Games Like The Lunar Effect

Abode: Definitive Edition is the updated edition of Abode, it is a short walking simulator horror game, you are stuck in a loop going through a small house, when horror starts happening around you.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 17.4%, Interactive Fiction 14.2%, Psychological Horror 12.6%, Surreal 11.8%, Horror 10.4%

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 16.7%, Psychological Horror 14%, Surreal 13%, Horror 12.9%, Puzzle 9.4%

Dear Esther immerses you in a stunningly realised world, a remote and desolate island somewhere in the outer Hebrides. As you step forwards, a voice begins to read fragments of a letter: 'Dear Esther...' - and so begins a journey through one of the most original first-person games of recent years.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 21.8%, Interactive Fiction 19.4%, Psychological Horror 10.1%, Exploration 9.4%, Puzzle 8.6%

A lightweight psychological horror and a walking simulator, where the player needs to carefully observe the surroundings to succesfully flee from this wretched place.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 22.4%, Psychological Horror 17.4%, Surreal 13%, Horror 12.3%, Puzzle 8.4%

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Why similar: Surreal 20.7%, Lovecraftian 16.2%, Horror 15.5%, Walking Simulator 12.3%, Psychological Horror 10.1%

Spot the anomalies. Escape the loop. Akeno’s Veil is a psychological horror game where spotting anomalies is your only escape—from the relentless demon determined to pull you back.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 19.7%, Psychological Horror 15.1%, Surreal 14.1%, Horror 12%, Puzzle 8.7%

Lying Souls is an atmospheric, mysterious single player story horror game. You'll dive into a story in which nothing is as it seems. Find out the reasons behind what happened to your family back then. Your decisions will guide the course of the story.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 20.1%, Interactive Fiction 16.9%, Horror 11.5%, Psychological Horror 11.5%, Linear 9.3%

A computer engineer arrives in a remote mountain village, where tech failures and missing residents put him face to face with an unsettling force lurking behind the screen.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 18.6%, Psychological Horror 14.9%, Surreal 14.1%, Horror 11.3%, Puzzle 7.3%

You are trapped in the Office. A first-person Observation-Game about walking an endless office, spotting anomalies, and getting off work.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 20.6%, Surreal 16.4%, Psychological Horror 14%, Horror 10.5%, Exploration 9.8%

USE PSYCHIC POWERS in ATAMA to see through the eyes of your pursuers to avoid detection as you investigate a cursed rural Japanese village. You can't fight back; you must rely only on your abilities and your wits to avoid your enemies. Inspired by Forbidden Siren and Junji Ito.

Why similar: Surreal 15.1%, Psychological Horror 12.1%, Horror 11.2%, Interactive Fiction 11.2%, Walking Simulator 10.7%

Explore unsettling, dark locations in a first-person psychological horror adventure. Restore power grids, solve environmental puzzles, and interact with physical objects to navigate through the dark—where sound is your only guide and greatest threat.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 23.9%, Exploration 12.8%, Puzzle 11.6%, Psychological Horror 10.7%, Horror 9.6%

Tisis is a first-person psychological horror game focused on exploration, environmental storytelling, and sanity management as you navigate the thin boundary between light, darkness, and madness.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 20.4%, Psychological Horror 20.3%, Lovecraftian 11.9%, Interactive Fiction 10.6%, Exploration 9.9%

8 Days at the Motel is a first-person anomaly horror game. Inspect the motel, memorize your surroundings, and look for anything that has changed. Report DANGER if you spot an anomaly. Report SAFE if everything seems normal.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 17.9%, Psychological Horror 13.3%, Surreal 12.4%, Exploration 8.2%, Horror 8%

YOU'RE JUST A NORMAL GUY TRYING TO GET SOME SLEEP. YOU HEAR A BUMP IN THE NIGHT. WHAT WAS THAT? WHY IS YOUR DAUGHTER ACTING SO WEIRD? IS IT PARENTHOOD OR A HORRIBLE CURIOSITY THAT COMPELS YOU TO FIND OUT? A Short horror experience.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 15.9%, Interactive Fiction 15.4%, Lovecraftian 13.2%, Surreal 13.1%, Psychological Horror 10.5%

