- #1 The Rubberhose Forest
97% matchPositive81% of 43 reviews2024
Dev: lilleBror
Windows
Welcome to a bone-chilling horror experience set a world inspired by the iconic Steamboat Willie cartoon and Slender: The eight pages. You are a daring cargo collector, navigating through an eerie forest, collecting valuable cargo while desperately avoiding the nightmarish duo, Mickey and Minnie.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 37%, Strategy 27.2%, Stealth 18.6%, Cartoony 17.2%
- #2 Sumigami
96% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2025
Dev: kakukaku_works
Windows
Sumigami is a walking simulator set in a world of enigmatic creatures. Ranging from wholesome to horrific, each encounter pulls you deeper into a haunting journey with a unique visual style.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 50%, Stealth 26.4%, Exploration 17%, Adventure 6.6%
- #3 After School
96% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2021
Dev: Taiga
Windows
After Schoolは、放課後の学校に忘れ物を取りに来た主人公に降りかかる恐怖を体験するゲームです。主人公は帰宅した際に大量の忘れ物をしたことに気づき、学校に引き返します。昼間の学校とは雰囲気の違う夜の学校に違和感を感じながらも学校を探索する。そこで出会った襲いかかる恐怖を避けながら自身の忘れ物を学校中から見つけ出し、自転車で無事に帰ることができればクリアとなります。現代日本の寂れた木造校舎を舞台としたステージを存分に楽しんでください。
Why similar: Walking Simulator 46.3%, Stealth 43.9%, Adventure 9.7%
- #4 Caution Ahead: Part 3
95% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ionic Relay
Windows
Descend into darkness as John, a search and rescue officer reaching the final destination of the journey. Explore claustrophobic mines in this horror experience that blends atmospheric exploration with stealth-based survival.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 50.4%, Stealth 23%, Exploration 17.2%, Adventure 9.4%
- #5 DOORS : Haunted Tales of Lantern House
94% match7 user reviews57% of 7 reviews2025
Dev: Gattorocco
Windows
This game is about reliving mysterious tales surrounding the haunted location, 'Lantern House.'
Why similar: Walking Simulator 73.1%, Exploration 21%, Adventure 5.9%
- #6 Unmixable Syrup
93% 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 69.9%, Exploration 22.3%, Adventure 7.8%
- #7 Death Lease
92% matchMixed43% of 14 reviews2023
Dev: kezbobicus
Windows
You will die.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 41.3%, Stealth 39.7%, Exploration 19.1%
- #8 obakeyashiki
91% matchPositive91% of 11 reviews2025
Dev: Gattorocco
Windows
Find your way out of a haunted house like a maze. A first-person horror exploration adventure.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 68.9%, Exploration 21.8%, Adventure 9.3%
- #9 Graverobber
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: batwimp
Windows
Graverobber is a digger game about opening graves for profit while avoiding patrolling guards, traps, and whatever might be buried beneath the soil.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 51%, Stealth 21.6%, Exploration 17.3%, Adventure 10.1%
- #10 Horror Maze 2
90% match6 user reviews83% of 6 reviews2023
Dev: Artic Wolf Games
Windows
Horror Maze is back and even scarier than before
Why similar: Walking Simulator 48.8%, Strategy 34.6%, Exploration 16.7%
- #11 🎧 Yellowcake - The Audio Game 🎧
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Schackmann's
Windows
A first-person audio game, telling the tale of a blind yet gifted hero. Make your way through a 3D environment without receiving any visual cues. Put all your faith in your ears and help our hero in his quest to uncover the sinister secrets of these twisty uranium mines, which he calls his home.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 47.3%, Stealth 27.5%, Exploration 16.2%, Adventure 9.1%
- #12 Fragments of Fear
89% 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 50.7%, Stealth 23.6%, Exploration 21.2%, Adventure 4.6%
- #13 Gaze At Maze
88% matchMostly Negative33% of 12 reviews2018
Dev: Anamik Majumdar
Windows · Linux
Gaze At Maze is a 2D top-down Maze game based on the story of a weird maze world which is full of weird looking creatures, powerful bots guarding the human embryos against intruders.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 44.7%, Stealth 42.2%, Exploration 13.1%
- #14 REliC
87% matchNo user reviews
Dev: WEM3
Windows
WEM3 presents their debut horror adventure! Wield your camera to materialize invisible entities and reveal the hidden truth.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 65.2%, Exploration 22%, Adventure 12.7%
- #15 The Curiosity
86% match5 user reviews40% of 5 reviews2024
Dev: Yuiami Games
Windows
The protagonist Ken and his friend Jun have come to a certain mountain to visit a rumored ruin. What awaits them there is...
