Games Like The Guest

A mysterious invitation leads to the attic of an abandoned house. In the room is a cast-iron safe laced with strange carvings and on top, a note from your distant companion. It promises something ancient and astonishing concealed in the iron chamber - you need only find a way in.

Why similar: Puzzle 47.5%, Mystery 25.5%, Atmospheric 7.8%, Horror 6.3%, Adventure 5.3%

Why You'll Like It: This game is the gold standard for tactile, intricate puzzle-solving in a mysterious, isolated setting.

Unique events transport you to the halls of a long-forgotten crypt. The only means of escape lies locked within a stone pedestal, along with a note from your mysterious ally. His words promise assistance, but only serve to entice you into a compelling world of mystery and exploration.

Why similar: Puzzle 39%, Mystery 24.2%, Horror 13%, Atmospheric 8.1%, Adventure 5.5%

Why You'll Like It: It expands on the original's puzzle mechanics with a more expansive, atmospheric narrative that mirrors the mystery of The Guest.

Lured to a remote island, you find yourself confined within the rooms of an ominous mansion. You must draw upon all your puzzle-solving ability to navigate a series of trials devised by a mysterious figure known only as “The Craftsman”. Do you have what it takes to escape?

Why similar: Puzzle 42.6%, Mystery 28.5%, Adventure 7%, Horror 6.4%, Atmospheric 5.7%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a more complex, interconnected world of puzzles that rewards careful observation and environmental deduction.

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: Puzzle 20%, Mystery 15.4%, Horror 13.9%, Walking Simulator 12.9%, Atmospheric 11.3%

Why You'll Like It: Like The Guest, this game emphasizes a quiet, lonely atmosphere where exploration and puzzle-solving reveal a fragmented story.

Explore a beautiful and Enigmatic Victorian Manor with a dark secret, In this gothic horror story first person exploration puzzle game filled with fine art, secret passages and mysterious mechanical puzzles playing as the executor of the last will from the enigmatic Railroad Magnate Hadley Strange.

Why similar: Puzzle 21.3%, Mystery 20.3%, Horror 17.8%, Walking Simulator 16.5%, First-Person 10.2%

Why You'll Like It: This title perfectly captures the 'trapped in a mansion' vibe with a heavy focus on escape-room mechanics and secrets.

Are you ready to serve the guests in the Rusty Lake Hotel? Solve all mysteries in this dark and eerie puzzle game. Rusty Lake Hotel is a point-and-click adventure by the creators of the Rusty Lake & Cube Escape series.

Why similar: Puzzle 33.9%, Horror 19.5%, Mystery 14.4%, Psychological Horror 9.2%, Adventure 8.8%

Why You'll Like It: It shares the surreal, dark, and puzzle-heavy nature of The Guest while maintaining a unique, unsettling aesthetic.

Inmates is a story-driven, atmospheric psychological horror game. Featuring interactive exploration in a suffocating location, mind-bending puzzles and disturbing imagery. You wake up in a run-down prison cell and have no clue how you got there. You’ve convinced yourself this is all just a nightmare...

Why similar: Horror 28.7%, Walking Simulator 25.3%, Adventure 18%, Indie 12.7%, First-Person 8.9%

Why You'll Like It: This psychological horror game focuses on the same feeling of being trapped in a hostile environment while uncovering dark secrets.

Check-in to The Spectrum Retreat for a stay you won’t forget. Manipulate your way to the truth in this captivating narrative-driven puzzler.

Why similar: Puzzle 42.8%, First-Person 20.5%, Adventure 15.5%, Indie 11.5%, Psychological Horror 9.7%

Why You'll Like It: It combines first-person exploration with clever, logic-based puzzles that feel right at home with the gameplay loop of The Guest.

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: Horror 19%, Walking Simulator 14.7%, Mystery 14.4%, Puzzle 12.7%, Psychological Horror 10.1%

Why You'll Like It: It excels at creating a tense, psychological atmosphere through environmental storytelling and first-person exploration.

DYING: Reborn is a first-person Room Escape puzzle game in which players must tackle all kinds of puzzles in a series of dark and eerie environments. Gameplay revolves around collecting, discovering and putting together pieces of a twisted story that will make your hair stand on end...

