- #1 Liminal City
96% matchMostly Positive73% of 91 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 30.4%, Psychological Horror 23.7%, Atmospheric 9.9%, Horror 9.8%, Surreal 9.3%
- #2 Inner Voices
97% matchMixed53% of 93 reviews2017
Dev: Sigma GamesPub: No Gravity Games
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Inner Voices is a dark, non-linear adventure game with a pinch of horror, inspired by works of H. P. Lovecraft and E. A. Poe. Find your way through a procedurally generated maze of rooms and solve the mystery of your past.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 32.3%, Psychological Horror 13%, Walking Simulator 10.5%, Surreal 10.4%, Dark 8.4%
- #3 EMOTIONLESS : The Last Ticket
96% matchVery Positive83% of 137 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: Lovecraftian 30.3%, Walking Simulator 15%, Psychological Horror 12.3%, Dark 8.6%, Horror 7.2%
- #4 Necrophosis
95% matchVery Positive91% of 826 reviews2025
Dev: Dragonis AresPub: Dragonis Games
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 2.7 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Necrophosis is a first-person horror adventure, plunging you into a nightmarish realm teeming with grotesque forms and ominous visuals. Delve into eerie landscapes and uncover secrets in this atmospheric journey through the macabre.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 33.4%, Walking Simulator 17%, Surreal 15.1%, Psychological Horror 12.4%, Horror 6.4%
- #5 HYPNOS
94% matchVery Positive98% of 93 reviews2026
Dev: Redlock Studio
Windows
HYPNOS is a first-person adventure and exploration game, set in a lovecraftian megastructure fever dream. Enter the Nameless City at the edge of Dreams. Follow the trail into the shadow of the Holy Mountain. Embrace your destiny.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 41.7%, Surreal 17.2%, Walking Simulator 11.6%, Horror 9.4%, Atmospheric 7.4%
- #6 The Old City: Leviathan
94% matchMostly Positive72% of 745 reviews2014
Dev: PostMod Softworks
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 61%
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 43.2%, Surreal 17.9%, Atmospheric 14.2%, Exploration 8.4%, Adventure 6.4%
- #7 No one lives under the lighthouse Director's cut
93% matchVery Positive87% of 2,445 reviews2020
Dev: Marevo Collective
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 74%
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: Lovecraftian 29.6%, Walking Simulator 10.7%, Psychological Horror 10.6%, Surreal 9.5%, Horror 8.8%
- #8 Museum of Monoliths
92% matchVery Positive92% of 95 reviews2023
Dev: Podoba InteractivePub: Marevo Collective
Windows
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 23.2%, Surreal 18.5%, Psychological Horror 16.1%, Lovecraftian 10.5%, Atmospheric 7.5%
- #9 GORE
91% matchMostly Positive74% of 123 reviews2025
Dev: CosmicArcade
Windows
GORE is a Lovecraft-inspired horror experience set deep in the Rocky Mountains. Explore the wilderness and uncover the origins of the fleshy entity.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 35.7%, Walking Simulator 18.3%, Psychological Horror 11.2%, Horror 6.6%, Atmospheric 6.4%
- #10 Chorus of Carcosa
91% matchMostly Positive78% of 199 reviews2025
Dev: Chameleon 42
Windows
Chorus of Carcosa is a first-person psychological horror game about an anxious sculptor who is trapped in a dark and ever-changing building. Stay silent, survive its twisted labyrinths and escape the monsters. Just don’t lose your way in the shadows or within your own mind.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 21.3%, Walking Simulator 16.5%, Surreal 12.7%, Psychological Horror 12.5%, Dark 8.7%
- #11 Eclipsium
89% matchVery Positive91% of 3,162 reviews2025
Dev: HousefirePub: CRITICAL REFLEX
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 76%
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: Lovecraftian 22.9%, Walking Simulator 15.1%, Surreal 13.1%, Psychological Horror 10.8%, Dark 6.2%
- #12 God's Basement
90% matchMostly Positive74% of 1,316 reviews2018
Dev: Erebus
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 70%
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 20.6%, Psychological Horror 16.3%, Dark 11.5%, Horror 9.5%, Psychological 9.5%
- #13 NIGHTSLINK
88% matchVery Positive81% of 118 reviews2021
Dev: Noiseminded
Windows
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 22.7%, Surreal 17.5%, Psychological Horror 15.4%, Horror 9.1%, Psychological 7.8%
- #14 Astray
89% matchMixed69% of 230 reviews2015
Dev: Aegon Games Ltd
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 56%
Astray is a first-person horror/puzzle game set in an abandoned museum based on unusual cultures, legends, and supernatural themes. But something more sinister lurks beneath the surface..
