- #1 Welcome to Kowloon
97% matchVery Positive82% of 1,881 reviews2023
Dev: a1esskaPub: N4bA
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 1.9 hrs≥1hr: 55%
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 18.2%, Horror 17.6%, Psychological Horror 17.2%, 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.
- #2 Visage
96% matchVery Positive84% of 10,723 reviews2020
Dev: SadSquare Studio
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 77%
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 30.1%, Psychological Horror 27.5%, Walking Simulator 9.6%, Dark 9.6%, 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.
- #3 Martha Is Dead
96% matchMostly Positive79% of 3,780 reviews2022
Dev: LKAPub: Wired Productions
Windows
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 88%
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 26.9%, Horror 19.7%, Dark 12.7%, Story Rich 12.1%, Exploration 7.7%
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.
- #4 Hollow Cocoon
95% matchVery Positive93% of 899 reviews2023
Dev: NAYUTA STUDIO
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 85%
"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 12.5%, Multiple Endings 10.5%, 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.
- #5 SIGNALIS
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 32,665 reviews2022
Dev: rose-enginePub: Balor Games
Windows
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 9.1 hrs≥1hr: 80%
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 46.1%, Dark 20.5%, Sci-fi 13.7%, Atmospheric 13.1%, Adventure 6.7%
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.
- #6 Luto
93% matchVery Positive85% of 1,263 reviews2025
Dev: Broken Bird Games
Windows
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 87%
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 24.8%, Psychological Horror 20.3%, Dark 11.6%, Story Rich 8.7%, Exploration 8%
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.
- #7 Infliction
94% matchVery Positive81% of 950 reviews2018
Dev: Caustic Reality
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 9.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%
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 20.6%, Horror 18.5%, 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.
- #8 Still Wakes the Deep
91% matchVery Positive88% of 11,771 reviews2024
Dev: The Chinese RoomPub: Secret Mode
Windows
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 84%
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 19.3%, Psychological Horror 17.6%, Horror 15.3%, Dark 9.6%, First-Person 7.2%
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.
- #9 Lost in Vivo
92% matchVery Positive92% of 3,903 reviews2018
Dev: KIRA
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 80%
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 30%, 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.
- #10 The Heilwald Loophole
91% matchVery Positive98% of 363 reviews2022
Dev: Jan Malitschek
Windows
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 18.2%, Horror 15.4%, Walking Simulator 14.5%, 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.
- #11 Fears to Fathom - Norwood Hitchhike
90% matchVery Positive88% of 3,134 reviews2022
Dev: Rayll
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 72%
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 20.9%, Dialogue Heavy 17.3%, Walking Simulator 16.1%, Horror 15.7%, Dark 8.7%
Why You'll Like It: This episodic series focuses on narrative-driven, realistic psychological horror that emphasizes choices and atmosphere.
- #12 Nightmare Shift
89% matchMostly Positive75% of 236 reviews2025
Dev: Binary Lunar
Windows
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 18.3%, Dialogue Heavy 18.2%, Psychological Horror 15%, Horror 11%, Story Rich 6.5%
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.
- #13 The Cat Lady
89% matchVery Positive94% of 6,142 reviews2013
Dev: Harvester GamesPub: Screen 7
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 91%
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 24.3%, Psychological Horror 23%, Story Rich 12.7%, Dark 11.4%, Realistic 8.3%
Why You'll Like It: A dark, narrative-heavy psychological horror game that shares the surreal, dream-like quality of The Inn-Sanity.
- #14 Ad Infinitum
86% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,511 reviews2023
Dev: HekatePub: Nacon
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 83%
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 25.4%, Horror 23.4%, Dark 14%, First-Person 11.6%, 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.
- #15 God's Basement
88% matchMostly Positive74% of 1,316 reviews2018
Dev: Erebus
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 70%
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 21.2%, Psychological Horror 17.4%, 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.
- #16 Reflection
86% matchVery Positive84% of 247 reviews2025
Dev: JustTomcuk
Windows
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 22.9%, Psychological Horror 18.3%, Horror 15.3%, Realistic 11%, 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.
- #17 Inmates
87% matchMixed60% of 330 reviews2017
Dev: Davit AndreasyanPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 18.6 hrs≥1hr: 87%
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 26%, Adventure 13%, 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.
