Games Like The Wetrooms: Liminal Pools

You wake up trapped in a strange swimming pool. A 20-minute psychological horror experience where familiar spaces transform into alien nightmares. There are no monsters. Only you, an endless maze of water, and your slowly dissolving grip on reality.

Why similar: Pool 45.8% ★, Walking Simulator 15.7%, Horror 10.6%, Psychological Horror 9.6%, Surreal 7.5%

A loner's journey by foot is about to get lonelier and lengthier! Liminal Salvation puts you in a vast labyrinth of pools where finding the exit route will require absolute patience & zeal. Can you make it to the very end... or out of deep conflict, give up the ghost?

Why similar: Pool 44.1% ★, Walking Simulator 22.8%, Horror 10.7%, Psychological Horror 8.4%, Adventure 4.9%

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: Pool 37.3% ★, Walking Simulator 23.7%, Surreal 11.9%, Psychological Horror 11.4%, Exploration 5.2%

Make pizzas and deliver them. The hardest part of running the shop alone is that the delivery destinations are "liminal spaces." A story-driven 3D horror game. There is a kind of worst possible outcome that can only be born in infinite space. Once you understand it, it is already too late.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 35%, Surreal 13.9%, Horror 9.6%, Psychological Horror 9%, Exploration 8.4%

'BACKROOMS' is an immersive first-person exploration horror game. Wander through the endless liminal spaces made with procedural generation, try to survive, and find an escape.

Why similar: Pool 33.2% ★, Walking Simulator 18.7%, Horror 15.1%, Surreal 9.2%, Adventure 7.3%

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 28.7%, Pool 15.9% ★, Adventure 9.3%, Surreal 8.5%, Horror 7.1%

What lies beyond The 4th Wall?

Why similar: Walking Simulator 30.9%, Surreal 28.4%, Horror 18.7%, Exploration 7.3%, Adventure 5.2%

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 35.2%, Surreal 17.3%, Horror 13.5%, Adventure 11.5%, Psychological Horror 11.1%

Hollow Floor is a psychological horror walking simulator set in a looping, scorched apartment. Stalked by a restless corpse, you must unravel the truth before you're consumed by it.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 27.5%, Surreal 25.2%, Horror 16.5%, Psychological Horror 12.8%, Dark 5.4%

You can go left or right, but remember, a mistake will cost you your life…

Why similar: Walking Simulator 26.8%, Surreal 17.9%, Psychological Horror 13.9%, Horror 13%, Exploration 6.6%

A first-person exploration game about the eerie stillness of liminal spaces. Solve puzzles and navigate surreal environments. Built entirely on atmosphere, with zero jump scares.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 34.3%, Surreal 24.7%, Psychological Horror 15.9%, Adventure 7.4%, Atmospheric 7.3%

Short description, huh? Ok - run from IRS, try to find money, don't lose your corporate infested mind.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 33.9%, Surreal 15.8%, Horror 13.1%, Action 12.7%, Psychological Horror 11%

You are trying to reach classroom 1.09. Nobody is around, and the atmosphere feels wrong. Trapped in looping corridors, your only way out is to observe carefully, spot anomalies, and choose the right door… or remain trapped.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 28.3%, Surreal 16.7%, Psychological Horror 15.8%, Horror 13.2%, Exploration 5.3%

You must discover the differences between what you see through the camera and with your own eyes to distinguish real floors from fake ones and escape. It is said that ghosts behave the opposite of humans, and taking the elevator is no exception.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 36.9%, Surreal 14.7%, Horror 11.9%, Psychological Horror 10.4%, Exploration 8.8%

TAMAGORUDO - Floor 0 - is an atmospheric psychological horror game. You will find yourself stuck in a parallel floor of the Backrooms, trying to break out of the loop of a chicken-or-the-egg paradox. Will you find the answer to this endless question ?