Why similar: Lovecraftian 28.1%, Horror 14%, Puzzle 11.9%, Psychological Horror 11.8%, Dark 11.2%
- #15 Lunacy: Saint Rhodes
87% matchMixed59% of 177 reviews2023
Dev: Stormling StudiosPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Lunacy: Saint Rhodes is a first-person psychological horror adventure game. Explore your dark family history, solve puzzles and experience a gut-wrenching feeling of terror. You are being watched; never alone, never safe.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 38.2%, Walking Simulator 14.4%, Surreal 12.3%, Psychological Horror 10.4%, Horror 6%
- #16 Anemoiapolis: Chapter 1
86% matchVery Positive81% of 1,191 reviews2023
Dev: Andrew Quist
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 2.4 hrs≥1hr: 85%
The most relaxing horror game you'll ever play. Anemoiapolis exists in the uncanny valley of American architecture -- endless carpeted floors and lonely malls. Escape for your life, and enjoy the scenery.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 22%, Walking Simulator 15.7%, Psychological Horror 14.4%, Surreal 13%, Horror 8.2%
- #17 A Place, Forbidden
85% matchVery Positive85% of 449 reviews2020
Dev: Poison The Inkwell
Windows
A Place, Forbidden is a first-person, lo-fi horror-puzzle game set in the Library of Ouroboros, a seemingly innocuous library that, rumor has it, contains knowledge not meant for the eyes of mortal man. We hope you enjoy your visit.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 35.2%, Psychological Horror 9.7%, Horror 8.9%, Surreal 8.6%, Dark 8.2%
- #18 The Alien Cube
84% matchVery Positive80% of 575 reviews2021
Dev: Alessandro Guzzo
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 87%
A cursed legacy awakens something ancient, revealing a terrifying reality never meant for human eyes. Follow your missing uncle’s trail, uncover forbidden secrets, and face a Lovecraftian cosmic horror in this first‑person adventure.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 39.7%, Walking Simulator 15.6%, Psychological Horror 12.2%, Horror 8.4%, Atmospheric 7%
- #19 UnderDread
86% matchMixed57% of 138 reviews2016
Dev: Bigzur Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 96%
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 28.2%, Horror 15.7%, Psychological Horror 13.4%, Psychological 11.4%, Adventure 9.7%
- #20 Subliminal
81% matchMostly Positive73% of 3,437 reviews2026
Dev: Accidental StudiosPub: Gone Shootin
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 81%
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: Surreal 26.2%, Psychological Horror 24.5%, Horror 13.3%, Atmospheric 12.1%, Exploration 6.9%
- #21 Transient: Extended Edition
84% matchMostly Positive70% of 341 reviews2020
Dev: Stormling StudiosPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 87%
H.P. Lovecraft meets Cyberpunk. Delve deep into a dystopian world and investigate what is happening to you and your friends in a domed city. Solve puzzles, hack systems and plug in to explore other dimensions. Discover a truth that might tear apart your sanity and question your very existence.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 38.2%, Walking Simulator 16.5%, Psychological Horror 13.5%, Dark 8.3%, Puzzle 6.6%