- #18 Insomnis
84% matchVery Positive91% of 274 reviews2022
Dev: Path Games
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 86%
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 19.9%, Horror 18.5%, Realistic 13.2%, Exploration 10.3%, Choices Matter 10.2%
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.
- #19 Anomalies Detective
84% matchMostly Positive75% of 74 reviews2024
Dev: ChenGame
Windows
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 27.6%, Psychological Horror 17.9%, Multiple Endings 15.6%, Horror 12.5%, 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.
- #20 Rise of Insanity
85% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,274 reviews2018
Dev: Red Limb Studio
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 94%
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 22.9%, Psychological Horror 19.9%, Horror 19%, Dark 8.9%, Adventure 6.9%
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.
- #21 SILENT BREATH
83% matchMixed69% of 1,189 reviews2024
Dev: EXODIAC STUDIOS
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 1.8 hrs≥1hr: 51%
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 17%, 1990's 12.7%, Realistic 10%, Walking Simulator 9.9%
Why You'll Like It: It utilizes a 90s-inspired aesthetic and realistic, psychological horror elements to create a tense, immersive experience.
- #22 Limoria
82% matchMostly Positive79% of 175 reviews2024
Dev: Farkas Interactive
Windows
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 26.8%, Walking Simulator 20.9%, Exploration 10.3%, Realistic 9.6%, Horror 9.3%
Why You'll Like It: An immersive-sim style horror game that prioritizes atmosphere and exploration in a dark, psychological landscape.
- #23 Death Motel
82% matchMostly Positive80% of 79 reviews2024
Dev: Playstige Interactive
Windows
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 24.7%, Psychological Horror 19.9%, Adventure 11%, First-Person 10.2%
Why You'll Like It: A first-person horror adventure that captures the specific dread of being trapped in a transient, dangerous location.
- #24 THRESHOLD
80% matchVery Positive85% of 1,261 reviews2024
Dev: Julien EveilléPub: CRITICAL REFLEX
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 2.9 hrs≥1hr: 78%
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 18.6%, Psychological Horror 15.1%, Horror 12.7%, Multiple Endings 10.2%, Choices Matter 9.8%
Why You'll Like It: A dark, walking-simulator style horror game that focuses on building an oppressive, psychological atmosphere.
- #25 Within Skerry
81% matchVery Positive81% of 294 reviews2022
Dev: Stanislaw TruchowskiPub: TurnVex
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 2.7 hrs≥1hr: 77%
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%, 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.
- #26 Abandoned Souls
81% matchMostly Positive73% of 388 reviews2023
Dev: JustTomcuk
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 2.4 hrs≥1hr: 54%
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 21.4%, Psychological Horror 15.3%, Horror 12.9%, Realistic 9.6%, 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.
- #27 Who's at the door?
77% matchVery Positive90% of 1,578 reviews2025
Dev: SKONEC Entertainment
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 2.2 hrs≥1hr: 70%
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 10.9%, 1990's 10.9%, Realistic 9.3%
- #28 Last Guest
78% matchMixed64% of 112 reviews2025
Dev: Room13Games
Windows
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: Dialogue Heavy 31%, Psychological Horror 16.1%, Walking Simulator 15.8%, Horror 13.6%, First-Person 7.3%
- #29 The Hotel
79% matchVery Positive84% of 135 reviews2022
Dev: IL PALA
Windows · Mac
The Hotel is an "old style" survival horror game!! Fight zombies and solve puzzles to try to escape!!
Why similar: Adventure 61.6%, Horror 38.4%
Why You'll Like It: Directly thematic, this game focuses on the claustrophobic horror of being trapped within a hotel setting.
- #30 Mortal Decay
79% matchVery Positive97% of 66 reviews2020
Dev: Roger Kaffer
Windows
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 14.9%, Horror 13.2%, Walking Simulator 12.5%, Post-apocalyptic 11.6%, Stealth 9.8%
Why You'll Like It: This game offers a survival-horror experience that relies on psychological tension and atmospheric dread.
