- #1 Whispers of silence
97% matchMixed62% of 13 reviews2024
Dev: Berducedo Studios
Windows
Dive into the haunting narrative of "Whispers of silence" a first-person exploration game where every object tells a story and every note reveals a fragment of the past.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 44.6%, Narration 23.1%, Drama 19.7%, 3D 9.4%, Indie 1.8%
- #2 中传有戏
96% matchMostly Positive79% of 19 reviews2024
Dev: zhangzhaogong
Windows
This is a serious game developed by the teachers and students of the Communication University of China. The game is set in a real campus space, and players take on the role of a freshman and enter a mysterious and engaging virtual scenario.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 34.4%, RPG 30.7%, Exploration 15.3%, Drama 11.7%, 3D 7.2%
- #3 莎比编辑器 SUBE
96% matchMixed47% of 15 reviews2023
Dev: 莎莎莎比
Windows
In this game, you will play a junior high school student who doesn't like learning, and all you have to do every day is go to school, finish school, and sleep.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 32%, RPG 27%, Exploration 14.5%, Female Protagonist 11.7%, Drama 8.7%
- #4 Ashes of the Forum
95% match3 user reviews33% of 3 reviews2026
Dev: Sungwon Chung
Windows
Ashes of the Forum is a 3d first person visual novel themed in ancient Rome with a polygon art style. You are a spy for a political faction and with turmoil in the city, you must find out who is ordering the assassination of top political figures, with simple interactions with NPCs to gather intel.
Why similar: RPG 41.5%, Walking Simulator 36.6%, Exploration 12%, 3D 6.4%, Indie 2%
- #5 Don't Look Behind You
94% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Joseph "Dragon" DalmanPub: Dragon Ducky Gaming
Windows
Don't Look Behind You is a short, story-driven horror game made with RPGMaker XP. The controls are simple and customizable. Explore the ruin, enjoy the story, but above all else just remember... don't look behind you.
Why similar: RPG 43.2%, Walking Simulator 41.7%, Female Protagonist 9.8%, Singleplayer 3.2%, Indie 2.1%
- #6 Nothing
94% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: Huaty
Windows
《Nothing》 is a story-driven role-playing game where you play as a female protagonist exploring a mysterious otherworld. Through walking, observation, and dialogue, you will gradually piece together the secrets of the world—and your own place within it.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 31.5%, Drama 23.1%, RPG 22.4%, Female Protagonist 9.7%, Exploration 8.6%
- #7 Lilies
93% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 猫猫虫工作室
Windows
在猫猫卷为莉露拉庆祝生日的那天,意想不到的事情发生了…
Why similar: RPG 51.9%, Drama 32.6%, Female Protagonist 11.1%, Singleplayer 2.2%, Indie 2.2%
- #8 West
92% matchNo user reviews
Dev: haliconPub: catsinthecomputer
Windows
'West' is a 2.5D side-scrolling adventure inspired by CD-ROM games of the 1990's.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 36.6%, RPG 34.6%, Drama 14.4%, Exploration 12.3%, Indie 1.4%
- #9 The Longest Walk
91% matchVery Positive96% of 398 reviews2022
Dev: Alexander TarvetPub: Somewhat Unsettling
Windows
The Longest Walk is a deeply personal biographical walking-simulator game about my father's experience of living with depression.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 50.9%, Narration 19.8%, Exploration 15.3%, 3D 9.8%, Indie 2.8%
- #10 Matthew: Last Journey
90% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Indie Den
Windows
Matthew: Last Journey - is a 3D indie adventure exploration game made in a low poly style.You will explore different locations and learn the story about the boy and his family. You will have a fascinating journey through picturesque places and try to find all the memorable objects.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 45.2%, Drama 17.1%, Exploration 15.3%, Narration 11%, 3D 8.8%
- #11 Purpose 1951
89% matchMostly Positive73% of 49 reviews2024
Dev: Tonguç Bodur
Windows
"Purpose 1951" is an almost pure walking simulator set in the United States of 1951. You play as a retired doctor whose life falls apart.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 39.4%, Drama 24.9%, Narration 17.7%, Exploration 12.1%, 3D 3.4%
- #12 Home is Where One Starts...