Why similar: Stealth 41.3%, Walking Simulator 37.9%, Exploration 16.3%, Adventure 4.5%
- #16 Backrooms: What's Next
85% matchMixed66% of 65 reviews2025
Dev: SUDT Games
Windows
Backrooms: What's Next is a Co-op horror game up to 4 players, where you and your friends will explore the game, try to pass the game level using your mind, wit, remembering the places where you were
Why similar: Walking Simulator 36%, Stealth 33.1%, Exploration 15.8%, Co-op 11.7%, Adventure 3.4%
- #17 Ava's Redemption
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: DiracRipple
Windows
A systemic immersive sim where the city learns your habits. Switch between two fugitives, hack humans and machines, and gamble with 3–10 minute time fractures that can spawn parallel selves—every solution works, and every solution leaves a bill.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 42.6%, Stealth 41.6%, Exploration 10.9%, Adventure 4.9%
- #18 Gone Home
84% matchMostly Positive77% of 18,234 reviews2013
Dev: Fullbright
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 81%
June 7th, 1995. 1:15 AM. You arrive home after a year abroad. You expect your family to greet you, but the house is empty. Something's not right. Where is everyone? And what's happened here? Unravel the mystery for yourself in Gone Home, a story exploration game from The Fullbright Company.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 85.8%, Exploration 12.4%, Adventure 1.8%
- #19 Corpse of Discovery
84% matchMixed65% of 186 reviews2015
Dev: Phosphor Games
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 7.0 hrs≥1hr: 54%
A first-person Walking Simulator exploring the deeper meaning of family, life goals, and personal choices (with a bit of humor and old-school sci-fi homage mixed in) – set on beautiful and lonely alien worlds.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 64.8%, Exploration 19.9%, Adventure 15.3%
- #20 O.M.N.I.S.: Overnight Train
82% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2025
Dev: NOIR1987
Windows
You are aboard an endless train. Find anomalies, report them, and move on. But be careful—missing just one may cost you the loop.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 63.6%, Exploration 27.1%, Adventure 9.3%
- #21 Top Heroes
82% matchMixed50% of 68 reviews2025
Dev: Rivergame HK Limited
Windows
◆ Embark on an Adventure Explore unknown lands, unlock ancient ruins, and brave dangerous dungeons! ◆ Build Your Kingdom Create a thriving realm from scratch and turn your dream city into reality! ◆ Achieve Glory with Your Guild Form powerful alliances with players worldwide, and conquer the world!
Why similar: Strategy 40.2%, Co-op 26.3%, Cartoony 22.1%, Adventure 11.5%
- #22 Heaven Island - VR MMO
83% matchMixed63% of 2,286 reviews2015
Dev: Fabio FerraraPub: Chubby Pixel
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 14.1 hrs≥1hr: 93%
More a Journey in your Inner Self than a game, "Heaven Island" is an experience in which you'll explore wonderful places. The inspiration for the environments comes from the Renzo Piano designs and from the book "Origins of Architectural Pleasure" in which the welfare is of primary importance.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 87.6%, Exploration 8.1%, Adventure 4.3%
- #23 Enthaur : Lost in Slumber
81% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2026
Dev: PerWeak StudioPub: IIM Digital School
Windows
Enthaur is a poetic and visceral solo first person journey where players are launched in a decaying world made of flesh, where they need to play with body-like mechanics to survive.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 35.8%, Stealth 33.8%, Exploration 22.5%, Adventure 7.9%
- #24 Backrooms: The Others
80% match4 user reviews25% of 4 reviews2025
Dev: SUDT Games
Windows
Backrooms: The Others is a cooperative horror game for up to 4 players where you will be forced to explore these unknown nooks and crannies, trying to survive in this complex world where death can be waiting for you at every turn!
