Games Like The Edge of the Backrooms

Make pizzas and deliver them. The hardest part of running the shop alone is that the delivery destinations are "liminal spaces." A story-driven 3D horror game. There is a kind of worst possible outcome that can only be born in infinite space. Once you understand it, it is already too late.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 30.7%, Surreal 11.8%, Adventure 11.4%, Exploration 10.6%, Horror 8.5%

You awaken in an elevator. Something is terribly wrong with this apartment building. Find the scattered notes, follow the clues, and escape—before it's too late.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 31.7%, Adventure 17.1%, Surreal 15%, Horror 12.1%, Exploration 10.9%

Dream Voyage is an Indie Story rich Walking simulator focused on the exploration of introspective surreal levels in the dream world of a 10 years old blind child who's looking for the memories of their late mother. Dream Voyage's hudless experience will immerse you in this emotive searching.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 36.3%, Surreal 22%, Exploration 11.7%, Adventure 11.1%, First-Person 6.4%

Explore a cold, abandoned, and dreary facility to piece together its mysteries and find a means for escape from the horror that lurks within.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 31.9%, Horror 16.6%, Exploration 10.6%, Atmospheric 9.7%, Space 9.4%

Explore eerie liminal spaces in a low-poly Backrooms horror experience inspired by the aesthetics of forgotten 90s technology.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 23.6%, Surreal 17.4%, Horror 12.1%, 1990's 11.7%, Adventure 8.5%

What lies beyond The 4th Wall?

Why similar: Walking Simulator 29%, Surreal 25.8%, Horror 17.7%, Exploration 10%, Adventure 8%

A first-person exploration game about the eerie stillness of liminal spaces. Solve puzzles and navigate surreal environments. Built entirely on atmosphere, with zero jump scares.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 31.9%, Surreal 22.2%, Adventure 11.2%, Psychological Horror 9.6%, Atmospheric 9.2%

The Old City: Leviathan is an experiment in first person exploration that focuses entirely on story. All that exists is you and the world. Set in a decaying city from a civilization long past, The Old City: Leviathan puts the player in the shoes of a sewer dwelling isolationist.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 38.1%, Surreal 15%, Exploration 12.2%, Adventure 11.9%, Atmospheric 8.6%

As a journalist, you travel to an abandoned village to investigate a dark event that occurred years ago. As you progress through missing babies, hidden diaries, and forbidden rituals, you will be forced to perform a dangerous ritual yourself to uncover the truth.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 28.3%, Adventure 14.5%, Surreal 12.7%, Horror 11.3%, Exploration 9.9%

The Charity Shop is an atmospheric, surreal, first-person puzzle game where you use your camera to capture the essence of a life lived. To this end, you have been delivered to The Charity Shop, the place where people donate unwanted belongings—each carrying an imprint of the time they once shared.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 32%, Surreal 19.1%, Exploration 12.8%, Horror 10.7%, Atmospheric 7.3%

You shouldn't be awake. After watching a late-night show about urban legends, paranoia takes hold: has your favorite toy, Mr. Zippy, come to life? Explore the house and survive this tense narrative-driven mascot horror experience featuring puzzle mechanics.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 26.1%, Adventure 15.1%, Horror 14.8%, Psychological Horror 9.2%, Exploration 7.7%

Next Station: A surreal Survival Horror/Walking Simulator. Trapped in mysterious, lonely rooms, you must solve puzzles, survive monsters, and avoid traps to find the exit. Experience a dark, immersive atmosphere with unique NPCs and creatures reflecting the void. Can you find your way out?

