Games Like The Mysterious Backrooms

Night Clerk is a first-person psychological horror experience set in a quiet roadside motel. Monitor CCTV cameras, answer late-night calls, and uncover subtle anomalies as long stretches of silence slowly give way to unsettling patterns.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 29.3%, Adventure 14.6%, Exploration 10.3%, Realistic 9.2%, First-Person 8.6%

How do you go about your life when self-isolation has become the new normal? CHESTNUT GROVE is based on my personal experience of quarantine and features 100% real documents and notices.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 35.7%, Adventure 18.8%, Exploration 12.4%, First-Person 10.1%, Dark 9.2%

You are a ghost forever trapped in endless worlds you never even knew existed. An atmospheric experience focused on slow pacing, exploration, and deep environmental immersion.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 32.1%, Adventure 16.1%, Exploration 11.3%, Realistic 9.9%, First-Person 9.4%

The Maid is a first-person psychological horror and mystery game that focuses on creating fear and tension in the player.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 28.3%, Realistic 11%, Adventure 10.6%, Exploration 10.4%, First-Person 9.8%

A psychological horror walking simulator set in an endless flooded pool. Explore liminal corridors, notice subtle anomalies, and endure the growing tension as you search for an escape.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 29.6%, Adventure 15.2%, Exploration 9.7%, Realistic 8.4%, First-Person 7.1%

A deadly search for a grandmother in the village. Can you escape the loop? Unpredictable horror.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 31.7%, Adventure 15.2%, Exploration 11.2%, Realistic 9.9%, First-Person 9.5%

Dream Voyage is an Indie Story rich Walking simulator focused on the exploration of introspective surreal levels in the dream world of a 10 years old blind child who's looking for the memories of their late mother. Dream Voyage's hudless experience will immerse you in this emotive searching.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 40.4%, Surreal 14.7%, Exploration 13.2%, Adventure 11.9%, First-Person 9.9%

After crashing in the winter wilderness, you wake up in the middle of a blizzard. The forest is dead, the roads are gone, communication is lost. The only chance of salvation is a village hidden in the snow.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 34.9%, Adventure 16.8%, Realistic 12.7%, Exploration 11.7%, First-Person 10.5%

Experience the spine-chilling horror game where you explore the haunted depths of an ancient cave shrouded in mystery. As Rani, you will navigate cryptic puzzles, eerie spirits, and survive the supernatural to uncover dark secrets and escape with your life.

Why similar: Supernatural 16.4%, Walking Simulator 15.9%, Adventure 15.2%, Dark 12.2%, Exploration 10.2%

Horror Game made in Hong Kong. 1st POV walking simulator. Investigating weird case happened to next door. By Unreal Engine 5.2.1.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 33.7%, Adventure 16.9%, Realistic 12.5%, Exploration 11.8%, First-Person 8.2%

Veil of Sight is a first-person psychological horror game. After disturbing eye experiments, blinking is no longer natural. Explore an abandoned hospital, solve puzzles and survive the doctor who turned your body against you.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 25%, Supernatural 14.2%, Realistic 9.4%, Survival Horror 9.3%, Dark 8.8%

Aquariums is a liminal space horror adventure with elements of thalassophobia and poolrooms. You find yourself in a mysterious facility full of oversized Aquariums and Sea Life. Navigate the flooded rooms to find out the secret behind this sinister place.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 25%, Underwater 14.8% ★, Surreal 10.8%, Exploration 9.2%, First-Person 8.7%

Confined to a wheelchair, explore a hospital pulled into a distorted world beneath reality. A slow psychological horror focused on exploration, tension, and the unsettling atmosphere of this strange place.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 31.2%, Adventure 15.2%, Exploration 11%, Realistic 10.1%, First-Person 9.3%

The madness of death is a first person psychological horror game. Explore the house in order to escape from it and break the curse of the Death Stone. You will have to solve the puzzles in order to advance and try not to stay in the dark.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 29.5%, Adventure 14.2%, Exploration 10.4%, Realistic 9.4%, First-Person 7.9%

