Games Like The Inn-Sanity

This is an indie horror from the first person, in which you find yourself in an area called Kowloon in search of cheap housing. The inhabitants of this place only at first glance seem to be ordinary people, but if we dig deeper, we will see their real faces.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 18.1%, Horror 17.6%, Psychological Horror 17.3%, Dark 8.2%, Realistic 8%

Why You'll Like It: This game provides a grounded yet deeply unsettling urban horror experience that echoes the atmosphere of being trapped in a strange, hostile building.

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 29.9%, Psychological Horror 27.6%, Walking Simulator 9.7%, Dark 9.5%, First-Person 6.2%

Why You'll Like It: Like The Inn-Sanity, this game masterfully uses a confined, domestic setting to deliver intense psychological horror and surreal, reality-bending sequences.

Set in 1944 Italy, Martha Is Dead is an award-winning dark psychological thriller where the lines between truth, superstition, and tragedy blur. Explore a haunting countryside, uncover disturbing memories, and peel back layers of mystery. Every choice shapes the nightmare…are you ready to face it?

Why similar: Psychological Horror 24%, Horror 17.4%, Dark 11.4%, Drama 10.9%, Story Rich 10.7%

Why You'll Like It: This title offers a deeply narrative-driven psychological experience that mirrors the dark, story-rich atmosphere of your seed game.

"Trapped in a cocoon, the silkworm weaves her final dream." Hollow Cocoon is a first-person horror adventure game set in 1980s Japan. Immerse yourself in meticulously recreated environments as you venture into the depths of unspeakable horrors that await you.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 14.2%, Walking Simulator 13.6%, Horror 12.4%, Multiple Endings 10.6%, Stealth 9.2%

Why You'll Like It: This title combines adventure and psychological horror with a dark, isolated setting that feels very similar to the hotel in your seed game.

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 23.8%, Psychological Horror 19.5%, Dark 11.2%, Story Rich 8.4%, Exploration 7.7%

Why You'll Like It: A cinematic walking simulator that focuses on psychological trauma and the feeling of being unable to escape one's own home.

A classic survival horror experience set in a dystopian future where humanity has uncovered a dark secret. Unravel a cosmic mystery, escape terrifying creatures, and scavenge an off-world government facility as Elster, a technician Replika searching for her lost dreams.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 46.2%, Dark 20.5%, Sci-fi 13.7%, Atmospheric 13.1%, Adventure 6.6%

Why You'll Like It: This game captures a similar 90s aesthetic and cosmic horror tone, focusing on psychological decay and surreal, alien-like dreamscapes.

Wander through an interactive nightmare set within the confines of a once-happy household. Piece together the mystery behind a harrowing series of events while struggling to survive encounters with an entity that relentlessly stands in the way of finding absolution.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 20.7%, Horror 18.4%, Walking Simulator 17.8%, Dark 8.2%, Realistic 8.1%

Why You'll Like It: A domestic horror experience that uses psychological tension and exploration to tell a dark, personal story.

1975. Disaster strikes the Beira D oil rig off the coast of Scotland. Navigate the collapsing rig to save your crew from an otherworldly horror on the edge of all logic and reality in this 3x BAFTA Games Award-winning narrative horror experience.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 17.7%, Psychological Horror 16.1%, Horror 13.8%, Dark 9%, Drama 8.2%

Why You'll Like It: This game excels at trapping the player in a confined, atmospheric location while the world around them falls into chaos.

A horror game about claustrophobia. During a storm your service dog is forced down a broken sewer drain. You find the nearest sewer entrance and run in after it. Along the way you will meet others that are also stricken by abnormal or psychological fear.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 38.6%, Horror 29.9%, First-Person 12.1%, Atmospheric 10.9%, Multiple Endings 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a similarly intense, surreal, and claustrophobic experience that leans heavily into psychological dread and exploration.

The Heilwald Klinikum used to be one of the most renowned medical facilities in Germany. That all changed when that curious loophole appeared...

Why similar: Psychological Horror 18.3%, Horror 15.3%, Walking Simulator 14.4%, Stealth 12%, Dark 9.8%

Why You'll Like It: It features a surreal, first-person perspective that forces the player to navigate a hostile, looping environment.

Take on night shifts at a remote motel, handle unsettling guests, and navigate eerie events. Experience Emma’s unnerving apartment life, feel the unease of being watched, and question what’s real as the line between reality and nightmare blurs.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 17.3%, Conversation 16.3%, Psychological Horror 14.3%, Horror 10.4%, Story Rich 6.2%

Why You'll Like It: A first-person psychological horror game that captures the feeling of being stuck in a mundane job that turns into a nightmare.

The Cat Lady follows Susan Ashworth, a lonely 40-year old on the verge of suicide. She has no family, no friends and no hope for a better future. One day she discovers that five strangers will come along and change everything...

