Games Like The New Flesh

Explore the mysterious Hotel Norwood in this surreal first-person adventure. Curious characters, forgotten secrets, and head-nodding music await your arrival.

Why similar: Music 30.5%, Surreal 21.2%, Walking Simulator 14.3%, Great Soundtrack 8.7%, First-Person 7.5%

Why You'll Like It: This game shares the same surreal, music-focused DNA and quirky, handcrafted world-building as The New Flesh.

You're stranded at a cathedral-like train station in the near future, searching for a ticket out of town. Explore the secret passageways, interact with strangers, dig for records, and get hypnotized by the soundtrack – a batch of original music courtesy of the band, Archie Pelago.

Why similar: Surreal 41.6%, Walking Simulator 29.1%, Great Soundtrack 10.9%, First-Person 7.6%, Atmospheric 3.7%

Why You'll Like It: Created by the same developer, this title is a masterclass in surreal, atmospheric exploration within a unique musical setting.

Find your way out of BABBDI. A short, first person exploration experience.

Why similar: Surreal 34.7%, Walking Simulator 29.5%, First-Person 10.6%, Atmospheric 10.2%, Horror 4.7%

Why You'll Like It: A surreal, free-to-play exploration experience that captures a similar sense of strange, isolated discovery.

The goal of the game is to find your favourite room in the catacombs.

Why similar: Surreal 36.9%, Psychedelic 23.8%, Walking Simulator 12.3%, Atmospheric 6.2%, First-Person 6.2%

Why You'll Like It: This game offers a deeply abstract and psychedelic exploration experience that feels like wandering through a digital dream.

Manipulate the look, sound, and feel of more than a dozen mesmerizing landscapes in this immersive musical adventure through space and time.

Why similar: Music 48%, Walking Simulator 19.2%, Psychedelic 15.3%, Atmospheric 12.1%, Indie 3.5%

Why You'll Like It: A highly experimental, music-driven experience where the environment reacts to your presence and input.

FRACT is a musical exploration game. You arrive in a forgotten place and explore the vast and unfamiliar landscape to discover the secrets of a world built on sound. You rebuild its machinery by solving puzzles and bring the world back to life by shaping sound and creating music in the game.

Why similar: Music 66.6%, First-Person 7.9%, Great Soundtrack 6.8%, Walking Simulator 5.5%, Surreal 4.6%

Why You'll Like It: A puzzle-exploration game where the world is built entirely out of music and sound-based mechanics.

A humorous adventure set in a 3D parody of the internet. Diverse puzzles, beautiful worlds, friends, experiences, upgrades and more, await those who 'log on'!

Why similar: Surreal 41.3%, Walking Simulator 29.1%, Great Soundtrack 9.2%, Psychedelic 5.5%, First-Person 4.9%

Why You'll Like It: Features a surreal, internet-inspired aesthetic that mirrors the strange, screen-based world of The New Flesh.

Proteus is a game about exploration and immersion in a dream-like island world where the soundtrack to your play is created by your surroundings. Played in first-person, the primary means of interaction is simply your presence in the world and how you observe it.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 39.7%, Music 12.6%, Relaxing 10.9%, First-Person 8%, Surreal 6.8%

Why You'll Like It: A relaxing, procedurally generated exploration game where the environment creates the soundtrack as you move.

SLUDGE LIFE is a first-person / open-world / vandalism-centric stroll through a polluted island full of cranky idiots and a vibe so thick you can taste it.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 41.3%, Psychedelic 23.9%, First-Person 15%, Atmospheric 12.1%, Exploration 3.8%

Why You'll Like It: A vibe-heavy, surreal exploration game that rewards curiosity with bizarre encounters and a distinct, gritty atmosphere.

Smuggle contraband VHS tapes across the border. Discover the remnants of illicit industry. Prepare for an assassination. This is Paratopic, an atmospheric retro-3D horror adventure through a cursed fever dream.

Why similar: Surreal 46.8%, Walking Simulator 15.8%, Great Soundtrack 11.5%, Horror 8.5%, Atmospheric 8.4%

Why You'll Like It: A low-poly, surreal horror-adjacent experience that relies on atmosphere and fragmented storytelling.

SLUDGE LIFE 2 is the grimiest first-person vandalism sim since the first SLUDGE LIFE—but, like, twice as dense. Explore a huger, weirder, gnarlier open world loaded with secrets, weirdos, jokes, and, of course, plenty of spots to tag.

Why similar: First-Person 48.1%, Atmospheric 26.5%, Exploration 14.9%, Indie 6.1%, Singleplayer 4.3%

Why You'll Like It: Expands on the surreal, open-ended exploration of its predecessor with even more eccentric characters and environments.

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: Surreal 36.6%, Walking Simulator 34%, First-Person 9%, Atmospheric 8%, 3D 4.1%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on atmospheric, surreal exploration within a series of mysterious, isolated spaces.

