #43 Midnight Crane
71% matchVery Positive85% of 87 reviews2025
Dev: Dekaizen Studios LLC
Windows
A psychological horror game where you spend a night in the shoes of an arcade worker named Marcus. Win prizes on the crane machine and shoot some hoops. Just make sure to keep the doors locked.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 29%, Horror 15.9%, Exploration 15.7%, Psychological Horror 11.3%, First-Person 8.5%
- #44 and yet, we dream
70% matchVery Positive92% of 52 reviews2026
Dev: arda bolat
Windows · Mac · Linux
a psychological visual novel where you investigate the souls of the dead. spend time with them, analyze their past, file reports to decide their eternal fate.
Why similar: Psychological 28.8%, Emotional 18.8%, Mystery 15.4%, Atmospheric 8.4%, Multiple Endings 7.2%
- #45 墙之恐惧: The Walls Still Stand
72% matchMostly Positive71% of 85 reviews2024
Dev: Starpixel Studios
Windows
Step into the eerie Kowloon Walled City in 墙之恐惧: The Walls Still Stand, an indie horror walking simulator. Complete daily tasks, uncover dark secrets, and explore with 3D spatial sound. Think critically to unlock all six endings in this 1-2 hour journey. Can you escape the city's grip?
Why similar: Walking Simulator 36.4%, Horror 12.4%, Adventure 12%, First-Person 10%, Atmospheric 7.8%
- #46 Dread Flats
69% matchVery Positive83% of 1,695 reviews2025
Dev: Ghostcase
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 2.0 hrs≥1hr: 73%
This is a first-person Chinese horror game, players will go to a murder building, uncover the truth of the murder, find the missing people..
Why similar: Horror 21%, Walking Simulator 17.6%, Mystery 16.1%, Psychological Horror 11.9%, Exploration 9.8%
- #47 Foghorns Drown
70% matchMostly Positive76% of 155 reviews2026
Dev: Studio Laaya
Windows
You're a ferryman in Birchwood, a remote village isolated beyond a lake veiled in thick fog. Mysteries and folklore haunt your dreams in this narrative-driven psychological horror game.
Why similar: Mystery 17.6%, Horror 15.3%, Surreal 14.7%, Psychological Horror 13.6%, Story Rich 10.1%
- #48 August Night
70% matchMostly Positive72% of 86 reviews2025
Dev: Sahl Ibrahimi
Windows
Escape a distorted version of your own newly rented apartment in this interactive nightmare.
Why similar: Horror 17.2%, Psychological Horror 16.9%, Atmospheric 10.8%, Mystery 10.1%, First-Person 9.8%
- #49 No Return
71% matchMixed48% of 438 reviews2024
Dev: BlameTech
Windows
No Return is a first-person psychological horror game set in modern-day China. With a focus on family tragedy, the story unfolds as our protagonist is mysteriously prevented from returning home by an unseen force. Can he navigate a nightmarish maze of hallways and uncover the disturbing truth?
Why similar: Walking Simulator 17.1%, Psychological 16.5%, Horror 11.7%, Mystery 9.2%, Surreal 9.2%
- #50 栖云异梦
71% matchMostly Positive75% of 93 reviews2023
Dev: 炭焱网络 Tantrum NetworkPub: East2West Games
Windows
《栖云异梦》是一款由叙事驱动的指向点击冒险解谜游戏。在一次午后,主角方哲收到了一个包裹,其中的线索竟指向失踪多年的母亲。循环的梦魇、惊悚的哨音、多年前的来信...方哲为了解开真相踏上了一段奇异的冒险。剧场中的魅影、不为人知的密室、诡异的古村,梦境与现实交错,指引他步步逼近真相......