Why similar: Horror 24%, Psychological Horror 22.8%, Story Rich 12.7%, Dark 11.4%, Drama 9.1%

Why You'll Like It: A dark, narrative-heavy psychological horror game that shares the surreal, dream-like quality of The Inn-Sanity.

Holly Gardner, a 19 year old on an interstate drive experiences unusual happenings that leads to an unplanned stay at a motel, little did she know what was transpiring down in Norwood Valley.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 21.1%, Conversation 16.6%, Walking Simulator 16.3%, Horror 15.6%, Dark 8.9%

Why You'll Like It: This episodic series focuses on narrative-driven, realistic psychological horror that emphasizes choices and atmosphere.

When reality is a nightmare, nightmares become real. In this psychological horror game, you fight the terrifying creatures invading your mind. Can you save your sanity?

Why similar: Psychological Horror 25.6%, Horror 23%, Dark 13.9%, First-Person 11.5%, Atmospheric 7.6%

Why You'll Like It: It blends atmospheric, first-person psychological horror with a deep, story-rich narrative set against a backdrop of trauma.

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 22.8%, Psychological Horror 18.4%, Horror 15.3%, Realistic 10.9%, Dark 10%

Why You'll Like It: This title focuses on atmospheric, psychological horror that forces the player to confront their own past in a realistic setting.

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: Walking Simulator 41.6%, Horror 25.9%, Adventure 12.9%, First-Person 8.3%, Story Rich 6.6%

Why You'll Like It: A psychological horror game set in a confined, nightmarish location that forces the player to uncover dark secrets.

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: Walking Simulator 21.5%, Psychological Horror 19.4%, Horror 18.3%, Dark 8.6%, Drama 7.9%

Why You'll Like It: This game leans heavily into the psychological horror and simulation aspects, focusing on a protagonist unraveling in a dark environment.

Unpredictable horrors lurk around every corner, forcing you to find the missing people while desperately clinging to survival. In this experience even your own mind can become your enemy. Stay vigilant and keep your voice hushed, or risk becoming another victim of the forest's darkness

Why similar: Psychological Horror 17.7%, Horror 16.9%, 1990's 12.7%, Walking Simulator 10%, Realistic 9.9%

Why You'll Like It: It utilizes a 90s-inspired aesthetic and realistic, psychological horror elements to create a tense, immersive experience.

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 21.1%, Psychological Horror 17.5%, Horror 14.9%, Dark 10.7%, First-Person 6.9%

Why You'll Like It: A walking simulator that excels at building psychological tension through environmental storytelling and dark, surreal imagery.

Welcome to a world where you are lost between consciousness and dreams. As you wander the dark corridors of an old hotel, face the games your mind plays on you. Your memories linger like a shadow following you. But there's nowhere to escape... Are you ready to confront your darkest fears?

Why similar: Psychological Horror 25.4%, Walking Simulator 19.6%, Exploration 9.7%, Realistic 9%, Horror 8.7%

Why You'll Like It: An immersive-sim style horror game that prioritizes atmosphere and exploration in a dark, psychological landscape.

A psychological horror game with a chapter-based plot, thriller and unusual elements! You are a novice paranormal detective, exploring secrets and finding ways to escape in an infinite loop of scenes. Many unusual things happen during this process, as if some strange force wants to devour you...

Why similar: Walking Simulator 27.5%, Psychological Horror 18%, Multiple Endings 15.7%, Horror 12.4%, Exploration 9.8%

Why You'll Like It: This game emphasizes exploration and multiple endings, focusing on uncovering the truth behind strange, reality-bending events.

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: Psychological Horror 20.3%, Horror 18.6%, Realistic 13.3%, Choices Matter 10.5%, Exploration 10.5%

Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on puzzle-solving and exploration within a haunted, atmospheric house, mirroring the exploration elements of your seed game.

Death Motel is a short, intense first-person horror experience about the paranormal events occurring at abandoned Crimson Motel.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 34.1%, Horror 24.6%, Psychological Horror 20.1%, Adventure 10.9%, First-Person 10.3%

Why You'll Like It: A first-person horror adventure that captures the specific dread of being trapped in a transient, dangerous location.

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 18.5%, Psychological Horror 15.2%, Horror 12.6%, Multiple Endings 10.3%, Choices Matter 9.9%

Why You'll Like It: A dark, walking-simulator style horror game that focuses on building an oppressive, psychological atmosphere.

The Accumulation of Evil is an ancient book stating that if enough evil energy is concentrated in a single area, a dark force may be born.Humans can sometimes be very horrible creatures - but sometimes, it is taken a bit too far.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 16.1%, Walking Simulator 15.3%, Horror 13.9%, Realistic 9.8%, Dark 8.8%

Why You'll Like It: A realistic, adventure-based horror game that focuses on the psychological toll of being trapped in an isolated environment.