Why similar: Puzzle 33.5%, Psychological Horror 18.3%, Adventure 18%, Horror 17%, Indie 13.3%

Why You'll Like It: A direct take on the escape-room genre that forces players to solve puzzles to survive a dark, mysterious facility.

The era-defining first-person psychological horror in all its terrifying glory. All of the game’s chapters collected into one convenient package that allows you to plumb the depths of madness in pursuit of artistic revelation.

Why similar: Horror 19.8%, Mystery 16.3%, Puzzle 12.7%, Psychological Horror 11.4%, First-Person 10%

Why You'll Like It: This game is a premier example of psychological horror that uses shifting environments to tell a haunting, personal story.

Conarium is a chilling Lovecraftian game, which follows a gripping story involving four scientists and their endeavor to challenge what we normally consider to be the ‘absolute’ limits of nature. Inspired by H.P. Lovecraft’s novella "At the Mountains of Madness", but largely set after the original story.

Why similar: Horror 24.5%, Walking Simulator 17.5%, Adventure 14.5%, First-Person 9.9%, Puzzle 9.4%

Why You'll Like It: A Lovecraftian adventure that relies heavily on environmental puzzles and an oppressive, atmospheric sense of mystery.

The Vanishing of Ethan Carter is a first-person story-driven mystery. Purchase this game to get both the original and the Unreal Engine 4 remaster called The Vanishing of Ethan Carter Redux.

Why similar: Mystery 24.5%, Walking Simulator 18.2%, Horror 13.6%, Atmospheric 11%, Puzzle 8.9%

Why You'll Like It: It focuses on investigation and atmospheric exploration, allowing players to piece together a mystery at their own pace.

Left Alone plunges you into a first-person psychological horror journey, where darkness and memories intertwine. As secrets emerge from shadows, use your wits to solve puzzles and explore haunting, forgotten locations. Every step echoes with the past; can you face the truths that await?

Why similar: Puzzle 19%, Horror 16.1%, Walking Simulator 15.8%, Mystery 14.3%, First-Person 9.7%

Why You'll Like It: A first-person exploration game that relies on environmental puzzles and a lonely, atmospheric setting to drive its narrative.

Silver Chains is a first-person horror game with a strong emphasis on story and exploration. Search for clues within an old abandoned manor to unravel the truth about the terrible events which have happened.

Why similar: Horror 33.4%, Psychological Horror 12.6%, Adventure 11.7%, Puzzle 9.3%, Indie 8%

Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on exploring a dark, abandoned manor while solving puzzles to uncover the truth behind a haunting mystery.

The Initiate is a mystery puzzle game. You awake in a house full of traps and puzzles - This is your trial; complete it, or die!

Why similar: Puzzle 23.3%, Adventure 20.2%, Horror 19.9%, Indie 16%, Atmospheric 10.8%

Why You'll Like It: It features a series of challenging puzzles set within a mysterious, hostile environment that tests the player's observational skills.

A first‑person cyberpunk horror detective story set in a decaying, neon‑scarred future. As an Observer who invades minds to hunt for clues, you will sift through corrupted memories to track down a mysterious killer and confront your own dark past.

Why similar: Horror 36.5%, Walking Simulator 29.3%, First-Person 18%, Psychological Horror 16.1%

Why You'll Like It: It provides a deeply atmospheric, first-person mystery experience that leans into psychological horror and environmental detail.

Deep in international waters, Tesla’s Helios stands still. An unbound utopia for scientific research, Rose Archer steps aboard in search of her sister, quickly to discover not all is as it seems. A single word covers the entrance… QUARANTINE!

Why similar: Horror 25%, Walking Simulator 24.9%, Adventure 19.7%, Indie 13.9%, First-Person 12%

Why You'll Like It: This game offers a claustrophobic, high-stakes environment filled with puzzles and a sense of impending dread.

Amnesia: The Dark Descent, a first person survival horror. A game about immersion, discovery and living through a nightmare. An experience that will chill you to the core.

Why similar: Horror 40.6%, Puzzle 16.5%, Psychological Horror 9.3%, First-Person 8.8%, Atmospheric 8.2%

Why You'll Like It: The definitive experience for players who enjoy being trapped in a dark, puzzle-filled environment with a heavy psychological focus.

