
"The Meaning" is a first-person psychological horror game focused on tense exploration and immersive storytelling. You are Ethen Daniels, a man who is struggling with the loss of his family and is now pursuing the meaning of life once again.
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"The Meaning" is a first-person psychological horror game focused on tense exploration and immersive storytelling. You are Ethen Daniels, a man who is struggling with the loss of his family and is now pursuing the meaning of life once again.

Case of the mysterious death of Keiko Haraeda
Japan, September 12, 1999, at 8:00 p.m., Ms. Keiko Haraeda collapsed in her room and was found dead. Although the police have ruled that there is no case and closed the investigation, many puzzling points remain, and the family is still calling for information.

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Derek Morgan is a 29-year-old watchman who works at a garage complex. One night, he enters an abandoned carpenter's workshop. Inside, he comes across an old wooden puppet. But soon he realizes that his curiosity has brought nothing good with it.
Japan, September 12, 1999, at 8:00 p.m., Ms. Keiko Haraeda collapsed in her room and was found dead. Although the police have ruled that there is no case and closed the investigation, many puzzling points remain, and the family is still calling for information.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 17.7%, 1990's 17.4%, Psychological Horror 15.6%, Horror 14.8%, Dark 11.8%
Derek Morgan is a 29-year-old watchman who works at a garage complex. One night, he enters an abandoned carpenter's workshop. Inside, he comes across an old wooden puppet. But soon he realizes that his curiosity has brought nothing good with it.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 18.2%, 1990's 15.8%, Psychological Horror 13.2%, Mystery 10.5%, Psychological 9.9%
Step into the shoes of a wage-slave and work the graveyard delivery shift at Vito's! It's not glamorous, but it pays rent. Leave the safety of your car and step into the streets of a decaying suburbia. Deliver to peculiar customers while trying to ignore that feeling of being watched...
Why similar: Walking Simulator 14.4%, Psychological Horror 13.1%, Horror 11.6%, 1990's 11.1%, Psychological 10.7%
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Why similar: Horror 13.3%, Walking Simulator 12.9%, Psychological Horror 12.1%, Mystery 12.1%, Retro 8.5%
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Why similar: Walking Simulator 23.9%, Psychological Horror 19.7%, Horror 14.4%, 1990's 11.9%, Psychological 7.5%
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Why similar: Psychological Horror 20.5%, Walking Simulator 14.1%, Horror 13.8%, Psychological 10.4%, Mystery 9.5%
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Why similar: 1990's 19.4%, Psychological Horror 17.1%, Walking Simulator 15.4%, Horror 13.1%, Mystery 7.4%
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Why similar: Psychological Horror 18.8%, Horror 13.2%, Walking Simulator 11.7%, 1990's 11.3%, First-Person 7.7%
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Why similar: Walking Simulator 17.6%, 1990's 13.4%, Psychological 13.1%, Psychological Horror 12.9%, Horror 11.9%
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Why similar: Walking Simulator 19.2%, Psychological Horror 15.5%, 1990's 12.1%, Dark 11.2%, Psychological 9.9%
An experimental found footage horror game set in 2017.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 20%, Psychological Horror 12.9%, Horror 11.5%, Psychological 9.6%, 1990's 8.8%
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Why similar: Psychological Horror 17.5%, 1990's 15.1%, Mystery 12.2%, Walking Simulator 12.1%, Hidden Object 6.4%
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Why similar: 1990's 18.3%, Walking Simulator 17.7%, Horror 14.2%, Psychological Horror 14.1%, Dark 9.9%
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Why similar: Walking Simulator 18.7%, Psychological Horror 15.2%, Horror 11.4%, Psychological 11.1%, Mystery 7.3%
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Why similar: Psychological Horror 20.5%, Psychological 15%, Horror 13.9%, 1990's 13.7%, Mystery 9%
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Why similar: Walking Simulator 16.3%, 1990's 16.3%, Psychological Horror 14.1%, Mystery 11.3%, Horror 11.2%
It is a psychological horror game and walking simulator. Get chased by monsters. Monsters jumping towards at your screen.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 23.9%, 1990's 21.1%, Psychological Horror 20.9%, Horror 13.9%, Psychological 12%
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Why similar: Walking Simulator 23.1%, Psychological Horror 18.8%, Horror 17.6%, Dark 8.9%, Mystery 8.4%
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: Horror 17%, Psychological Horror 16.6%, Walking Simulator 15.9%, 1990's 12.8%, Mystery 9%
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Why similar: Psychological Horror 18.2%, Horror 14%, Walking Simulator 13.3%, Mystery 10.4%, Dark 8.5%
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Why similar: Walking Simulator 20.3%, Psychological Horror 19.3%, Psychological 15%, Horror 14.1%, 1990's 13.7%
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Why similar: 1990's 17.7%, Walking Simulator 17.1%, Psychological Horror 14.3%, Horror 11.8%, Mystery 11.8%
It is a psychological horror game and walking simulator. Monsters jumping towards at your screen. Do housework. You get haunted by a monsters.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 20.9%, Psychological Horror 19.4%, 1990's 18.4%, Psychological 15.5%, Horror 14.2%
The Midnight Biohazard is a first person choice based horror game set in an abandoned mining site. You were sent there to clean the place up and retrieve secret documents in the mines. However the mines have a dark history with a serial killer that was killing in the mines back then.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 21.5%, Psychological Horror 13.5%, Horror 11.7%, Psychological 11.5%, Mystery 9.3%
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Why similar: Walking Simulator 19.3%, Psychological Horror 16.1%, Psychological 12.8%, Horror 12.6%, Dark 10%