Abandoned Souls is a horror game, shown through a GoPro lens. You play as a vlogger who specializes in urban exploration.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 21.3%, Psychological Horror 15.4%, Horror 12.8%, Realistic 9.5%, Dark 7.8%

Why You'll Like It: This game provides a realistic, walking-simulator experience that emphasizes the psychological weight of a dark, isolated environment.

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%, Horror 14.5%, Psychological Horror 11%, 1990's 10.9%, Realistic 9.3%

You are here to listen to The Voice, do what he says. But don't listen to other voices...

Why similar: Horror 18.7%, Walking Simulator 15.9%, Dark 11.4%, Exploration 8.5%, Realistic 7.4%

You are a veteran, in a post World War 3 apocalyptic world. Starving and alone, you fight to keep your sanity in the hell that this world has decayed into. In a desperate attempt to find food, you stumble your way into an abandoned prison, but you find out it is not as abandoned as you believed...

Why similar: Psychological Horror 15%, Horror 13.1%, Walking Simulator 12.5%, Post-apocalyptic 11.5%, Stealth 9.8%

Why You'll Like It: This game offers a survival-horror experience that relies on psychological tension and atmospheric dread.

The Hotel is an "old style" survival horror game!! Fight zombies and solve puzzles to try to escape!!

Why similar: Adventure 61.5%, Horror 38.5%

Why You'll Like It: Directly thematic, this game focuses on the claustrophobic horror of being trapped within a hotel setting.

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: Psychological Horror 19.3%, Walking Simulator 18.7%, Conversation 17.7%, Horror 16.1%, First-Person 8.7%

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: Walking Simulator 21.3%, Psychological Horror 17.5%, Horror 14.9%, Dark 8.7%, Drama 7.5%

Step into a liminal, cosmic horror experience set in an abandoned amusement park. Uncover the haunting narrative behind its twisted rides and empty tunnels to discover what lurks within a reality that shouldn't exist…

Why similar: Walking Simulator 20.6%, Psychological Horror 17.6%, Horror 15%, Dark 10.6%, Realistic 5.9%

Backrooms: Exploration is a single-player horror game, which takes place in 2020. Two friends have lost their jobs due to COVID-19, but they still have to bring food to the table. After a failed heist, one of them ends up in the Backrooms. Now your only mission is to survive.

Why similar: Horror 17.2%, Psychological Horror 14.9%, Walking Simulator 12.7%, Realistic 11.4%, First-Person 8.7%

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 28.9%, Psychological Horror 23.3%, Realistic 13%, First-Person 9.3%, Exploration 7.7%

Silent Nights - A short horror game with realistic graphics, touching storyline and scary moments.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 22.9%, Psychological Horror 18.5%, Horror 15.6%, Dark 9.8%, Realistic 8.1%

Sector 404 is a first-person anomaly horror game set in a crumbling Soviet housing block. After taking your medicine, your world begins to fracture. Climb from floor to floor, uncovering distorted anomalies and your own unraveling mind. Miss too much, and reality resets. Will you ever make it home?

Why similar: Walking Simulator 20.2%, Psychological Horror 16.6%, Horror 12.2%, Choices Matter 9.1%, Realistic 8.5%

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

Why similar: Walking Simulator 21.1%, Psychological Horror 19.7%, Horror 16.7%, Dark 12%, First-Person 8.3%

KARMA: The Dark World is a first-person cinematic psychological thriller set in a dystopian world where the Leviathan Corporation is omnipresent. The year is 1984, the place is East Germany, and things are not quite what they seem.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 22.1%, Psychological Horror 17%, Horror 13.6%, Realistic 9.3%, First-Person 7.7%

A psychological first-person horror game where you enter a memory-erasing protocol and relive a trauma. Uncover dark secrets, and experience fear through immersive atmosphere.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 22.4%, Psychological Horror 18.3%, Horror 15.8%, Realistic 10.1%, Dark 9.6%

ROUTINE is a First Person Sci-Fi Horror set on an abandoned lunar base designed around an 80s vision of the future. Explore and investigate your surroundings as you survive against unknown threats.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 16.9%, Psychological Horror 15.8%, Horror 10.8%, Dark 10%, Stealth 9.4%

Alone on a remote island, you're tasked with keeping a lighthouse. But the horrific events that claimed the lives of previous keepers still whisper through the air. Each day, the line between reality and delusion fades and something in the dark is waiting for the last keeper

Why similar: Walking Simulator 16.6%, Psychological Horror 15.7%, Horror 13.2%, Dark 9.9%, Realistic 9%