- #22 The Land of Pain
83% matchMostly Positive75% of 761 reviews2017
Dev: Alessandro Guzzo
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Something strange appears in the woods. Lost in a dark and unknown place, survive an unrelenting enemy, solve puzzles, and uncover the ancient mystery that’s befallen this land in this Lovecraftian Cosmic Horror adventure.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 31.6%, Walking Simulator 16.4%, Psychological Horror 11.3%, Surreal 10.8%, Horror 7.2%
- #23 The Hotel
82% matchMostly Positive79% of 92 reviews2022
Dev: Constant ArtPub: Constant_Art
Windows
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 20.1%, Psychological Horror 15.8%, Surreal 12%, Horror 9.2%, Dark 9.1%
- #24 DREAM LOGIC
80% matchVery Positive90% of 395 reviews2022
Dev: Teleopsia Games
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 2.2 hrs≥1hr: 37%
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 23.1%, Psychological Horror 22.3%, Horror 11.6%, Atmospheric 10.9%, Puzzle 9.3%
- #25 Our Elusive Suffering
82% matchMixed66% of 88 reviews2022
Dev: 👁️Pub: ⚰️
Windows
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Why similar: Lovecraftian 33%, Surreal 18.7%, Walking Simulator 11.8%, Horror 10.4%, Psychological Horror 10.3%
- #26 Moons of Madness
81% matchMostly Positive77% of 2,916 reviews2019
Dev: Rock Pocket GamesPub: Funcom
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Moons of Madness is a first-person, story-driven cosmic horror game where the scientific exploration of Mars meets the supernatural dread of Lovecraft.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 40.5%, Walking Simulator 10.8%, Psychological Horror 10.4%, Horror 10.1%, Adventure 5.4%
- #27 Liminalcore
79% matchVery Positive84% of 714 reviews2024
Dev: Shadow Owl Studios
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 2.7 hrs≥1hr: 77%
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 32.4%, Psychological Horror 22.8%, Surreal 16.6%, Atmospheric 10.7%, Exploration 6.4%
- #28 Dagon: by H. P. Lovecraft
78% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 12,252 reviews2021
Dev: Bit Golem
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 29%
Face unspeakable horrors. Succumb to madness. Welcome to a free daemonic narrative experience inspired by H. P. Lovecraft.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 46.4%, Walking Simulator 11.5%, Psychological Horror 11.4%, Horror 10.6%, Dark 7.3%
- #29 Seybul Tech
78% matchVery Positive91% of 136 reviews2023
Dev: Seybul Tech
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 22.3%, Psychological Horror 17.4%, Surreal 17.3%, Dark 11.7%, Psychological 8.2%
- #30 Marginalia
79% matchVery Positive82% of 61 reviews2019
Dev: Connor Sherlock
Windows
Marginalia is a first-person horror game that transports you to Kestlebrook, a secluded valley where history becomes enmeshed with a strange present. Weeks ago Eric left. Days ago you got a letter telling you to come to him. Now you're here, but precisely where is here? And better yet, when?