Why similar: Mystery 22.3%, Exploration 17.3%, Interactive Fiction 16.5%, Story Rich 13.5%, Atmospheric 10%
- #51 Restless Dreams
68% matchVery Positive93% of 87 reviews2026
Dev: Room410
Windows
Before you realize it, dreams have become a curse. Wander through a darkened room and descend into the depths of her mind. A story-driven first-person horror game that leads you into an abyss of anguish and despair. Dedicated to those who once pursued their dreams—and to those who still do.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 25.5%, Surreal 18.1%, Adventure 12.9%, Story Rich 12%, Horror 7.9%
- #52 Overcome Your Fears - Caretaker
66% matchMixed69% of 2,372 reviews2025
Dev: markuwaaaaa
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 1.4 hrs≥1hr: 33%
Steve Jackson, a 19-year-old guy, is looking after a friends house and encounters eerie events in a small town. Dive into the dark mystery of the events you unwittingly became a part of. Will you be able to uncover the truth?
Why similar: Walking Simulator 26.6%, Psychological 19.3%, Horror 17.3%, Psychological Horror 11.2%, Story Rich 7.7%
- #53 见诡录:阴魂街 Haunting Record: Phantom Street
67% matchVery Positive85% of 126 reviews2025
Dev: Gameloop
Windows
You step into a street both strange and familiar, where eerie events unfold one after another. The air is thick with lingering spirits and overwhelming resentment, as if something in the shadows is waiting to drag you into the abyss…
Why similar: Walking Simulator 30.4%, Horror 16.2%, Exploration 12.9%, Psychological Horror 10.7%, Adventure 6.2%
- #54 Reflection
67% matchVery Positive84% of 264 reviews2025
Dev: JustTomcuk
Windows
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: Walking Simulator 21.7%, Psychological 14.6%, Horror 13.8%, Psychological Horror 9.9%, Mystery 9.8%
- #55 7th Chance
69% matchMostly Positive78% of 65 reviews2021
Dev: Drewid GamesPub: Stasis Booth Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
7th Chance is a short (20-30 minute) story-based exploration adventure game. Waking up from a night of heavy drinking ... something isn't right.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 18.2%, Interactive Fiction 14.4%, Emotional 10.6%, Exploration 9.7%, Psychological 9.1%
- #56 Homesick
69% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,455 reviews2015
Dev: Lucky Pause
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Explore an abandoned building, encountering puzzles and clues to discover what happened, as you try to escape in both your nightmares and the waking world. Be immersed in the hauntingly beautiful 3D atmosphere in this puzzle exploration mystery game.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 24.4%, Mystery 13.9%, Exploration 13.9%, Horror 13.7%, Atmospheric 11.9%
- #57 The Shattering
68% matchVery Positive86% of 332 reviews2020
Dev: Super Sexy SoftwarePub: Deck13
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 76%
The Shattering is a first-person, story-driven, psychological thriller. Its defining features are the dynamic environments, beautiful aesthetic and intriguing story. The gameplay is meant to submerge you in the mind of John, as you take each step forward into the twisted mystery of what happened.
Why similar: Psychological 28%, Adventure 16.8%, Walking Simulator 12.5%, Indie 10.8%, Horror 9.1%
- #58 Amygdala
67% matchMostly Positive73% of 192 reviews2024
Dev: Stigma Studios
Windows
Welcome to Amygdala, seeker of nightmares. In the presence of the Absolute Judge, you are assigned a task that only you can accomplish. Immerse yourself in this place made of emotions. Discover unique creatures called 'lords of nightmares' and uncover the beauties of horror in this unique adventure.
Why similar: Psychological 17.4%, Horror 17.1%, Walking Simulator 11.2%, Psychological Horror 10.6%, Mystery 9.2%
- #59 AFTERLIGHT: The Apartment
65% matchVery Positive90% of 50 reviews2026
Dev: SUPERLIGHTTTT
Windows
Explore an mid-2000s Korean apartment complex in this short first-person psychological horror experience.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 35.4%, Horror 15.8%, Psychological Horror 10.6%, First-Person 9%, Linear 7.3%
- #60 Psych
66% matchMostly Positive79% of 356 reviews2022
Dev: MediaTale
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Experience the story of Alexander Green and find out what happened on the day of the accident in this First Person horror Adventure. Follow the development of Alex, solve puzzles around the event and try not to fall into madness as you search for answers.
Why similar: Emotional 21.2%, Horror 16.5%, Interactive Fiction 13.8%, Psychological Horror 11.6%, Exploration 10.4%