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60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Atmospheric, Walking Simulator, First-Person, Exploration.

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You have been taken prisoner and sold to a deep space testing facility. Upon arrival, you are fitted with a device forcing you to participate in their experiment. Released into a massive complex, the dark halls wind around testing rooms and conceal pieces to puzzles. There is no option but to…

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You have been taken prisoner and sold to a deep space testing facility. Upon arrival, you are fitted with a device forcing you to participate in their experiment. Released into a massive complex, the dark halls wind around testing rooms and conceal pieces to puzzles. There is no option but to comply.

Reviews: Mixed — 69% — of 61 reviews
Released: 2018-11-30
Developer: DarkStone Digital
Genres: Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Windows, Linux

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    [SUBJECT] is a first-person psychological horror game. You wake up confused in a dark room, not knowing where you are. The last thing you remember is a robotic voice echoing through you ears. How you got here or why is unclear, but you do know one thing: You're being watched.

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  2. #2 Kohate
    96% matchVery Positive84% of 58 reviews2020
    Dev: DarkStone Digital
    Windows

    Arrested and sold at auction, you have been transported to a secret testing facility in deep space. Perform the required tasks while avoiding the abomination lurking within the complex.

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  3. #3 Tested on Humans: Escape Room
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    Dev: mc2games
    Windows
    Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 76%

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  4. #4 Inmates
    96% matchMixed60% of 330 reviews2017
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    Windows
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    Inmates is a story-driven, atmospheric psychological horror game. Featuring interactive exploration in a suffocating location, mind-bending puzzles and disturbing imagery. You wake up in a run-down prison cell and have no clue how you got there. You’ve convinced yourself this is all just a nightmare...

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    94% matchVery Positive88% of 3,554 reviews2016
    Dev: Loiste Interactive
    Windows
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    93% matchVery Positive84% of 230 reviews2025
    Dev: JustTomcuk
    Windows

    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...

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    94% matchMostly Positive75% of 641 reviews2016
    Dev: SpeedTutor
    Windows
    Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 78%

    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?

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    91% matchVery Positive93% of 6,281 reviews2025
    Dev: Lunar SoftwarePub: Raw Fury
    Windows
    Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 80%

    ROUTINE is a First Person Sci-Fi Horror set on an abandoned lunar base designed around an 80s vision of the future. Explore and investigate your surroundings as you survive against unknown threats.

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    92% matchMostly Positive74% of 945 reviews2016
    Dev: Team GothamPub: 505 Games
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    Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 89%

    '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.

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    91% matchVery Positive81% of 550 reviews2021
    Dev: Alessandro Guzzo
    Windows
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  11. #11 PROJECT 13
    90% matchVery Positive80% of 196 reviews2024
    Dev: VirtualVillainPub: Glacier LTD
    Windows

    As one of many kidnapped and enslaved Probants of the Project 13 Group... You need to find Anomalies through your Walk. If you not obey and report , you will be stuck in it forever.

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  12. #12 Quod: Episode 1
    89% matchVery Positive86% of 157 reviews2024
    Dev: IDTF
    Windows

    "Quod" unfolds in a 1930s Texas prison. The main character must escape and uncover the truth. Brace yourself for eerie occurrences and solve intricate puzzles to unveil the terrifying secrets of this place.

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  13. #13 God's Basement
    89% matchMostly Positive74% of 1,314 reviews2018
    Dev: Erebus
    Windows
    Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 71%

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  14. #14 Last Term
    87% matchVery Positive94% of 77 reviews2025
    Dev: Jakub.T
    Windows

    You’ve been trapped in a school by a mysterious God. Memorize your surroundings, spot the anomalies, and reach floor 0 to earn your escape.

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  15. #15 The Station
    88% matchVery Positive86% of 1,108 reviews2018
    Dev: The Station Game ltd
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 85%

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    86% matchVery Positive92% of 86 reviews2025
    Dev: New Forge Games
    Windows

    You're trapped in a small six-room hotel. The only way to escape is to observe your surroundings and follow the family's rules.

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    84% matchVery Positive93% of 10,306 reviews2023
    Dev: KOTAKE CREATEPub: PLAYISM
    Windows
    Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 1.9 hrs≥1hr: 58%

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    84% matchVery Positive80% of 51 reviews2026
    Dev: 99 Grados Games
    Windows

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    Dev: STuNTPub: STuNT
    Windows

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    Windows

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    82% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 526 reviews2024
    Dev: Puck RedflixPub: Puck Games
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    Dev: N4bA
    Windows

    You come to your senses in this place, you do not understand what is happening, but you know that it is better to get out of here as soon as possible

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    82% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,266 reviews2018
    Dev: Red Limb Studio
    Windows · Linux
    Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 94%

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    79% matchVery Positive89% of 475 reviews2026
    Dev: svklmrtPub: Patchwork Interactive
    Windows

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  25. #25 Obscula
    81% matchMostly Negative39% of 61 reviews2025
    Dev: Lunafrost Studio
    Windows

    Face the fears lurking in the dark. Obscula is a psychological horror experience that tells the story of someone seeking the truth but finding themselves trapped in a nightmare. There's no escape, only answers… but are you ready for the truth?