They may be awkward dimensions, but they're my dreams...

Why similar: Walking Simulator 39.5%, Surreal 15.8%, First-Person 13.6%, Great Soundtrack 13.5%, Horror 7.4%

Why You'll Like It: A collection of surreal, experimental vignettes that capture a similar indie, first-person vibe.

Are you looking for something completely different? An oddity? An enigma? Or perhaps .. an Anomaly? Anomalies may be a game, then again it may not. One user described it as "A million musical leeches, waiting to suck the serotonin from my brain." And that's just the beginning...

Why similar: Music 46%, Surreal 23.5%, Psychedelic 14.2%, Atmospheric 6.3%, Relaxing 5.3%

Why You'll Like It: Combines psychedelic visuals with music-driven real-time exploration for a truly hypnotic experience.

Snap your own homemade liminal space photos using a mysterious SLR camera as you explore a variety of empty, strange, and familiar spaces.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 41%, First-Person 12.2%, Atmospheric 12.1%, Horror 8.4%, Casual 7.1%

Why You'll Like It: A liminal space exploration game that captures the eerie, quiet feeling of empty, familiar locations.

Perception is reality. In this mind-bending first-person puzzler, you escape a surreal dream world through solving impossible puzzles using the ambiguity of depth and perspective.

Why similar: Surreal 52.2%, Psychedelic 20.1%, First-Person 18.1%, Horror 4.4%, Exploration 2.7%

Why You'll Like It: A first-person game that plays with perspective and surreal logic in a way that feels like a lucid dream.

A sci-fi exploration sim for people who like to wander. Get lost in an alien city, hang out with locals, see some sights. There’s no goal but to stroll. Where will your feet take you?

Why similar: Walking Simulator 45.9%, First-Person 15.1%, Relaxing 12%, Atmospheric 10.2%, 3D 4.3%

Why You'll Like It: A short, atmospheric exploration game that captures a feeling of wandering through a strange, alien city.

A serene first person exploration game in a surreal, organic world that reacts to your presence. Journey through a psychedelically colorful ecosystem of flourishing flora, rambling waterfalls, burgeoning mountains, glowing monoliths and graceful creatures. A 1-3 hour escape from work, anxiety and stress.

Why similar: Surreal 28.6%, Walking Simulator 24.3%, Great Soundtrack 9.9%, Casual 9.4%, First-Person 8.8%

Why You'll Like It: A relaxing, surreal exploration game where the world grows and changes around you as you walk.

Time is relative. Sometimes 10 seconds can feel like an eternity... In TIMEframe you will discover a world in slow motion. Explore the remnants of a mysterious civilization on the brink of destruction.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 44.6%, Great Soundtrack 17.2%, First-Person 12.3%, Casual 9.6%, Atmospheric 9.4%

Why You'll Like It: A short, atmospheric exploration game with a unique, time-dilated perspective and a haunting soundtrack.

Rediscover gravity and explore an Escher-esque world of impossible architecture. Witness infinity in first-person and master its rules to solve physics-defying puzzles. Cultivate a garden to open new paths forward, where an eternal expanse awaits.

Why similar: Surreal 44.2%, Psychedelic 19.5%, First-Person 14.3%, Atmospheric 7.8%, Relaxing 7.6%

Why You'll Like It: Features impossible, repeating architecture that creates a surreal, meditative exploration experience.

Be the Universe in this epic, award-winning reality simulation game - featuring thousands of playable characters, endless exploration, an extraordinary soundtrack and narration from Alan Watts.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 27.4%, Relaxing 17.8%, Casual 16.2%, Great Soundtrack 15.2%, Atmospheric 10.7%

Why You'll Like It: A philosophical, ambient experience that allows you to explore the world from the perspective of anything in existence.

A walking sim in which you can explore all kinds of mysterious places and dive into a world full of atmosphere. Let this experience unfold in your head. Let it inspire you.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 55%, Great Soundtrack 14.3%, Casual 13.3%, Atmospheric 10%, Indie 5.2%

Why You'll Like It: A short, atmospheric walking simulator that emphasizes scale and abstract, monochromatic environments.

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 34.9%, Surreal 30.8%, First-Person 10.7%, Atmospheric 9.2%, Relaxing 6.1%

Why You'll Like It: A highly atmospheric, liminal-space walking simulator that prioritizes visual immersion over traditional gameplay.

A surreal first-person exploration game where you roam a fictional convenience store, collect hidden audio fragments, and unlock cryptic wisdom. Sample the full Black Hole Superette album, discover hidden easter eggs, and dive into a twisted soundscape of interactive hip-hop absurdity.