Why similar: Walking Simulator 37.1%, Stealth 35%, Exploration 15.8%, Co-op 8.7%, Adventure 3.4%
- #25 GhostlyRyokan
79% 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 65.4%, Exploration 22.2%, Adventure 12.4%
- #26 The Graveyard
81% matchMixed61% of 617 reviews2009
Dev: Tale of Tales
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 12 minMean: 17.7 hrs≥1hr: 11%
The Graveyard is a very short computer game. You play an old lady who visits a graveyard. You walk around, sit on a bench and listen to a song. It's more like an explorable painting than an actual game. An experiment with poetry and storytelling but without words.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 100%
- #27 Bad Santa
79% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2024
Dev: DropoutStudios
Windows
Solve puzzles and collect presents all while avoiding the big bad santa. Also watch out for whatever lurks in the basement.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 34.8%, Strategy 28.7%, Stealth 16.5%, Exploration 12.1%, Adventure 7.9%
- #28 Entombed
78% match6 user reviews50% of 6 reviews2024
Dev: James GagliaPub: QuackMeow Studios
Windows
You wake up in the middle of the night. The lights are all off and something feels off. You grab your flashlight and try to figure out the source of this anomaly. However, you grow hungry and head to the kitchen where things start to go horribly wrong.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 31.1%, Cartoony 24.9%, Strategy 20%, Exploration 14%, Stealth 9.9%
- #29 Scary Maze Game
78% matchMostly Positive77% of 99 reviews2023
Dev: Carrot Studios
Windows
You and up to 5 friends need to find the exit of a maze, beware of the monster that lurks in the shadows.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 46.3%, Strategy 28.1%, Exploration 20.5%, Adventure 5%
- #30 Backrooms - 2005
76% matchPositive84% of 38 reviews2025
Dev: Rendern Studios
Windows
Backrooms - 2005 is a chapter-based Backrooms exploration game.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 53.1%, Strategy 19.1%, Exploration 18.3%, Adventure 9.5%
- #31 At the Summit of Mount Rojerya
77% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2025
Dev: Selçuk Çetiner
Windows
Survive a deadly descent from a mountain peak. One wrong step ends it all. Be slow, focused, and patient caution is your only ally in this unforgiving journey. There’s no map, no help just you, your instincts, and the will to make it out alive. One mistake, and it’s all over.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 64.7%, Exploration 21.7%, Adventure 13.6%
- #32 Master Thief
77% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Raining Phoenix Games
Windows
Become the ultimate burglar in this witty 1-4 player co-op heist game. Craft your character, hone your skills, and pull off daring thefts as you rise from small-time crook to Master Thief!
Why similar: Stealth 47%, Cartoony 27.7%, Co-op 19.6%, Adventure 5.8%
- #33 Backrooms: The Deep Dark
76% matchMostly Positive78% of 18 reviews2025
Dev: SUDT Games
Windows
Backrooms: The Deep Dark is a 4-player cooperative horror game where you will survive in a mysterious scary atmospheric world, wander through unknown dark corners and get scared of every nook and cranny!
