- #1 Liminal Exit
97% matchMostly Positive73% of 135 reviews2025
Dev: LittleRedDread
Windows
Step into an uncanny building trapped in endless loops. Use the elevator, uncover unsettling anomalies, and evade the Entity lurking behind you. Liminal Exit is an immersive game inspired by liminal spaces and Exit 8. Explore 3 liminal space floors and track anomalies to escape, but watch your back!
Why similar: Walking Simulator 28.5%, Psychological Horror 16.8%, Surreal 11.6%, Horror 11.4%, Realistic 9.4%
- #2 Tape 101: Liminal Descent
96% matchVery Positive94% of 62 reviews2026
Dev: 2H-Productions
Windows
A psychological horror descending through liminal spaces shaped by the Kübler Ross model - the five stages of grief, where your perception and an RC car are the only tools to grasp what’s real.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 20.7%, Psychological Horror 15%, Horror 10.2%, Surreal 10%, Realistic 9.7%
- #3 Twisted Gallery 异馆
96% matchVery Positive86% of 420 reviews2025
Dev: FH Create Inc
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 1.5 hrs≥1hr: 54%
You're trapped in an endlessly looping art gallery — familiar, yet uncanny. If you can notice the changes, maybe you can find your way out.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 32.3%, Psychological Horror 22.7%, Horror 12%, Simulation 9.6%, Realistic 7.6%
- #4 Project Liminal 2
95% matchMostly Positive82% of 70 reviews2026
Dev: AquaHeaven StudiosPub: TXC
Windows
Explore terrifying liminal spaces. Horror walking simulator with reality-bending platforming and supernatural threats. Get lost between dimensions.
Why similar: Adventure 20.5%, Minimalist 18.3%, Realistic 14.7%, Action 11.6%, Psychological Horror 11.2%
- #5 Cloudrooms
94% matchNo user reviews64% of 74 reviews2026
Dev: LIGHTWORKER GAMES
Windows
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: Walking Simulator 25.8%, Psychological Horror 18.7%, Realistic 10.9%, Horror 9.7%, Surreal 9.4%
- #6 Everloop
94% matchVery Positive94% of 95 reviews2024
Dev: Infinity Green Game Studio
Windows
You are trapped in an endless hallway. Observe your surroundings carefully to reach your destiny.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 24.3%, Psychological Horror 17.2%, Surreal 11.9%, Horror 10.9%, Realistic 10.7%
- #7 Liminalcore
92% matchVery Positive84% of 760 reviews2024
Dev: Shadow Owl Studios
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 2.8 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Explore and admire while navigate through eerie, surreal environments inspired by the Backrooms lore. Explore this uncanny world lost in time and get lost in the otherworldly architecture in a world where reality bends and your sanity is tested.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 27.7%, Psychological Horror 18.3%, Underwater 15.7% ★, Realistic 11.1%, Surreal 9.1%
- #8 Prison Loop
93% matchMostly Positive74% of 69 reviews2024
Dev: Leakage Games
Windows
Embark on a journey of anomalies and repetition in "Prison Loop," a captivating indie puzzle game. Trapped in a mysterious temporal loop within a high-security prison, your objective is to observe anomalies throughout the environment.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 25.4%, Psychological Horror 17.9%, Surreal 12.5%, Horror 10.8%, Realistic 10%
- #9 Disminal
91% matchVery Positive90% of 172 reviews2024
Dev: Brian Gonnet
Windows · Mac · Linux
wandering into the uncanny concept of liminality, captured in DV tape format you explore what seems to be another dimension, lost in an endless space that looks human-made but isn't.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 89.1%, Adventure 6.7%, Indie 4.2%
- #10 DEAD END
91% matchVery Positive83% of 60 reviews2024
Dev: PHANTOM PIXEL
Windows
Trapped in a hallucinatory, liminal-space style underground passageway, explore and unravel the endless "dead-end" paths to find a way forward. "Dead Path is a short ambient horror puzzle game that references Exit 8, but with a completely different core mechanic.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 32.2%, Psychological Horror 23.4%, Horror 14.3%, Realistic 9.2%, Surreal 8.8%
- #11 Liminal City
90% matchMostly Positive73% of 113 reviews2025
Dev: LIGHTWORKER GAMES
Windows
Liminal City is a psychological horror and exploration game based on found footage, set in Backrooms Level 11. Walk through the streets of Level 11, filled with soulless buildings, dynamically moving to different levels and searching for a way out. Once you fall in here will you be able to get out?