89% matchMostly Positive77% of 712 reviews2015
Dev: David Wehle
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Home is Where One Starts... is a short, first-person exploration game in the same vein as Dear Esther or Gone Home. It’s a story about childhood, hope, and the miracle of memory. You play as a little girl from a broken home somewhere in the American South.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 48.5%, Female Protagonist 13.3%, Narration 12.5%, Drama 12%, Exploration 8.5%
- #13 Project Medved
87% matchPositive95% of 20 reviews2022
Dev: Frosted Wings Studio
Windows
What do you know about the risk if you haven't danced with a mutant to incendiary tracks? Find out about it in the musical horror.
Why similar: RPG 42.5%, Walking Simulator 36.4%, Exploration 12.1%, 3D 6.3%, Indie 1.7%
- #14 Caroline's Underworld
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Dead Curious Games
Windows
Navigate through a weird and whimsical underworld in this gothic fantasy RPG with interactive storytelling elements. Meet curious creatures and undead spirits, and solve puzzles to uncover the way forward.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 37.8%, RPG 30.6%, Exploration 16.3%, Female Protagonist 14%, Indie 1.3%
- #15 Loose Life
85% matchNo user reviews
Dev: After Game
Windows
Find yourself in the middle of the humanitarian horror of war. You have no weapons, and you are not a soldier. You only have a life and the way you want to survive. Write your story. Maybe you will lose life. Maybe you'll live loose. It all depends on your decisions, which always have consequences.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 47.1%, RPG 22.1%, Drama 14.6%, Exploration 13.3%, Singleplayer 2.8%
- #16 Midnight彌奈
84% matchMostly Positive75% of 12 reviews2023
Dev: 小豆喵工作室Pub: 公共電視文化事業基金會
Windows · Mac
從過去到現在的羈絆 延續數十年的心碎記憶 如果有機會你,會選擇改寫既定的軌跡嗎?
Why similar: RPG 53%, Drama 31.8%, Exploration 10.4%, Singleplayer 2.7%, Indie 2.1%
- #17 Library Game
84% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2024
Dev: Sophie FischerPub: The Spoon Solutions
Windows
Enter a world where books spring to life. A beautiful Journey about forgiveness and Books awaits you.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 31.2%, Drama 19.6%, Narration 17.5%, RPG 14.5%, Female Protagonist 8.9%
- #18 BLIND dreams
83% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ethan A. Nuñez
Windows
A game about a colorblind girl, stuck within a dreamlike, colorless world.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 46.7%, RPG 35%, Female Protagonist 15.9%, Indie 1.6%, Singleplayer 0.9%
- #19 DOORS : Haunted Tales of Lantern House
82% match7 user reviews57% of 7 reviews2025
Dev: Gattorocco
Windows
This game is about reliving mysterious tales surrounding the haunted location, 'Lantern House.'
Why similar: Walking Simulator 67.6%, Exploration 19.1%, 3D 10.5%, Indie 2.7%
- #20 Persecution - The Elevator
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: The Climbing Cats
Windows
Persecution - The Elevator is a first-person psychological thriller. Explore an ordinary apartment in a new building, where one night strange things begin to happen.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 45.1%, Narration 23%, Exploration 18.7%, 3D 10.2%, Indie 1.8%
- #21 Another World: Pirates And The Great Old Gods
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ChenGame
Windows
This is an adventure game with chapter-based plots and role-playing elements. You travel to the world of the old gods, trying to explore the truth and find a way back to reality...
Why similar: RPG 36.1%, Walking Simulator 35.5%, Exploration 17.7%, 3D 6.5%, Indie 2.4%
- #22 Freud Gate
81% matchVery Positive80% of 421 reviews2019
Dev: Sailors Moon StudiosPub: Sailors Moon
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 10.4 hrs≥1hr: 65%
Freud Gate is an interactive story game about the story of dream and redemption. Freud Gate, the "door of heart" in the game. Players will play as a spiritual mentor and help the depressed girl to find a breakthrough. The game is divided into two parts: the real world and the imaginary world.