One final night watch in a half-renovated hotel. Corridors stretch too far, doors breathe open, and the silence is full of footsteps. They said just make it to morning—but the building was never empty, and it doesn’t want you to leave.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 26.4%, Supernatural 13%, Adventure 11.2%, Realistic 10.4%, Dark 9%

The Fifth Bell is a dark horror adventure about a folklorist trapped in cursed places. Explore, survive, and uncover the mystery behind the Fifth Bell.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 28%, Adventure 14.5%, Exploration 9.9%, Realistic 9.6%, Supernatural 9.4%

Nomad Nightmare is a psychological horror where the line between dream and reality blurs. When his car stalls on a remote road at night, a vlogger finds refuge in a motel. But this place is a trap. Explore, solve puzzles, and try to escape the nightmare.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 27.6%, Adventure 13.9%, Exploration 9.1%, Supernatural 9%, Realistic 8.1%

As a journalist, you travel to an abandoned village to investigate a dark event that occurred years ago. As you progress through missing babies, hidden diaries, and forbidden rituals, you will be forced to perform a dangerous ritual yourself to uncover the truth.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 30.8%, Adventure 15.2%, Supernatural 12.7%, Exploration 10.8%, First-Person 9.8%

Immerse yourself in poolcore-inspired vibes as you explore a vast complex of mind-bending liminal architecture straight out of your dreams. Navigate through a facility filled with obstacles and puzzles, venturing into depths that descend far below the rippling, chlorinated waters.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 33.3%, Adventure 16.4%, Exploration 10.9%, Realistic 9.2%, First-Person 7.7%

“Grandma, Is That You?” is a psychological horror game. As we visit our elderly and ill grandmother to help her, the old mansion reveals buried memories and dark secrets. The line between reality and illusion begins to blur.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 30.3%, Supernatural 14.3%, Exploration 11.2%, Adventure 10.2%, First-Person 9.6%

An abandoned inn where lost souls wander, your decision will determine its outcome.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 41.2%, Adventure 21.6%, Exploration 14.3%, First-Person 12%, 3D 9%

Explore a mysterious hotel's treacherous corridors to reach the bottom floor and escape. Use your wits to spot anomalies, avoiding traps to progress. Trust your intuition to overcome challenges and find freedom.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 35.8%, Adventure 12.9%, Exploration 12.5%, Supernatural 12.3%, Dark 8.9%

A VHS found-footage horror anthology where everyday chores become your worst nightmares. Experience a growing collection of bite-sized analog horror episodes, from a late-night trip to the laundromat to a terrifying walk home. Can you survive the mundane?

Why similar: Walking Simulator 33.6%, Exploration 14.4%, First-Person 10.7%, Realistic 9.1%, Adventure 8.5%

Unravel the roots of an underground facility entombed deep within a jungle. Feel the dread as you wander the long-forgotten halls while being stalked by a creature of unknown origin. A creature YOU unleashed upon yourself.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 29.3%, Realistic 10.7%, Exploration 10.7%, Adventure 10%, First-Person 8.9%

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 22.7%, Supernatural 14.3%, Realistic 10.9%, Surreal 8.7%, Adventure 7.5%

You are Alex, a curious journalist who has decided to investigate the mysterious disappearance of the entire staff of Synergy Soft. Six months ago, all the employees went mad at once, staging a bloody massacre. The official version is mass psychosis. But the truth is much more terrifying.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 30.5%, Adventure 15.7%, Exploration 10.7%, Realistic 9.3%, First-Person 7.8%

Immerse yourself in a sinister narrative as you piece together the story through hints in this eerie place. Every step you take inches you closer to the truth.Will you uncover the chilling truth?

Why similar: Walking Simulator 28.3%, Supernatural 17.8%, Realistic 10.7%, Exploration 10%, First-Person 9%

77th: The Game is an abstract representation of the experience of joining an online community. Walk through the community and solve the puzzles to progress as a community member.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 37.7%, Adventure 19.4%, First-Person 11.8%, Realistic 11.6%, Surreal 10.1%

Explore liminal spaces that feel eerily familiar and fire the imagination, like a dream you’ve already visited.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 29.2%, Exploration 12.3%, Underwater 12% ★, First-Person 9.7%, Surreal 9.4%