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: Mystery 16.6%, Horror 16%, Puzzle 14.6%, Walking Simulator 11.5%, Psychological Horror 9.6%

Why You'll Like It: It blends surreal exploration with psychological horror elements, mirroring the dream-like confusion found in The Guest.

Visage is a first-person psychological horror game. Explore a mysterious ever-changing house in a slow-paced, atmospheric world that combines both uncannily comforting and horrifyingly realistic environments, and enjoy a genuinely terrifying experience.

Why similar: Horror 45.8%, Psychological Horror 19.5%, First-Person 9.2%, Walking Simulator 8%, Atmospheric 6.8%

Why You'll Like It: It captures the terrifying, isolated feeling of being trapped in a house where every room holds a disturbing secret.

Implements of Hell is a first-person psychological horror game. Explore the mysteries, unlock the secrets, and change the outcome in a slow-paced atmospheric, and extremely horrifying experience.

Why similar: Horror 17%, Mystery 16.7%, Walking Simulator 16.1%, Puzzle 14.1%, Psychological Horror 9.8%

Why You'll Like It: It delivers a focused, atmospheric experience that prioritizes the feeling of being trapped in a psychological nightmare.

A short, unconventional escape room experience. You are the candidate. You must find a way out of this room. Things are not as they seem.

Why similar: Mystery 28.2%, Puzzle 24.8%, Walking Simulator 14%, Psychological Horror 12.5%, Indie 6.7%

Why You'll Like It: It provides a short, intense escape-room experience that emphasizes puzzle-solving and mystery.

Dive into a realistic experience of the Backrooms, without jumpscares, getting lost in impossible spaces and feeling like something is watching you. The uncertainty of not knowing where you're going will make you want to quit… Will you be able to make it to the end?

Why similar: Walking Simulator 25.4%, Psychological Horror 17%, First-Person 14.5%, Atmospheric 13.9%, Adventure 10.6%

Why You'll Like It: This title mirrors the hotel-based setting of The Guest, focusing on the psychological toll of being trapped in an unsettling space.

Northern Canada, 1970. A strange blizzard ravages Atamipek Lake. Step into the shoes of a detective to explore the eerie village, investigate surreal events, and battle the elements to survive. Kona is a chilly interactive tale you won't soon forget.

Why similar: Horror 19.9%, Walking Simulator 15.7%, First-Person 13.2%, Atmospheric 12.6%, Adventure 12.1%

Why You'll Like It: This mystery-adventure game emphasizes exploration and puzzle-solving in a cold, isolated setting that feels very similar to The Guest.

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: Horror 16.7%, Puzzle 16.5%, Mystery 15.7%, Walking Simulator 14.9%, Psychological Horror 10%

Why You'll Like It: It combines psychological horror with puzzle-solving in a first-person perspective, staying true to the core mechanics of the seed game.

Nine floors down to the exit of Hotel Liminal. Some are exactly as they should be. Some hide an anomaly. Everything depends on spotting the difference, and one mistake sends you back to the top.

Why similar: Puzzle 17.4%, Mystery 17.1%, Horror 15.8%, Walking Simulator 14.4%, Psychological Horror 9.4%

Why You'll Like It: A psychological horror game that uses environmental puzzles to build tension in a confined, surreal setting.

[SUBJECT] is a first-person psychological horror game. You wake up confused in a dark room, not knowing where you are. The last thing you remember is a robotic voice echoing through you ears. How you got here or why is unclear, but you do know one thing: You're being watched.

Why similar: Horror 20.4%, Mystery 16.1%, Walking Simulator 15.8%, Puzzle 12.3%, Psychological Horror 10.6%

Why You'll Like It: This game offers a claustrophobic, psychological horror experience that forces players to solve puzzles to survive.

The Guest is a first-person psychological horror game that focuses on creating fear and tension for the player.

Why similar: Horror 23.3%, Walking Simulator 16.3%, Psychological Horror 12.5%, First-Person 11.3%, Adventure 9.1%

Uninvited Guest is a first-person psychological horror game set in 1930. You play as a villager who was destined to end up in an old mansion.