Why similar: RPG 55.5%, Walking Simulator 36%, Indie 8.5%
- #23 A friend called Loneliness
80% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Givit Game Studios (Pty) Ltd
Windows
A friend called Loneliness is a third-person exploration game based on the song from The Beatles, Eleanor Rigby. Uncover the truth of our main character Norra, as she will leave you clues through her poems that she has written.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 48.9%, Exploration 16.9%, Narration 14.5%, 3D 10.3%, Female Protagonist 8.3%
- #24 Lost Brothers
79% matchMostly Negative38% of 63 reviews2021
Dev: BitLight
Windows
Lost Brothers is a single-player first-person adventure, taking place in an abandoned mine. All you have is a walkie-talkie and a map. Explore a mysterious forest and a labyrinth of underground passages to rescue a mysterious lady.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 39.7%, Narration 24.8%, Drama 23.8%, Exploration 7%, Indie 2.7%
- #25 Yume Gufi
78% match8 user reviews89% of 9 reviews2024
Dev: cakesin
Windows
Explore dream worlds, and collect effects. No goals, just wander.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 45%, RPG 31.4%, Exploration 20.5%, Singleplayer 3%
- #26 Schema
79% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Ambient Games
Windows
Define worlds in XML and watch them come alive in a simulation with flowing water, seasons, climate-driven vegetation, and early terraforming.
Why similar: RPG 43.6%, Walking Simulator 36.9%, Exploration 12.2%, 3D 6.3%, Singleplayer 1.1%
- #27 District XiLin - 西林区
78% matchMixed59% of 17 reviews2023
Dev: Unique
Windows
This is a first-person open-world game similar to a walking simulator.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 63.2%, Exploration 20.2%, 3D 12.2%, Indie 2.5%, Singleplayer 2%
- #28 A Deep Rest
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: David Wilkie
Windows
A Deep Rest is a collection of short stories about men and their relationship with mental health and depression. Taking control of a different character in each story, you will experience life from their perspective. See the problems and issues they face and help them find ways to be alright again.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 39.6%, Drama 19.6%, Narration 17.6%, Exploration 13.6%, 3D 5.3%
- #29 Age of Darkness: Die Suche nach Relict
77% match5 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2019
Dev: GN Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Travel back in time, find relict and learn how to fight a curse that threatens humanity.
Why similar: RPG 62%, Walking Simulator 30%, Indie 7.9%
- #30 Martin's Console
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: DirtyOlive (Yi XIE)
Windows · Mac
What if the game console you’ve been playing for ten years has been quietly rewriting reality?
Why similar: Walking Simulator 36%, RPG 31.7%, Exploration 16.8%, Drama 7.6%, 3D 6.5%
- #31 Crimson Light
76% matchMostly Positive79% of 19 reviews2018
Dev: NandeePub: Crimson Lodge
Windows
A peaceful, isolated village turns into one girl's nightmare as she awakens from her slumber to find herself separated from her beloved sister.