"From the Other Side" immerses you in a chilling first-person psychological horror game. You are Steve, a security guard on his first night at work, tasked with monitoring security cameras and fixing unsettling anomalies that will make you question reality.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 21.9%, Psychological Horror 17.6%, Horror 14.6%, Dark 9.8%, First-Person 7.4%

Enter the abandoned arcade after your car has crashed, and the shelter you were looking for is trying to eat you alive in this dark mystery-horror adventure. Solve mysteries, keep JANITOR satisfied, and always be aware of what's behind your back.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 19.4%, Horror 15.9%, Multiple Endings 15.8%, Exploration 10.1%, Dark 9.5%

Necrophosis is a first-person horror adventure, plunging you into a nightmarish realm teeming with grotesque forms and ominous visuals. Delve into eerie landscapes and uncover secrets in this atmospheric journey through the macabre.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 21.4%, Psychological Horror 16.2%, Post-apocalyptic 14.5%, Horror 12.1%, Choices Matter 8.5%

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 22.2%, Psychological Horror 19.6%, Horror 16.6%, Choices Matter 12.5%, Realistic 6.8%

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: Walking Simulator 20.2%, Psychological Horror 19.8%, Choices Matter 13.5%, Horror 10.5%, Exploration 8.3%

As the lights go out, the embers of darkness are stoked in the sleepy town of Dormont. Confront uncomfortable horrors, keep your sanity in check and survive the night in this story-driven first-person psychological-thriller.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 16.3%, Horror 13.7%, Multiple Endings 11.9%, Stealth 11.4%, Choices Matter 11.2%

Immerse yourself in an atmospheric psychological horror with a haunting VHS aesthetic. As a night-shift waitress at a secluded roadside café, serve strange patrons and feel mounting dread. Each night, the nightmare becomes more real, and someone is watching from the darkness. Can you survive?

Why similar: Walking Simulator 20.2%, Psychological Horror 18.6%, 1990's 16.4%, Horror 13%, Realistic 6.8%

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: Psychological Horror 20.2%, Walking Simulator 20%, Horror 15.3%, Exploration 9.6%, 1990's 7%

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: Psychological Horror 23%, Walking Simulator 19.5%, Horror 19.5%, Dark 13.6%, First-Person 7.7%

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: Psychological Horror 17.3%, Horror 17%, Walking Simulator 15.9%, Realistic 8.1%, 1990's 7.9%

The Derailed is a first-person psychological horror game. Beneath the dusty arches of a nearly forgotten depot, shadows of the past tremble. Whether you want to or not, you will have to uncover the dark secrets of this place.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 19.1%, Horror 17.5%, Walking Simulator 17.1%, 1990's 12.6%, Dark 11.8%

"The Last Visit: 98th" is a psychological indie horror from the first person, in the genre of a walking simulator, in the setting of the post-Soviet winter space. The main focus is on the atmosphere of horror, which is emphasized by realistic 3D graphics.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 20.3%, Psychological Horror 17.3%, Horror 15.7%, Dark 9.4%, Realistic 9.2%

That's the day it all started on Sept. 13. 2020. In the early morning of the same day, I was already standing at the bus station, waiting for my bus. I had to travel a couple of three hundred kilometers to a small town. I found a hotel quickly. It was quite a modern building at first glance.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 25.2%, Psychological Horror 16.8%, Horror 13.2%, Exploration 10.6%, Realistic 9.2%

You're driving away on a forest road, late at night, under a heavy storm. Your car breaks down. Luckily, there might be a gas station nearby. But a misfortune never comes alone. The storm has brought something else, something otherworldly that oddly smells of spilled diesel oil.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 18%, Psychological Horror 16.8%, Horror 14.2%, Dark 10.6%, Realistic 7.6%

From the darkness is a psychological horror game with a scary atmosphere, the game takes place in an old Soviet abandoned apartment.

Why similar: Horror 26.3%, Psychological Horror 23.3%, Walking Simulator 17.8%, Dark 11.3%, First-Person 6.6%

Backrooms: Found Footage is a single-player horror game where you are the main character trying to survive the Backrooms. Curiosity wins and you decide to explore this weird place that you got trapped in. What could go wrong?

Why similar: Horror 12.4%, Psychological Horror 11.4%, Realistic 11.1%, 1990's 10.5%, Exploration 10.2%

A psychological horror game set in a Korean apartment building. Explore eerie occurrences throughout the complex and uncover the truth behind them.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 19.7%, Walking Simulator 18%, Horror 13.9%, Multiple Endings 8.5%, Choices Matter 8.4%

A horror walking sim that emphasizes atmosphere, tension, fear, and immersive storytelling, all heightened by well-timed jump scares. The game takes place in a village frozen in time, stuck somewhere in the mid-20th century.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 22.3%, Psychological Horror 17.6%, Horror 14.7%, Dark 9.8%, Realistic 8.6%