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  26. #26 Infliction
    81% matchVery Positive81% of 936 reviews2018
    Dev: Caustic Reality
    Windows
    Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 9.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%

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  27. #27 The Experiment
    79% matchMixed67% of 145 reviews2024
    Dev: Carrot Studios
    Windows

    The tests went wrong. He has been transformed. It is hostile toward others. You have been assigned the task of killing the horrifying creature. Listen closely as it could be around any corner. (Game includes Remastered + Classic versions)

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  28. #28 The Backrooms: Lost Tape
    77% matchVery Positive84% of 1,325 reviews2022
    Dev: Cortez Productions
    Windows
    Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 2.6 hrs≥1hr: 59%

    You work in the cinema as an usher and accidentally fell into the Backrooms, now being trapped, needing to unravel the mysteries of the yellow rooms in order to get out of this place, but be careful, there are entities that will be in your way.

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  29. #29 Blasfemia
    75% matchVery Positive92% of 262 reviews2025
    Dev: Nakashima Studios
    Windows

    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.

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  30. #30 Deep Sorrow
    80% matchMixed51% of 92 reviews2017
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    Windows
    Median: 36 minMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 28%

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    78% matchMostly Positive72% of 832 reviews2016
    Dev: Erebus
    Windows
    Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 79%

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    77% matchMostly Positive79% of 116 reviews2023
    Dev: BraveCat'Studios
    Windows

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  33. #33 BUTTON PRISON
    76% matchMostly Positive78% of 65 reviews2025
    Dev: daimaGAME
    Windows

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  34. #34 The Initiate
    78% matchMostly Positive78% of 202 reviews2017
    Dev: Deceptive Games Ltd.
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 66%

    The Initiate is a mystery puzzle game. You awake in a house full of traps and puzzles - This is your trial; complete it, or die!

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  35. #35 S.W.A.N.: Chernobyl Unexplored
    76% matchMixed68% of 72 reviews2021
    Dev: VolframePub: Art Games Studio S.A.
    Windows

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  36. #36 The Hotel
    75% 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.

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  37. #37 White Room Protocol
    73% matchMostly Positive80% of 54 reviews2025
    Dev: Lefto Studio
    Windows

    A psychological first-person horror game where you enter a memory-erasing protocol and relive a trauma. Uncover dark secrets, and experience fear through immersive atmosphere.

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  38. #38 Our Secret Below
    73% matchVery Positive88% of 120 reviews2020
    Dev: DarkStone Digital
    Windows

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    73% matchMixed67% of 83 reviews2024
    Dev: Setonika GamesPub: Dark Games DGG
    Windows

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    71% matchVery Positive82% of 4,358 reviews2022
    Dev: Bezbro Games
    Windows

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    71% matchVery Positive92% of 90 reviews2023
    Dev: Podoba InteractivePub: Marevo Collective
    Windows

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  42. #42 The Experiment: Escape Room
    74% matchMixed54% of 269 reviews2018
    Dev: OnSkull Games
    Windows
    Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 2.2 hrs≥1hr: 72%

    "The Experiment" is a multiplayer escape room puzzle game for virtual reality or desktop PC! You took part in an experiment that went out of control, can you escape the facilities before it's too late?

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  43. #43 The Derailed
    69% matchVery Positive84% of 116 reviews2025
    Dev: Deformed Dreams Studio
    Windows

    The Derailed is a first-person psychological horror game. Beneath the dusty arches of a nearly forgotten depot, shadows of the past tremble. Whether you want to or not, you will have to uncover the dark secrets of this place.

    Why similar: Walking Simulator 27.4%, Horror 25.4%, Dark 17%, Exploration 13%, Adventure 8.2%

  44. #44 Luto
    68% matchVery Positive85% of 1,226 reviews2025
    Dev: Broken Bird Games
    Windows
    Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 86%

    Luto is a psychological horror experience where you take on the role of someone unable to leave their home. Every attempt to escape will lead you deeper into the unknown, where nothing is as it seems and everything will test your senses.

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    69% matchVery Positive94% of 51 reviews2025
    Dev: Savukivi Games
    Windows

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  46. #46 Madness inside
    70% matchMostly Positive76% of 87 reviews2024
    Dev: ZV GAMES
    Windows

    "Madness Inside"" immerses you in the dark depths of an abandoned psychiatric hospital, where horrifying experiments were once conducted. Police Lieutenant Vic Voight, in pursuit of a dangerous criminal, unexpectedly finds himself trapped in this nightmarish place.

