- #1 A Night On The Farm
97% matchPositive95% of 41 reviews2024
Dev: Frozen Flame Interactive
Windows
A Night On The Farm is an atmospheric horror adventure with deep lore and surprising plot twists. Uncover the mystery surrounding your crash and the farm’s inescapable draw. Utilize key items, cryptic notes, and audio logs as you venture deeper and deeper into the unknown.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 29.2%, Adventure 13.9%, 1990's 13.7%, Exploration 10.3%, First-Person 9.5%
- #2 Urbex Awakening
96% match3 user reviews33% of 3 reviews2024
Dev: Braden ReddellPub: 98 Redd Games
Windows
It’s 1999. As a detective, you've discovered a set of eerie VHS tapes at a gruesome crime scene. Play as the urban explorer recorded on the tapes, reliving their terrifying journey through abandoned places. Investigate, uncover the truth, and survive the horrors captured on film.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 26.5%, Detective 17.6%, Exploration 8.6%, Realistic 8%, Horror 7.9%
- #3 The Lost Experiment
96% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: NeoPixel Games
Windows
It is 1997. Farhad, an investigative journalist, arrives at an abandoned military base to uncover the truth behind a silenced 1986 meteor crash. But as he delves deeper into the forest, he finds that the debris isn't the only thing buried here. Some headlines are better left unwritten.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 27.5%, Adventure 14.2%, 1990's 12.8%, Exploration 9.7%, First-Person 7.4%
- #4 Cave Crawler
95% matchVery Positive85% of 576 reviews2023
Dev: Technomancy Studios
Windows · Linux
Median: 42 minMean: 1.5 hrs≥1hr: 26%
Cave Crawler is a short horror game where you pilot a drone into a cave and discover something horrible.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 27.4%, Horror 11.2%, First-Person 9.2%, Realistic 7.9%, Psychological Horror 7.8%
- #5 Don't Blink
94% matchPositive94% of 16 reviews2026
Dev: Galus
Windows
Don’t Blink is a first-person psychological horror game. Navigate an abandoned asylum where blinking reshapes your surroundings - sometimes helping you, sometimes unleashing terror. The game blends slow-burn tension, stealth and psychological horror.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 24.8%, Psychological Horror 10.5%, First-Person 8.8%, Exploration 8.3%, 1990's 7.8%
- #6 The Guestlist
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: __Mike Ten
Windows
The Guestlist is a horror game where you play as a traveler who gets trapped in a hotel during a thunderstorm. The eccentric and strange guest is your only company, but as you talk to them, you'll uncover the hotel's dark history.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 25.1%, 1990's 16.2%, Investigation 13.1%, Horror 9.9%, Psychological Horror 9.6%
- #7 The Haunted Keepsake
93% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2024
Dev: Hazard Digital
Windows
Step into The Haunted Keepsake, a first-person horror game where you investigate an abandoned farmhouse plagued by a dark, vengeful presence. Uncover chilling secrets of a family tragedy, break a curse tied to a haunted doll, and survive the spirits haunting the grounds.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 32.1%, Adventure 16.2%, Realistic 12.2%, Investigation 11.4%, First-Person 10.3%
- #8 见诡录:阴魂街 Haunting Record: Phantom Street
92% matchVery Positive84% of 111 reviews2025
Dev: Gameloop
Windows
You step into a street both strange and familiar, where eerie events unfold one after another. The air is thick with lingering spirits and overwhelming resentment, as if something in the shadows is waiting to drag you into the abyss…
Why similar: Walking Simulator 28.3%, Thriller 12.2%, Exploration 9.8%, Adventure 9.1%, Realistic 8.9%
- #9 Inside The Forest
91% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2024
Dev: Stepan Tsokur
Windows
You and a group of friends decide to go on a camping trip in the Darkwood Forest, It starts off smoothly, but unforeseen events occur. and it’s only a matter of time before the true horror reveals itself.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 15%, Detective 12.4%, Investigation 10%, First-Person 8.3%, Psychological Horror 8.2%
- #10 Souls That Wait: Penunggu
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Starpixel Studios
Windows
Step into the shoes of a new security guard at a Malaysian school with a dark history in this first-person, realistic supernatural thriller. Encounter spirits rooted in Malaysian folklore, make critical choices to free trapped souls, and uncover the truth behind the eerie manifestations.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 20%, 1990's 12%, Detective 10.9%, Realistic 8.7%, Investigation 8.2%
- #11 Soviet Village
90% matchMostly Negative38% of 13 reviews2025
Dev: Ghost_RUS Games
Windows
A deadly search for a grandmother in the village. Can you escape the loop? Unpredictable horror.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 28.9%, Adventure 13.4%, Exploration 10.3%, Realistic 9.4%, First-Person 8.8%
- #12 NIGHT STORE SIMULATOR
89% matchMixed55% of 22 reviews2024
Dev: Ted ZuflePub: TZ
Windows
NIGHT STORE SIMULATOR - is a PSX-style simulation game where you work in a night store. Sell goods and enjoy the process.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 22.3%, 1990's 13.4%, Detective 13.1%, Investigation 8.9%, Exploration 8.3%
- #13 Dark Memories: Investigation
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: visioxr_studio
Windows
