Games Like The Exit 8

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

Why similar: Walking Simulator 19%, Psychological Horror 14.3%, Immersive Sim 13.3%, Puzzle 7.9%, Horror 6.9%

Why You'll Like It: As the direct sequel to the seed game, it features the same addictive loop-based anomaly-spotting gameplay in a new setting.

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: Walking Simulator 26.3%, Psychological Horror 19.3%, Surreal 12.7%, First-Person 8.7%, Realistic 8.7%

Why You'll Like It: This game perfectly captures the liminal space aesthetic, focusing on exploration and atmosphere without traditional combat.

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 19.3%, Psychological Horror 13.6%, Surreal 12.2%, Horror 10%, Exploration 8.4%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a surreal, dream-like exploration experience that mirrors the uncanny, non-Euclidean feeling of being trapped in a loop.

If you scream, you restart. A jumpscare horror simulator where you walk through a pitch black forest and escape by reaching 8:00 AM.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 17.3%, Psychological Horror 16.6%, Horror 13.3%, Immersive Sim 11.6%, First-Person 7.6%

Why You'll Like It: This title emphasizes high-tension atmospheric horror where your physical presence and observation are key to survival.

Trapped in a hallucinatory, liminal-space style underground passageway, explore and unravel the endless "dead-end" paths to find a way forward. "Dead Path is a short ambient horror puzzle game that references Exit 8, but with a completely different core mechanic.

Why similar: Underground 19.6% ★, Walking Simulator 18.9%, Psychological Horror 13.9%, Horror 10.3%, Puzzle 7.8%

Why You'll Like It: It provides a similar experience of navigating a repetitive, unsettling environment where small changes signify danger.

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: Walking Simulator 17.9%, Psychological Horror 15.6%, Horror 12.9%, Surreal 11.4%, First-Person 9.7%

Why You'll Like It: It is a quintessential liminal space exploration game that focuses on the psychological dread of empty, surreal environments.

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

Why similar: Walking Simulator 14.6%, Immersive Sim 11.9%, Psychological Horror 10.5%, Psychological 8.7%, Surreal 8.6%

Why You'll Like It: The game focuses on the psychological toll of being trapped in a repeating loop, requiring careful observation to escape.

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: Immersive Sim 15.6%, Walking Simulator 15%, Psychological Horror 13.4%, Surreal 11.6%, Puzzle 8%

Why You'll Like It: It utilizes the same loop-based anomaly detection mechanics within a claustrophobic, surreal office environment.

Perception is reality. In this mind-bending first-person puzzler, you escape a surreal dream world through solving impossible puzzles using the ambiguity of depth and perspective.

Why similar: Surreal 17.4%, Psychological 16.3%, Puzzle 14.7%, Psychological Horror 12.6%, First-Person 11.5%

Why You'll Like It: While more puzzle-oriented, its focus on perspective and shifting, surreal environments provides a similar sense of cognitive dissonance.

The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe is an expanded re-imagining of 2013's The Stanley Parable. You will play as Stanley, and you will not play as Stanley. You will make a choice, and you will become powerless. You are not here to win. The Stanley Parable is a game that plays you.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 33.5%, Psychological Horror 15.7%, First-Person 12.6%, Exploration 8.8%, Funny 8.4%

Why You'll Like It: The game's focus on looping corridors and meta-narrative exploration captures the same feeling of being trapped in a controlled, repetitive space.

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: Immersive Sim 17.4%, Psychological Horror 16.1%, Horror 12.5%, Surreal 10.3%, Exploration 8.7%

Why You'll Like It: This game effectively uses the 'spot the difference' mechanic in a horror setting to keep the player constantly on edge.

You're trapped in an endlessly looping art gallery — familiar, yet uncanny. If you can notice the changes, maybe you can find your way out.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 24%, Psychological Horror 17.1%, Immersive Sim 12.3%, Horror 11.2%, First-Person 8.7%

Why You'll Like It: The game features surreal, shifting environments that require the player to observe their surroundings to progress.

Your job at the Cabin Factory is simple: inspect the cabins and decide on whether they’re haunted or not. If you do find any anomalies, get out…immediately.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 22.7%, Psychological Horror 18.4%, Immersive Sim 17.5%, Horror 15.5%, First-Person 8.1%

Why You'll Like It: It blends atmospheric walking-simulator mechanics with psychological horror to create an immersive, unsettling experience.