Why similar: RPG 71%, Female Protagonist 19.4%, Indie 9.6%
- #32 Fragment of CISCD
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Triangelaction
Windows
Explore what is happening in the School known as CISCD. The tale of a student wandering in the school and his imagination.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 40.7%, RPG 39.1%, Exploration 12.6%, 3D 6.8%, Singleplayer 0.9%
- #33 Farol del Diablo (Devil's Lantern)
74% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Arcanum: Game Forge
Windows
Catalina, our protagonist, embarks on a quest for valuable objects despite the rumors of the Luz Mala guarding the town. You must uncover what happened there before the night consumes you.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 48.5%, Exploration 20.4%, Female Protagonist 17.6%, 3D 10%, Indie 2.1%
- #34 The Graveyard
75% matchMixed61% of 617 reviews2009
Dev: Tale of Tales
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 12 minMean: 17.7 hrs≥1hr: 11%
The Graveyard is a very short computer game. You play an old lady who visits a graveyard. You walk around, sit on a bench and listen to a song. It's more like an explorable painting than an actual game. An experiment with poetry and storytelling but without words.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 86.8%, Female Protagonist 8.9%, Indie 3.8%, Singleplayer 0.4%
- #35 One Step After Fall
74% matchMostly Positive79% of 38 reviews2022
Dev: TBGS Indie StudioPub: The Bergson's Games Studios
Windows
Immerse yourself in the depressing thoughts of Steve Robinson, learn his story and face your fate in this incredible narrative experience.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 45.9%, Drama 28.9%, 3D 9.6%, Exploration 9.3%, Indie 3.2%
- #36 阿露子·馆
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 三下菇
Windows
某日,阿露子终于下定决心,寻找自己的使命,寻找自己存在于世的意义。 祝福仪式期间,游历妖精森林、天空、犬族领地、猫族领地……与陪伴在身边的伙伴一同旅行的回忆,将成为未来面对自身命运之时的力量。
Why similar: RPG 58.1%, Drama 20.6%, Exploration 18.4%, Singleplayer 2.9%
- #37 Zone-0
72% matchMostly Positive76% of 21 reviews2025
Dev: Breakbound Studios
Windows
Zone-0 is a psychological horror experience built using one of our free game frameworks, offering a chilling glimpse into what you can create with it.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 48.6%, Narration 29.3%, Exploration 20.4%, Singleplayer 1.7%
- #38 GENIE
73% matchMixed60% of 40 reviews2023
Dev: Tonguç Bodur
Windows
Explore fantastic environments as Lula, as she journeys to discover the meaning of the Genie and fulfill her destiny.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 36.3%, Narration 19%, Drama 13.8%, Exploration 12.8%, Female Protagonist 12%
- #39 No Path Forward
71% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2025
Dev: keyboard
Windows
Stressed out from life, you decide to take an impromptu weekend hike through the mountains. As you go on your way, it seems like the stresses of life followed you into the woods. Once you get to the trailer home for the night, you should feel a bit better.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 53%, RPG 32.3%, 3D 12.2%, Exploration 1.4%, Indie 0.6%
- #40 Red Robin
73% match6 user reviews67% of 6 reviews2021
Dev: 葡萄
Windows
There is a place that seems to be invisible, no one can find it, and no signal can be sent from it. "Red Bird", tells of a stranger with endless problems in life and work on a rainy night. Because of an accidental car accident, accidentally found a deep forest where no one knew Houses.
Why similar: RPG 49.4%, Exploration 23.3%, Drama 22.8%, Indie 2.5%, Singleplayer 1.9%
- #41 The First Friend
72% matchMixed67% of 30 reviews2020
Dev: Alexander Westwater
Windows · Mac · Linux
A majestic, first person exploration game that delves you into the personal story of you and Zack as you traverse beautiful terrains and discover the forgotten truth that is buried away deep inside.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 54.3%, Exploration 16.8%, Narration 16.5%, 3D 5.7%, Indie 5.5%
- #42 Aberrant Nights
70% matchMixed66% of 29 reviews2025
Dev: Popoco Studio
Windows
Aberrant Nights is a first-person psychological horror game. The protagonist will travel to a suburban gas station in the middle of the night to become a part-time gas station worker.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 32%, Drama 28.5%, RPG 14.5%, Exploration 10.8%, 3D 6.8%
- #43 Gone Home
71% matchMostly Positive77% of 18,234 reviews2013
Dev: Fullbright
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 81%
June 7th, 1995. 1:15 AM. You arrive home after a year abroad. You expect your family to greet you, but the house is empty. Something's not right. Where is everyone? And what's happened here? Unravel the mystery for yourself in Gone Home, a story exploration game from The Fullbright Company.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 76.6%, Exploration 10.9%, Female Protagonist 7%, Indie 2.5%, Narration 2.3%
- #44 Lappelduvide
70% matchMostly Positive70% of 10 reviews2024
Dev: Scratch Byte Studios
Windows
A VHS-style found footage, analog, psychological horror game about the experience of one of the extreme cases of the virus that was left untreated.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 40.3%, RPG 29.1%, Exploration 14.3%, 3D 9%, Narration 6.5%
- #45 No. 9, The Marlowes
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Four Wins Studio
Windows
This is a first‑person psychological walking simulator about guilt, memory, and the quiet horrors we carry with us.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 37.8%, RPG 22.2%, Exploration 16.4%, Narration 14.2%, 3D 8.1%
- #46 上班啦
69% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2023
Dev: 若小言
Windows
This work is a storyline game. You will play the newly hired protagonist in an e-commerce company, talking to various NPCs, selecting appropriate options, assisting in solving various e-commerce troubles, and achieving various game endings.