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  47. #47 Don't Be Afraid
    70% matchVery Positive83% of 944 reviews2020
    Dev: Limo GamesPub: Eneida Games
    Windows
    Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 86%

    Don't Be Afraid is an adventure horror game, that allows you to personate a boy, kidnapped by a psychopath. You have to survive, escape and find out how you were kidnapped. Exploring the gigantic, mysterious house of your torturer, you will soon reveal many secrets, hidden inside it’s walls…

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    72% matchMixed50% of 50 reviews2022
    Dev: Boom Games
    Windows

    You are all alone in this dark and frightening place. Run and hide, hurry to find a way out, because it follows you...

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    71% matchVery Positive80% of 333 reviews2020
    Dev: PlaymestudioPub: Raw Fury
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 89%

    This story-driven adventure follows a mystery of death and despair from reality into the surreal realms of objective memories and subjective experiences. Search the mind, solve puzzles, and unravel the dark truth in this psychological thriller.

    Why similar: Walking Simulator 18.7%, Thriller 18.7%, Surreal 15.7%, Dark 9.1%, Mystery 8.8%

  50. #50 The Anomalous Hour
    68% matchVery Positive92% of 85 reviews2024
    Dev: Gambir Studio
    Windows

    You are alone in a deserted station. Or are you? Take pictures of strange anomalies around the station and you might find a way out.

    Why similar: Walking Simulator 21.8%, Hidden Object 15.5%, Horror 14.8%, Realistic 10.2%, Mystery 9.8%

  51. #51 The Utility Room
    69% matchVery Positive85% of 263 reviews2023
    Dev: Lionel Marsden
    Windows

    This VR Journey takes you to the 'behind the scenes' of the Universe. Beyond a door lies a barren landscape inhabited by strange rocky heads. Here, the maintenance and heavy lifting required keeps existence stable and temporal. You are a tourist. Don't do anything foolish.

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    65% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 1,530 reviews2025
    Dev: Steppe Hare Studio
    Windows
    Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 82%

    Early 90s. You stayed in a quiet hotel for just one night and the next morning you’ve found out that the old world was destroyed. Alien dreams, secrets of your past and other guests that are turning into monsters. This hotel will not let you to check out.

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  53. #53 Prison Loop
    68% matchMostly Positive74% of 66 reviews2024
    Dev: Leakage Games
    Windows

    Embark on a journey of anomalies and repetition in "Prison Loop," a captivating indie puzzle game. Trapped in a mysterious temporal loop within a high-security prison, your objective is to observe anomalies throughout the environment.

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  54. #54 Project 13: Taxidermy Trails
    67% matchVery Positive91% of 53 reviews2024
    Dev: DRYBREADPub: GlacierLTD
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    Project 13: Taxidermy Trails, a Walking Simulator set in a mesmerizing Taxidermy Museum. In this immersive experience, you assume the role of an kidnapped Probant forced to find a way to escape. Complete all 13 Walks to get out of this Nightmare.

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  55. #55 Jumpscare Simulator: System Breach
    66% matchVery Positive91% of 87 reviews2025
    Dev: Durultay Games
    Windows

    Jumpscare Simulator is a sci-fi horror game featuring a story-driven main game and two additional game modes. Pass through doors carefully, battle the simulation, and try to fall from your seat as little as possible!

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  56. #56 DOCTOR VISCERA
    66% matchVery Positive100% of 67 reviews2025
    Dev: Liminal RoadPub: Nuntius Games
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    Trapped in an abandoned asylum with the sinister Doctor Viscera, who will stop at nothing to keep you there as his test subject for cruel experiments. Explore the old GrimmHaus Asylum in this PSX-style survival horror game.

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  57. #57 Escape 51
    67% matchVery Positive96% of 52 reviews2024
    Dev: 51 Goobcells Production
    Windows

    In Escape 51 you play as a small alien that has been mistreated by humans as he works to escape the research facility that has kept him and other aliens like him captive for so long.

    Why similar: Sci-fi 19.2%, Puzzle 15.9%, Thriller 14.5%, Horror 13.9%, Atmospheric 9.6%

  58. #58 The Backrooms
    72% matchMostly Negative24% of 58 reviews2019
    Dev: WASABAE Studios
    Windows

    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 29.4%, Hidden Object 15.7%, Horror 13.1%, Exploration 11.6%, First-Person 10.6%

  59. #59 SCP – Containment Breach
    63% matchVery Positive99% of 497 reviews2026
    Dev: Undertow GamesPub: SCP-CB Community Preservation Project
    Windows

    A procedural first-person horror adventure. You are on your own after something goes terribly wrong in this top-secret containment facility. Collect items to aid in your escape and try to uncover the truth, as horror lurks behind every door. Can you make it out alive?

    Why similar: Survival Horror 15.1%, Horror 13.6%, Surreal 12.9%, Sci-fi 12.3%, Mystery 8.4%

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