You’ve stucked into a loop in the mysterious hotel. Find anomalies to escape the hotel’s loop.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 28.3%, Supernatural 14.5%, Surreal 10.7%, First-Person 9.6%, Exploration 9.4%

You are aboard an endless train. Find anomalies, report them, and move on. But be careful—missing just one may cost you the loop.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 42%, Exploration 18.3%, Adventure 17%, Dark 10.6%, 3D 10%

I wolf down a cold, lonely meal. Work's wearing me down, and money's shaky. The syrup I pour into my cold coffee never mixes, no matter how much I stir. So I figure I'll just wander around in my dreams.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 48.8%, Exploration 15.9%, Adventure 15%, First-Person 13.2%, 3D 6.2%

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

Why similar: Walking Simulator 33%, Exploration 13.8%, First-Person 10.6%, Surreal 10.1%, Realistic 8.5%

A first-person horror puzzle game set in a surreal brutalist prison. Walk, jump, crouch, pick up objects, and interact with the environment as you solve puzzles and evade a stalker. Designed for a one-hour completion — a compact horror experience for the price of a coffee.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 30.6%, Adventure 15.7%, Exploration 10.8%, Building 9.2%, Realistic 8.7%

YELLOW is a liminal survival horror game. As a M.E.G. inspector in hazmat gear, explore unstable Backrooms zones to document "Undocumented" entities. With zero data available, you must study these lethal threats, uncover their origins, and solve the mystery of why new levels are appearing.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 32.1%, Exploration 11.4%, Supernatural 10.5%, First-Person 9.7%, Dark 8.8%

"Unknown Memoirs" is a short horror game series focusing on distressing tales of horror. "Stormy Night" sets the player in a world where an unnatural storm has been going on for days. As the player explores the world around them, things start to take a turn towards the unnatural.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 25.7%, Realistic 10.1%, Exploration 9.3%, Supernatural 9%, Adventure 8.7%

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 25.4%, Supernatural 12.2%, Surreal 10.4%, Realistic 8.1%, First-Person 7.9%

Descend into darkness as John, a search and rescue officer reaching the final destination of the journey. Explore claustrophobic mines in this horror experience that blends atmospheric exploration with stealth-based survival.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 38%, Adventure 19.8%, Exploration 13.2%, First-Person 11.9%, Mystery 8.5%

Backrooms: Glitchfield is a cooperative horror game for 1–4 players. You have to explore this level by yourself or with the help of your friends and complete it, have you ever encountered crashes? and if they have flooded the whole world will you be able to complete the game?

Why similar: Walking Simulator 25.9%, Supernatural 10.9%, Realistic 10.8%, Exploration 9.6%, Adventure 9.2%

The Paranormal Is Happening is a psychological horror experience set in an isolated forest village abandoned after a mysterious event in the 1940s. Sent to investigate its disappearance, you must collect evidence and uncover the truth before something in the woods finds you.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 30.6%, Adventure 15.8%, Realistic 9.1%, Exploration 9%, First-Person 7.7%

THE EXPERIMENT: 49 is a first-person horror game that immerses you in the depths of fear A dangerous experiment that escaped from HelixGen Labs has reached a family home deep in the forest. Your mission is to uncover the secrets hidden within the house, survive, and find a way to end this nightmare.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 29.6%, Realistic 12.4%, Adventure 10.7%, First-Person 10.3%, Dark 9.6%

The story begins as the protagonist receives a cursed doll and starts suffering from recurring nightmares. Players explore dark environments and face fear through various horror elements. The game offers two different endings and delivers a short but intense horror experience.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 35.5%, Adventure 17.8%, Exploration 12.5%, First-Person 11.3%, Mystery 7.8%

Strashna 2 is a first-person psychological horror game where players control a painting restorer who has received an invitation from the artist to visit his mansion. Solve puzzles and escape the evil that lives in this ancient estate. Can you survive the descent into madness?

Why similar: Walking Simulator 21.2%, Supernatural 14.2%, Survival Horror 10.1%, Exploration 9.6%, Realistic 8.5%

Survive Wendigo and any other challenges that await you later in the adventure!