Dark Memories is an episodic psychological horror game based on road thriller, slasher, and survival thriller genres. You are currently viewing the second episode of the Dark Memories anthology.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 23.2%, Detective 13.1%, Investigation 11.4%, Exploration 8.4%, Realistic 8%
- #14 Unseen: 2002
88% matchNo user reviews
Dev: First Impact Group
Windows
An ordinary home video from 2002 takes a terrifying turn as you get lost in the Backrooms.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 27.6%, Exploration 11.6%, First-Person 9%, Investigation 7.6%, Realistic 7.5%
- #15 Insomnia: Chapter One
87% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Melon PolygonsPub: MonkeyFactory Media
Windows
2012. The Arctic research station "Persei" loses contact with the outside world. You are Ethan Miller, a technician sent to the facility to fix the issues. But something here has clearly gone out of control.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 28.3%, Adventure 11.9%, Psychological Horror 11.5%, First-Person 9.2%, Realistic 8%
- #16 Backrooms - 2005
85% matchPositive84% of 38 reviews2025
Dev: Rendern Studios
Windows
Backrooms - 2005 is a chapter-based Backrooms exploration game.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 29.5%, Adventure 14.2%, 1990's 13.2%, Realistic 11.5%, Exploration 10.4%
- #17 Static Grain - Quiet a Night
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Helmold Games
Windows
Anna, an 18-year-old university freshman in a different city. Together with her friend, she rented a small apartment in the station district. They had no idea what would happen during their very first week in the new place.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 24%, Psychological Horror 12.4%, 1990's 11.8%, First-Person 10.6%, Exploration 9.9%
- #18 Screaming In The Basement (2025)
84% matchMixed67% of 24 reviews2026
Dev: Massbolt Games
Windows
Screaming In The Basement is an inspired-by P.T. psychological horror game with an immersive atmosphere. You play as Mike, a fearless journalist determined to expose the truth, as he investigates a family brutally killed by a serial killer.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 18.7%, 1990's 11%, Investigation 10.4%, Thriller 8%, Realistic 7.4%
- #19 Hoiwa Hub
86% matchPositive83% of 18 reviews2022
Dev: BeanKing Computer Entertainment
Windows
Horror Game made in Hong Kong. 1st POV walking simulator. Investigating weird case happened to next door. By Unreal Engine 5.2.1.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 30.6%, Adventure 14.8%, Realistic 11.9%, Exploration 10.8%, First-Person 7.6%
- #20 Forest Ranger Services: Episode 2
83% matchPositive87% of 46 reviews2025
Dev: GuardHouse
Windows
Horror game series about the investigation of missing hikers in the U.S. National Parks. Follow the story of a wannabe reporter who got a job as a ranger to investigate the disappearances - several episodes that tell one story. Based on true events.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 20.6%, 1990's 13%, Detective 9.8%, Psychological Horror 7.5%, Realistic 7.5%
- #21 My Day Challenge
84% matchMostly Positive74% of 31 reviews2024
Dev: MindlessFinn
Windows
A short, atmospheric horror experience about daily life.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 28.6%, Exploration 12.7%, Horror 12.6%, Adventure 10%, First-Person 9.8%
- #22 White Silence
82% matchMostly Positive75% of 16 reviews2026
Dev: TEStudio
Windows
After crashing in the winter wilderness, you wake up in the middle of a blizzard. The forest is dead, the roads are gone, communication is lost. The only chance of salvation is a village hidden in the snow.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 32.4%, Adventure 15.1%, Realistic 12.3%, Exploration 10.9%, First-Person 10%
- #23 LiDAR Exploration Program
81% matchVery Positive91% of 265 reviews2025
Dev: KenForest
Windows
LiDAR Exploration Program is a relaxing atmospheric game with light horror elements, where you explore in complete darkness using a scanner to reveal the world around you.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 25.4%, Exploration 11.2%, Psychological Horror 10.4%, Adventure 10.4%, Horror 9.9%
- #24 Drowned Grave
81% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Markus Korda
Windows
It is a psychological horror game and walking simulator. Get chased by monsters. Monsters jumping towards at your screen.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 36.4%, 1990's 18.6%, Psychological Horror 11.3%, Adventure 10.8%, Horror 9.4%
- #25 Dark Memories: Prologue
79% matchMixed64% of 45 reviews2025
Dev: visioxr_studio
Windows
Dark Memories is an episodic psychological horror game based on road thriller, slasher, and survival thriller genres. You are currently viewing the prologue episode of the Dark Memories anthology.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 22.2%, Detective 12.9%, Investigation 10.9%, Realistic 8.3%, Exploration 7.8%
- #26 PLAYROOMS
80% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Winterblood games
Windows · Linux
Find a way out before you become a permanent part of the game. Your childhood nightmares have found you. Trapped in the endless, eerie playrooms of the Backrooms.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 31.3%, Exploration 12.7%, First-Person 10.8%, Psychological Horror 10.7%, Realistic 6.8%
- #27 House
79% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2024
Dev: Yo!Games
Windows
Explore the HOUSE, remember it & spot the changes !