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Why similar: Psychological Horror 21.9%, Walking Simulator 20%, Horror 15.9%, 1990's 14.6%, First-Person 8.1%
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Why similar: Walking Simulator 15.7%, Psychological Horror 14.9%, Horror 11.7%, Mystery 8.7%, Dark 8.3%
A short horror-experience made by a solo developer. Explore the abandoned Fox Pines park in search of your missing brother—but something is out here with you. Follow the trail he left behind, and track him down...if you can survive.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 24.3%, Horror 17.3%, Psychological Horror 16.9%, Mystery 12.6%, Dark 11.3%
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Why similar: Psychological Horror 19.5%, Walking Simulator 18.2%, Horror 14.3%, Dark 9.4%, Psychological 9.1%
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Why similar: Psychological Horror 17.4%, Horror 15.2%, Walking Simulator 15.1%, Mystery 10%, Psychological 9.5%
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Why similar: Walking Simulator 21.3%, Psychological Horror 17.4%, Horror 15.4%, 1990's 12.1%, Psychological 10.2%
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Why similar: Psychological Horror 20.3%, Horror 14.9%, Mystery 13.8%, Dark 11.6%, Walking Simulator 11.5%
A Psychological Horror Backrooms Found Footage Game
Why similar: Psychological 16%, Walking Simulator 16%, Psychological Horror 15.6%, Mystery 12.3%, Horror 7.7%
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Why similar: Walking Simulator 19.2%, Horror 14%, Psychological Horror 12.5%, Nonlinear 11.7%, Psychological 10.8%
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Why similar: 1990's 20.1%, Walking Simulator 19.7%, Horror 12.9%, Psychological Horror 11.6%, Psychological 8.7%
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Why similar: Walking Simulator 16.2%, Psychological Horror 16%, Psychological 15.7%, Horror 14.2%, Mystery 10.5%
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Why similar: Walking Simulator 20.8%, Psychological Horror 16.9%, Horror 16.7%, Dark 10.2%, 1990's 8.3%
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Why similar: Psychological Horror 18.9%, Walking Simulator 18.4%, Horror 14.3%, Dark 8.6%, Mystery 8.2%
Psychological anomaly horror set in an abandoned school corridor. Find what has changed and make the right choice. But even the right choice doesn't guarantee escape. The corridor won't let you leave that easily.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 17.9%, Psychological Horror 14.7%, Horror 11.6%, Nonlinear 11%, Psychological 10.6%
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Why similar: Walking Simulator 19.9%, Psychological Horror 15.5%, Horror 14.7%, Dark 12.9%, Mystery 10.5%
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Why similar: Walking Simulator 19%, Psychological Horror 16.2%, Horror 14.2%, Dark 12.1%, Mystery 10.1%
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Why similar: Walking Simulator 28.7%, Psychological Horror 15%, Horror 13.6%, 1990's 11.8%, First-Person 8.1%
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Why similar: 1990's 19.6%, Psychological Horror 18.2%, Horror 12.7%, Psychological 9.4%, Dark 8.8%
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Why similar: Walking Simulator 19.9%, Psychological Horror 18%, Horror 16%, Dark 13.5%, First-Person 7.4%
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Why similar: Walking Simulator 20%, Horror 18.9%, Psychological Horror 18.7%, Dark 15.8%, Atmospheric 9.9%
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Why similar: 1990's 20.8%, Walking Simulator 19%, Psychological Horror 16.8%, Horror 15.3%, Psychological 11.3%
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Why similar: Psychological Horror 15.3%, Psychological 15.1%, Horror 13.7%, Walking Simulator 13.5%, 1990's 12.1%
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Why similar: Walking Simulator 21.8%, Psychological Horror 18.5%, Psychological 14.5%, Horror 13.2%, Atmospheric 5.5%
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Why similar: 1990's 14.4%, Walking Simulator 13%, Psychological Horror 12.3%, Horror 10.9%, Mystery 10.9%
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Why similar: Walking Simulator 18.7%, Psychological Horror 15.5%, Horror 14.7%, Psychological 14.4%, Mystery 10.8%
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Why similar: Walking Simulator 21.5%, Horror 19.5%, Psychological Horror 17.8%, Atmospheric 9%, Dark 8.5%
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Why similar: Walking Simulator 18.5%, 1990's 17%, Psychological Horror 10.3%, Dark 9.5%, Horror 9.4%
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Why similar: Walking Simulator 18.4%, Psychological Horror 16%, Horror 14.9%, Psychological 11.6%, Dark 7.3%
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Why similar: Walking Simulator 19.5%, 1990's 16.4%, Psychological 8.8%, Dark 8.7%, Horror 8.5%
Something is standing in the wheat. Each time you see it, it's closer — and it isn't human. Your grandmother says you shouldn't have looked at it.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 22.2%, Psychological Horror 18%, Horror 16.8%, Mystery 9%, First-Person 7.2%
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Why similar: Walking Simulator 30.5%, 1990's 23.2%, Psychological Horror 20.1%, Horror 15.4%, First-Person 5.2%
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Why similar: Walking Simulator 23.9%, 1990's 15.8%, Psychological Horror 15.6%, Horror 13.5%, Psychological 10.8%
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Why similar: Dark 19.6%, Psychological Horror 19.5%, Horror 17.5%, Walking Simulator 17.3%, 1990's 13.7%
You find yourself lost in a strange, eerie forest with no memory of how you got there. Equipped only with a flashlight and a cassette player, you must survive and recover fragments of your memory. But beware—the trees are watching you.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 18.5%, 1990's 13%, Psychological Horror 11.5%, Psychological 11.1%, Horror 9.8%
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Why similar: Walking Simulator 22.2%, Psychological Horror 16.4%, Horror 10.9%, Mystery 9.1%, Dark 8.1%