Games Like The Moon Sliver

What Remains of Edith Finch is a collection of strange tales about a family in Washington state. As Edith, you’ll explore the colossal Finch house, searching for stories as she explores her family history and tries to figure out why she's the last one in her family left alive.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 28.3%, Story Rich 13.8%, Great Soundtrack 12%, First-Person 8.5%, Atmospheric 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: It shares a deep focus on environmental storytelling and uncovering a tragic, complex history through exploration.

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 28.6%, Psychological Horror 13.5%, Exploration 9.7%, First-Person 9%, Horror 8.6%

Why You'll Like It: As a foundational walking simulator, it mirrors the poetic, melancholic, and deeply introspective tone found in The Moon Sliver.

Set in a creepy amusement park hiding a dark and sinister secret, The Park is a first-person psychological horror experience focused on exploration and storytelling.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 27.7%, Psychological Horror 19.7%, Horror 15.3%, First-Person 10.7%, Great Soundtrack 5.8%

Why You'll Like It: It delivers a focused, short-form psychological horror experience that relies on atmosphere and narrative tension rather than combat.

The Vanishing of Ethan Carter is a first-person story-driven mystery. Purchase this game to get both the original and the Unreal Engine 4 remaster called The Vanishing of Ethan Carter Redux.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 31.9%, First-Person 9.6%, Atmospheric 9.3%, Horror 9.2%, Great Soundtrack 8.8%

Why You'll Like It: This game captures the same eerie, atmospheric isolation while tasking the player with piecing together a dark mystery in a beautiful, desolate landscape.

The era-defining first-person psychological horror in all its terrifying glory. All of the game’s chapters collected into one convenient package that allows you to plumb the depths of madness in pursuit of artistic revelation.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 19.7%, Walking Simulator 15.7%, Horror 12.4%, First-Person 10.4%, Exploration 8.1%

Why You'll Like It: This title excels at psychological horror and shifting environments, providing a similar sense of unease as you explore a crumbling, memory-filled space.

Featuring a beautiful, detailed open-world and a haunting soundtrack, Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture is non-linear storytelling at its best.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 43.5%, Great Soundtrack 19.6%, Atmospheric 7.4%, Post-apocalyptic 5.9%, Story Rich 5.6%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a profound sense of loneliness and discovery as you explore an abandoned world to understand the events that transpired there.

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 23.2%, Psychological Horror 17.1%, Horror 11.6%, Dark 9%, First-Person 8.7%

Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on psychological horror and the feeling of being hunted through a series of increasingly disturbing, surreal environments.

The Old City: Leviathan is an experiment in first person exploration that focuses entirely on story. All that exists is you and the world. Set in a decaying city from a civilization long past, The Old City: Leviathan puts the player in the shoes of a sewer dwelling isolationist.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 39.4%, Exploration 11.8%, First-Person 10%, Atmospheric 10%, Great Soundtrack 8.1%

Why You'll Like It: This walking simulator focuses heavily on philosophical narration and the exploration of a decaying, mysterious world.

The Fidelio Incident is a single-player, first-person thriller set off the coast of Iceland. Inspired by Beethoven's only opera Fidelio. After a violent plane crash, Stanley must search a desolate frozen island in search of his wife Leonore while covering up any traces of their bloody Irish past.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 40.9%, Great Soundtrack 19.5%, First-Person 8.4%, Exploration 7.1%, Adventure 6.7%

Why You'll Like It: This narrative-driven experience captures the same feeling of being stranded in a cold, unforgiving environment while uncovering a dark past.

12 March 1938, Renée, 16, was ripped out of her world, her only fault was that of not knowing her place in the world.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 20.4%, Walking Simulator 19.4%, Horror 14.1%, Exploration 12.5%, Great Soundtrack 10.6%

Why You'll Like It: This game uses a grounded, psychological narrative to explore themes of trauma and isolation within a haunting, real-world setting.

Empathy: Path of Whispers is an atmospheric and story-driven adventure game where you explore a seemingly abandoned world through the emotions and memories of the people who once inhabited it, trying to restore the world’s lost balance by journeying through its past.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 28.3%, Great Soundtrack 23.4%, Story Rich 10.9%, Adventure 10.8%, Atmospheric 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: It emphasizes the exploration of emotional landscapes and memories, aligning perfectly with the themes of guilt and loneliness.

From the creators of Amnesia: The Dark Descent comes SOMA, a sci-fi horror game set below the waves of the Atlantic ocean. Struggle to survive a hostile world that will make you question your very existence.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 19.8%, Psychological Horror 16.6%, Horror 12.3%, First-Person 8.5%, Dark 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: While it features more interaction, its core strength lies in its oppressive atmosphere and deep philosophical questions about existence and identity.