Why similar: Walking Simulator 38%, Stealth 36%, Exploration 16.4%, Co-op 6.5%, Adventure 3.1%
- #34 Circus of TimTim - Mascot Horror Game
75% matchMostly Positive79% of 52 reviews2024
Dev: Mascot Bro Studio
Windows
Circus of TimTim is a Stealth Horror Survival Game about two siblings trying to sneak inside the most hunted carnival of all time to recover lost items with a metal detector device, however enemies are roaming around and they can hear your every step! TimTim is not happy ..
Why similar: Stealth 28.1%, Walking Simulator 26.5%, Cartoony 21.9%, Co-op 10.9%, Exploration 8.4%
- #35 District XiLin - 西林区
75% matchMixed59% of 17 reviews2023
Dev: Unique
Windows
This is a first-person open-world game similar to a walking simulator.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 75.5%, Exploration 24.5%
- #36 THE WELL
74% matchMostly Positive78% of 41 reviews2025
Dev: Creeps LTD.
Windows
Isolation. Hopelessness. Starvation. By the will of an unknown force, you find yourself isolated from the outside world. Now you are doomed to starve to death. No one will come to your aid. No one will hear your prayers.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 54.4%, Stealth 19.9%, Exploration 18.7%, Adventure 7%
- #37 The Vending Machine
74% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: Nookinya
Windows
The Vending Machine is a survival stealth horror where you must sneak, run, and escape from an anomalous vending machine.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 49.7%, Stealth 34.5%, Exploration 15.8%
- #38 Doll Impostor
72% matchVery Positive93% of 1,019 reviews2024
Dev: David GallardoPub: HeadArrow
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Doll Impostor is a horror game where 1-4 players take on the role of guardians of possessed dolls. Work together to identify the impostor doll before 9 a.m, or face dire consequences. Every hour counts in this tense, fear-filled race against time.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 47.6%, Strategy 37.6%, Adventure 8.2%, Co-op 6.6%
- #39 Puppetsite
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Puppeteers Devs
Windows · Linux
Puppetsite is a narrative-driven psychological horror game. A disturbing puppet clings to your arm. Find a way to break free… but don’t wake it up. That could be the end of you.
Why similar: Stealth 39.7%, Cartoony 29.3%, Strategy 13.3%, Exploration 12.4%, Adventure 5.3%
- #40 ExtraAudinary: Audio game
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Joseph Lindley
Windows
Welcome to an immersive audio-only adventure where sight is no longer necessary. Navigate through soundscapes, relying solely on your ears to guide you.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 52.5%, Stealth 24.7%, Exploration 12.4%, Adventure 10.4%
- #41 Nightfall House
72% matchMostly Positive72% of 18 reviews2024
Dev: Wanko Soba
Windows
Nightfall House is a first-person walking simulator game that allows you to feel as if someone is always around.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 50.1%, Stealth 24.5%, Exploration 15.7%, Adventure 9.7%
- #42 Unseen: 2002
73% 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 52%, Stealth 22.2%, Exploration 21.2%, Adventure 4.6%
- #43 Chestnut Grove
71% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2023
Dev: Philip Drobar
Windows · Mac
How do you go about your life when self-isolation has become the new normal? CHESTNUT GROVE is based on my personal experience of quarantine and features 100% real documents and notices.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 65.4%, Exploration 22.2%, Adventure 12.4%
- #44 Sneaky Sneaky
71% matchVery Positive90% of 280 reviews2014
Dev: Naiad Entertainment LLC
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Sneak through the shadows, dash to cover, pick your moment and strike! Unleash your inner thief in this strategic stealth adventure.
Why similar: Stealth 55.7%, Strategy 37.3%, Adventure 6.9%
- #45 Crime & Anomaly: Paranormal Horror
70% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Two Cats Games
Windows
Fight to keep your mind in the shadow of crime and the unknown. Crime & Anomaly is an indie psychological horror that drags you through the dark corridors of 1860s Saint Petersburg. Inspired by Dostoevsky’s Crime and Punishment, every creaking floorboard and flicker of light can shatter your sanity.