Why similar: Walking Simulator 35.6%, Surreal 20.5%, Psychological Horror 18.9%, Exploration 7.6%, Adventure 7.4%

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 30.5%, Surreal 23.8%, Psychological Horror 14.5%, Horror 6.8%, Atmospheric 4.9%

You’re a thief! You’ve received a job from a dealer, and now you must steal several artifacts from an ancient tomb recently discovered by archaeologists!

Why similar: Walking Simulator 34.3%, Psychological Horror 18.7%, Horror 16.5%, Dark 9%, Action 5.9%

"Office 8" is a psychological walking simulator exploring the unsettling nature of liminal office spaces. Pay close attention — your sanity depends on it.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 29.7%, Psychological Horror 16.8%, Surreal 16.6%, Horror 13.8%, Exploration 5.3%

The Daughter is a first-person narrative horror game where the line between reality, dream, and memory slowly fades. You search for your missing daughter in a forest, only to find a house and a silent child who offers to help you… on one condition.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 19.3%, Horror 18.4%, Psychological Horror 16.4%, Surreal 10.2%, Dark 9.1%

Uncover the mystery of an arctic cargo outpost's lost crew in this horror game. Take in the frozen sea and delve into the depths of the facility, finding items and uncovering new paths with each one to learn what really happened here. But be careful, because something else might be here with you.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 22.8%, Horror 17.8%, Psychological Horror 15.3%, Surreal 11.9%, Dark 5.6%

Exit Slum 11 is an anomaly observation running simulator with an eerie atmosphere.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 38%, Horror 17%, Action 16.6%, Psychological Horror 15.7%, Adventure 12.8%

17 Horror rooms simulating common phobias. Are you afraid of spiders, cockroaches, snakes, heights, fire, being buried alive? Enter the black doors and conquer your fears!

Why similar: Walking Simulator 30.1%, Surreal 19.2%, Horror 12.4%, Psychological Horror 12%, Exploration 8%

A lightweight psychological horror and a walking simulator, where the player needs to carefully observe the surroundings to succesfully flee from this wretched place.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 30.5%, Psychological Horror 17.2%, Surreal 16.3%, Horror 14.1%, Exploration 5.5%

Exit 8-affected, 'Find the Old Man' departure simulation. The final person to leave must check that no other employees remain before switching off the lights and locking up. Note: This game currently only supports Japanese. English support is planned for a future update.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 38.2%, Surreal 26.1%, Psychological Horror 16.7%, Horror 9.2%, Exploration 7.2%

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

Why similar: Walking Simulator 29.2%, Surreal 24.7%, Horror 11.2%, Exploration 10%, Psychological Horror 10%

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

Why similar: Walking Simulator 39.5%, Horror 22.6%, Psychological Horror 15.2%, Adventure 11.4%, Action 5.6%

The air is poison. A liminal city is buried in toxic fog. Try to salvage what remains. Get her out.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 25%, Psychological Horror 17.2%, Surreal 16.2%, Horror 15%, Dark 8%

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?

Why similar: Walking Simulator 21.5%, Surreal 19.2%, Horror 13.3%, Psychological Horror 13.2%, Dark 7.7%

Melancholia Maze is a brief atmospheric horror adventure in a twisted version of home. Complete everyday tasks while avoiding lurking demons, collect clues to piece together a lifeline, and find your way out of the darkness. Escape is just a call away.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 31.8%, Surreal 17.1%, Psychological Horror 13.9%, Horror 10.6%, Exploration 9.2%

Blind Sound is a Game about, Exploration and Puzzle-solving. This is a Linear Story Based horror game which sets in a science facility. You will discover tons of thing and find about the Creepy history of this facility with Full of Creatures That extremely Dangerous.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 23.5%, Surreal 17.1%, Horror 14.2%, Psychological Horror 14.1%, Dark 8.1%

Every floor looks normal… until it isn't. Go up if everything is fine, down if something is wrong. One mistake sends you back. The deeper you go, the less the corridor obeys its own rules.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 22.7%, Surreal 16.5%, Psychological Horror 15.2%, Horror 14.1%, Dark 7%

A psychological horror where reality fractures around musician John Hale. Explore a non‑linear story, haunting memories, and immersive sound as you slip between truth, delusion, and the darkness of your own mind.

