Games Like the static speaks my name

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

Why similar: Psychological Horror 24.7%, Walking Simulator 17.2%, Horror 17%, Dark 16.5%, First-Person 7.8%

Why You'll Like It: Shares the same raw, unsettling indie aesthetic and intensely brief, dark narrative punch as the seed game.

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 38.4%, Walking Simulator 20.7%, Horror 14.1%, Dark 10.4%, First-Person 7.4%

Why You'll Like It: Captures the same bleak, surreal, and psychologically heavy first-person exploration of a troubled mind.

The Beginner's Guide is a narrative video game from Davey Wreden, the creator of The Stanley Parable. It lasts about an hour and a half and has no traditional mechanics, no goals or objectives. Instead, it tells the story of a person struggling to deal with something they do not understand.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 42.9%, First-Person 12%, Dark 10.6%, Psychological Horror 8.8%, Indie 8.4%

Why You'll Like It: Explores heavy themes of obsession, isolation, and creator-player relationships through a narrative-driven first-person walk.

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: Horror 25%, Psychological Horror 20.8%, Walking Simulator 11.2%, Surreal 10.6%, Dark 10.2%

Why You'll Like It: Delivers a similarly disjointed, surreal, and deeply unsettling first-person horror atmosphere focused on dread.

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: Walking Simulator 35.7%, Surreal 16.3%, Horror 15.2%, First-Person 9.7%, Indie 9.5%

Why You'll Like It: Presents a weird, surreal first-person exploration where mood and atmosphere take complete precedence over traditional gameplay.

A short horror game where you pilot a tiny submarine through an ocean of blood on an alien moon.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 30.1%, Horror 25%, Walking Simulator 11.9%, Dark 11%, First-Person 7.3%

Why You'll Like It: Evokes a similarly claustrophobic and deeply unsettling sense of psychological dread in a very compact runtime.

Only If is a surreal first person adventure-puzzle game. It takes idiom into reality.

Why similar: Horror 29.6%, Walking Simulator 24.4%, First-Person 15.1%, Adventure 8%, Indie 7%

Why You'll Like It: Combines first-person exploration with surreal, dark psychological elements in a free-to-play indie package.

The Stanley Parable is a first person exploration game. You will play as Stanley, and you will not play as Stanley. You will follow a story, you will not follow a story. You will have a choice, you will have no choice. The game will end, the game will never end.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 45.5%, First-Person 18.9%, Indie 10.5%, Psychological Horror 7.8%, Adventure 5.8%

Why You'll Like It: Shares the unique narrative-focused, first-person exploratory style and meta-commentary elements.

This is a game in which you traverse the extremely dark world inside a dream.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 29%, Walking Simulator 18.8%, Horror 15.9%, Dark 14.8%, Surreal 8.1%

Why You'll Like It: Dives deep into dark, surreal psychological exploration and isolation, mirroring the unsettling vibes of the seed game.

A free, VHS styled, first-person found footage horror game, which runs exactly for 5 minutes and 30 seconds.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 33.3%, Horror 28.7%, Walking Simulator 8.1%, Multiplayer 7.8%, Dark 7%

Why You'll Like It: Provides an intensely brief, low-fi, and deeply chilling found-footage horror experience.

A dark comedy/horror game by Jesse Barksdale, creator of the static speaks my name. Help a cult complete a ritual in exchange for divine inspiration to finish writing your terrible novel. A story-focused experience which takes around 45 minutes to complete.

Why similar: Indie 52.2%, Adventure 47.8%

Why You'll Like It: Blends dark humor, surrealism, and psychological horror into a tightly contained first-person narrative.

A sequel to Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk. Dive into demented and bizarre world once again and help the girl become a little happier.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 71.4%, Horror 14.9%, Surreal 6.6%, Indie 5.6%, Singleplayer 1.6%

Why You'll Like It: Explores intense psychological distress, bleakness, and obsessive thoughts in a deeply unsettling vignette format.

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

Why similar: Walking Simulator 31.4%, Horror 24.4%, First-Person 11.3%, Adventure 7.1%, Indie 6.9%

Why You'll Like It: Explores surreal, shifting spaces and psychological themes through a free-to-play indie walking simulator.

Can you survive 1000 rooms of cute terror? Or will you break once the cuteness starts to fade off and you're running for your life from the unspeakable hideous beings that shake and writhe in bowels of this house? They wait for you, they wait and hunger for meeting you.

