- #1 September 7th
97% matchVery Positive88% of 2,959 reviews2023
Dev: EMIKA_GAMES
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 1.5 hrs≥1hr: 47%
"September 7th" is a short horror game released for Christmas. The plot of the game is simple to the point of banality, and the gameplay is not delayed.The game also contains some Easter eggs and mentions. The game takes place in 2009.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 17.8%, Horror 14.3%, Psychological Horror 11.8%, Psychedelic 9.1%, Exploration 7.7%
- #2 Unseen
96% matchVery Positive84% of 68 reviews2025
Dev: Redsroll
Windows
It’s an indie horror game where John, a forensic photographer, after an unexpected and exhausting shift, is forced to spend the night away from home. What seemed like a temporary rest soon begins to turn unsettling.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 17.9%, Psychological Horror 16.5%, Horror 14.9%, Exploration 8.8%, Simulation 8%
- #3 Who am I?
96% matchVery Positive86% of 92 reviews2025
Dev: Redsroll
Windows
A man named Mark, who struggles to make ends meet, receives a letter informing him that his aunt has passed away. Despite their troubled past, Mark decides to investigate what happened, hoping to uncover the truth and perhaps find a chance for a better life.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 17.5%, Horror 12.5%, Psychological Horror 11.7%, Psychedelic 9.5%, Exploration 7.7%
- #4 Backward poiesis
95% matchPositive89% of 36 reviews2024
Dev: sur
Windows
A short walking simulator with a horror feel that recreates actual found footage, which can be related to Liminal Space and Backrooms.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 26.4%, Horror 14.3%, Exploration 12.9%, Psychological Horror 11.7%, Simulation 11%
- #5 Hell Storage
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ascend Gaming
Windows
A first-person psychological horror game about an ex-con working nights at a self-storage facility, where an old mirror reveals the spirits stalking him.
Why similar: Horror 19.9%, Psychological Horror 16%, Walking Simulator 12.9%, First-Person 10.3%, Simulation 10.2%
- #6 Until They Burn
94% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Runebox Studio
Windows
First-person psychological horror, where nightmares have led you to the apartment of a woman who vanished after a fire. Things take a strange turn when you find yourself trapped inside, compelled to burn dolls in a fireplace to escape.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 22.4%, Simulation 14.3%, Horror 14.3%, Psychological Horror 13.2%, Psychological 8.1%
- #7 Bleakmoor House
93% match2 user reviews0% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: Lagarcent Studios
Windows
Bleakmoor House is a psychological horror game where you navigate a shifting maze of dark rooms, solve puzzles, and uncover the mansion’s secrets. Face terrifying encounters and unravel the twisted history to survive the deadly traps within.
Why similar: Horror 18.3%, Walking Simulator 17.8%, Psychological Horror 17%, Simulation 10.7%, Exploration 10%
- #8 The Stairwell
92% matchPositive94% of 32 reviews2025
Dev: Hidden Palace
Windows
You've been hired to keep watch in a mysterious building with an infinite stairwell. Your task is simple: investigate each floor for strange phenomena. If you find an anomaly, be careful. Test your skills on the global leaderboard and in the weekly challenge event.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 26.2%, Psychological Horror 20.5%, Horror 19%, Simulation 9.9%, Realistic 5.9%
- #9 Birth Of X
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Beshbarmak games
Windows
Birth Of X is an atmospheric psychological horror about the pain of loss. A mysterious box left at your doorstep sets off a chain of terrifying events. Solve symbolic puzzles and face what crawls behind you…
Why similar: Walking Simulator 19.9%, Horror 19.1%, Psychological Horror 16.8%, Simulation 9.9%, Realistic 8.9%
- #10 From Devil's Womb
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ZeroZeroThirteen
Windows
You are a broken ex–police officer haunted by your partner’s disappearance. A mysterious clue drags you into decaying places infected by a devilish presence, breathing, waiting, watching from the dark. Solve cryptic puzzles, face buried guilt, and uncover a truth that was never meant to surface.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 22%, Psychological Horror 16.7%, Horror 14.5%, Psychological 9.8%, Exploration 8.4%
- #11 Office 8
89% match9 user reviews89% of 9 reviews2026
Dev: ChronoQuill
Windows
"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 23.2%, Psychological Horror 17.7%, Horror 14.9%, Simulation 8.1%, First-Person 8%
- #12 6th Floor
89% matchPositive85% of 20 reviews2024
Dev: Sombra Games
Windows
Explore a seemingly endless hotel floor where each identical corridor challenges your perception. This horror walking simulator tests your observation skills as you seek the emergency exit.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 21.7%, Psychological Horror 15.7%, Horror 14.3%, Simulation 8%, First-Person 7.9%
- #13 Anji -Implication-
88% matchMostly Positive72% of 101 reviews2024
Dev: ぶんぶくず
Windows
Anji【Implication】-Stimulation that gives the mind, unconsciously, certain notions. This game is a first-person walking simulator where you just keep going down the stairs.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 23.1%, Psychological Horror 19.1%, Horror 17.3%, Realistic 8.5%, Psychological 8.2%
- #14 Melancholia Maze
87% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: Angus Fenton
Windows
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 24.7%, Psychological Horror 14.6%, Exploration 12%, Horror 11.4%, Psychedelic 9.4%
- #15 Price of theft
86% match5 user reviews60% of 5 reviews2025
Dev: Artmonsy
Windows
A first-person psychological horror game about fear, guilt, and obsession. Explore a cursed estate, solve puzzles, find notes, and confront what lurks in the darkness. Atmosphere, suspense, and jump scares will make your heart beat faster.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 27.4%, Simulation 12.8%, Exploration 11%, Psychological Horror 10.6%, Horror 10.3%
- #16 Forest Keeper Lookout
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Kizuna Game Studio
Windows
Take a temporary job as a forest ranger deep in the mountains. Complete daily tasks, maintain equipment, and enjoy the quiet, until strange things start to happen.