Why similar: Walking Simulator 29.2%, Psychological Horror 21.2%, Realistic 13.3%, Horror 10.4%, Mystery 6.4%
- #12 Dreamcore
89% matchVery Positive89% of 2,017 reviews2025
Dev: MontraluzPub: Tlön Industries
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Experience backrooms like never before. Dreamcore is the ultimate psychological exploration game, set in the largest liminal world ever made. No guides, no path—only intuition. Will you keep your bearings in a world designed to make you lose them?
Why similar: Walking Simulator 18.4%, Underwater 18.3% ★, Psychological Horror 12.7%, Surreal 9.7%, Minimalist 7.8%
- #13 Devious Path
89% matchVery Positive96% of 52 reviews2024
Dev: AAD Games
Windows
You are trapped in an endless astral world. Keep a close eye on your surroundings to get out of the astral world.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 45.5%, Walking Simulator 39.4%, Simulation 5.5%, Adventure 3.7%, Casual 3.2%
- #14 LIMINAL SHIFT
88% matchVery Positive81% of 300 reviews2025
Dev: NextPhase Studios
Windows
Liminal Shift is a unique atmospheric suspense game developed using the latest Unreal Engine 5 technologies such as Lumen and Nanite. With every step you take, Liminal Shift pushes you deeper into an eerie, unsettling experience like no other.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 22.5%, Psychological Horror 13.5%, Minimalist 10.9%, Surreal 10.7%, Horror 9.8%
- #15 Liminal Shroud
86% matchVery Positive91% of 106 reviews2026
Dev: Everdeep Studios
Windows
A different kind of liminal experience. Explore surreal spaces inspired by nostalgia, discover hidden paths, and unravel a mystery that is shaped by your own mind. No monsters, no combat. Just atmosphere, discovery, and dread.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 29.7%, Psychological Horror 21.7%, Horror 13.9%, Surreal 12.3%, Realistic 9.2%
- #16 Anomaly Loop
87% matchVery Positive89% of 63 reviews2024
Dev: DidOne
Windows
You woke up and found yourself in an anomalous endless place from which it is not so easy to get out. Carefully observe your surroundings to find a way out of this place.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 38.8%, Simulation 22.5%, Adventure 16.6%, Psychological Horror 14%, 3D 5.6%
- #17 Reflection
86% matchVery Positive84% of 264 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 27.8%, Psychological Horror 20%, Horror 13.6%, Realistic 12.8%, Dark 10.3%
- #18 LIMINAL WATERS - ENHANCED EDITION
84% matchVery Positive91% of 137 reviews2025
Dev: DK Productions
Windows
Explore, Listen and Observe. LIMINAL WATERS is a liminal space exploration game. Discover a large facility with diverse rooms and themes and be enchanted by the radiant beauty of Unreal Engine 5.6. Relaxation, anxiety, confusion or familiarity? The mysterious Poolrooms are waiting for you.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 29.5%, Surreal 13.7%, Horror 11.7%, Realistic 10.9%, Dark 8.1%
- #19 Transliminal: Beyond The Backrooms
85% matchVery Positive91% of 155 reviews2022
Dev: Corey JeffriesPub: Spatial Quotient
Windows