You are trapped in an underground subway. Observe your surroundings carefully and take the correct trains to reach the 'Station 5' and exit the subway.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 21.7%, Immersive Sim 14.5%, Puzzle 10%, Exploration 8%, Simulation 7.3%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a grounded, puzzle-heavy exploration experience that feels like a spiritual cousin to the Exit 8 series.

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: Walking Simulator 14.8%, Psychological Horror 12.1%, Horror 10.1%, Immersive Sim 9.8%, Surreal 7.1%

Why You'll Like It: It directly focuses on identifying anomalies within a confined, horror-themed environment.

On your way home on the train, you weren't paying attention. Until you realised the train had been stopping at the same station over, and over again. Watch out for anomalies, and avoid the Anomaly Exit! Made for singleplayer and 2-6 co-operative multiplayer.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 23.4%, Psychological Horror 19.4%, Horror 14.8%, Puzzle 11.6%, Psychological 7.3%

Why You'll Like It: The game tasks players with navigating a series of rooms while identifying subtle, dangerous anomalies.

Smuggle contraband VHS tapes across the border. Discover the remnants of illicit industry. Prepare for an assassination. This is Paratopic, an atmospheric retro-3D horror adventure through a cursed fever dream.

Why similar: Surreal 27.7%, Horror 24.3%, Psychological Horror 16.9%, Walking Simulator 16.2%, Atmospheric 6.8%

Why You'll Like It: Its low-poly, surreal aesthetic and disjointed narrative create an intense sense of psychological horror and unease.

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: Walking Simulator 16.8%, Immersive Sim 16.6%, Psychological Horror 10.2%, Surreal 8.3%, Horror 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: The game leans heavily into the liminal space aesthetic, requiring players to navigate through surreal, puzzle-filled rooms.

Explore the truly frightening subway cars and find out what fears the main character will have to face.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 28.6%, Horror 17.3%, Psychological Horror 15.3%, Exploration 12.6%, First-Person 10.2%

Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on the psychological horror of being trapped in a surreal, dream-like space that defies logic.

You're trapped in an old English pub. Unravel a chilling tale by identifying anomalies while trying to escape. Confront the horror as you survive the endless loop of Ten Bells.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 24.3%, Psychological Horror 15.8%, Horror 12.5%, Psychological 11.9%, First-Person 8.8%

Why You'll Like It: It provides a dark, atmospheric walking-simulator experience that emphasizes environmental storytelling and dread.

"You're lost on Route 8. You must find a way to escape. This eerie road is terrifying.""Night falls, the phone rings. Who are you? You find yourself driving along Route 8, repeating endlessly."

Why similar: Walking Simulator 18.9%, Psychological Horror 14.4%, Immersive Sim 14.1%, Horror 9.9%, Psychological 8.7%

Why You'll Like It: It uses a looping structure to tell a psychological horror story where choices and observation dictate the outcome.

Get out of the building via the stairway. Observe the levels carefully for a successful exit.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 26.4%, Psychological Horror 20.9%, Immersive Sim 18%, Mystery 10.3%, Puzzle 7.2%

Why You'll Like It: The game focuses on the repetition of a single, eerie location to build tension and psychological dread.

You arrive at a deserted street that feels familiar yet is filled with unease. Pick up your camera, capture the hidden anomalies, and break this endless loop.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 23.2%, Immersive Sim 21.8%, Psychological Horror 15.5%, Surreal 10.2%, First-Person 9%

Why You'll Like It: This title offers a surreal, immersive-sim experience that focuses on the isolation of an empty, uncanny world.

You've been trapped in a looping Finnish summer cottage. Use your observation and memory to find anomalies and make the right choice to escape the Finnish Cottage 8.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 18.4%, Psychological Horror 13.4%, Horror 9.7%, First-Person 7.8%, Immersive Sim 7.8%

Why You'll Like It: It applies the 'Exit 8' anomaly-spotting formula to a distinct, atmospheric setting, providing a familiar yet fresh experience.

You are trapped in a small house, suffering from psychosis with no memory. Carefully observe your surroundings to distinguish reality from hallucinations, and overcome your illness by taking medication from visitors at the right time.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 22.2%, Immersive Sim 18.3%, Horror 13.1%, Psychological Horror 10%, First-Person 9%

Why You'll Like It: This game uses observation and simulation mechanics to build tension within a confined, domestic horror setting.