Why similar: Lovecraftian 32.2%, Walking Simulator 22.7%, Psychological Horror 13.2%, Horror 7.9%, Dark 6%
- #31 The Echo Paradox
76% matchMostly Positive79% of 61 reviews2025
Dev: Virtuzilla
Windows
The Echo Paradox is a first-person psychological horror game. Humanity stands on the brink of an unsettling revelation – alternate dimensions are real, but eerily without signs of life.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 32.3%, Psychological Horror 17.4%, Surreal 12.9%, Horror 8.9%, Atmospheric 8%
- #32 Conarium
77% matchMostly Positive77% of 2,262 reviews2017
Dev: Stormling StudiosPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 85%
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: Lovecraftian 50.1%, Walking Simulator 16.6%, Psychological Horror 10.2%, Horror 8.4%, Adventure 4.2%
- #33 The Whisperer | Le murmureur
77% matchMixed67% of 121 reviews2021
Dev: Studio Chien d'Or
Windows · Mac
Investigate an abandoned trading post, explore its surroundings and solve the terrible mystery it holds. The Whisperer is a short story-driven point & click game set in Lower Canada at the beginning of the 19th century.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 41.6%, Psychological Horror 10.9%, Dark 10.5%, Horror 9.6%, Atmospheric 8.7%
- #34 Junji Ito Maniac: An Infinite Gaol
73% matchMostly Positive79% of 690 reviews2025
Dev: SOFTSTAR ENTERTAINMENT
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Junji Ito Maniac: An Infinite Gaol is a first-person survival horror game inspired by Junji Ito's psychological horror and eerie aesthetics. This work centers on the twisted potential of human nature and fear of the unknown, taking you on a journey of survival where memory and mystery intertwine.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 26.9%, Horror 15.7%, Psychological Horror 12.2%, Walking Simulator 9.8%, Exploration 9%
- #35 DESOLATIUM: Prologue
76% matchMostly Positive78% of 120 reviews2021
Dev: SUPERLUMEN
Windows · Mac
Median: 48 minMean: 10.6 hrs≥1hr: 40%
DESOLATIUM: PROLOGUE is a first-person point & click Graphic Adventure based on Lovecraft Mythos. Live this horror story where you will have to visit mysterious locations, face lovecraftian creatures, find clues and combine objects to solve puzzles.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 43.7%, Psychological Horror 15.6%, Horror 9.7%, Psychological 7.3%, Dark 6.7%
- #36 Insight
74% matchVery Positive87% of 68 reviews2024
Dev: GravelRoadPub: PaperPixel Games
Windows
Insight is a single-player horror story game shrouded in mystery. You'll take control of different characters to solve crimes and unveil the dark secrets behind them.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 38.8%, Surreal 13.4%, Psychological Horror 13.4%, Dark 10.8%, Horror 8.9%
- #37 The Lies We Tell Ourselves
74% matchMostly Positive71% of 121 reviews2025
Dev: Poopsy
Windows
The Lies We Tell Ourselves is an episodic first person psychological action-adventure game with introspective/horror elements and a focus on subtle storytelling and atmosphere. Explore, solve puzzles, survive and uncover truths buried deep within a castle of lies.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 19.6%, Psychological Horror 16.8%, Surreal 12.2%, Dark 10%, Psychological 8.2%
- #38 Darkness Within 1: In Pursuit of Loath Nolder
75% matchMostly Positive73% of 626 reviews2014
Dev: Stormling StudiosPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 54%
Explore disturbing corners of the human psyche. Delve into a dimension of nightmares, the occult and a tense psychological world created in classic Lovecraftian style. As police detective Howard E. Loreid, you are tasked to solve the murder of Clark Field, a wealthy man involved in the occult.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 52.1%, Psychological Horror 15.3%, Horror 12.2%, Puzzle 7.2%, Atmospheric 5.8%
- #39 POOLS
69% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 6,364 reviews2024
Dev: Tensori
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 6.3 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 29.3%, Psychological Horror 22.6%, Surreal 18.5%, Atmospheric 9.9%, Exploration 5.2%
- #40 墙之恐惧: The Walls Still Stand
73% matchMostly Positive70% of 84 reviews2024
Dev: Starpixel Studios
Windows
Step into the eerie Kowloon Walled City in 墙之恐惧: The Walls Still Stand, an indie horror walking simulator. Complete daily tasks, uncover dark secrets, and explore with 3D spatial sound. Think critically to unlock all six endings in this 1-2 hour journey. Can you escape the city's grip?