An unsettling rogue-lite survival horror adventure. Iconic levels reshape around you. Classic and original entities lurk as greater beings bid for your favor. Collect relics and strange items. Grow stronger. Survive, escape, or claim more uncertain fates. Fall in. Get lost. Go beyond The Backrooms.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 27.6%, Psychological Horror 25.2%, Surreal 19.4%, Horror 17%, Adventure 9.1%
- #20 Limoria
84% matchMostly Positive79% of 181 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 32.2%, Walking Simulator 27.8%, Realistic 12.2%, Horror 9%, Adventure 7.5%
- #21 Unanswered
82% matchVery Positive95% of 101 reviews2026
Dev: WhiteRoot Studio
Windows
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: Psychological Horror 27.9%, Walking Simulator 18.4%, Horror 17%, Adventure 9.3%, Realistic 8.2%
- #22 Finnish Cottage 8
83% matchVery Positive95% of 58 reviews2025
Dev: Savukivi Games
Windows
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 29.1%, Psychological Horror 20.9%, Horror 12.5%, Realistic 9.3%, Simulation 7.3%
- #23 The Stairway 7 - Anomaly Hunt Loop Horror Game
82% matchVery Positive86% of 173 reviews2024
Dev: Steelkrill Studio
Windows
The Stairway 7 is an endless loop anomaly hunt and observation "spot the difference" game where you are stuck in a endless loop of stairways with a cat and you have to observe your surroundings carefully to reach the exit. Anomalies are watching, and ready to hunt you down. Don't take them with you.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 32.5%, Psychological Horror 22.8%, Horror 14.6%, Simulation 11.2%, Adventure 7.8%
- #24 The Exit 8
79% matchVery Positive93% of 11,657 reviews2023
Dev: KOTAKE CREATEPub: PLAYISM
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 1.8 hrs≥1hr: 58%
You are trapped in an endless underground passageway. Observe your surroundings carefully to reach "The Exit 8".
Why similar: Walking Simulator 26.6%, Psychological Horror 17.8%, Horror 11.9%, Surreal 9.6%, Minimalist 8%
- #25 Backrooms: Exit from Supermarket
81% matchMixed65% of 60 reviews2025
Dev: CGI LAB GAMES
Windows
In the Backrooms: Exit from Supermarket, you find yourself trapped in a labyrinth of endless, flickering aisles. Unearth dark secrets behind every shelf while evading lurking apparitions and supernatural terrors. Can you survive the haunted corridors and escape before the nightmare consumes?
Why similar: Walking Simulator 23.7%, Psychological Horror 22.7%, Horror 15.3%, Dark 13.3%, Adventure 6.8%
- #26 MIRROR MIRROR
80% matchMostly Positive70% of 74 reviews2025
Dev: ZeroZeroThirteen
Windows
MIRROR MIRROR is a first-person psychological horror game. You repeatedly find yourself in a house where you find presence of unknown entities. Go through unreal experiences in the house and uncover the secrets of your fractured mind. Experience the tension and fear in the repeating space.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 23.8%, Psychological Horror 18.7%, Realistic 11.8%, Horror 11.4%, Surreal 10.2%
- #27 Backrooms Loop
78% matchVery Positive92% of 145 reviews2025
Dev: N.C Bana
Windows
Backroom Loop is a first-person psychological horror (entertainment) game. You are trapped in a familiar-feeling space, exploring and escaping… only to return to the start. Can you break free from the loop?