Why similar: Stealth 38.9%, Walking Simulator 38.8%, Exploration 17.5%, Adventure 4.8%
- #46 The Old City: Leviathan
71% matchMostly Positive72% of 740 reviews2014
Dev: PostMod Softworks
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 62%
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 70.2%, Exploration 22.2%, Adventure 7.6%
- #47 KUBI ZUKA
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: WRAITH ARTS
Windows
KUBI ZUKA is a first-person survival horror game.Set in an ancient village with a theme of Japanese mythology and folklore, you will face the horrors that assail you while uncovering the secrets that lie dormant in this land.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 46.6%, Stealth 31.3%, Exploration 18.5%, Adventure 3.6%
- #48 Light of the Mountain
70% matchMostly Positive73% of 15 reviews2018
Dev: Songhouse Games
Windows
A puzzle solving adventure game that tells the story of a dying man stranded on a mysterious island. Alone he must explore the island's various locations and even the deepest depths of his dreams to uncover the island's secrets and mysteries, and come to terms with what may be the end of his life.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 80%, Adventure 20%
- #49 Backrooms: The Next Level
68% matchMixed67% of 30 reviews2025
Dev: SUDT Games
Windows
Backrooms: The Next Level is a Co-op horror game up to 4 players, where you and your friends will explore the game, try to pass the game level using your mind, wit, remembering the places where you were
Why similar: Walking Simulator 43.7%, Stealth 24.3%, Exploration 15.7%, Co-op 10.6%, Adventure 5.7%
- #50 In Nightmare
68% matchVery Positive82% of 94 reviews2022
Dev: Magic Fish Games
Windows
In Nightmare is a narrative-driven horror adventure game combining sneak action with diverse puzzles. It follows a young boy in search for the last hope of love who is working out his own salvation by navigating through his fear.
Why similar: Stealth 27.8%, Cartoony 25.5%, Strategy 21.9%, Exploration 18.3%, Adventure 6.5%
- #51 Signal Decay
69% matchVery Positive82% of 65 reviews2019
Dev: Nela System
Windows · Mac
Assemble a cyber agent team to infiltrate procedurally-generated bases in this co-op stealth roguelike adventure. Master highly tactical combat, a cache of cyber weaponry, and teamwork to save humanity from mind-control.
Why similar: Strategy 36%, Stealth 33.9%, Co-op 22%, Adventure 8.1%
- #52 Wild Encounters - Cedar Woods Campground
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Celeritas Games
Windows
Wild Encounters is an episodic Wildlife encounter horror game where each episode unveils a short story narrated by the ones who survived.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 49.8%, Strategy 25.6%, Exploration 17.6%, Adventure 7%
- #53 Public Enemy: Revolution Simulator
68% matchVery Positive89% of 76 reviews2019
Dev: Concrete Games
Windows
Stealth and rebellion in an absurd totalitarian government.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 32.4%, Stealth 30.4%, Strategy 13.1%, Co-op 11.8%, Exploration 9.2%
- #54 Dream Voyage
67% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: Fire Cat
Windows · Linux
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 70.2%, Exploration 22.4%, Adventure 7.4%
- #55 Lantern of Remembrance
67% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2025
Dev: KAWAUSO FORGE
Windows
A faint light is your only clue. A branching psychological horror through memory and darkness.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 68%, Exploration 23%, Adventure 9%
- #56 Decrepit
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: BladeworkzGames
Windows
Take control of an urban explorer content creator as you explore and abandoned underground genetics lab. Find items and unlock secrets to escape. Tread carefully however, the horrors of the past still lurk in the shadows here.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 52.7%, Stealth 25.1%, Exploration 22.2%
- #57 TO:RI
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Farfama
Windows
TO:RI is an atmospheric first-person experience set on an abandoned island. Explore a train station that holds dreams and memories of isolated existence. Journey through an ethereal story about the essence of being.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 62.9%, Exploration 29.1%, Adventure 8%