Why similar: Surreal 22.8%, Walking Simulator 18.5%, Psychological Horror 17.3%, Horror 13.9%, Dark 7%

Wander through bright liminal spaces shaped by distant summer memories. Ride a childhood scooter, reveal hidden paths with Dream Vision, and capture surreal moments with your camera. No combat—just calm exploration.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 36.7%, Surreal 24.6%, Psychological Horror 15.7%, Exploration 8.7%, Atmospheric 5.9%

This is the story of curse and blessing hidden under a bloodline. Tamako wakes up to see an unfamiliar ceiling. She seeks an escape from the mansion, through traces of distorted feelings. “Novel-to-Experience” Adventure Horror.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 44.3%, Psychological Horror 19.3%, Horror 17.4%, Adventure 8.2%, Exploration 7.5%

Ominous Obscurity is a single-player horror adventure game set in places from the protagonist's childhood. Solve interesting puzzles, while hiding from insidious horrors waiting for you in the shadows.

Why similar: Surreal 20.6%, Walking Simulator 15.3%, Psychological Horror 13.4%, Horror 12.9%, Action 6%

Spot the anomalies. Escape the loop. Akeno’s Veil is a psychological horror game where spotting anomalies is your only escape—from the relentless demon determined to pull you back.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 26.7%, Surreal 17.6%, Psychological Horror 14.8%, Horror 13.6%, Exploration 6.4%

"Welcome to the Hudson Hotel, where our guests are our top priority." — This is not the hotel you remember. This is not the hallway you know. Something here is trying to lead you astray. Observe your surroundings, spot irregularities, and choose the right path. That is, if you really want to leave.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 29.3%, Psychological Horror 17.6%, Surreal 17.6%, Horror 10.8%, Exploration 8%

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 33.9%, Horror 18.8%, Surreal 12.3%, Psychological Horror 10.5%, Dark 8.6%

REVEIL is a narrative first-person psycho-thriller game that focuses on story, puzzles and exploration. Find out what’s going on inside Walter Thompson and what his dark past at the Nelson Bros Circus has to do with it.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 25.6%, Surreal 18.7%, Horror 12.6%, Psychological Horror 11.4%, Dark 6.7%

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 27.4%, Surreal 17.5%, Horror 13%, Psychological Horror 11.3%, Exploration 7.5%

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 25.5%, Surreal 18.4%, Horror 13.6%, Psychological Horror 13.2%, Dark 7%

Vellar is a first-person psychological horror game where a family is dead… but the recordings they left behind slowly reveal a version of events that doesn’t match reality. Explore a shifting house filled with impossible rooms, distorted corridors, and uncover a truth that refuses to stay buried.

Why similar: Surreal 19.4%, Walking Simulator 17.3%, Horror 16%, Psychological Horror 15.1%, Dark 8.1%

Withered Haven is a first-person psychological horror game. After the tragic loss of his wife and daughter, a broken man struggles to endure a collapsing reality. Familiar apparitions drift closer, echoing memories that mask a darkness beyond comprehension.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 20.4%, Surreal 16.3%, Horror 15.7%, Psychological Horror 15.2%, Dark 8.6%

Exploration. Silence. Echoes. Wander a shifting pyramid where rooms change and reality bends. No monsters, just atmosphere, isolation, and subtle unease. Uncanny, immersive, and unsettling. Solve light environmental puzzles across 8 levels. Experience the pyramid alone - empty, yet somehow present.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 33.7%, Surreal 21.5%, Psychological Horror 15.3%, Puzzle 6.1%, Exploration 5.6%