Why similar: Horror 42.1%, Psychological Horror 38.7%, Adventure 12.9%, Indie 3.6%, Singleplayer 2.8%
- #28 Forgot
78% matchVery Positive92% of 111 reviews2025
Dev: Maxwell Whitebaker
Windows
You are trapped at home in an endless loop. Remember your surroundings and watch out for anomalies, if you ever want to leave.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 31.7%, Psychological Horror 23.3%, Horror 13.3%, Realistic 11.1%, Mystery 6.5%
- #29 Ten Bells
76% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 596 reviews2024
Dev: Hillfort Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 2.8 hrs≥1hr: 68%
You're trapped in an old English pub. Unravel a chilling tale by identifying anomalies while trying to escape. Confront the horror as you survive the endless loop of Ten Bells.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 25.9%, Psychological Horror 16.6%, Horror 10.8%, Dark 9.5%, Realistic 9.2%
- #30 Locked in my Darkness
79% matchMostly Positive74% of 76 reviews2022
Dev: Blusagi TeamPub: indie.io
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 96%
A tense, atmospheric descent into psychological horror—trapped in a place where reality fades and fear takes hold.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 26.4%, Psychological Horror 22.4%, Horror 13.5%, Simulation 12.6%, Realistic 11.2%
- #31 EMOTIONLESS : The Last Ticket
77% matchVery Positive81% of 138 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 25.3%, Psychological Horror 19.3%, Horror 13.4%, Dark 11%, Surreal 7.4%
- #32 White Room Protocol
77% 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 28.4%, Psychological Horror 20.9%, Horror 14.7%, Realistic 12.2%, Dark 10.3%
- #33 Dreamcore: Rabbit Hole
76% matchMostly Positive72% of 420 reviews2026
Dev: Ankoku
Windows
Walking simulator. Explore cozy liminal spaces that feel unsettlingly familiar and spark your imagination, like a dream you’ve been in before.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 25%, Psychological Horror 15.5%, Underwater 14.7% ★, Surreal 9.1%, Horror 6.9%
- #34 There Exists Nobody
74% matchVery Positive93% of 931 reviews2024
Dev: HeavyLight Studio
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 1.7 hrs≥1hr: 64%
You arrive at a deserted street that feels familiar yet is filled with unease. Pick up your camera, capture the hidden anomalies, and break this endless loop.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 33%, Psychological Horror 22.3%, Surreal 12.1%, Realistic 10.6%, Adventure 8%
- #35 The Backrooms
81% matchMostly Negative23% of 59 reviews2019
Dev: WASABAE Studios
Windows
You find yourself in a strange world with no idea how you got there. As you explore more, the world gets increasingly convoluted and unstable. You are now in... The Backrooms.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 39.4%, Psychological Horror 17.8%, Horror 14%, Casual 8.8%, 3D 6.4%
- #36 Sanity Loops
75% matchMostly Positive79% of 73 reviews2025
Dev: 375 Games
Windows
Caught in a strange series of events, you find yourself stuck in a job you never expected. What started as a simple way to earn money for a gift soon spirals into something much darker. As you navigate your new reality, the boundaries between what’s real and what’s not become harder to distinguish.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 29.8%, Horror 20.4%, Minimalist 18.1%, Dark 12.6%, Adventure 11.1%
- #37 Subliminal
71% matchMostly Positive74% of 3,794 reviews2026
Dev: Accidental StudiosPub: Gone Shootin
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Subliminal is a psychological horror game inspired by the urban legend of The Backrooms. Bleeding edge lighting and rendering, handcrafted open-ended levels, light and perspective-based puzzles, nostalgic spaces, unfamiliar faces, and a rotting feeling that something is not quite right.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 21.6%, Surreal 15.7%, Realistic 15.3%, Horror 13.8%, Simulation 9.7%
- #38 CAPTURED
72% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 694 reviews2024
Dev: Puck RedflixPub: Puck Games
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 2.1 hrs≥1hr: 60%
Trapped in what appears to be an endless hallway in your home, rooms begin to feel unfamiliar. Capture anomalies on camera and stay away from any sinister entities.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 34.3%, Horror 22.1%, Surreal 18.5%, Realistic 13.6%, Mystery 6.6%
- #39 POOLS
70% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 6,717 reviews2024
Dev: Tensori
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 62%
Walking simulator. Explore, admire and listen. Uncanny. Relaxing. Unnerving. Eerie. Immersive. No monsters chasing you or jumping at your screen, but can feel oppressive at times by invoking fears of getting lost, the dark, tight spaces and liminal space architecture. Inspired by backrooms.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 26%, Psychological Horror 18.3%, Underwater 13.2% ★, Surreal 10.8%, Realistic 9.8%
- #40 BACKROOMS ANOMALY
73% matchMostly Positive76% of 68 reviews2026
Dev: liminal_games
Windows
An anomaly-spotting horror game set in Level 0 of the Backrooms. Study the looping corridor and identify changes ranging from subtle details to terrifying entities. Decide to turn back if something has changed, or continue ahead if everything seems normal.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 22.1%, Psychological Horror 14.8%, Surreal 11.6%, Minimalist 10.3%, Horror 10%
- #41 Paranormal Torment
73% matchMostly Positive80% of 123 reviews2025
Dev: Beshbarmak games
Windows
Paranormal Torment is a psychological horror game in the spirit of P.T., where you're trapped in a loop of memory and guilt, forced to relive a tragedy over and over again. He's still waiting for you to come back...