Why similar: Horror 36.6%, Psychological Horror 23.2%, Dark 11.7%, First-Person 8.8%, Walking Simulator 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: Delivers a quirky yet deeply unsettling first-person horror experience with a deceptive exterior.

Marie's Room is a short story exploration game about an unconventional friendship between two classmates. You play as Kelsey, remembering Marie's room as it was twenty years ago. But something’s off. What happened to Marie?

Why similar: Walking Simulator 45.6%, First-Person 13%, Indie 10.5%, Adventure 6.6%, Atmospheric 6.1%

Why You'll Like It: Presents a short, story-rich narrative exploration where examining objects tells a deeply personal tale.

A fly ascends to the skies, pondering the pointlessness of its brief existence.

Why similar: Indie 50.8%, Atmospheric 21.7%, Walking Simulator 10.1%, Adventure 7.3%, Singleplayer 6.9%

Why You'll Like It: Offers a similarly ultra-short, atmospheric, and philosophical first-person experience that emphasizes mood above all.

Pleh! is a short psychological horror walking simulator that tells the story of a depressed game developer, his intrusive thoughts and his dark mysterious secrets.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 32%, Walking Simulator 22.1%, Dark 18.8%, Horror 12.1%, First-Person 6%

Why You'll Like It: Leans heavily into psychological horror and dark, emotional walking-simulator storytelling.

A 15 minute heist game by Crows Crows Crows & Directed by William Pugh (The Stanley Parable). Slip into the soft-soled shoes of the mastermind responsible for the greatest heist- oh god I can’t do this any more, i’m joining the strike. good luck writing the steam description. -tina

Why similar: Walking Simulator 52.7%, First-Person 25.9%, Indie 12.3%, Singleplayer 3.9%, Adventure 3.2%

Why You'll Like It: Shares the clever, narrative-driven, short-form first-person indie design sensibilities.

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

Why similar: Psychological Horror 20.7%, Horror 17.5%, Walking Simulator 16.5%, Dark 15%, Indie 10.3%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on short, atmospheric first-person exploration dealing with heavy emotional and dark themes.

A short first-person horror game where you wander through an eerie forest using the dials of a microwave.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 25.2%, Horror 19.3%, Dark 18.2%, Walking Simulator 12.8%, Surreal 8.1%

Why You'll Like It: Delivers a surreal, dark, and psychological exploration of an ordinary setting turned deeply unsettling.

A short and surreal meta-narrative experience. Explore the gallery and find a way to push The Button...

Why similar: Walking Simulator 31.1%, Dark 28.5%, Indie 13.3%, Surreal 11.7%, Adventure 11.4%

Why You'll Like It: Presents a short, dark, and psychological narrative experiment in a first-person space.

Emily is Away is an interactive story. Create a screenname and choose your path through the branching narrative.

Why similar: Indie 51.8%, Singleplayer 21.7%, Horror 14%, Adventure 12.5%

Why You'll Like It: Captures a poignant, melancholic narrative storytelling style deeply tied to a specific emotional state.

Medusa’s Labyrinth is a very short mythological first-person horror game set in ancient Greece. It takes myths and legends that have stayed with us for over 2000 years and mix them together with modern gameplay. The game let's you explore murky catacombs and follow along a classic, tragic story.

Why similar: Horror 62.7%, Multiplayer 10.7%, First-Person 8.8%, Adventure 8.2%, Indie 8%

Why You'll Like It: Offers a short, atmospheric first-person mythological horror experience with free-to-play indie roots.

The Way of Life makes the player relive the same life's experiences from the point of view of three characters of different ages: an adult, an old man and a child.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 49.9%, First-Person 17.5%, Multiplayer 10.5%, Indie 10%, Adventure 6.1%

Why You'll Like It: Utilizes a first-person walking simulator framework to explore existential and somber themes.

This is a short, first-person psychological horror game with VHS effects. Be careful, you are facing a terrifying being.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 29.5%, Walking Simulator 22.5%, Horror 21.8%, Dark 7.9%, Adventure 5.4%

Why You'll Like It: Blends psychological horror with first-person exploration in a dark, atmospheric indie setting.

