Games Like The Fortress of Varnolis

Left alone with the horror of the dungeon, the main character must uncover its secret. It is he who will become not only a test of strength and endurance, but also a guiding thread leading to the unraveling of the unknown forces guarding this secret.

Why similar: Dungeon Crawler 21%, Walking Simulator 15%, Emotional 10.8%, Survival Horror 8.9%, Horror 8.3%

Mia Lorenson, wakes up in an abandoned hospital full of questions. What happened to her? What happened to the world? Edengate: The Edge of Life is an interactive experience reflecting on feelings of uncertainty, isolation and hope in the face of devastation.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 15%, Third Person 10.6%, Emotional 9.6%, Dark 9.5%, Puzzle 8.8%

Zemblanity is an atmospheric first-person horror game. What seemed like a little creepy invitation over from an old childhood friend turns into disturbing uncovering of mysterious forces ruling in the mansion. Will you find a way out?

Why similar: Realistic 11.9%, Walking Simulator 11.9%, Dark 11.4%, Emotional 11.2%, Horror 8.9%

Late night. A young man called Sam is home alone. He finds a mystical book that takes him into a world of horror stories that come alive. Start reading, but you must not break the most important rule. Once you have started the book, you must finish it!

Why similar: Walking Simulator 22.2%, Realistic 11.4%, Puzzle 10%, Dark 8.9%, Exploration 8.6%

Of Dead Earth is a third-person survival horror game set in Australian Outback.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 25.2%, Realistic 13.2%, Third Person 11.1%, Emotional 10%, Dark 9.3%

You've found yourself alone in the darkness lost and afraid. There are boobie traps and human remains all around you, echoing through the ruins you hear scuttling and grunts from a creature you've never heard before. The only way out is to travel deeper into the maze and hope it doesn't hear you

Why similar: Dungeon Crawler 21.1%, Dark 13.9%, Realistic 13.2%, Survival Horror 12.1%, Horror 9.4%

Explore the eerie depths of Ravenwood Drive as Emma, drawn by a mysterious letter. Your journey quickly turns dark, where every shadow conceals a sinister truth. Dare to confront the darkness within.

Why similar: Conspiracy 23.2% ★, Realistic 10.3%, Dark Fantasy 9.2%, Third Person 9%, Dark 8.5%

You work in a hotel and your shift is over but instead of heading home, you find yourself trapped in an endless loop. Your only chance to escape is to identify paranormal anomalies, choose the correct elevator to escape - and don't let him catch you!

Why similar: Walking Simulator 23.9%, Conspiracy 18.1% ★, Realistic 9%, Exploration 8.6%, Horror 8.4%

Beyond is a world of the damned and the souls who stray are lost. Beyond dwell violent and wicked spirits that have long been abandoned and those who wish to see you join them. Beyond is where you will go. Beyond, she searches for you.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 20.5%, Dark Fantasy 15.8%, Third Person 12%, Horror 8.8%, Emotional 8.3%

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 19.3%, Dark 11.9%, Horror 10.4%, Puzzle 10.2%, Exploration 9.4%

Sentenced to life in prison, you’re offered freedom by joining a trial for a new drug. The experiment is simple: enter the room, observe, and identify what has changed. Complete all tasks, and your sentence is commuted. But, the further you go, the more unsettling your reality becomes.

Why similar: Conspiracy 34% ★, Realistic 11.4%, Horror 9.3%, Puzzle 8.4%, Dark 7.9%

Ashley: The Emptiness Inside is a third-person psychological horror game. Explore the restaurant that exists on the edge, between dream and reality, and reveal the mysteries of the tragic past events.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 21.6%, Third Person 12.9%, Realistic 12%, Puzzle 9.8%, Horror 9.4%

Dexton-City is gone. A Class C Anomaly turned its citizens into the possessed before the city vanished. You are a PRISM analyst. To decode a dead agent's recording, you must retrace his exact steps inside a neuro-simulation. Can you uncover the truth without losing your mind?

Why similar: Walking Simulator 19.7%, Conspiracy 11% ★, Realistic 10%, Horror 9.2%, Stealth 7.9%

Saborus, a gripping horror adventure! Guide the brave chicken, through a deadly slaughterhouse. Solve chilling puzzles and face relentless pursuit. Can you survive?