Why similar: RPG 53.6%, Drama 25.8%, Exploration 16.7%, Indie 2.2%, Singleplayer 1.7%
- #47 O.M.N.I.S.: Overnight Train
68% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2025
Dev: NOIR1987
Windows
You are aboard an endless train. Find anomalies, report them, and move on. But be careful—missing just one may cost you the loop.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 58%, Exploration 24.3%, 3D 13.1%, Indie 2.6%, Singleplayer 2%
- #48 4PM
71% matchMostly Negative31% of 236 reviews2014
Dev: Bojan BrboraPub: 4PM GAME
Windows · Mac
Median: 30 minMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 14%
4PM is a short, narrative driven game, made by one person as an attempt to tell a real, thriller story in the form of an interactive experience. It has high production values and a cinematic style. It is, with your support, a first in a series of smaller, narrative driven experiences, that spare no expense on audio-visual style.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 70.6%, Female Protagonist 21.1%, Indie 6.9%, Singleplayer 1.5%
- #49 Earth Rising
68% matchMixed70% of 33 reviews2023
Dev: ANIQ
Windows
Earth Rising - A game about building CubeSat and learning more about this small satellite and how it functions. You are in the role of a robot that has a mission to put into space as many CubeSat satellites as you can so you can find different resources for future space flight development.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 73.7%, 3D 16.7%, Indie 6.2%, Singleplayer 3.4%
- #50 Stellar: Chroma Codex
69% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: NI YU ZHUO
Windows
Players take on the role of a stranger who has fallen into a mysterious magical formation. By using simple mathematics to solve puzzles, they progress through the game's seven challenging levels.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 41.7%, RPG 39.7%, Exploration 10.3%, 3D 6%, Indie 1.6%
- #51 路尼亞戰記
67% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Nightluli
Windows
Originally an ordinary adventure life, after meeting a problem person, the brother and sister stepped into a magnificent and extraordinary world.
Why similar: RPG 58.4%, Drama 36.3%, Singleplayer 2.7%, Indie 2.5%
- #52 Wormwood
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: smallerORPub: NOARON
Windows
Through exploration and choices, uncover the village's secrets. Attempt to save the girls' futures, or ignore their misfortune and pursue your own path to survival.
Why similar: RPG 51.7%, Drama 21.7%, Exploration 15.6%, Female Protagonist 9.7%, Singleplayer 1.2%
- #53 EXOTIUM - Episode 5
69% matchNo user reviews2021
Dev: ALPHY
Windows
In this episode, Mr. Harris is going to face these deepest demons and confess a truth he had never revealed until now.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 55.3%, Narration 30.8%, 3D 6%, Indie 5.2%, Singleplayer 2.7%
- #54 Unmixable Syrup
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: asobinuku
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 67.8%, Exploration 21.3%, 3D 8.1%, Singleplayer 2.8%
- #55 GOD's DEATH
67% matchMostly Negative38% of 21 reviews2016
Dev: Marco Tancredi
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 98%
Get ready for a medieval adventure, full of mysteries and brutal monsters. Play as a little princess who faces against a horde of bloody critters and an invincible dragon god. It's told by the legends that the dragon god is born above the earth and beneath the sky.
Why similar: RPG 93.7%, Indie 6.3%
- #56 Snares of Ruin
66% matchVery Positive90% of 51 reviews2018
Dev: Astronomic GamesPub: New Reality Games
Windows
Median: 6 minMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 35%
You are detective Hank Anderson , and you’ve just been transferred to another city to help solve a series of unusual crimes. Upon arrival, you are greeted with a gory scene and a revelation of several instances of a deadly disease that turns people into savage zombie-like husks.
Why similar: RPG 98.7%, Indie 1.3%