Why similar: Walking Simulator 37.8%, Psychological Horror 13.3%, Dark 12.9%, Adventure 9.9%, Atmospheric 9.2%
- #41 Chronicle of Innsmouth
75% matchMostly Positive78% of 255 reviews2017
Dev: PsychoDevPub: AtomicHorde
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Chronicle of Innsmouth is a point'n'click adventure inspired by Lucas' retro classics from the 90s and H.P. Lovecraft's works. Investigate, gather info and solve enigmas to unveil the secrets of the cursed town of Innsmouth, a forsaken place surrounded by horrifying rumors.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 90.5%, Adventure 8.5%, Pixel Graphics 1.1%
- #42 Dark Fracture: Prologue
73% matchVery Positive83% of 1,368 reviews2020
Dev: Twisted II Studio
Windows
Dark Fracture is a psychological horror experience in which you explore an ever-changing world where reality and nightmares collide. Walk on the edge of madness in the shoes of a tormented soul as you descend into the darkest depths of the human psyche, and question everything you see.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 23.9%, Walking Simulator 14.1%, Surreal 12%, Psychological Horror 11.3%, Dark 8.1%
- #43 MIND CORRIDORS: Paroniria
72% matchVery Positive96% of 70 reviews2022
Dev: Heartbyte Studios
Windows
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 21.3%, Psychological Horror 16.2%, Surreal 15.6%, Dark 10.8%, Horror 9.4%
- #44 The Door in the Basement
72% matchVery Positive88% of 184 reviews2021
Dev: Aegon Games
Windows
The Door in the Basement is an atmospheric pixelated horror game set in a mysterious subterranean world.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 16.6%, Walking Simulator 14.1%, Surreal 13.7%, Dark 12.9%, Horror 10.3%
- #45 RESTORER
70% matchMostly Positive78% of 54 reviews2025
Dev: Beshbarmak games
Windows
RESTORER is a classic walking simulator set in an old, atmospheric mansion. Something roams the halls… It wants to share its secret—with the price being your sanity.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 31.1%, Psychological Horror 23.7%, Dark 11.4%, Atmospheric 10.7%, Horror 9.2%
- #46 Ember Seeker
69% matchVery Positive94% of 64 reviews2026
Dev: Lehti E.
Windows
An atmospheric exploration game set in a Dark Fantasy world. Explore the ruins of an ancient civilisation and uncover it's forgotten past through a short nonlinear story with timeless retro graphics.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 45.6%, Adventure 11.2%, Exploration 10.2%, Atmospheric 10%, Retro 8.1%
- #47 In My Head
71% matchMostly Positive70% of 142 reviews2024
Dev: JustTomcuk
Windows
You have been sent photographs of a place where, according to rumors, an artifact of an ancient civilization is hidden... Do you dare to go there?!
Why similar: Walking Simulator 25.4%, Psychological Horror 19.3%, Horror 11.4%, Dark 11.3%, Psychological 9.2%
- #48 There's Nothing Down There
67% matchVery Positive89% of 272 reviews2026
Dev: Tim Trankle
Windows
There's Nothing Down There is a short undersea horror exploration game. Descend into a sinkhole at the bottom of the ocean and discover the remains of a lost, yet not dead, civilization.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 35.2%, Horror 21.4%, Exploration 9.8%, First-Person 7.9%, Adventure 6.9%
- #49 Care
69% matchVery Positive96% of 71 reviews2024
Dev: The Pocket Dimension
Windows
Care is an atmospheric first person horror game with puzzle elements, where your choices have consequences. Be observant with your surroundings and unravel the horrific secrets that hide within these walls.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 33.8%, Walking Simulator 20.6%, Dark 11.2%, Horror 9.7%, Puzzle 8.5%
- #50 First Session
71% matchVery Positive81% of 90 reviews2021
Dev: Lappi Soft
Windows
First Person Psychological Horror. Addicted to virtual ecstasy, trapped in digital hell. Navigate glitchy dreamscapes and a city that never sleeps. Every mission brings you closer to your next dose, but will you follow your protective AI, or the man behind a liberating new drug?