Why similar: Walking Simulator 27.7%, Surreal 15.5%, Horror 15.3%, Exploration 8.4%, Adventure 6.8%

POOLIMINAL is an atmospheric liminal space horror game set in endless, procedurally generated poolrooms. A Backrooms-inspired descent into thalassophobia, where the real terror lies in the dark water below.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 30.8%, Adventure 16.2%, Surreal 15.4%, Exploration 10.7%, Horror 7.8%

TAMAGORUDO - Floor 0 - is an atmospheric psychological horror game. You will find yourself stuck in a parallel floor of the Backrooms, trying to break out of the loop of a chicken-or-the-egg paradox. Will you find the answer to this endless question ?

Why similar: Walking Simulator 33.2%, Surreal 18.5%, Psychological Horror 11.5%, Adventure 11.5%, Exploration 10.4%

An abandoned inn where lost souls wander, your decision will determine its outcome.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 38.1%, Adventure 20.8%, Exploration 13.1%, Horror 12.1%, First-Person 8%

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 32.8%, Adventure 17.4%, Horror 12.8%, Exploration 11.4%, 1990's 8.3%

A slow burn walking sim with an interactive soundtrack and horror vibes. You explore abstract locations and create your own unique sound for each of them by moving around and using Monoliths.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 28.6%, Surreal 21.6%, Psychological Horror 8.8%, Exploration 6.6%, Horror 6.4%

DIRUS Software's lost 1999 cult-classic is back! Explore its confusing and stygian world for yourself in this newly remastered edition, and uncover the mystery of its warped labyrinths and crossroads. Find hidden secrets unknown even to the original developers.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 26%, Surreal 16%, Horror 12%, Exploration 10.4%, Adventure 7.1%

An ordinary home video from 2002 takes a terrifying turn as you get lost in the Backrooms.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 29.6%, Surreal 15.1%, Exploration 12.2%, Horror 11.9%, Adventure 7.6%

Find your way out of BABBDI. A short, first person exploration experience.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 26.8%, Surreal 22.1%, Exploration 13.4%, Horror 10.2%, Atmospheric 8.6%

Find your way out of a haunted house like a maze. A first-person horror exploration adventure.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 43%, Horror 16.8%, Adventure 16.7%, Exploration 13.8%, First-Person 7.4%

A missing friend. Her last known location on your phone. A fence you probably shouldn’t cross. Enter the eerie woods, uncover her story, and face the kult that waits in the dark.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 29.3%, Adventure 15.4%, 1990's 13.9%, Horror 10.7%, Exploration 7.1%

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Why similar: Walking Simulator 35.7%, Adventure 19.4%, Horror 13.6%, Exploration 12.3%, First-Person 7.9%

You're trapped in the seemingly endless corridors of a space station, desperately searching for the evacuation bay 09. But the station is not as empty as it seems; you must observe for subtle, unsettling occurrences and log them if you want to move forward. Can you break the loop and escape?

Why similar: Walking Simulator 29.8%, Horror 13.7%, Psychological Horror 10.8%, Adventure 8.4%, Exploration 7.3%

It is a psychological horror game and walking simulator. Get chased by monsters. Monsters jumping towards at your screen.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 37.8%, Horror 15%, 1990's 14.1%, Adventure 12.1%, Psychological Horror 10.8%

You must discover the differences between what you see through the camera and with your own eyes to distinguish real floors from fake ones and escape. It is said that ghosts behave the opposite of humans, and taking the elevator is no exception.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 35.6%, Surreal 13.7%, Exploration 12.4%, Horror 11.5%, First-Person 8.1%

Drawn back to his haunted home, Dave must solve eerie puzzles, uncover forgotten lore, and survive the shadows that stalk every corner of its decaying halls - a past that refuses to let go.

Why similar: Surreal 21.6%, Adventure 16%, Horror 13.9%, Walking Simulator 11.8%, Exploration 7.3%

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 30.8%, Horror 13.5%, Exploration 12.4%, Psychological Horror 8.2%, Supernatural 8%

Melancholia Maze is a brief atmospheric horror adventure in a twisted version of home. Complete everyday tasks while avoiding lurking demons, collect clues to piece together a lifeline, and find your way out of the darkness. Escape is just a call away.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 29.7%, Surreal 15.5%, Exploration 12.5%, Horror 9.9%, Psychological Horror 8.5%

A frightening experience in the Japanese countryside!