Why similar: Walking Simulator 24.7%, Investigation 16.1%, Detective 14%, Exploration 10.2%, First-Person 8.4%
- #28 GhostlyRyokan
78% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2024
Dev: Taiga
Windows
An abandoned inn where lost souls wander, your decision will determine its outcome.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 38%, Adventure 19.3%, Exploration 13.3%, First-Person 11.3%, 3D 8.4%
- #29 You Were Sent Alone
77% matchNo user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Fractured Echo Games
Windows
Atmospheric first-person horror with exploration, notes, and multiple endings. Discover what lies beneath and what was never meant to be found.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 23.3%, Adventure 12.2%, Horror 10.6%, Psychological Horror 10.4%, Investigation 10.4%
- #30 Investigation: Definitive Edition
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ShockyyDoc GamesPub: ShockyyDoc Entertainment
Windows
Trapped between life and death, a troubled detective takes the most gruesome case of his life... now, you must help him explore the decaying halls of Ghillies Subway and escape what hunts him in the dark.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 17.6%, 1990's 13.7%, Realistic 11.7%, Detective 10.3%, Horror 9.6%
- #31 [Stories to Tell] Greyville Stay
76% matchVery Positive86% of 229 reviews2025
Dev: zebaxx
Windows
"Stories to Tell" Is a psychological horror game series developed by a 15 year old kid were each installment is based on a dream/nightmare me the developer has had. This is a game you wouldn't want to miss...
Why similar: Walking Simulator 24.4%, 1990's 13.7%, Realistic 10.5%, Exploration 9.1%, First-Person 8.5%
- #32 Lost August
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Varrukt
Windows
Lost August is a single-player open-world walking simulator game based on the concept of liminal spaces and the backrooms. Experience a dream-like world through the lens of a VHS camera as you explore the contents of a recently discovered video tape.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 27.5%, 1990's 13.6%, Exploration 10.6%, Realistic 10.2%, First-Person 9.5%
- #33 Night Clerk
75% matchMixed54% of 13 reviews2026
Dev: Arzolath®
Windows
Night Clerk is a first-person psychological horror experience set in a quiet roadside motel. Monitor CCTV cameras, answer late-night calls, and uncover subtle anomalies as long stretches of silence slowly give way to unsettling patterns.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 30.9%, Adventure 14.9%, Exploration 10.9%, Realistic 10.1%, First-Person 9.3%
- #34 The Kult
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: NOT APPLICABLE
Windows
A missing friend. Her last known location on your phone. A fence you probably shouldn’t cross. Enter the eerie woods, uncover her story, and face the kult that waits in the dark.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 30.6%, 1990's 19.8%, Adventure 15.5%, Exploration 7.2%, Horror 7%
- #35 Liminal City
74% matchMostly Positive73% of 79 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 25.6%, Realistic 11.4%, Psychological Horror 9.9%, Exploration 9.3%, Thriller 8.6%
- #36 The Gap
75% matchMostly Positive73% of 142 reviews2023
Dev: MV JPL
Windows
The Gap is a short first-person horror experience taking place in a ghostly abandoned house on a lonely street corner.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 25.3%, 1990's 11.8%, Exploration 9.7%, Horror 9.2%, Psychological Horror 8.2%
- #37 r/nosleep: The Night Shift at Paradise Valley Pool
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Du's Game
Windows
r/nosleep is a short horror game series with episodes inspired by and adapted from posts on the r/nosleep subreddit. Night Shift at Paradise Valley Pool episode is the story of a night shift pool maintenance worker and his bizarre experiences during his first day on the job.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 22.4%, 1990's 13.9%, Realistic 10%, Exploration 8.3%, First-Person 7.8%
- #38 All Alone
74% matchMixed67% of 15 reviews2023
Dev: sur
Windows
A missing father, a mysterious murder, paintings depicting missing children. A Short horror game in which the protagonist, who has lost his memory, is forced to get to a horrific truth. Who in the world are you?