Narrative-driven first person horror adventure inspired by Lovecraft's short novel "The Nameless City". Explore the ruins of a city that some say they are older than humanity itself. While you delve deeper into the ancient buildings, reality and visions blend into an indistinct haze.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 19.7%, Lovecraftian 18.7%, Surreal 15.5%, Psychological Horror 14%, Horror 8.3%

You are trying to reach classroom 1.09. Nobody is around, and the atmosphere feels wrong. Trapped in looping corridors, your only way out is to observe carefully, spot anomalies, and choose the right door… or remain trapped.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 22.5%, Psychological Horror 17.4%, Surreal 14.4%, Horror 12.7%, Puzzle 8.6%

A psychological exploration through a liminal dreamscape: no guides, no paths, just you and small environmental mysteries.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24.5%, Walking Simulator 22.2%, Exploration 13%, Psychological Horror 10.9%, Puzzle 10.9%

From the creators of Amnesia: The Dark Descent and Dear Esther comes a new first-person horrorgame that will drag you to the depths of greed, power and madness. It will bury its snout into your ribs and it will eat your heart.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 35.9%, Horror 21.1%, Interactive Fiction 9.9%, Psychological Horror 7.7%, Lovecraftian 5.5%

The corridor looks the same every time. But does it really? Maybe something has changed. Observe your surroundings carefully.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 19.5%, Psychological Horror 14.9%, Surreal 14.7%, Horror 11%, Exploration 9.2%

"Office 8" is a psychological walking simulator exploring the unsettling nature of liminal office spaces. Pay close attention — your sanity depends on it.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 23.2%, Psychological Horror 18.1%, Surreal 14%, Horror 12.8%, Puzzle 8.6%

You awaken in an elevator. Something is terribly wrong with this apartment building. Find the scattered notes, follow the clues, and escape—before it's too late.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 28.8%, Surreal 15.3%, Horror 13%, Psychological Horror 12.5%, Exploration 11.9%

Upon visiting his decrepit and dying grandfather, Isaac discovers an ancient evil that has parasitically dwelled within his ancestry for generations. Isaac must stop the parasite's symbiotic cycle from reoccurring or else become its new host.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 23.3%, Horror 16.4%, Psychological Horror 14.1%, Surreal 12%, Lovecraftian 8.7%

Blind Sound is a Game about, Exploration and Puzzle-solving. This is a Linear Story Based horror game which sets in a science facility. You will discover tons of thing and find about the Creepy history of this facility with Full of Creatures That extremely Dangerous.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 18.2%, Psychological Horror 15%, Surreal 14.3%, Horror 13%, Puzzle 9.4%

The Night Is Long is a short first-person horror game where a grieving man follows a ghostly vision into an abandoned mansion. Uncover dark secrets, survive atmospheric horrors, and face your past through exploration, puzzles, and subtle scares.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 19.2%, Psychological Horror 13.8%, Surreal 13.5%, Horror 12.5%, Exploration 10.2%

Late at night in an office tower, you are trapped in floors that keep repeating. Some of them have let in things that don't belong to this decade, as if something would rather you stayed. Spot the anomalies, keep going down, and find out what this building really is.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 23%, Psychological Horror 17.9%, Horror 12.7%, Surreal 12.4%, Puzzle 9.2%

A slow and atmospheric retro horror game. These hills hide more than just this congregation. Tend this remote church, give services to the needy and you never know... you might just survive the night

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.5%, Surreal 17.3%, Horror 11.7%, Puzzle 9.9%, Lovecraftian 9.9%

You are the Nightslink. Traverse abandoned roads under cover of night. Deliver cassette tapes in a post-apocalyptic world. An atmospheric retro-3D horror adventure.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 20%, Surreal 16.4%, Psychological Horror 12.8%, Horror 11.5%, Linear 9.2%

You watch a news program in the middle of the night featuring an unsettling reporter. As you watch, the world around you begins to warp and become unrecognizable. This is one broadcast you won't soon forget.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 22.3%, Surreal 22.1%, Horror 15.8%, Puzzle 9.4%, Psychological Horror 9%

The Company wants you productive. The Company wants you calm. The Company wants you compliant.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 22%, Interactive Fiction 19.7%, Psychological Horror 18.1%, Surreal 11.9%, Exploration 10.4%