"Do you think a house can dream?" Ritual Static is a surreal first-person photography horror game following a young man in his childhood home the day before a big move. Surf the television, sink into static, and rot in the dark.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 32.7%, Horror 21.4%, Walking Simulator 19.3%, Dark 10.7%, First-Person 6.5%

A small "horror" narrative game about isolation and depression.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 27.2%, Psychological Horror 20.7%, Dark 19%, Horror 16.4%, First-Person 9.5%

Passing Pineview Forest is a free mini-prequel set in the universe of Pineview Drive. Behind the abandoned house on Pineview Drive lies ominous Pineview Forest...

Why similar: Horror 51.8%, Walking Simulator 13.1%, Psychological Horror 12.1%, First-Person 7.7%, Multiplayer 6.5%

Why You'll Like It: Presents a bleak, short-form first-person horror experience steeped in lonely dread.

Shadow of Pharos is a short first-person horror game.

Why similar: Horror 30.7%, Psychological Horror 30.4%, Walking Simulator 20.1%, First-Person 6.7%, Atmospheric 3.9%

Why You'll Like It: Immerses the player in a mysterious, psychologically heavy atmospheric horror journey.

It is a short but very interesting horror,about a man who woke up in his own grave,next to his family.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 28.1%, Psychological Horror 26%, Horror 24.9%, Indie 9.7%, Adventure 5.3%

Why You'll Like It: Combines indie horror and walking simulator mechanics in a short, atmospheric vignette.

Uncanny Valley is a survival horror game that includes a mix of exploration, puzzle solving and a bit of action with a lot of optional story content. We're trying to preserve the old survival horror kind of gameplay instead of following the modern trend of creating a third person shooter with horror elements.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 46.2%, Horror 31.3%, Adventure 9.4%, Indie 9.3%, Atmospheric 3.8%

Why You'll Like It: Dives into disturbing psychological horror and uneasy isolation through a narrative-heavy indie experience.

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: Psychological Horror 28.2%, Horror 23.6%, Walking Simulator 16.4%, First-Person 8.8%, Dark 8.4%

Clap Clap is a short indie horror game that puts you in the shoes of a house sitter, experiencing strange occurrences in a seemingly ordinary home.

Why similar: Horror 28.9%, Psychological Horror 26.3%, Walking Simulator 16.4%, Dark 12.3%, First-Person 6.3%

A short 5 minute horror game!

Why similar: Psychological Horror 28.3%, Horror 19.9%, Walking Simulator 19.6%, Dark 18%, First-Person 6.2%

NineHells is a psychological horror first person single player, with an unraveling mystery, enriched with voice acting, and has virtual haunted attraction feeling. You play as Davie a man trying to remember his past while traveling though Hell. Play and find out what in the Ninehells is going on!

Why similar: Psychological Horror 27.5%, Walking Simulator 19%, Dark 14.7%, Horror 14.2%, First-Person 9.2%

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

Why similar: Psychological Horror 36.3%, Horror 21.8%, Dark 13.5%, Walking Simulator 9.1%, Adventure 6.6%

You return to your old apartment one last time, in search of a sickened raven. You must speak to him, and discover the cause behind the calamity that has spread across the world.

Why similar: Horror 31.3%, Psychological Horror 27%, Dark 13.8%, Indie 6.6%, Adventure 4.8%

You open your eyes in a dark, unfamiliar room; each door drags you into a new chamber filled with absurd surprises and dark comedy. Will you manage to escape, or will you continue to star in this black comedy?

Why similar: Horror 41.4%, Walking Simulator 15.1%, Dark 13.2%, First-Person 9.1%, Indie 8.1%

it's always monday - is a first person exploration game

Why similar: Adventure 82.9%, Psychological Horror 5.2%, Walking Simulator 3.8%, Dark 3.2%, Indie 2.4%

All Is Dust is a first-person horror game for PC and Oculus Rift. Experience the terror of a dust storm in the 1930s and unravel the mystery surrounding your decaying farm.

Why similar: Horror 44.5%, Walking Simulator 14.9%, Dark 13.3%, First-Person 11.3%, Multiplayer 8.1%

The Old Tree is a short free-to-play cinematic puzzle game about a newborn alien baby. Witness this microscopic entity's first moments of life and help it emerge from its underground lair and ascend towards an unknown destination.