Why similar: Walking Simulator 19.3%, Realistic 12.9%, Horror 11%, Psychological Horror 10.8%, Adventure 10.2%
- #39 The Witch
73% matchMixed57% of 21 reviews2024
Dev: ssma
Windows
The Witch is a first-person indie game in the genre of adventure with elements of horror. In it you are a journalist who has to solve the mystery of the disappearance of the inhabitants of the village of Hoer Verde.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 21.8%, Adventure 16.4%, First-Person 12.6%, Horror 10%, Exploration 7.7%
- #40 The Maid
72% matchVery Positive82% of 165 reviews2025
Dev: 99 Grados Games
Windows
The Maid is a first-person psychological horror and mystery game that focuses on creating fear and tension in the player.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 28.1%, Realistic 11.4%, Exploration 10.3%, Adventure 10.1%, First-Person 9.9%
- #41 Don't Shoot The Humans!
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Hidden Faces
Windows
Don’t Shoot the Humans! is a horror-detective game where you must decide friend from foe. One wrong choice will doom you to a fate worse than death. Every shot counts.
Why similar: Detective 18.3%, Walking Simulator 11.6%, First-Person 10.6%, Horror 10.4%, Exploration 10%
- #42 Condominium
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: MatteoLippera
Windows · Mac · Linux
Atmospheric and calm horror, set in an disturbing Italian condominium. A story-driven adventure into the past traumas of Cesare. No hiding or running from monsters! Follow the dreamy shadows of your childhood trough the liminal spaces of your grandma's apartment.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 20.6%, 1990's 15.1%, Realistic 12.5%, First-Person 10.2%, Exploration 9.9%
- #43 Uncanny Tales: 1992
70% matchVery Positive84% of 206 reviews2025
Dev: VYASTUDIO
Windows
Autumn, 1992. Anton, a 14-year-old boy, moves with his parents to a small town and is left alone in his grandmother's apartment. Meanwhile, children are disappearing across the town — the police are powerless, and no one knows who's behind it…
Why similar: Walking Simulator 23.9%, Thriller 11%, Exploration 8.7%, Investigation 8.5%, Horror 8.4%
- #44 SPIRITGRAPHER: THE ASYLUM 99
71% matchPositive82% of 11 reviews2024
Dev: GamesFromTheOtherSide
Windows
This first-person horror detective. You are a spiritgrapher, your camera can see what is beyond the reach of the human eye. Head to an abandoned hospital and shoot a report about supernatural events.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 21%, 1990's 14.3%, Detective 13.5%, Thriller 9.9%, Exploration 8.2%
- #45 SAS: Heks
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ZenVision Games
Windows
Survive the Silence. Uncover the Curse. Hunted. Trapped in the South African bush, a heks—woven from folklore and malice—torments you. She whispers. Waits. Every rustle, every crack of bone, is her call.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 20.5%, Detective 13.9%, Investigation 10.9%, Realistic 10.6%, Thriller 9.7%
- #46 The Wellmonts Case
68% matchVery Positive95% of 184 reviews2026
Dev: Zakym s. r. o.