Blue Squid Theme Parks presents the VR simulator of their most popular ride The Dark Zone. No need for long trips, now you can experience this iconic ride from the comfort of your own home.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24.3%, Walking Simulator 22.5%, Surreal 14.2%, Psychological Horror 12.7%, Linear 7.8%

Cognition Method is a story-driven, first-person puzzle game inspired by 2001: A Space Odyssey and Solaris. Discover the innovative mechanics of altering gravity and dive into the surreal setting. Find your way within a mysterious artifact and unveil a non-ordinary story.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 17.7%, Surreal 14.6%, Psychological Horror 11.2%, Horror 9.7%, Linear 8.4%

An ordinary home video from 2002 takes a terrifying turn as you get lost in the Backrooms.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 25.4%, Surreal 14.5%, Exploration 12.5%, Horror 12%, Psychological Horror 12%

What would be your first and last wish if you died tomorrow? Explore this mysterious and frightening island. Solve its puzzles. And discover the truth before sinking into the purest madness that can exist... That of knowing your death.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 21%, Interactive Fiction 19.4%, Surreal 15.3%, Psychological Horror 15.2%, Puzzle 8.9%

You are inside an endless hotel but there is a way you can escape. Search in the hallways of the hotel and find the changes within them to reach Room 13.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 21.9%, Psychological Horror 15.6%, Surreal 14.5%, Horror 12.6%, Exploration 9.4%

The Night Archive is an episodic first-person horror series where each episode tells a story pulled from the darkest corners of true crime. These are the stories of those who lived to tell about it.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.3%, Walking Simulator 22.2%, Psychological Horror 12.6%, Exploration 11.1%, Horror 11.1%

Explore eerie liminal spaces in a low-poly Backrooms horror experience inspired by the aesthetics of forgotten 90s technology.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 21.1%, Surreal 17.4%, Horror 12.8%, Psychological Horror 11.3%, Linear 10.7%

Dive into a surreal and dark office space made of distorted floors. Traverse them all, one at the time, to find an exit. Ruptured Floor is a horror puzzle game with a unique twist. Every floor requires a combination to open the door. The code is known. The lock, however, will need to be found.

Why similar: Surreal 19.2%, Psychological Horror 15.8%, Horror 13.9%, Exploration 12.3%, Puzzle 11.7%

In this single-player experience, you wake up on the 9th floor of an unknown building. The only way out of here is to detect and mark anomalies. One wrong move and you could be trapped forever.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 20.6%, Psychological Horror 16.9%, Horror 14.7%, Surreal 13.5%, Exploration 8.8%

Explore a seemingly endless hotel floor where each identical corridor challenges your perception. This horror walking simulator tests your observation skills as you seek the emergency exit.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 22.2%, Psychological Horror 16.4%, Surreal 14.3%, Horror 12.5%, Linear 7.8%

Tapes of Entities is a first-person psychological survival horror game. Roam between realities of fear, madness & machinery. Solve puzzles, explore an atmospheric world, survive horrifying entities.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.2%, Walking Simulator 21.4%, Exploration 12.1%, Psychological Horror 10.7%, Puzzle 10.4%

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 22%, Psychological Horror 16.1%, Surreal 13.3%, Horror 10.6%, Exploration 9.6%

Infinite Crosswalk is a psychedelic walking simulator and horror game in retro 3D style. You get hit on a zebra crossing and trapped in limbo. Uncover the victims' tragic stories to escape — or pay with parts of your own body.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 24.3%, Surreal 20.2%, Psychological Horror 13.5%, Horror 7.7%, Puzzle 6.8%

explore the forbidden planet, uncover the dark secrets. first-person exploration game.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.4%, Horror 13.1%, Psychological Horror 11.9%, Exploration 10.3%, Investigation 9.1%

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 19.1%, Lovecraftian 18.1%, Psychological Horror 14.7%, Horror 13%, Surreal 9.2%

Embark on this Lovecraft-inspired tale and discover the mysteries that await you on this island. Explore the island, solve challenging puzzles, and most importantly: try not to lose your sanity.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 20.7%, Walking Simulator 14.5%, Psychological Horror 14.3%, Puzzle 11.2%, Horror 9.9%