Why similar: Walking Simulator 17%, Psychological Horror 16.1%, Surreal 14.1%, Psychological 10.3%, Retro 9.2%
- #51 Gray Dawn
70% matchVery Positive84% of 1,182 reviews2018
Dev: Interactive Stone
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Embark on a terrifying adventure of a priest accused of murdering an altar boy. Gray Dawn is a psychological thriller infused with religious elements and combines story-driven quests with an artistic experience.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 37.3%, Psychological Horror 17.4%, Walking Simulator 13%, Horror 7.6%, Surreal 6.2%
- #52 Hotel 188
68% matchVery Positive88% of 78 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 33.4%, Psychological Horror 25.8%, Atmospheric 11.5%, Dark 7.3%, First-Person 5.8%
- #53 Chasing Static
68% matchVery Positive87% of 504 reviews2021
Dev: Headware Games
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 86%
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 24.9%, Psychological Horror 18.3%, Dark 12.7%, Horror 10.6%, Atmospheric 8.9%
- #54 DEEP FOG
70% matchMostly Positive72% of 148 reviews2022
Dev: Devil Beetle Games
Windows
Deep Fog is a single-player, 2D horizontal pixel horror/adventure game. Explore the strange events that occurred in Fog City. The game's 5 chapters will be released in phases.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 47.5%, Psychological Horror 16.7%, Horror 9.7%, Dark 8.6%, Atmospheric 8.5%
- #55 Hell Dive
67% matchVery Positive92% of 73 reviews2025
Dev: Teacup Games
Windows
Hell Dive is a first-person horror game where you are a Maritime Operative alone aboard a submarine. Sent on a mission to revive an abandoned deep-sea colony, you uncover dark secrets as terrifying and deadly horrors await in its depths
Why similar: Lovecraftian 35.5%, Walking Simulator 20.3%, Psychological Horror 14.3%, Horror 7.5%, Atmospheric 6.7%
- #56 Decarnation
67% matchVery Positive88% of 1,087 reviews2023
Dev: Atelier QDBPub: Shiro Unlimited
Windows
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Where do you run to when your demons reside within you? Decarnation is a pixel art adventure/action puzzle game with a horrific story inspired by some of the most influential films and novels in the genre. Dive into a breathtaking thriller where nightmares and dreams intertwine…
Why similar: Lovecraftian 28.1%, Surreal 20.9%, Psychological Horror 11.3%, Dark 8.5%, Puzzle 8.5%
- #57 Delirium
67% matchVery Positive87% of 91 reviews2025
Dev: IndividualKex
Windows
Delirium is a psychological horror game set in a suburban house. After a mysterious explosion, reality begins to unravel.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 22.4%, Psychological Horror 19.9%, Dark 11.3%, Horror 10.4%, Surreal 8.8%
- #58 Hidden: On the trail of the Ancients
71% matchMixed65% of 85 reviews2015
Dev: Lost Spell
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Immersed into dark and unexplored ancient woods in a search of the almost forgotten "Legend of the Ancients". But not everything goes as planned as the place keeps a never revealed horrifying secret. Hidden is a first person horror point n' click adventure game, with focus on story, puzzles and exploration.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 33.6%, Psychological Horror 21%, Horror 17.6%, Dark 12.8%, Adventure 11.6%
- #59 THIEF'S SHELTER
66% matchVery Positive95% of 60 reviews2025
Dev: Geo GamesPub: Restless Corp.
Windows
THIEF’S SHELTER is a 3D Point and Click Psychological Adventure where the world mirrors a crumbling mind. Nothing stays still, and even your own thoughts can’t be trusted.
Why similar: Psychological 18.6%, Dark 17.3%, Psychological Horror 17%, Puzzle 11.9%, Atmospheric 11.2%
- #60 Liminal Lane
66% matchVery Positive81% of 63 reviews2025
Dev: Ravenhome Studios
Windows
Welcome to Liminal Lane. A short, single player, first person, atmospheric walking simulator. A nostalgic, surreal experience exploring Liminal Spaces. Uncover the secrets of Liminal Lane and escape the Lucid Dreams and Haunting Nightmares.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 34.7%, Dark 13.2%, Puzzle 13.1%, Atmospheric 8.8%, Exploration 7.7%