Windows
The Wellmonts Case is a first-person psychological horror game set in 1993, Northern Maine. As a private detective, you explore the abandoned Wellmont farm, search for clues, photograph unsettling evidence, and uncover the truth behind a family's unexplained disappearance.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 22.8%, Thriller 10.6%, Investigation 9.2%, Psychological Horror 8.7%, Realistic 8.5%
- #47 Fragments of Self: Thoughts
70% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Nothing
Windows
My life has changed drastically: a new country, university, dormitory, work. Drowsiness and fatigue have become a habit, just like the silhouettes I’ve started seeing in my peripheral vision.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 32.6%, Adventure 15.9%, Exploration 11.5%, First-Person 9.7%, 3D 7.3%
- #48 Destined Corp: Awakening
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Voidspark Studio
Windows
Destined Corp, once a pioneer in AI-driven robotics, sees its creations evolve into self-aware beings who come to believe that humanity is "obsolete." These robots begin developing plans to create a new generation of humans—genetically engineered to be fully under their control.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 29.8%, Adventure 14.5%, Exploration 10.5%, Investigation 9.6%, Realistic 8.9%
- #49 Effugium
71% matchMixed60% of 67 reviews2023
Dev: Souporno GhoshPub: Team Glasses
Windows
Explore a cold, abandoned, and dreary facility to piece together its mysteries and find a means for escape from the horror that lurks within.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 33.6%, Horror 11.4%, Exploration 11.4%, First-Person 10.2%, Atmospheric 9.9%
- #50 Mnemosyne
68% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: DKS
Windows
Mnemosyne is an atmospheric psychological horror and anomaly hunting game that pushes your observation skills to their limits. Trapped in a dark, shifting dungeon, use your camera to document subtle changes and trust your memory to break the endless loop.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 17.3%, Psychological Horror 11.7%, Thriller 10.6%, Exploration 10.3%, Realistic 9.7%
- #51 The Backrooms Origins
70% matchMixed58% of 12 reviews2023
Dev: Hypnos Games
Windows
The Backrooms Origins is a first person exploration and psychological horror game about famous creepypasta the backrooms. Explore levels of backrooms and try to keep your sanity.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 20.4%, Realistic 9.2%, Investigation 8.9%, Thriller 8.3%, Psychological Horror 8.1%
- #52 NO TOMORROW
69% matchPositive94% of 17 reviews2024
Dev: Abra
Windows
You are stuck in an infinite loop. Observe unusual activites and escape the loop.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 29.2%, Psychological Horror 11.8%, First-Person 10.3%, Horror 8.2%, Investigation 6.9%
- #53 BACKROOMS THE COMPANY
68% matchMixed69% of 45 reviews2024
Dev: kc6067
Windows
backrooms horror game
Why similar: Walking Simulator 27.3%, 1990's 13.3%, Realistic 10.7%, Exploration 10%, Adventure 9.7%
- #54 IFU
69% matchMixed67% of 83 reviews2024
Dev: Setonika GamesPub: Dark Games DGG
Windows
IFU is a psychological horror about a young guy who is forcibly locked in an abandoned mansion of a dead surgeon along with his restless soul.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 19.6%, Detective 11.7%, Investigation 9.4%, Thriller 9.1%, Exploration 7.1%
- #55 Fragments of Fear
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Pradyum Mistry
Windows
A VHS found-footage horror anthology where everyday chores become your worst nightmares. Experience a growing collection of bite-sized analog horror episodes, from a late-night trip to the laundromat to a terrifying walk home. Can you survive the mundane?
Why similar: Walking Simulator 31.4%, Exploration 13.5%, First-Person 10.2%, Realistic 8.9%, Horror 8.1%
- #56 ARB: Anomalous Research Bureau - Museum
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Atomic Elk
Windows
Investigate a mysterious old museum as an agent of the Anomalous Research Bureau. Identify strange anomalies, file accurate reports, and endure the nights until your investigation is complete.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 25.1%, Investigation 15.1%, Exploration 9.8%, Psychological Horror 9.7%, First-Person 7.9%
- #57 Paranormal Investigation
66% match7 user reviews86% of 7 reviews2025
Dev: Cyber752Pub: indie.io
Windows
A psychological horror where you dive in and investigate a signal emanating from within the abandoned facility. Be careful about what you see and what you don’t, as it can be your undoing. Ghost evidence, strange noises, and anomalies are all part of the gig.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 22%, 1990's 12.6%, Detective 10.4%, Realistic 9.3%, Psychological Horror 9%
- #58 Unmixable Syrup
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: asobinuku
Windows
I wolf down a cold, lonely meal. Work's wearing me down, and money's shaky. The syrup I pour into my cold coffee never mixes, no matter how much I stir. So I figure I'll just wander around in my dreams.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 44.6%, Exploration 14.7%, Adventure 13.3%, First-Person 12.3%, Atmospheric 8.6%
- #59 Evac Bay 09
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Agustín Balmer
Windows · Linux
You're trapped in the seemingly endless corridors of a space station, desperately searching for the evacuation bay 09. But the station is not as empty as it seems; you must observe for subtle, unsettling occurrences and log them if you want to move forward. Can you break the loop and escape?
Why similar: Walking Simulator 30%, Psychological Horror 11.8%, First-Person 9.7%, Horror 9%, Adventure 7.9%