INFRA puts you into the boots of a structural analyst on a routine mission. Quickly though, your task turns into a fight for survival, all caused by deep-rooted schemes of the past. Your tools are simple: your camera and the wits to navigate a labyrinth of debris.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 24.6%, Great Soundtrack 12.2%, Exploration 10.4%, First-Person 9.9%, Atmospheric 7.9%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a slow-burn, exploration-heavy experience that emphasizes the atmosphere of abandoned, industrial spaces.

Firewatch is a single-player first-person mystery set in the Wyoming wilderness, where your only emotional lifeline is the person on the other end of a handheld radio.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 32.9%, Great Soundtrack 13%, Story Rich 10.8%, First-Person 10.1%, Atmospheric 9.3%

Why You'll Like It: It masterfully uses a remote, isolated setting to build a compelling narrative driven by mystery and personal introspection.

A one-armed young girl finds herself locked in a shed in the middle of an idyllic autumn forest, with threats both physical and immaterial drawing closer.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 14.2%, Great Soundtrack 12.6%, Psychological Horror 11.9%, Investigation 7.9%, Horror 7.7%

Why You'll Like It: It is a short, atmospheric psychological horror game that mirrors the intimate, unsettling nature of The Moon Sliver.

Explore an abandoned building, encountering puzzles and clues to discover what happened, as you try to escape in both your nightmares and the waking world. Be immersed in the hauntingly beautiful 3D atmosphere in this puzzle exploration mystery game.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 22.7%, Great Soundtrack 15.6%, First-Person 10.1%, Exploration 9.7%, Atmospheric 9.6%

Why You'll Like It: It emphasizes atmospheric exploration and the mystery of an abandoned, dreamlike world.

Explore a mysterious abandoned bunker and find notes that paint a disturbing picture.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 18.7%, Psychological Horror 14.7%, Horror 9.6%, First-Person 8.2%, Investigation 8.1%

Why You'll Like It: This short, free-to-play experience relies on environmental storytelling and a sense of dread to convey its narrative.

Conarium is a chilling Lovecraftian game, which follows a gripping story involving four scientists and their endeavor to challenge what we normally consider to be the ‘absolute’ limits of nature. Inspired by H.P. Lovecraft’s novella "At the Mountains of Madness", but largely set after the original story.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 27%, Psychological Horror 15.5%, Horror 14.7%, First-Person 9.9%, Adventure 8.4%

Why You'll Like It: It provides a Lovecraftian, atmospheric horror experience that relies on exploration and uncovering secrets in a remote, isolated location.

A slow burn walking sim with an interactive soundtrack and horror vibes. You explore abstract locations and create your own unique sound for each of them by moving around and using Monoliths.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 31.6%, Psychological Horror 20.5%, First-Person 8.4%, Atmospheric 7.8%, Exploration 6.8%

Why You'll Like It: It provides a surreal, atmospheric exploration experience that feels like a quiet, psychological meditation.

Montague's Mount is disturbing psychological thriller set in the bleakness of an abandoned Irish island, featuring exploration and challenging puzzle solving. This game is part one of a two part story, some questions are left unanswered and open to interpretation.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 47.7%, Horror 16%, Adventure 14.2%, Indie 9.5%, Atmospheric 7.4%

Why You'll Like It: This indie title captures a similar feeling of being stranded on a desolate island while attempting to solve a mysterious, personal puzzle.

A first‑person cyberpunk horror detective story set in a decaying, neon‑scarred future. As an Observer who invades minds to hunt for clues, you will sift through corrupted memories to track down a mysterious killer and confront your own dark past.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 28.3%, Investigation 17.3%, Psychological Horror 16.8%, Horror 13.7%, First-Person 11.3%

Why You'll Like It: It blends psychological horror with a dense, atmospheric world that rewards careful observation and exploration.

Ether One is a first person adventure that deals with the fragility of the human mind. There are two paths in the world you can choose from. At its core is a story exploration path free from puzzles where you can unfold the story at your own pace.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 33.7%, First-Person 14%, Exploration 11.5%, Adventure 9.6%, Puzzle 8.8%

Why You'll Like It: It focuses on the exploration of fractured memories and provides a contemplative, puzzle-filled journey through a broken mind.

Among the Sleep: Enhanced Edition is a new and improved version of the award winning first person horror adventure. In the game you play as a small child trapped in a weird nightmare where you go looking for your mom.

Why similar: Horror 32.2%, Walking Simulator 14.4%, First-Person 11%, Atmospheric 8.3%, Psychological Horror 8.1%

Why You'll Like It: This game uses a vulnerable perspective to heighten the sense of psychological horror and the feeling of being pursued.

Investigator is a first-person exploration game with horror elements, where the events take place in a world of extreme weather cataclysms.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 35%, Horror 19.7%, Post-apocalyptic 12.4%, Adventure 10.1%, Atmospheric 10.1%

Why You'll Like It: It is a straightforward, atmospheric walking simulator that focuses on uncovering a mystery in a lonely, abandoned setting.