Why similar: Horror 19.5%, Mystery 17.9%, Puzzle 14.9%, Walking Simulator 10.7%, Psychological Horror 10.5%

You wake up in a strange place, not knowing who you are, where you are, or how you got here. Trapped in an environment that twists to break your sanity, your only way out is to delve into the unknown and face the horrors of a past your mind is trying to hide.

Why similar: Horror 21.5%, Psychological Horror 13.1%, Puzzle 11.8%, First-Person 11.3%, Mystery 10%

The Guest II is a first-person psychological horror experience.

Why similar: Horror 32.6%, Mystery 21.8%, Psychological Horror 16.3%, Walking Simulator 10.4%, Adventure 7.2%

You are trapped in a corridor suspended above the clouds. Each time you open the door at the end of the corridor, explore the environment that awaits you, find anomalies, use the alarm, and break the loop.

Why similar: Puzzle 17.5%, Walking Simulator 15.7%, Mystery 15.7%, Horror 14.8%, Psychological Horror 10.6%

The Hotel is a psychological horror thriller in which the player will have to face the evil living within the walls of a lonely hotel. But more importantly, the player will have to decide what this evil is to him. Maybe the nature of this evil is deeper than it seems at first glance.

Why similar: Horror 18.3%, Walking Simulator 14.4%, Mystery 13.6%, Puzzle 13.4%, Psychological Horror 9.8%

Deep Sorrow is a horror/adventure game which leads you to a bunker and makes you feel desperate to get out.

Why similar: Adventure 17.9%, Horror 17.6%, Puzzle 14.6%, Indie 13.3%, Walking Simulator 12.4%

Why You'll Like It: A short, atmospheric first-person horror game that relies on exploration and mystery to engage the player.

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: Horror 16.4%, Adventure 13.5%, Mystery 13.4%, Puzzle 13.2%, Indie 10.7%

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: Horror 23.6%, Walking Simulator 19.4%, Mystery 18.3%, Psychological Horror 13%, Atmospheric 10.9%

INFRA puts you into the boots of a structural analyst on a routine mission. Quickly though, your task turns into a fight for survival, all caused by deep-rooted schemes of the past. Your tools are simple: your camera and the wits to navigate a labyrinth of debris.

Why similar: Puzzle 21%, Mystery 15.7%, Walking Simulator 14.5%, Horror 10.1%, Atmospheric 9.9%

A psychological horror game where you enter the Greenhouse at your own risk to uncover the truth behind the friendly façade. Change the environment and weather to progress, hoping to get out. Switch off the entities to enjoy eerie serenity.

Why similar: Horror 19.9%, Mystery 18.1%, Walking Simulator 16.6%, Puzzle 11.9%, Psychological Horror 10.7%

Never Again - Horror/first-person Quest. The main essence of the game is research locations and puzzles, plunging in the dramatic story of a little girl suffering from asthma.

Why similar: Horror 17.1%, Puzzle 16.5%, Mystery 15.3%, Walking Simulator 12.9%, Psychological Horror 9.2%

Explore the mysterious Hotel Norwood in this surreal first-person adventure. Curious characters, forgotten secrets, and head-nodding music await your arrival.

Why similar: Mystery 16.8%, Walking Simulator 14.2%, Horror 11.9%, First-Person 11.6%, Puzzle 11.5%

The Empty Eyes is a first-person psychological horror experience that immerses you in an investigation steeped in mystery. Every step inside the house brings you closer to a hidden truth, while tension mounts and fear takes root in your mind.

Why similar: Horror 27.8%, Mystery 24.8%, Psychological Horror 14.2%, Indie 9%, First-Person 8.4%

Blasfemia is a first-person horror game. You are trapped in a seemingly normal apartment but realize early on that you're not alone. Explore a handcrafted, detail rich environment in a tense and terrifying atmosphere and try to find a way out before an ominous entity gets to you.

Why similar: Horror 25%, Puzzle 18.8%, Walking Simulator 15.3%, Adventure 11.6%, First-Person 7.6%

Strange phenomena occur one after another in one apartment. You, an exorcist, are asked to investigate and go to the room, but you are trapped by the spirits living in the room. The only way to escape is to suppress all the spiritual phenomena caused by the spirits.