- #31 Backrooms: Exploration
77% matchMostly Positive74% of 86 reviews2025
Dev: HNStudios
Windows
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 17.3%, Psychological Horror 14.8%, Walking Simulator 12.7%, Realistic 11.5%, First-Person 8.7%
- #32 EMOTIONLESS : The Last Ticket
76% matchVery Positive83% of 137 reviews2025
Dev: X1 Games
Windows
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 17.5%, Horror 15%, Dark 10.6%, Realistic 5.9%
- #33 The Cabin Factory
74% matchVery Positive91% of 3,623 reviews2024
Dev: International Cat StudiosPub: Future Friends Games
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 1.3 hrs≥1hr: 52%
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 22.1%, Psychological Horror 19.7%, Horror 16.8%, Choices Matter 12.4%, Realistic 6.8%
- #34 The Hotel
78% matchMostly Positive79% of 92 reviews2022
Dev: Constant ArtPub: Constant_Art
Windows
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 23.1%, Psychological Horror 18.8%, Horror 16.1%, Dark 9.3%, First-Person 8.1%
- #35 The Lightkeeper
74% matchVery Positive82% of 952 reviews2025
Dev: Darkphobia Games
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 1.9 hrs≥1hr: 88%
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 13.3%, Dark 9.8%, Realistic 9%
- #36 Hotel 188
75% matchVery Positive88% of 77 reviews2025
Dev: Leonn CamayoPub: Andes Interactive
Windows
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 28.5%, Psychological Horror 22.8%, Realistic 12.8%, First-Person 9.2%, Exploration 7.5%
- #37 The Guest
76% matchMostly Positive76% of 208 reviews2023
Dev: 99 Grados Games
Windows
The Guest is a first-person psychological horror game that focuses on creating fear and tension for the player.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 21.3%, Psychological Horror 19.5%, Horror 16.8%, Dark 12%, First-Person 8.3%
- #38 Necrophosis
73% matchVery Positive91% of 791 reviews2025
Dev: Dragonis AresPub: Dragonis Games
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 2.7 hrs≥1hr: 77%
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 20.9%, Psychological Horror 15.8%, Post-apocalyptic 14.2%, Horror 11.9%, Choices Matter 8.2%
- #39 Obey the Voice™
73% matchVery Positive89% of 567 reviews2026
Dev: svklmrtPub: Patchwork Interactive
Windows
You are here to listen to The Voice, do what he says. But don't listen to other voices...
Why similar: Horror 19%, Walking Simulator 15.9%, Dark 11.3%, Exploration 8.4%, Realistic 7.4%
- #40 Silent Nights
75% matchMostly Positive74% of 213 reviews2023
Dev: JustTomcuk
Windows
Silent Nights - A short horror game with realistic graphics, touching storyline and scary moments.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 22.3%, Psychological Horror 17.9%, Horror 15.3%, Dark 9.5%, Realistic 8%
- #41 True Nightmare - Roadside Сafe
73% matchMostly Positive78% of 131 reviews2025
Dev: Frost Fox Studios
Windows
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 18.5%, 1990's 16.4%, Horror 13.1%, Realistic 6.8%
- #42 Fobia - St. Dinfna Hotel
71% matchVery Positive83% of 2,295 reviews2022
Dev: Pulsatrix StudiosPub: Maximum Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 9.9 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Explore a decadent hotel across different timelines and uncover the dark history of a fanatical cult and your role in their plans.
Why similar: Horror 26%, First-Person 16.4%, Exploration 14.6%, Story Rich 11.3%, Atmospheric 9.3%
- #43 JANITOR BLEEDS
72% matchVery Positive87% of 270 reviews2022
Dev: KorpusPub: Bonus Stage Publishing
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 75%
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 19.3%, Horror 16%, Multiple Endings 15.7%, Exploration 10.1%, Dark 9.5%
- #44 Hotel in the Dark
72% matchMixed63% of 60 reviews2023
Dev: STuNT
Windows
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 25.3%, Psychological Horror 16.7%, Horror 13.3%, Exploration 10.5%, Realistic 9.3%
- #45 The Derailed
69% matchVery Positive83% of 126 reviews2025
Dev: Deformed Dreams Studio
Windows
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%, Horror 17.6%, Walking Simulator 17.2%, 1990's 12.6%, Dark 11.8%
- #46 Palmyra Orphanage
71% matchVery Positive89% of 706 reviews2019
Dev: Steppe Hare Studio
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Paranormal first-person horror, which takes place in an abandoned orphanage. Walk through the corridors of your childhood, but do remember that you're not only one here.