Why similar: Conspiracy 14.2% ★, Dark 12.2%, Third Person 11.6%, Horror 9.8%, Puzzle 9.5%

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 28.1%, Realistic 14.2%, Exploration 10.3%, Dark 9.9%, Horror 8.9%

God's Basement is a first-person, narrative-driven, single player horror game. Uncover the secrets of an afterlife shrouded in mystery, as an entity known as "The Operator" leads you deeper into the fringes of a seemingly eternal purgatory.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 22.6%, Dark 11.9%, Psychological 10.4%, Horror 9.6%, Realistic 7.7%

It Happened At Night is a short horror game where the player must complete basic objectives to advance the story and immerse themselves through the eyes of the protagonist.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 24.9%, Horror 10.3%, Realistic 10%, Exploration 9.7%, Mystery 9.1%

Two have been reborn. One remains in the shadows. Explore a cursed temple, uncover ancient secrets, and survive a gripping and terrifying journey through forgotten gods and darkness.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 23.1%, Dark 14.3%, Horror 11.6%, Realistic 11%, Exploration 9.3%

A young girl, suffering from sensory abnormalities, finds herself in a thrilling adventure fighting with her imagination.

Why similar: Emotional 13.3%, Third Person 12.6%, Puzzle 11.4%, Exploration 10%, Dark 8.5%

A psychological horror game where you solve puzzles, explore a haunted hospital, and uncover terrifying secrets to escape.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 27.7%, Realistic 14.5%, Puzzle 12.1%, Dark 11%, Psychological 10.3%

Trapped on a forgotten island after a shipwreck, you must explore a decaying castle and uncover the island’s dark secrets. In this first-person psychological horror, there are no weapons — only fear, stealth, and the will to survive.

Why similar: Dark Fantasy 12.3%, Realistic 11.1%, Dark 9.9%, Emotional 9.7%, Puzzle 9%

ENTWINE is a first-person narrative psychological horror game: a slow, suffocating descent into the tortured mind. Explore disturbingly real environments in a hand-crafted story with no weapons, no guidance. Pure isolation. You were expected, Lucas.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 21%, Realistic 12.5%, Dark 12.3%, Horror 9.9%, Survival Horror 9%

Bloodlust is a dark gothic short narrative exploration game in which you play as Vandor, a vampire desperately trying to survive in the daytime. Your only goal is to quench your bloodlust by taking down the plagued townspeople to give yourself enough strength to reach the safety of your castle.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 20.4%, Realistic 11.1%, Dark Fantasy 9.6%, Third Person 9.5%, Puzzle 8.8%

Worm Goes to Hell is a short, first-person adventure horror game. You’ve been dropped into Designation: Hell - a strange town in the middle of nowhere where some seriously weird stuff is going down. Buildings are merging, there are bodies everywhere, and you can sense something following you.

Why similar: Conspiracy 27.1% ★, Walking Simulator 23.8%, Exploration 8.8%, Dark 8.8%, Psychological 6.2%

There must be an exit somewhere. Keep your wits about you as you traverse a seemingly endless labyrinth of dingy yellow walls and moldy carpet. Find candy bars and almond water to keep your strength, and stay out of the shadows to keep your sanity.

Why similar: Conspiracy 20.8% ★, Walking Simulator 17.2%, Dungeon Crawler 16.3%, Horror 8.9%, Survival Horror 8.7%

Escaping from a car trunk, you find yourself in the garage of a mysterious house, with no memory of what happened. Step inside this first-person psychological horror experience and uncover the truth hidden inside.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 23.7%, Dark 12.8%, Realistic 11.3%, Horror 10.6%, Atmospheric 7.9%

Alex Carter, part of The Abducted UFO group, acts on a tip about nighttime sightings. Unknowingly, he wanders into a top-secret military base, triggering a suspenseful journey.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 22.7%, Conspiracy 21.3% ★, Emotional 15%, Atmospheric 9%, Psychological 8.5%

Fear and anxiety prevail after the darkest tales from Japanese folklore come to life in this first-person psychological horror game. Set in a feudal era, Ikai revolves around the priestess of a shrine struggling to defeat the spirits of her past and her present.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 20.7%, Dark 10.3%, Survival Horror 9%, Horror 8.9%, Puzzle 8.4%

MATRESHKA is a first-person psychological horror experience, you need find a way to escape from a maze of old soviet building. If you die...

Why similar: Walking Simulator 18.5%, Realistic 11.2%, Dark 9.6%, Emotional 9.5%, Psychological 8.7%

Descend deep into the nightmare that seamlessly blends with reality in this uncanny horror escape room game. Can you find your way out of the horrid mansion or will you succumb to your fears? Can you face and overcome your past, or will it break you?