Why similar: Horror 48.4%, Psychological Horror 21.7%, Adventure 20.8%, Indie 7.3%, Singleplayer 1.8%

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: Horror 26.2%, Walking Simulator 21.8%, Atmospheric 15.4%, First-Person 11.2%, Psychological Horror 9.5%

After 20 years in search of the mysterious Egyptian artifact of Hanon, you managed to find the entrance, but to get inside you need to solve more than one puzzle. You do not have much time, you are locked in 4 walls and oxygen is running out.

Why similar: Puzzle 18.6%, Mystery 17%, Adventure 15.2%, Horror 13%, Indie 12.4%

Coming back to the family hotel after years, a young woman finds herself trapped with the ghosts from her past and an old cellular telephone as the only way to unveil a terrible truth.

Why similar: Mystery 26.4%, Walking Simulator 20.9%, Atmospheric 11.6%, Horror 10.5%, First-Person 10.4%

Last Guest is a first-person psychological horror game. You are a tired traveler who stops at a creepy roadside motel. The motel on the highway seems normal at first glance, but only at first glance. Strange staff and rumors about room 8 will make you question the reality of what is happening.

Why similar: Horror 26.3%, Walking Simulator 16.8%, Mystery 15.4%, Psychological Horror 14.4%, First-Person 13.8%

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 18.2%, Mystery 17.9%, Puzzle 17.8%, Psychological Horror 12.7%, Atmospheric 8.5%

Early 90s. You stayed in a quiet hotel for just one night and the next morning you’ve found out that the old world was destroyed. Alien dreams, secrets of your past and other guests that are turning into monsters. This hotel will not let you to check out.

Why similar: Horror 27.4%, Walking Simulator 21.9%, Psychological Horror 14.9%, Adventure 12.1%, First-Person 10.9%

VR: Vacate the Room is a short Escape the Room game.It is a VR Experience where you need to find clues to solve puzzles and find your way out.

Why similar: Puzzle 37.3%, Adventure 24.3%, Horror 24.1%, Indie 13.3%, Singleplayer 1%

You are trapped in an endless underground passageway. Observe your surroundings carefully to reach "The Exit 8".

Why similar: Puzzle 20.7%, Horror 19.3%, Walking Simulator 17.2%, Mystery 12.6%, Psychological Horror 10.7%

Explore a decadent hotel across different timelines and uncover the dark history of a fanatical cult and your role in their plans.

Why similar: Puzzle 25.2%, Horror 18.6%, Mystery 17.3%, First-Person 11.4%, Indie 9.3%

Wander long creepy corridors in search for answers in this short and jumpscare filled game.

Why similar: Horror 23.9%, Walking Simulator 16.6%, Mystery 13.4%, First-Person 11.7%, Adventure 8.7%

Experience Will's complicated story, find a way out of the nightmare of liminal spaces by solving challenging puzzles and avoiding dangerous entities — all this awaits you in "Shifting To The Backrooms".

Why similar: Horror 20.1%, Puzzle 19.4%, Walking Simulator 13.3%, Psychological Horror 10.4%, Mystery 10.1%

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: Horror 19.9%, Mystery 16.1%, Walking Simulator 14.8%, Psychological Horror 10.7%, Puzzle 10.6%

Insomnis is a first-person horror game focused on story, exploration and solving puzzles to advance through a terrifying atmosphere. Players take control of Joe Castevet, who will have to deal with a mysterious inheritance he has just received. Discover all the secrets of the Castevet mansion!

Why similar: Horror 20.3%, Mystery 19.6%, Puzzle 19.5%, First-Person 10.3%, Psychological Horror 10.1%

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

Why similar: Mystery 16.6%, Puzzle 16.5%, Horror 16.1%, Walking Simulator 14.4%, Psychological Horror 9.5%

In Rise of Insanity, as a doctor of psychology you will explore the darkest recesses of the human mind. Overcome your fear to find the truth behind the tragedy that has befallen your family.

Why similar: Horror 22.8%, Puzzle 15.9%, Walking Simulator 15.2%, Psychological Horror 11%, Adventure 10.4%