Why similar: Surreal 40.8%, First-Person 20.2%, Casual 12.9%, Atmospheric 12.2%, 3D 9.5%

Why You'll Like It: A casual, music-focused 3D experience that mirrors the experimental, artist-driven nature of The New Flesh.

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 41.3%, First-Person 12.1%, Surreal 11.2%, Atmospheric 8.7%, Great Soundtrack 8.2%

Why You'll Like It: An indie exploration title that leans heavily into surreal, dream-like logic and abstract visuals.

Enter the lost world of Kairo. Explore vast abandoned monuments. Bring strange and ancient machinery back to life. Slowly uncover the true purpose of Kairo and fulfil a great destiny.Kairo is an atmospheric 3D exploration and puzzle solving game.

Why similar: Surreal 42.8%, Walking Simulator 17.7%, First-Person 15.5%, Atmospheric 11.6%, Exploration 4.8%

Why You'll Like It: A minimalist, atmospheric puzzle-exploration game set in a series of surreal, abstract environments.

NaissanceE is an obscure and magical first person exploration game, a philosophical trip and an artistic experience. The adventure takes place in a primitive mysterious structure and the game mainly consists to explore and feel the deep and strong ambiance of this atemporal world.

Why similar: Surreal 30.2%, Walking Simulator 30%, First-Person 11.8%, Atmospheric 9.4%, Psychedelic 4.9%

Walking simulator. Explore cozy liminal spaces that feel unsettlingly familiar and spark your imagination, like a dream you’ve been in before.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 35.4%, Surreal 27.1%, First-Person 12.1%, Relaxing 5.9%, Atmospheric 4.9%

A surreal first person walking sim about the end of humanity. Explore magnificent sky-bound ruins, and learn why they were built.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 51%, First-Person 12.7%, Atmospheric 9.5%, Casual 7.8%, Relaxing 5.7%

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 42.4%, Surreal 23.8%, First-Person 10.6%, Atmospheric 10.2%, Great Soundtrack 5.5%

Lucid Cycle offers a set of short but unique experiences.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 32.5%, Surreal 23.7%, Cats 15.6%, First-Person 9.5%, Atmospheric 7.9%

Explore, Listen and Observe. LIMINAL WATERS is a liminal space exploration game. Discover a large facility with diverse rooms and themes and be enchanted by the radiant beauty of Unreal Engine 5.6. Relaxation, anxiety, confusion or familiarity? The mysterious Poolrooms are waiting for you.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 36.8%, Surreal 36.4%, Relaxing 9.3%, Atmospheric 7.3%, Horror 6.6%

Uncover secrets, experience history, solve puzzles and understand one another. Immerse yourself and explore a surreal and colorful world in this short, first-person adventure.

Why similar: Surreal 39.1%, Walking Simulator 27.5%, Psychedelic 12.8%, First-Person 8.6%, 3D 4.6%

a small dream explorer.

Why similar: Surreal 38.5%, Walking Simulator 33.8%, Atmospheric 8.8%, Horror 5.8%, 3D 4.5%

3D first-person walking simulator with a side of exploration/interaction with the environment. The game tells the story of the Space Lemmings from Space who, after running many experiments with breakfast alphabet and the space-time continuum, got blocked between dimensions (or something).

Why similar: Walking Simulator 27.2%, Surreal 24.8%, Psychedelic 17.3%, First-Person 10%, Atmospheric 7%

A short horror game where you dig through the flesh of a giant whale

Why similar: Surreal 32.4%, Walking Simulator 24.5%, Atmospheric 14.6%, Horror 14.1%, 3D 7.5%

You are trapped in a strange dream from which there is no waking. It is stitched from Chinese nostalgia, childhood echoes, and liminal spaces—where sense and nonsense blend freely. All you can do is keep exploring, until you must choose: return to restless reality, or stay in the dream forever?

Why similar: Surreal 29.7%, Walking Simulator 28%, Psychedelic 13.6%, First-Person 8.5%, Atmospheric 6.5%

Sphaera is a game about relaxation and exploration in a huge grass field filled with animals.

Why similar: Music 32.6%, Surreal 19.4%, Walking Simulator 17.6%, Great Soundtrack 8.3%, Casual 7.9%

She continues to dream. A first-person dream simulator where you explore a corner of a dream.

Why similar: Surreal 39.4%, Walking Simulator 35.9%, Relaxing 8.8%, First-Person 7.8%, Atmospheric 5.1%

An exploration game that delves into the depths of loneliness. Wander through empty rooms, search for signs of an abandoned world, and listen to the sounds around you. No dangerous chases, just silence and an empty world to explore.