Why similar: Walking Simulator 35.2%, Horror 21.6%, Adventure 18.7%, Exploration 8.2%, First-Person 7.8%

Something is wrong with this store

Why similar: Walking Simulator 31%, Horror 23%, Adventure 18.9%, First-Person 10.6%, Exploration 9.3%

This is the story of curse and blessing hidden under a bloodline. Tamako wakes up to see an unfamiliar ceiling. She seeks an escape from the mansion, through traces of distorted feelings. “Novel-to-Experience” Adventure Horror.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 41.4%, Horror 16.3%, Adventure 12.6%, Psychological Horror 11.7%, Exploration 10.2%

In this atmospheric, slow-burn horror, you must unravel the mystery of the disappearance of your fellow light keepers. Traverse the island's rugged terrain, discover clues, and make your way through the eerie lighthouse to reveal the dark truth.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 26.9%, Horror 19.2%, Adventure 16.3%, Psychological Horror 9.6%, Exploration 8.3%

Embark on a surreal exploration of a digital island. Explore a silent virtual world and discover never-before-seen moments of transformation and hidden paths.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 38.7%, Surreal 19.6%, Adventure 12.1%, Atmospheric 10.5%, Exploration 8.2%

The plot of the game will tell about the adventures of Alice, about her feelings for her grandfather.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 35.8%, Adventure 19.3%, Horror 15.5%, Exploration 12.3%, First-Person 7.5%

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 28.5%, Surreal 15.3%, Exploration 11.2%, Psychological Horror 8.6%, Horror 8.5%

You’ve stucked into a loop in the mysterious hotel. Find anomalies to escape the hotel’s loop.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 26.2%, Surreal 16.4%, Horror 12.5%, Psychological Horror 9.3%, Exploration 8.6%

Mayfly is an eerie story-based quiet horror set aboard a narrowboat in Northern England. Upon waking alone to find your husband is missing you find yourself weaving through a shifting, unstable reality as you search your confined surroundings in this focussed narrative exploration game.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 23.3%, Surreal 18.7%, Horror 10.7%, Exploration 7.8%, Psychological Horror 7.3%

LiDAR Exploration Program is a relaxing atmospheric game with light horror elements, where you explore in complete darkness using a scanner to reveal the world around you.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 27.7%, Horror 15.9%, Exploration 11.8%, Adventure 11.8%, Psychological Horror 10.1%

A first-person psychological horror where you care for your cat, maintain an isolated mountain cabin, and uncover the link between your father’s secret past and the ancient curse that has taken hold of your friend.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 23.7%, Adventure 15.5%, 1990's 12%, Horror 11.7%, Exploration 8.8%

Discover the far side of the moon and the effects of participating in MK Ultra in this psychological thriller. It will be dark and nothing will tell you what to do next. Find what mystery awaits above and below the moon's surface as you are joined by an unexpected tour guide.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 17.3%, Surreal 14.7%, Exploration 10.2%, Horror 9.6%, Psychological Horror 8%

Wander through bright liminal spaces shaped by distant summer memories. Ride a childhood scooter, reveal hidden paths with Dream Vision, and capture surreal moments with your camera. No combat—just calm exploration.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 34.8%, Surreal 22.6%, Exploration 12%, Psychological Horror 9.7%, Atmospheric 7.7%

Set off on a calm and beautiful adventure exploring a vast mystical island in search of the lost Manaliths. Walk, climb, swim, and glide through valleys, woods, caverns, and coves discovering the island's secrets as you go.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 37.6%, Surreal 27.1%, Exploration 13%, Adventure 9.9%, Atmospheric 7.8%