Why similar: Horror 36.5%, Indie 27.3%, Adventure 24.5%, Atmospheric 6.4%, Singleplayer 5.3%

THE CORRIDOR is a 20-30 minute experience about the relationship between player and game.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 55.1%, First-Person 22.1%, Surreal 17.7%, Singleplayer 5%

Away — is a short game telling about the hero's death experience, performed in a gloomy black and white style.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 24.7%, Dark 24%, Walking Simulator 18.6%, Adventure 10.3%, Indie 10%

Mimic Search is a short indie horror game, in which you take the role of a police officer investigating a recent mimic attack.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 30%, Horror 22.7%, Dark 16.9%, Walking Simulator 12.4%, First-Person 7.2%

Imagine waking up on a small dock with no recollection of who you are or how you got there. The first person you find is a grumpy, old man who enlists you to work on his ferry boat which seems to have materialized behind you.

Why similar: Horror 30.7%, Walking Simulator 20.7%, Indie 17.2%, Adventure 14.6%, First-Person 11.5%

Nothing but the stink of old, moist carpets, the madness of mono-yellow, and the blinding light of fluorescent bulbs at maximum hum-buzz. Over 600 million sq. miles of randomly segmented rooms. God save you if you hear something wandering nearby, because it sure as hell has heard you.

Why similar: Horror 34.6%, Psychological Horror 33.4%, Walking Simulator 14.9%, First-Person 5.2%, Indie 3.9%

Your father needs a beer, and it's your job to get it. He doesn't care what it takes, so do what you must. Be quick though - it's not so safe in the dark.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 23.2%, Horror 22.2%, Dark 18%, Psychological Horror 17.9%, First-Person 4.8%

Explore an mid-2000s Korean apartment complex in this short first-person psychological horror experience.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 27.9%, Psychological Horror 24.1%, Horror 17.8%, First-Person 9.6%, Dark 9%

The Repairing Mantis is a narrative horror game that lets you experience the disturbing, violent (yet absurdly poetic) story of a mantis on a mission to repair a bridge made of flying squirrel flesh.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 28.8%, Walking Simulator 23%, Horror 20.5%, First-Person 7.7%, Surreal 6.5%

A short atmospheric adventure game about finding meaning in a meaningless world.

Why similar: Adventure 44.2%, Indie 29.2%, Atmospheric 17.9%, Singleplayer 8.8%

Wander long creepy corridors in search for answers in this short and jumpscare filled game.

Why similar: Horror 21.6%, Walking Simulator 20%, Psychological Horror 15.4%, Dark 12.2%, First-Person 9.5%

A psychological horror game where you spend a night in the shoes of an arcade worker named Marcus. Win prizes on the crane machine and shoot some hoops. Just make sure to keep the doors locked.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 24.9%, Walking Simulator 22.2%, Horror 17.4%, Dark 14.1%, First-Person 8.7%

Death Motel is a short, intense first-person horror experience about the paranormal events occurring at abandoned Crimson Motel.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 27.5%, Horror 27.2%, Psychological Horror 26.4%, First-Person 9.8%, Adventure 7.8%

A short and mysterious free point and click adventure game, inspired by the feeling of oddness in an everyday situation.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 34.6%, Walking Simulator 28.7%, Horror 25.8%, Adventure 4%, Atmospheric 3.2%

A short psychological horror game where your friends invite you to hang out tonight — you have 7 days to think about it.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 25.8%, Psychological Horror 23.5%, Horror 16%, First-Person 9.1%, Dark 8%

A first-person, PSX-style horror game about living with a monster. Do as you're told... or don't. Just be ready for the consequences.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 32.6%, Walking Simulator 21.4%, Horror 18.2%, First-Person 10.5%, Surreal 8.9%

You wake up in a strange place, not knowing who you are, where you are, or how you got here. Trapped in an environment that twists to break your sanity, your only way out is to delve into the unknown and face the horrors of a past your mind is trying to hide.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 33.9%, Horror 21.4%, Walking Simulator 12.3%, First-Person 10%, Dark 7.6%

Blameless is a mysterious first-person adventure with primary focus on puzzle solving and short story. The player will appear in a role of an architect trying to investigate strange happenings, after discovering evidence of an act of violence.

Why similar: Horror 54.8%, Multiplayer 10.8%, First-Person 10.8%, Adventure 6.9%, Psychological Horror 6.5%

The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 49.7%, Horror 21%, Dark 18.3%, Violent 3.3%, First-Person 3.2%

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: Psychological Horror 27.6%, Horror 17.9%, Walking Simulator 17%, Dark 15.3%, Surreal 6.1%