Why similar: Walking Simulator 20%, Emotional 10.8%, Dark 10.4%, Puzzle 9.2%, Horror 8.5%

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 23.9%, Dark 11.7%, Psychological 11%, Emotional 9.6%, Puzzle 8.4%

A first person psychological horror game. Explore an ever-changing mansion in a slow-paced, atmospheric experience that combines hauntingly beautiful melodies with a suffocating environment. Uncover the tragic past, escape or confront the spirit.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 18.4%, Emotional 12%, Dark 11.3%, Horror 9%, Psychological 8%

You’re Sophie, a young blind girl who sees through her teddy bear’s eyes. Escape your captors and uncover the evil history of the dark mansion you desperately seek to escape in this unique, atmospheric horror puzzle/adventure game.

Why similar: Dark 12.5%, Puzzle 11.3%, Third Person 10.3%, Realistic 9.4%, Emotional 9.1%

In Lift/Shift, you're a research agent documenting a strange apartment where objects constantly change. Use your specialized camera to stabilize reality across multiple floors.

Why similar: Conspiracy 36.8% ★, Puzzle 12.5%, Realistic 11.3%, Exploration 10.9%, Horror 8.3%

Immerse yourself in the atmospheric world of a first-person thriller. You will face a cunning criminal. Explore locations, solve puzzles, and try to escape the nightmare. But be careful: you can become not only the hunter but also the prey.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 25%, Realistic 11.3%, Puzzle 10.5%, Dark 9.1%, Horror 8.9%

Welcome to The Backrooms. The hardest part isn't trying to escape. It's resisting the part of yourself that is starting to prefer it here.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 28.1%, Psychological 17.2%, Dark 12.4%, Atmospheric 10.6%, Exploration 9.8%

Fear Academy is a psychological horror where you play as the principal of Hillcrest High. Returning to retrieve a forgotten item, you become trapped in a nightmare as an ancient evil takes over the school. Explore, solve puzzles, and survive the lurking horrors to uncover the terrifying truth.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 18.4%, Psychological 10.8%, Dark 10.5%, Survival Horror 9.2%, Horror 8.8%

Don't trust your eyes. A spot-the-difference horror with photography and a mysterious story. Explore 3 levels, find 100+ anomalies, and manage your sanity — mistakes warp reality. Uncover the truth of Project 404!

Why similar: Walking Simulator 24.6%, Realistic 11.9%, Puzzle 10.8%, Exploration 9.8%, Psychological 9.2%

Unravel the roots of an underground facility entombed deep within a jungle. Feel the dread as you wander the long-forgotten halls while being stalked by a creature of unknown origin. A creature YOU unleashed upon yourself.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 27.7%, Realistic 13.2%, Puzzle 12.1%, Exploration 10.1%, Dark 9.4%

A psychological first-person horror about a house that hides a disturbing truth beneath its walls. Explore, uncover fragments of the past, and decide whether to confront what lies below… or leave it buried forever.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 23.4%, Emotional 12.5%, Dark 10.4%, Realistic 10.2%, Horror 9.2%

Locked in the main room of a mansion, avoid becoming insane by removing randomly appearing anomalies. You start at 12:00 AM and can leave at 06:00 AM.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 25.6%, Realistic 11.6%, Psychological 10.2%, Dark 10.2%, Puzzle 9.7%

A Psychological Horror Backrooms Found Footage Game

Why similar: Walking Simulator 20.6%, Psychological 14.7%, Realistic 10.6%, Mystery 9.6%, Puzzle 9.2%

This game is a short Horror experience, which you as the player will explore and travel through the linear story. This game will challenge you to face your fears and travel through creepy corridors and dark forests. Will you find the secrets lurking in the darkness?

Why similar: Walking Simulator 23.5%, Psychological 14.5%, Dark 12.8%, Puzzle 9.5%, Horror 9.1%

Hopeguard is a third-person dark fantasy game about loss and acceptance. You have been chosen to eliminate the Dragon Queen, but the confrontation will not go as expected. Journey through caves, ruins, and forests to solve environmental puzzles and fulfill your quest -but with a new perspective.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 18.7%, Dark Fantasy 15.5%, Emotional 13.9%, Puzzle 9.8%, Medieval 9.6%

"Endless Corridors" is a survival horror game centered on exploration and escape. Trapped within an ever-changing maze of randomly generated hallways, players must strategically manage hunger and hydration to stay alive.