Why similar: Adventure 17.6%, Supernatural 14.4%, Exploration 12.5%, Realistic 11.1%, First-Person 10.4%

Explore the halls of the underground cult of The Open Hand. Experience the test rooms setup for your initiation in this psychological horror exploration game. Never forget....they are always watching.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 28.2%, Exploration 11.4%, Surreal 10.5%, First-Person 9.6%, Realistic 9.2%

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 29.5%, Supernatural 13%, Realistic 12.6%, Exploration 10.7%, First-Person 8.7%

A fever-dream-like puzzle horror game. Descend to the depths of a sleeping curse, survive every floor and find your way out of the never ending nightmare.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 26.1%, Supernatural 13.6%, Surreal 10.9%, Dark 10%, Realistic 9.2%

Strange noises echo through empty rooms, shadows seem to shift, and it feels like you’re never truly alone. To feel safer, you’ve installed a smart monitoring system, allowing you to watch every room. But in a place like this, will that be enough?

Why similar: Supernatural 18.5%, Surreal 13.2%, Mystery 10.8%, First-Person 9%, Dark 8.5%

Room Rules is an experimental simulator focused on the study of anomalous rooms. Follow the protocols, complete test sessions, and analyze the behavior of anomalous “Rooms.”

Why similar: Walking Simulator 34.6%, Adventure 18.8%, Realistic 10.5%, Supernatural 10.2%, First-Person 8.9%

Angstraum is an oppressive horror game that traps you in a threatening, never-ending loop. Observe your surroundings, uncover deviant anomalies, and escape deadly threats to find the exit.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 29.6%, Realistic 13.4%, Exploration 11.4%, First-Person 10%, Surreal 9.2%

2012. The Arctic research station "Persei" loses contact with the outside world. You are Ethan Miller, a technician sent to the facility to fix the issues. But something here has clearly gone out of control.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 34.3%, Adventure 14.9%, Supernatural 11%, First-Person 10.9%, Realistic 9.3%

A walking simulator about dear memories, overcoming obstacles, and finding your path. Experience a story inspired by finno-karelian folklore.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 39.2%, Supernatural 14%, Exploration 12.9%, First-Person 11.2%, Realistic 7.1%

Please make your way to the top floor. Bob is waiting for you.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 32.1%, Adventure 17.8%, Exploration 11.2%, First-Person 8.7%, Dark 8.6%

A psychological horror game where a police officer investigates a cold case in a decaying house, uncovering a strange and haunting tape recorder that reveals a terrible secret.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 31.3%, Realistic 11.5%, Exploration 11.4%, Adventure 11.3%, First-Person 9.6%

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 39.5%, Adventure 20.5%, Exploration 13.8%, Surreal 11.3%, 3D 8.7%

WEM3 presents their debut horror adventure! Wield your camera to materialize invisible entities and reveal the hidden truth.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 45.2%, Adventure 24.5%, Exploration 15.6%, First-Person 13.9%, Singleplayer 0.7%

Escaping from a car trunk, you find yourself in the garage of a mysterious house, with no memory of what happened. Step inside this first-person psychological horror experience and uncover the truth hidden inside.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 27%, Supernatural 16.2%, Dark 11.7%, Realistic 9.9%, Mystery 8.9%

Shadows of Deceit is a first-person psychological horror focused on narrative investigation and atmosphere. Set within an abandoned building deep in Havenbrook forest, the player uncovers fragments of the past and reconstructs the truth about the night Isabelle Nox disappeared.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 17.2%, Supernatural 14%, Realistic 9%, Mystery 8.7%, Survival Horror 8.4%

"Echoes of the Museum" immerses you in a first-person psychological horror set inside a corrupted museum. You are Alicia, a restoration student drawn into a nightmare where collecting souls opens sealed paths, but slowly erodes your sanity and distorts reality.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 30.2%, Adventure 16.3%, Exploration 10.6%, Dark 9%, First-Person 8.4%

Relive the lives of a student, teen, and worker in this first-person Japanese horror. With gentle scares, one-hour playtime, and a striking monochrome style, it’s perfect for newcomers. Crafted solo by a 20-year-old, this exploration-driven tale blends beauty with quiet dread.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 31.8%, Adventure 15.2%, Exploration 10.5%, First-Person 8.2%, Dark 7.7%