Northern Canada, 1970. A strange blizzard ravages Atamipek Lake. Step into the shoes of a detective to explore the eerie village, investigate surreal events, and battle the elements to survive. Kona is a chilly interactive tale you won't soon forget.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 23%, First-Person 12.6%, Great Soundtrack 11.7%, Horror 11.3%, Exploration 9.6%

Why You'll Like It: It features a cold, isolated setting where exploration and piecing together a mystery are central to the experience.

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 43.2%, Horror 19.2%, Psychological Horror 9.2%, First-Person 5.6%, Exploration 4.6%

Why You'll Like It: It prioritizes narrative and psychological tension over traditional gameplay, creating a deeply unsettling experience about guilt and morality.

NIGHTGHAST is a first-person horror game about wicked witches and sinister widows...

Why similar: Walking Simulator 30.5%, Psychological Horror 22.7%, Horror 16.8%, Adventure 8.5%, First-Person 8.4%

Why You'll Like It: It delivers a focused, horror-themed walking simulator experience that emphasizes atmosphere and the feeling of being watched.

Caligo is the darkness everyone descends into one way or another, and to each of us it's something different. For some it's a short but exciting adventure, some will see it as a place to relax. Yet others will be reminded of their worst nightmare, while for a few, it might come as a revelation.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 28.6%, Great Soundtrack 16.3%, Psychological Horror 9.8%, Horror 7.6%, First-Person 7.4%

Why You'll Like It: This title offers a short, surreal, and atmospheric journey that prioritizes mood and visual storytelling.

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

Why similar: Adventure 46.5%, Horror 23.9%, Indie 17.8%, Singleplayer 11.8%

Why You'll Like It: This game provides a claustrophobic, psychological horror experience that relies on atmosphere and first-person exploration.

It's a story about a skeptical detective John who's investigating the abandoned's house massacre where group of teenagers were killed. On early night Detective John arriving to the abandoned house to find out what has happened there but suddenly he realized that he is not alone...

Why similar: Walking Simulator 22.8%, Horror 12.1%, Investigation 11.7%, Point & Click 9.1%, Puzzle 7.5%

Why You'll Like It: This game uses a dark, psychological premise to build tension through exploration and puzzle-solving.

A teenage girl and the vengeful ghost possessing her stumble onto horrors of cosmic proportions as the latter searches for a way to murder the former.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 18.2%, Great Soundtrack 14.9%, Psychological Horror 12.4%, Horror 8.2%, First-Person 7.5%

Explore a cold, abandoned, and dreary facility to piece together its mysteries and find a means for escape from the horror that lurks within.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 31.9%, Horror 14.9%, Psychological Horror 14.8%, Atmospheric 10.8%, First-Person 10.6%

LiDAR Exploration Program is a relaxing atmospheric game with light horror elements, where you explore in complete darkness using a scanner to reveal the world around you.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 24.9%, Psychological Horror 19.7%, Horror 13.3%, Exploration 10.1%, First-Person 9.8%

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 22.3%, Psychological Horror 18.9%, Horror 12.6%, Investigation 11%, Dark 10.1%

Fragments of Dread is an episodic psychological horror series. Each episode tells a self-contained story of dread, fear, and survival.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 24.5%, Psychological Horror 18.4%, Horror 11.2%, First-Person 7.9%, Story Rich 7.3%

Left Alone plunges you into a first-person psychological horror journey, where darkness and memories intertwine. As secrets emerge from shadows, use your wits to solve puzzles and explore haunting, forgotten locations. Every step echoes with the past; can you face the truths that await?

Why similar: Walking Simulator 22.5%, Psychological Horror 13.2%, Investigation 9.3%, First-Person 9%, Horror 9%

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 23.2%, Psychological Horror 17%, Horror 11.5%, First-Person 9.3%, Dark 7.2%

'The Guest' is a gloomy adventure full of enigmas where the exploration of your surroundings comes to prominence; puzzles, secrets and riddles will help you discover who has locked you in this somber hotel room and most importantly, why.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 19.3%, Horror 18%, Puzzle 14.5%, Psychological Horror 11.8%, First-Person 11.4%

Deep Sorrow is a horror/adventure game which leads you to a bunker and makes you feel desperate to get out.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 22%, Psychological Horror 15.1%, Horror 12.1%, Adventure 11.9%, First-Person 9.7%

The Wellmonts Case is a first-person psychological horror game set in 1993, Northern Maine. As a private detective, you explore the abandoned Wellmont farm, search for clues, photograph unsettling evidence, and uncover the truth behind a family's unexplained disappearance.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 24.3%, Psychological Horror 17.9%, Horror 11.9%, Investigation 9.1%, Dark 8.7%