Why similar: Surreal 30.8%, Walking Simulator 30.2%, First-Person 11.4%, Relaxing 7%, Atmospheric 6%

You find yourself in a strange world with no idea how you got there. As you explore more, the world gets increasingly convoluted and unstable. You are now in... The Backrooms.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 32.6%, Psychedelic 16.4%, First-Person 12%, Surreal 9.9%, Casual 6.7%

Exactly what it says on the tin. Sewer Rave is a game about exploring a rat infested Rave in a Sewer. There are creatures to talk to, items to collect, fights to get into, and jams to listen to. Explore, discover secrets, and writhe.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 40.5%, Psychedelic 23.4%, First-Person 11%, Casual 8.8%, Atmospheric 6.7%

Titan Chaser is a surreal driving and walking experience, meant to evoke a feeling of being lost and discovering something mystical at your own pace instead of structured gameplay mechanics. Your job here is to scout giant creatures and scare them away without fighting or killing.

Why similar: Music 33.1%, Surreal 23.2%, Walking Simulator 21.4%, First-Person 6.3%, Relaxing 5.8%

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 39%, Great Soundtrack 20.4%, Surreal 16.4%, Atmospheric 11.1%, First-Person 7.9%

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: Walking Simulator 42.2%, First-Person 21.8%, Horror 14.7%, Atmospheric 9.1%, Exploration 4.8%

MIND: Path to Thalamus is a First Person Puzzler that throws you into a fantastic and surreal environment. You will bend the natural elements to your will in order to progress in this emotive, mindbending tale. Now also in Virtual Reality!

Why similar: Surreal 36.8%, Walking Simulator 35.4%, First-Person 10.2%, Atmospheric 8.1%, Great Soundtrack 5.2%

The Virtual Exhibition makes it possible to visit a gallery from the comfort of your own home and behaves like a real curated gallery. New features and photographers will be added regularly.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 33.1%, First-Person 24%, Atmospheric 16.5%, 3D 9.5%, Exploration 5.6%

Get lost beneath the fog in The Wild Eternal, a reflective first-person exploration game. Embark on a meditative journey to heal the scars of your past. Can you escape the cycle of reincarnation?

Why similar: Walking Simulator 33.6%, Surreal 17.5%, Great Soundtrack 13.9%, First-Person 12.8%, Atmospheric 9%

explore a cat notebook

Why similar: Walking Simulator 40.4%, Cats 28.2%, Great Soundtrack 18.8%, Atmospheric 9.2%, Exploration 3.4%

Explore a looping corridor filled with anomalies. Walk through the fluorescent-lit backrooms environment, examine your surroundings, and spot subtle changes in reality.

Why similar: Surreal 32.9%, Walking Simulator 29.7%, First-Person 11.5%, Atmospheric 6.7%, Horror 6.1%

HOME is a feel-good walking simulator experience in which you create your own poem and music. Embark on a poetic and musical heartwarming journey about what home means to you.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 34.7%, Cats 26.8%, Relaxing 10.5%, Atmospheric 10%, 3D 6.1%

What went wrong on Fragrance Point? Explore, hang out, and poke around where you're not supposed to.

Why similar: Surreal 36.7%, Walking Simulator 28%, Psychedelic 21.4%, Atmospheric 6.5%, 3D 3.3%

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 44.7%, First-Person 13.7%, Great Soundtrack 8.6%, Relaxing 8.2%, Atmospheric 7%

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 58.3%, Great Soundtrack 16.4%, Atmospheric 9.4%, First-Person 7.4%, Casual 3.5%

Visit a first-person, abstract landscape of bleeding technicolor wonder, armed with a camera, curiosity, and freedom. Explore at your own pace or experience the story that has confounded players and critics alike. Get lost in another reality.

Why similar: Indie 66.7%, Exploration 33.3%

Embark on a touching and creepy journey about sacrifice and how sometimes a person pays for the sins of another

Why similar: Walking Simulator 25.1%, Casual 23.6%, Great Soundtrack 12.4%, First-Person 11.8%, Indie 9.4%

EPONYMOUS: In Which a Work Is Known by Its Reading is a short-form narrative about unreliable infrastructures.

Why similar: Surreal 37.4%, Walking Simulator 27%, First-Person 10.5%, Great Soundtrack 8.3%, Atmospheric 8.1%

Explore an avant-garde cubist dream, stimulate your visual senses and immerse yourself in a surreal TRIP. A visually tantalizing open world artware that culminates the player to relax and enjoy a safe enviroment for them to explore at their own pace. There are no objectives, no rules, just art.

Why similar: Surreal 25.4%, Walking Simulator 25.3%, Psychedelic 14.3%, First-Person 8.5%, Relaxing 6.8%

Carve your own path through Fourmiworld - an "open-world-ant-farm-metroidvania". Play as an interdimensional urban explorer girl, collect Gamut to unlock new abilities, and discover the sights, plights, & soundbites of a surreal alien dimension.

Why similar: Surreal 55.3%, Psychedelic 22.5%, Atmospheric 11.3%, Indie 3.8%, Exploration 3.7%