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: Walking Simulator 18.4%, Psychological Horror 14.1%, Immersive Sim 11.9%, Horror 9.9%, Surreal 7%

Why You'll Like It: It combines simulation and horror elements to create a unique anomaly-spotting experience in a specific location.

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 17.2%, Horror 17.1%, Immersive Sim 14.6%, Exploration 11.4%, Realistic 10.4%

Exit the Abyss is a psychological horror game where you are trapped in an abandoned, haunted hospital. The game focuses on an oppressive atmosphere, exploration, and mysteries, with minimalist puzzle elements. Immerse yourself in a distorted reality, confront your fears, and find the way out!

Why similar: Walking Simulator 17%, Psychological Horror 10.5%, Surreal 8.9%, Horror 8.8%, Mystery 8.2%

Why You'll Like It: It features a loop-based progression system that requires careful observation to avoid fatal anomalies.

You're trapped in a small six-room hotel. The only way to escape is to observe your surroundings and follow the family's rules.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 16.4%, Psychological Horror 12%, Psychological 9.3%, Horror 9.1%, Surreal 8.6%

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: Psychological Horror 19.1%, Horror 16.8%, Surreal 14.4%, Exploration 10.8%, Mystery 9.3%

Why You'll Like It: It captures the classic 'Backrooms' aesthetic, focusing on the terror of endless, repetitive, and liminal corridors.

This is a thriller game based on memory puzzles that supports PC play and VR mode. The theme is inspired by people's depression and tension while waiting in the hospital.In an infinite loop space, one must carefully observe all abnormal information and strive to escape from the infinite space

Why similar: Immersive Sim 14.6%, Walking Simulator 12.8%, Psychological Horror 12%, Horror 9.2%, Psychological 8.2%

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: Walking Simulator 25.7%, Psychological Horror 17.1%, Immersive Sim 15.9%, Surreal 10%, Exploration 9.3%

Spot anomalies and uncover hidden clues to escape an office where overwork turns strange and experiments happen more often than coffee breaks.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 19.4%, Psychological Horror 14.2%, Surreal 11.3%, Horror 9.7%, First-Person 8.1%

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: Immersive Sim 16%, Psychological Horror 14.4%, Surreal 12.4%, Horror 11.2%, First-Person 8.4%

In Elevator Zero, a first-person exploration and puzzle game, you find yourself trapped in an otherworldly dimension. Escape is possible only through the elevator.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 37.3%, Horror 17%, First-Person 14%, 3D 9.8%, Mystery 9%

The popular indie game “The Exit 8” is reborn and brought to virtual life as “The Exit 8 VR”! Experience the eerie and thrilling atmosphere of Japan's underground passageways, now with new anomalies!

Why similar: Walking Simulator 43%, Psychological Horror 27%, Horror 16.3%, Simulation 13.7%

You are trapped in an endless stairway with no end in sight. Solve twisted puzzles and maybe you will escape your fate.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 17.6%, Psychological 16.4%, Surreal 14%, Horror 13.7%, First-Person 12.1%

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: Walking Simulator 19.9%, Psychological Horror 19.3%, Horror 18.9%, First-Person 11.2%, Exploration 10.3%

You are wetware, working a mysterious job.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 16.8%, Immersive Sim 12.8%, Psychological Horror 12%, Surreal 10%, Horror 9.2%

ANOMALY LOOP ADVENTURE Play solo or with up to 6 players. Spot anomalies, solve puzzles, and escape the loop. Will you reach Room 9 or stay trapped forever?

Why similar: Walking Simulator 17.2%, Immersive Sim 13.9%, Psychological Horror 12.2%, Horror 9.6%, First-Person 7.3%

In a lonely station atop a mountain, a train rumbles its precious cargo to places unknown. Now is your shift. Keep the pace. Uncover a mystery. Fight for your last breath. The air is thin up here.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 24.7%, Psychological Horror 18.4%, Horror 15.2%, Surreal 13.6%, Exploration 10%

Penguin × Exit 8 : A unique combination Escape from the endlessly looping hallway. If you find an anomaly, choose YES PEN. If there is no anomaly, choose NO PEN. All anomalies contain penguin elements. Penguins are after you.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 36.7%, Horror 25.1%, Exploration 20.3%, Puzzle 11.4%, 3D 6.6%