On a task to find your sister, you find yourself exploring an old abandoned house. But you soon find out that things are not as they seem.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 25.6%, Horror 14.3%, Psychological Horror 8.6%, Dark 8.4%, Adventure 7.6%

"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 24%, Psychological Horror 17.2%, Horror 11.3%, First-Person 9.2%, Investigation 8.4%

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 20.1%, Psychological Horror 18.1%, Horror 10.9%, Exploration 8.7%, First-Person 7.6%

The main character is a hunter who looks for ancient relics. One day he set off to find a legendary mirror which concluded the great force and so great evil, keeping secrets of a magic artifact. You have a chance to know were is a mirror, but be careful the evil waits for you continually.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 36.8%, Psychological Horror 15%, Horror 10.3%, Great Soundtrack 8.3%, First-Person 7.6%

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

Why similar: Walking Simulator 20.4%, Horror 17%, Dark 11.2%, Exploration 9.9%, First-Person 9.6%

A slow burn retro horror game, in which you arrive at the old lighthouse on a small island near the coast of the United States. After the previous keeper has gone missing, you need to take over his duties and watch after the light.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 19.1%, Psychological Horror 17.6%, Horror 16.9%, First-Person 8.1%, Dark 8.1%

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 28.8%, Psychological Horror 18.3%, Horror 12.4%, First-Person 11.5%, Story Rich 7.7%

Longing for light, a sunless world begins devouring itself. Every step shifts the landscape beneath you as you search for what remains of her.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 26%, Psychological Horror 17.2%, Horror 10.3%, First-Person 8.1%, Exploration 8.1%

A psychological horror short story. Explore the untouched wilderness of rural Wales as you uncover the forgotten remains of a mysterious facility and find the truth behind the missing villagers of Hearth.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 25.4%, Psychological Horror 17.5%, Horror 11.7%, First-Person 9.7%, Dark 8.9%

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 28.3%, Psychological Horror 20.3%, Horror 13.4%, Dark 9.4%, Atmospheric 7.7%

Darkness Ahead is an adventure game about a man searching for his little brother. A plateau between mountains holds a dark secret about its past. You have to stay alive and collect everything you need to complete your quest.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 20.8%, Horror 14.2%, Adventure 11.6%, First-Person 9.3%, Indie 8.9%

When the Darkness comes is a walking simulator whose glitchy and dark tale tries to illustrate the hardships of depression and anxiety through a variety of imaginary digital landscapes.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 28.8%, Walking Simulator 28.3%, Horror 10%, First-Person 9.8%, Dark 5.9%

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 24.3%, Psychological Horror 17.8%, Horror 11.8%, Dark 9.3%, Exploration 8.2%

A first-person horror adventure game that will take you on a journey through an ancient castle and that lies beneath. Dangers and forgotten horrors await in the dark...

Why similar: Walking Simulator 21.8%, Great Soundtrack 14.3%, Horror 13%, Psychological Horror 9.7%, Adventure 9.3%

You play as a man called Jacob Reeves. A man who has lost his reason to live. He throws himself into a blackness to end his misery, but instead of it being the end he wakes up without a memory of his life before.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 23.3%, Horror 22.8%, Great Soundtrack 13.8%, Adventure 8.6%, Dark 7.4%

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

Why similar: Walking Simulator 23.9%, Psychological Horror 19.9%, Horror 13.5%, First-Person 10.8%, Dark 10.4%

Keep in Mind follows Jonas, a man haunted by alcoholism, depression, and grief. One night, he awakens to a shadowy mirror world where beasts lurk and stars don't shine. Lost and scared, Jonas must face the twisted beasts if he ever wishes to return home and learn the truth about his darkness.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 16.1%, Psychological Horror 15.5%, Great Soundtrack 15.5%, Horror 11.4%, Dark 9.2%

You were supposed to have a relaxing cabin trip on a island all alone but after several strange encounters you had a mystery to solve, will you be able to survive a first-person psychological horror game or will you run away?

Why similar: Walking Simulator 21.7%, Psychological Horror 18.2%, Horror 12.1%, First-Person 9.9%, Dark 9.5%

Dream is an exploration game that takes place within the subconscious mind of Howard Phillips, a young man whose waking hours are tedious and dull, but whose dreams are lucid and powerful.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 31.8%, Exploration 12.6%, Great Soundtrack 9.9%, First-Person 9.4%, Adventure 8.2%

Blasfemia is a first-person horror game. You are trapped in a seemingly normal apartment but realize early on that you're not alone. Explore a handcrafted, detail rich environment in a tense and terrifying atmosphere and try to find a way out before an ominous entity gets to you.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 23.2%, Horror 14.8%, Dark 12%, Psychological Horror 8.1%, First-Person 7.5%