A restless spirit twists the town around you. Luna Anomaly is a psychological horror game where only those who spot the anomalies can escape.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 19.1%, Psychological Horror 15.1%, Surreal 13.5%, Horror 11.9%, Puzzle 9%

Stuck on the Queen’s royal aircraft, you have been trapped in a mystical loop fueled by dark magic. Armed with nothing but your wits, keep an eye out for anomalies, and you might just find an escape.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 18.8%, Surreal 14.3%, Psychological Horror 11.2%, Horror 9.9%, Exploration 9%

You are a father on a quest for 8 milk cartons. Observe your surroundings carefully to pick up and check out your milk before returning to your family at last.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 21.6%, Surreal 16.1%, Psychological Horror 15.4%, Horror 12.4%, Puzzle 9.1%

Your father needs a beer, and it's your job to get it. He doesn't care what it takes, so do what you must. Be quick though - it's not so safe in the dark.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 26.6%, Horror 17.5%, Psychological Horror 11.4%, Surreal 10.5%, Linear 9.5%

You find yourself trapped in a haunted VHS rental store, can you survive their twisted games and escape?

Why similar: Walking Simulator 20.5%, Surreal 15.5%, Psychological Horror 15%, Horror 11.7%, Linear 8.7%

A short, first-person horror narrative set in the Philippines. While your journalist wife investigates town hall, you start uncovering brutal secrets tying your beloved mayor to local crime. In a place where the powerful control the law, knowing the truth is fatal.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 30.1%, Walking Simulator 25.7%, Horror 21.8%, Psychological Horror 12.7%, 3D 7.8%

Atmospheric Horror in 90's style low-poly 3D. Open-ended exploration, investigation, hidden items, captivating puzzles and intriguing dark storyline.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.8%, Horror 13%, Surreal 12.9%, Psychological Horror 10.5%, Puzzle 9.7%

In this observation horror game you find yourself stuck in an endlessly looping candy town. Spot the anomalies to break out of the loop… or stay trapped forever… And don't let the candy people bite!

Why similar: Walking Simulator 24.5%, Surreal 21%, Psychological Horror 20.8%, Horror 15.4%, Linear 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: Walking Simulator 18%, Psychological Horror 16.4%, Horror 13%, Exploration 10.1%, Puzzle 8.9%

You find yourself alone in a place that feels familiar… but not quite right. Wander aimlessly or with purpose, it won’t matter. Is there an end? Has anyone been here before you? Time feels slow. Or maybe it's frozen. Or maybe… you’re not meant to leave.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 22.5%, Interactive Fiction 17.3%, Psychological Horror 16.1%, Surreal 12.7%, Exploration 9.3%

Unhomely is a retro-inspired first person psychological indie horror game. You play a journalist who has 3 days alone in a reclusive tech CEO's cabin to get the exclusive on his new project and save your career.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 18%, Psychological Horror 12.8%, Interactive Fiction 12.2%, Horror 10.4%, Linear 8.1%

Observe a familiar Japanese elementary school corridor at night. If nothing has changed, go downstairs. If you spot an anomaly, go upstairs. A wrong choice sends you back to 6F. Escape the loop in this short first-person horror game.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 28.5%, Surreal 15.7%, Puzzle 14.8%, Horror 13.1%, Psychological Horror 12.7%

Ominous Obscurity is a single-player horror adventure game set in places from the protagonist's childhood. Solve interesting puzzles, while hiding from insidious horrors waiting for you in the shadows.

Why similar: Surreal 17.7%, Psychological Horror 14.7%, Walking Simulator 12.2%, Horror 12.2%, Puzzle 10.1%

Trapped in an endless Roman corridor, you must observe carefully, solve eerie puzzles, and survive horrors in this roguelite puzzle-adventure.

Why similar: Surreal 15.3%, Walking Simulator 13.4%, Psychological Horror 12.4%, Puzzle 10%, Investigation 9.4%

A horror game where you must identify anomalies in the environment. You’re trying to leave the building, but the 1st floor never comes.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 21.1%, Surreal 17.7%, Psychological Horror 13.9%, Horror 8.3%, Exploration 6.9%