You come to your senses in this place, you do not understand what is happening, but you know that it is better to get out of here as soon as possible

Why similar: Walking Simulator 24.1%, Horror 18.7%, Psychological Horror 18.2%, First-Person 12.2%, Puzzle 11.4%

You are trapped at home in an endless loop. Remember your surroundings and watch out for anomalies, if you ever want to leave.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 21.1%, Psychological Horror 15.7%, Psychological 12.4%, Horror 10.9%, Puzzle 9.6%

Escape from the looping office. Observe the office carefully and look for any anomaly to reach the main entrance.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 34.9%, Psychological Horror 24.3%, Horror 15.9%, Exploration 7.9%, First-Person 7.3%

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 24.6%, Psychological Horror 17.9%, Horror 14.8%, Realistic 9.4%, Psychological 8.8%

You are trapped in an endless underground passageway. Observe your surroundings carefully to reach "EXIT LUST".

Why similar: Walking Simulator 40.8%, Surreal 14.8%, Exploration 14.5%, Simulation 9.4%, Psychological 8.9%

8-hour Workday is an anomaly search game inspired by Exit 8 and Platform 8. The player needs to explore a creepy, ominous office where dangerous anomalies are lurking around and try to make it through the work hours. There are 27 anomalies in the game. See if you can solve them all!

Why similar: Immersive Sim 19.3%, Walking Simulator 19.1%, Psychological Horror 10.8%, Puzzle 9.1%, Surreal 8.3%

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 33%, Walking Simulator 24.4%, Realistic 12.2%, Puzzle 12%, Simulation 8.3%

You woke up and found yourself in an anomalous endless place from which it is not so easy to get out. Carefully observe your surroundings to find a way out of this place.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 28%, Immersive Sim 21.6%, Puzzle 13.1%, Psychological Horror 10.2%, Simulation 9.5%

The Convenience Store | 夜勤事件 is a J-horror game about a college girl on a night shift.

Why similar: Horror 24.4%, Psychological Horror 16.6%, Walking Simulator 12.1%, Psychological 8.9%, Surreal 7.7%

You've accepted a shady job offer at a doll factory. Inspect dolls for defects and anomalies. Follow strange protocols. Don't get fired and stay alive.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 20.3%, Psychological Horror 18.8%, Horror 16.2%, First-Person 11.6%, Linear 7.8%

Embark on a journey of anomalies and repetition in "Prison Loop," a captivating indie puzzle game. Trapped in a mysterious temporal loop within a high-security prison, your objective is to observe anomalies throughout the environment.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 14.5%, Immersive Sim 11.7%, Psychological Horror 10.4%, Surreal 8.5%, Psychological 7.7%

You are trapped in an endless astral world. Keep a close eye on your surroundings to get out of the astral world.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 49.7%, Walking Simulator 42.5%, Simulation 3.5%, 3D 2.4%, Casual 1.9%

The Door in the Basement is an atmospheric pixelated horror game set in a mysterious subterranean world.

Why similar: Underground 28.5% ★, Psychological Horror 11.7%, Horror 10.4%, Walking Simulator 10.4%, Surreal 7.8%

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: Walking Simulator 24%, Psychological Horror 18%, Psychological 13%, Puzzle 8.7%, Exploration 8.5%

A short narrative-driven psychological horror game about a trainee metro driver trapped in the dampest subway east of anything that matters.

Why similar: Underground 30.4% ★, Walking Simulator 16.2%, Psychological Horror 13.5%, Horror 9.3%, Exploration 7.2%

First-person psychological horror where the elevator is the only safe place. Each floor is a new reality. Each floor has a new inhabitant. Find it to continue your descent downward.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 20.7%, Walking Simulator 18.9%, Horror 15.2%, Exploration 9.8%, Mystery 8.7%

A claustrophobic anomaly-horror game where you can only turn, blink, and decide: is it real or not? Survive five endings and uncover Mike’s story.

Why similar: Immersive Sim 18.3%, Psychological Horror 16.4%, Surreal 13.3%, Horror 12.8%, Minimalist 9.9%

You wake up buried alive. You are running out of oxygen and you can't remember how you got here. There must be a way out, can you figure it out in time?

Why similar: Immersive Sim 19.5%, Psychological Horror 12.9%, Horror 11%, Puzzle 9.7%, Exploration 9.7%