Why similar: Walking Simulator 34.4%, Simulation 14.5%, Realistic 13.9%, Psychological Horror 12.6%, Adventure 10.1%
- #42 Enter The Backrooms
74% matchVery Positive87% of 1,064 reviews2021
Dev: Justin KrohPub: Cosmic Crow Creations
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 64%
An indie psychological horror experience about surviving infinity. Navigate an endless expanse of rooms, ascend through various levels, gather items and artifacts, avoid going insane, evade corrupted entities, and see just how deep the realm known as The Backrooms goes.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 29.1%, Psychological Horror 24.7%, Horror 14.6%, Surreal 9.2%, Adventure 8.9%
- #43 HorrorCore: Maze and Pools of Horror
73% matchMixed54% of 89 reviews2025
Dev: Airem
Windows · Mac · Linux
Instead of a traditional flashlight, a camera flash – a brief, flickering, blinding light that reveals dark secrets and leaves you in total darkness when it fades. Every step is a fight for survival, and the use of the flash completely redefines the way you explore dark locations.
Why similar: Photo Editing 28.5% ★, Video Production 23.1% ★, Walking Simulator 12.3%, Psychological Horror 8.1%, Realistic 5.4%
- #44 Silent Descent
75% matchMostly Positive72% of 135 reviews2018
Dev: Deceptive Games Ltd.
Windows
Silent Decent is a highly-immersive first-person horror game with a rich and engaging atmosphere. Trapped in purgatory, you play as Samuel Harris who roams in an endless loop of anguish, pain and suffering. Can you find a way to save a tormented man's soul?
Why similar: Walking Simulator 24.3%, Psychological Horror 22.1%, Horror 14.9%, Realistic 10.1%, Adventure 8.4%
- #45 Home_0
72% matchMostly Positive76% of 94 reviews2024
Dev: Mike Ten
Windows
You are trapped in a memory of your past. Observe your surrounding carefully to end your nightmare.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 29.1%, Psychological Horror 21%, Surreal 15.7%, Horror 13%, Realistic 6.8%
- #46 Kyoto Anomaly
69% matchVery Positive98% of 87 reviews2025
Dev: BiteMe Games
Windows
You find yourself trapped in the endless maze of Kyoto's backstreets, trying to reach the temple of Hōkan-ji before the main tourist rush. Inspect the street for anomalies, choose the right path, and reach your destination... or be trapped forever.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 26.1%, Psychological Horror 19.8%, Horror 11.4%, Realistic 10.5%, Simulation 9.7%
- #47 Platform 8
67% matchVery Positive87% of 2,890 reviews2024
Dev: KOTAKE CREATEPub: PLAYISM
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 1.9 hrs≥1hr: 45%
You are trapped on a train that runs forever. Keep an eye out for anomalies and find a way out.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 26.7%, Psychological Horror 19.8%, Simulation 9.5%, Realistic 9.2%, Horror 7.9%
- #48 False Mall
69% matchVery Positive95% of 151 reviews2024
Dev: TenkaiGames
Windows
You have wandered into an infinite looping shopping mall in Japan. If you notice changes within the mall, you might be able to escape.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 38.4%, Psychological Horror 21.6%, Surreal 14.8%, Realistic 14.4%, Adventure 4.6%
- #49 IN THE FACADE WE TRUST™
70% matchMostly Positive72% of 181 reviews2025
Dev: svklmrtPub: Patchwork Interactive
Windows
You’re torn between a girl who is obsessed with you and a creature. Whose words can lead you out of this endless loop? Trust the right person in the right cycle to get closer to the exit, or be misled by facades, complicating your next loop.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 28.4%, Horror 19.5%, Dark 15.2%, Realistic 12.2%, Psychological Horror 10.9%
- #50 Anomalies Detective
70% matchMostly Positive75% of 76 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 43.9%, Psychological Horror 25.7%, Horror 14.4%, Adventure 7.3%, 3D 5.9%
- #51 BACKROOMS THE COMPANY
71% matchMixed68% of 50 reviews2024
Dev: kc6067
Windows
backrooms horror game
Why similar: Walking Simulator 31%, Realistic 12.1%, Psychological Horror 11.7%, Adventure 8.9%, Dark 8.3%
- #52 Obscula
71% matchMostly Negative36% of 66 reviews2025
Dev: Lunafrost Studio
Windows
Face the fears lurking in the dark. Obscula is a psychological horror experience that tells the story of someone seeking the truth but finding themselves trapped in a nightmare. There's no escape, only answers… but are you ready for the truth?