Why similar: Horror 23%, Psychological Horror 18.6%, Walking Simulator 13.2%, Dark 10%, Stealth 7.4%
- #47 Floor 9
70% matchMostly Positive77% of 207 reviews2024
Dev: Room Games
Windows · Mac
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 20.3%, Psychological Horror 19.7%, Choices Matter 13.3%, Horror 10.7%, Exploration 8.3%
- #48 The Dire
70% matchVery Positive82% of 92 reviews2023
Dev: Grumpi
Windows
Dean Holt, popular Urbex vlogger, sets off on another exploration of an abandoned home but this time things aren't going as planned. Something dark is lurking inside and Dean quickly finds himself in over his head
Why similar: Psychological Horror 19%, Walking Simulator 18.4%, Horror 16.7%, Multiple Endings 13.8%, Exploration 7.5%
- #49 Unwilling Host
67% matchVery Positive95% of 58 reviews2026
Dev: HeZhiQiang
Windows
This is a short, first-person psychological horror game with VHS effects. Be careful, you are facing a terrifying being.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 28.9%, Psychological Horror 23.1%, Horror 20.5%, Adventure 7.8%, Exploration 5.9%
- #50 The motel
68% matchVery Positive85% of 128 reviews2025
Dev: Aura studios
Windows
Work the late-night shift at The Motel, an old roadside stop near Oakhill Grove. Complete simple tasks until a news broadcast reveals a dangerous killer is nearby. Can you survive the night?
Why similar: Horror 19.4%, Multiple Endings 18.6%, Exploration 12.3%, Psychological Horror 11.5%, Dark 8.4%
- #51 Sector 404
68% matchMostly Positive76% of 62 reviews2025
Dev: Empty Studio
Windows
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 20.3%, Psychological Horror 16.6%, Horror 12.2%, Choices Matter 9%, Realistic 8.5%
- #52 [SUBJECT]
69% matchVery Positive88% of 92 reviews2023
Dev: RUDZKI
Windows
[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: Walking Simulator 22.4%, Psychological Horror 18%, Horror 15.9%, Dark 10.4%, Atmospheric 5.9%
- #53 Trapped
71% matchVery Positive83% of 160 reviews2019
Dev: N4bA
Windows
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 25.3%, Horror 21.9%, Psychological Horror 20.8%, Adventure 14.3%, First-Person 10.4%
- #54 The Complex: Found Footage
66% matchVery Positive93% of 9,623 reviews2022
Dev: pgWave
Windows
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 17.2%, Horror 17.1%, Walking Simulator 16.1%, Realistic 8.1%, 1990's 7.9%
- #55 APT. 407
67% matchMostly Positive74% of 89 reviews2025
Dev: Jayhyeon Studio
Windows
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 19.6%, Walking Simulator 18.1%, Horror 14%, Multiple Endings 8.5%, Choices Matter 8.3%
- #56 White Room Protocol
67% matchMostly Positive78% of 55 reviews2025
Dev: Lefto Studio
Windows
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 22.5%, Psychological Horror 18.2%, Horror 15.8%, Realistic 10.1%, Dark 9.6%
- #57 AUTO-CRISIS
66% matchVery Positive89% of 88 reviews2025
Dev: The Otherworldly Studios
Windows
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 16.7%, Horror 14.2%, Dark 10.6%, Realistic 7.6%
- #58 The Last Visit: 98th
67% matchVery Positive80% of 189 reviews2025
Dev: Union State GamesPub: Union State Games
Windows
"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 17.2%, Horror 15.8%, Realistic 9.4%, Dark 9.4%
- #59 KARMA: The Dark World
64% matchVery Positive92% of 4,329 reviews2025
Dev: POLLARD STUDIO LLCPub: Wired Productions
Windows
Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 87%
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 22.2%, Psychological Horror 16.9%, Horror 13.6%, Realistic 9.4%, First-Person 7.7%
- #60 Deadly Night
69% matchMostly Positive76% of 288 reviews2022
Dev: Cubyte GamesPub: Torture Star Video
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Carol is down on her luck, hitchhiking across the country. She arrives at a small roadside motel but there's something strange about the owner. As the secrets unravel, she finds herself entangled in a long, DEADLY NIGHT! Can she escape from hellish nightmare or will she die trying?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 19.7%, Horror 18%, Stealth 13%, First-Person 9.9%, Dark 9.8%