A surreal psychological horror game where familiar rooms become strange and unpredictable. Explore your home, uncover hidden details, and experience reality changing around you.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 31.3%, Adventure 12.4%, Surreal 11.1%, Exploration 10.9%, Supernatural 6%

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 26.4%, Horror 11.8%, Surreal 9.7%, Psychological Horror 9.5%, Exploration 8.4%

A psychological loop horror rooted in Malaysian school legends. No chases, less UI, just a slow, atmospheric dread. Estimated 1- 2 hours game time. As an independent artist, I used AI to turn a lifelong dream into reality. Explore shifting corridors, manage character's sanity, and face the cycle.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 34.4%, Surreal 18.9%, Horror 12.5%, Adventure 10.5%, Psychological Horror 9%

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: Walking Simulator 31.2%, Adventure 14%, Psychological Horror 11.6%, Horror 11.1%, Exploration 7.6%

Transcendence in the Poolrooms is an adventure game where you will experience infinite relaxation. Fall into another world where you will explore haunting places beyond reality, a liminal space unlike any you have ever been to and may never escape.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 28.6%, Adventure 15%, Horror 13.3%, Surreal 11.8%, Exploration 9.3%

You are the only maid working a night shift at an old hotel. Your duties are simple, clean the rooms, fill in reports and survive the night.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 21.5%, Horror 16.5%, Psychological Horror 12.2%, Exploration 10.5%, Supernatural 10.4%

You're stranded at a cathedral-like train station in the near future, searching for a ticket out of town. Explore the secret passageways, interact with strangers, dig for records, and get hypnotized by the soundtrack – a batch of original music courtesy of the band, Archie Pelago.

Why similar: Surreal 32.7%, Walking Simulator 32.6%, Adventure 9.9%, Horror 8.1%, First-Person 5.5%

Anna, an 18-year-old university freshman in a different city. Together with her friend, she rented a small apartment in the station district. They had no idea what would happen during their very first week in the new place.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 26.7%, Horror 16.7%, Psychological Horror 12.6%, Exploration 10.8%, Adventure 9.7%

A Night On The Farm is an atmospheric horror adventure with deep lore and surprising plot twists. Uncover the mystery surrounding your crash and the farm’s inescapable draw. Utilize key items, cryptic notes, and audio logs as you venture deeper and deeper into the unknown.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 35.3%, Adventure 17.7%, Exploration 12.1%, 1990's 11.8%, Horror 9.7%

Immerse yourself in poolcore-inspired vibes as you explore a vast complex of mind-bending liminal architecture straight out of your dreams. Navigate through a facility filled with obstacles and puzzles, venturing into depths that descend far below the rippling, chlorinated waters.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 32.9%, Adventure 16.8%, Surreal 11.2%, Exploration 10.7%, Psychological Horror 8.7%

Do not forget. It remembers more than it should. What begins as a simple task slowly unravels into something deeply unsettling. Explore the mall's deepest secrets, uncover fragments of forgotten stories, and question reality itself.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 27.3%, Surreal 16.4%, Exploration 11.2%, Psychological Horror 10.7%, Horror 10.7%

This is a single player, story driven psychological thriller that follows the mental collapse of a character who has lost touch with reality. As the player, you enter the mind of someone trying to escape a world that is falling apart. Remember the past by reading a diary left behind by your family.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 30.5%, Surreal 21.7%, Exploration 13%, Horror 11.9%, Adventure 8.8%

Navigate the never-ending hallway of the Hudson: A hotel that doesn’t want its guests to leave. Observe your surroundings, spot irregularities, and choose the correct path to escape.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 28.1%, Surreal 16.3%, Exploration 11.2%, Psychological Horror 11%, Horror 10.4%

Hollow Floor is a psychological horror walking simulator set in a looping, scorched apartment. Stalked by a restless corpse, you must unravel the truth before you're consumed by it.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 28.2%, Surreal 24.9%, Horror 17%, Psychological Horror 8.6%, Adventure 7.9%