Why similar: Walking Simulator 21.6%, Psychological Horror 18.1%, Surreal 12.5%, Horror 12.3%, Dark 10.8%
- #53 Shifting To The Backrooms
68% matchVery Positive87% of 76 reviews2026
Dev: Oopsome Games
Windows
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: Walking Simulator 26.5%, Psychological Horror 22.1%, Horror 15.9%, Surreal 12.4%, Dark 5.9%
- #54 Shellshock
67% matchVery Positive89% of 108 reviews2026
Dev: Man the Barricades Ltd
Windows
You are a British WW1 soldier, trapped in an endless looping trench. Inspect your surroundings and report anything that is out of place. Will you escape? Shellshock is a short anomaly hunting experience (-30 minutes) inspired by liminal spaces and psychological horror.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 27.7%, Simulation 15.5%, Adventure 11.4%, Realistic 9.6%, Psychological Horror 7.9%
- #55 CAPTURED 2
65% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 616 reviews2026
Dev: Puck RedflixPub: Puck Games
Windows
You're trapped in an apartment with ever-changing rooms. Capture anomalies on camera, survive deadly entities and escape an endless nightmare.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 30.6%, Horror 21.6%, Realistic 16%, Surreal 10.2%, Adventure 9.9%
- #56 Hotel 188
68% matchVery Positive90% of 90 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 33.1%, Psychological Horror 23.8%, Realistic 14.2%, Minimalist 13%, Adventure 6.7%
- #57 Seybul Tech
69% matchVery Positive91% of 136 reviews2023
Dev: Lucas Rackliffe
Windows
Seybul Tech is a walking simulator. Navigate as an office employee, confronting peculiar encounters while in search of an exit from this enigmatic abyss.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 25.5%, Psychological Horror 18.6%, Surreal 12.6%, Dark 10.1%, Horror 9.4%
- #58 Project Threshold
67% matchMostly Positive73% of 90 reviews2026
Dev: Murushii Studios
Windows
You are a participant in Project Threshold, an experiment designed to force people to confront their deepest fears. Pass through sets of blue and red doors, survive what waits beyond them, and reach the end, if escape is even possible.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 35.4%, Psychological Horror 16.1%, Adventure 13.5%, Horror 13%, Surreal 9.2%
- #59 The Complex: Found Footage
66% matchVery Positive93% of 9,931 reviews2022
Dev: pgWave
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 1.5 hrs≥1hr: 23%
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: Walking Simulator 24.7%, Psychological Horror 23.4%, Horror 19%, Realistic 11.7%, Mystery 6.9%
- #60 Luto
65% matchVery Positive85% of 1,366 reviews2025
Dev: Broken Bird Games
Windows
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 88%
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 32.4%, Psychological Horror 24.3%, Dark 12.9%, Realistic 8.5%, Mystery 7.7%