In this atmospheric, slow-burn horror, you must unravel the mystery of the disappearance of your fellow light keepers. Traverse the island's rugged terrain, discover clues, and make your way through the eerie lighthouse to reveal the dark truth.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 29.1%, Horror 20.7%, Psychological Horror 16%, Adventure 10.7%, Atmospheric 6.3%

TRAFFIC is an Atmospheric First-Person Psychological Horror game about a troubled child in a home where he must deal with both internal and external stresses. You will communicate with your parents, do your chores, and stay out of the way.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 26.5%, Surreal 18.6%, Horror 13.7%, Psychological Horror 13.6%, Dark 7.7%

The Door Factory is a first-person horror game where you inspect mysterious doors before they are sent into production. Step inside, observe the environment, spot anomalies, and decide whether each door should be approved or reported.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 27.2%, Horror 14.9%, Psychological Horror 14.2%, Surreal 14.1%, Exploration 5.6%

CoRoT is a first-person psychological meta-horror game. Search for cassettes in a transforming house, unraveling its macabre past. A sinister atmosphere surrounds you as you try to understand what's happening and where you really are. Can you discover the truth hidden in its walls?

Why similar: Surreal 22.7%, Walking Simulator 21.3%, Psychological Horror 14.3%, Horror 12.2%, Puzzle 5.5%

Next Station: A surreal Survival Horror/Walking Simulator. Trapped in mysterious, lonely rooms, you must solve puzzles, survive monsters, and avoid traps to find the exit. Experience a dark, immersive atmosphere with unique NPCs and creatures reflecting the void. Can you find your way out?

Why similar: Walking Simulator 31.2%, Surreal 18.1%, Horror 17.1%, Psychological Horror 10.1%, Exploration 6.5%

You are trapped in the Office. A first-person Observation-Game about walking an endless office, spotting anomalies, and getting off work.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 28.1%, Surreal 20.6%, Psychological Horror 13.8%, Horror 12.1%, Exploration 7.7%

Explore liminal spaces and control world lighting in real-time with the press of a button. Secrets can be revealed by the light or the dark. Search for signs of life and use your radio to catch any stray broadcasts. Learn the secrets of the Drift Halls, or simply take in the sights.

Why similar: Pool 50.1% ★, Walking Simulator 20.6%, Psychological Horror 10.1%, Horror 9.2%, Exploration 4.3%

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 43.7%, Surreal 27.4%, Exploration 9.7%, Adventure 8.1%, First-Person 4.5%

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 28.9%, Psychological Horror 15.6%, Surreal 15.4%, Horror 9.9%, Exploration 7.6%

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

Why similar: Walking Simulator 36.2%, Horror 20.3%, Psychological Horror 19.1%, Adventure 8.7%, Exploration 5%

As a paranormal investigator, you find yourself taking instruction from a mysterious stranger from a payphone. Chasing the ground breaking coverage to accel your career, you embark to an isolated building in the middle of nowhere.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 32.2%, Horror 17.4%, Psychological Horror 17%, Dark 9.1%, Surreal 8.3%

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

Why similar: Walking Simulator 33.2%, Surreal 17.5%, Horror 13.3%, Psychological Horror 11.4%, Exploration 9.4%

You wake up in an abandoned place, with no memory, trapped in a location that defies logic. As you explore, violent hallucinations stalk you, and a mysterious figure whispers unsettling words. What is real? Only you can uncover the truth before it’s too late.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 24.6%, Surreal 21.5%, Horror 16.2%, Psychological Horror 15%, Exploration 6.1%

Infinite Crosswalk is a psychedelic walking simulator and horror game in retro 3D style. You get hit on a zebra crossing and trapped in limbo. Uncover the victims' tragic stories to escape — or pay with parts of your own body.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 31.8%, Surreal 24.4%, Psychological Horror 12.8%, Horror 8.5%, Adventure 4.9%

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 25.6%, Surreal 18%, Psychological Horror 14.9%, Horror 13.2%, Exploration 5.3%