Why similar: Dungeon Crawler 29.4%, Walking Simulator 23.8%, Exploration 12.5%, Puzzle 11.7%, Realistic 7.8%

Cliché Horror Anos 2000: The Witch’s Lair is a third-person horror game inspired by 2000s slasher movies. Four young filmmakers enter an abandoned mansion to shoot an amateur film, only to discover that the entity lurking within is just part of something far greater.

Why similar: Conspiracy 26.6% ★, Dungeon Crawler 14.1%, Third Person 13.8%, Survival Horror 11.9%, Mystery 8.2%

In the end, everybody gets what they deserve. The sins of the past always manifest within the minds of the sinners. An eternity of suffering awaits, welcome to The Survey.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 25.6%, Dark 13.9%, Horror 11.3%, Puzzle 9.1%, Realistic 9%

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Why similar: Walking Simulator 23.4%, Dark 13.5%, Realistic 13%, Puzzle 11.4%, Survival Horror 10.6%

A first-person psychological horror set in a cursed forest village. Explore the ruins, uncover a forbidden ritual, and follow voices that guide you… or lead you into darkness.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 25%, Realistic 12.5%, Puzzle 11.3%, Dark 10.3%, Exploration 9.1%

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 27%, Puzzle 11%, Realistic 10.8%, Horror 9.6%, Exploration 8.7%

A psychological horror game with NO jumpscares. Feel the tension and suspense, get goosebumps, experience strange frightening events, and explore, look for keys, solve puzzles, while thinking hard to find a way to get out of this huge, and maybe not so empty prison.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 28.2%, Realistic 15.4%, Exploration 10.1%, Dark 8.6%, Horror 8.3%

A psychological horror game about being a child in an insane asylum. You're in a cruel world but your imaginary friends have your back. Here, you will uncover a dark conspiracy where you are to receive a terrible fate.

Why similar: Conspiracy 27.6% ★, Realistic 12.3%, Emotional 10.1%, Dark 9.1%, Exploration 8.7%

The Immemorial Order II Sisters of Darkness is primarily a spooky, atmospheric, first-person walking simulator that doesn't take itself too seriously.

Why similar: Conspiracy 27.2% ★, Walking Simulator 19.8%, Dark 9.8%, Dark Fantasy 9.2%, Horror 8.2%

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 24.1%, Psychological 11.6%, Puzzle 9.7%, Realistic 9.3%, Horror 8.9%

A dark horror game in which the protagonist, Liam, embarks on an expedition to an island to find treasure and earn money. But the island holds secrets and horrors. Over time, the expedition turns into a nightmare from which he must escape...

Why similar: Walking Simulator 28.6%, Dark 13.8%, Realistic 11.8%, Horror 11.5%, Linear 8.5%

Confined to a wheelchair, explore a hospital pulled into a distorted world beneath reality. A slow psychological horror focused on exploration, tension, and the unsettling atmosphere of this strange place.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 31%, Realistic 13%, Exploration 11%, Dark 9.7%, Horror 6.6%

Inside SCP-167 is a first-person psychological horror game that combines investigation and puzzle-solving. Take on the role of Alex, the most experienced agent of the SCP Foundation, and explore a labyrinth of cubic rooms in order to put an end to a growing evil that is spreading throughout the area

Why similar: Walking Simulator 30.8%, Dark Fantasy 15.5%, Exploration 11.2%, Dark 10%, Atmospheric 7.7%

Travel back to 16th-century France and delve into the mysterious depths of a seemingly abandoned alchemist's tower. Do you dare brave the horrors that beckon you below... deeper still?

Why similar: Dungeon Crawler 19.2%, Dark Fantasy 14.7%, Medieval 10.7%, Puzzle 9.6%, Survival Horror 9.4%

Occult Chambers is a third-person action-horror game set in the India, where players follow protagonist Dhruv on his quest to find his missing father. Along the way, he uncovers a sinister world of occult rituals and fantastical creatures from deep Indian mythology.

Why similar: Third Person 14.8%, Dark Fantasy 12.2%, Realistic 12%, Horror 10.6%, Emotional 8.9%

6 Rooms - Find a way to get out of the endless Soviet communal apartment, look for clues, watch out for anomalies.

Why similar: Realistic 21.1%, Walking Simulator 21%, Puzzle 11.4%, Horror 10.9%, Psychological 10.5%