Why similar: Horror 18.1%, Walking Simulator 17.8%, Simulation 16.9%, Psychological Horror 15.6%, First-Person 8.3%
- #17 Tenfold Loop
85% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2024
Dev: Astrild Games
Windows
Tenfold Loop is a short walking simulator where the player is trapped inside an endless loop. The only way to exit is to find 10 consecutives anomalies.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 28.8%, Psychological Horror 16.2%, Simulation 13%, Psychological 11.5%, Exploration 10.8%
- #18 Death On Holly Ridge
83% matchVery Positive94% of 50 reviews2025
Dev: MixoNat
Windows
Christmas Eve, a delivery driver turns onto Holly Ridge & becomes trapped inside a decaying house of death. Reality fractures as something hunts her through rooms that shouldn’t exist. Survive the night, uncover the truth behind the house, & escape the snowy nightmare, if escape is even possible.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 29.5%, Simulation 19.8%, Horror 16.6%, Exploration 11.7%, Psychological Horror 10.3%
- #19 Joymaker
84% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: Several Confused Clowns
Windows · Mac
A story-driven indie psychological horror game
Why similar: Walking Simulator 21%, Horror 17.5%, Psychological Horror 15.5%, Simulation 9.7%, Exploration 9.4%
- #20 Prison Alone
84% matchMostly Positive73% of 44 reviews2024
Dev: Gaister StudiosPub: Farmando XP
Windows
A psychological horror game with NO jumpscares. Feel the tension and suspense, get goosebumps, experience strange frightening events, and explore, look for keys, solve puzzles, while thinking hard to find a way to get out of this huge, and maybe not so empty prison.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 23.2%, Psychological Horror 15.3%, Horror 12.4%, Exploration 9.5%, Realistic 8.1%
- #21 Ocean Desolation
82% matchMixed57% of 83 reviews2024
Dev: BluSkie
Windows
Ocean Desolation is a Free Simple Linear horror game. After falling out of your boat during a thunderstorm you are left stranded in the South Pacific Ocean. Swim your way to different locations and find a way to call for help. But be careful, something lurks at the bottom.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 28%, Horror 16.8%, Psychological Horror 14.9%, Exploration 12.8%, First-Person 9.9%
- #22 LoopSpace
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: XUZHIHAO
Windows
Enter the mind of the patient. Seek anomalies and uncover the truth. Step into the patient’s mind, explore the mental space, and search for anomalies and memory fragments. Every choice could send you back to the start—can you reach the eighth floor?
Why similar: Walking Simulator 25.2%, Horror 21%, Psychological Horror 19%, First-Person 13.6%, Exploration 9.9%
- #23 Lair of Torment
82% matchMostly Positive73% of 183 reviews2023
Dev: Admia
Windows
This is an indie horror game with first-person puzzles. Terror and fear have enveloped the city. The maniac has returned. You sneak into his lair to try and stop him before he goes too far...
Why similar: Walking Simulator 20.3%, Horror 15.2%, Psychological Horror 14.5%, Psychedelic 10.3%, Simulation 7.4%
- #24 Finnish Cottage 8
81% matchVery Positive94% of 51 reviews2025
Dev: Savukivi Games
Windows
You've been trapped in a looping Finnish summer cottage. Use your observation and memory to find anomalies and make the right choice to escape the Finnish Cottage 8.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 22.3%, Psychological Horror 15.7%, Horror 14.4%, First-Person 8.5%, Exploration 8.1%
- #25 The Butcher's Village™
80% matchMixed62% of 21 reviews2026
Dev: Murtaza ErrorPub: Massbolt Games
Windows
The Butcher's Village is a psychological slasher horror game that provides a horrifying experience. Explore unsettling environments, solve intricate puzzles, and struggle to survive in a village that is at once eerily familiar and terrifyingly real.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 22.6%, Psychological Horror 16.4%, Horror 15.1%, Psychedelic 10.5%, Exploration 7.5%
- #26 RESTORER
79% matchMostly Positive78% of 54 reviews2025
Dev: Beshbarmak games
Windows
RESTORER is a classic walking simulator set in an old, atmospheric mansion. Something roams the halls… It wants to share its secret—with the price being your sanity.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 22.7%, Psychological Horror 16%, Psychedelic 15.7%, Horror 11.2%, Realistic 7.4%
- #27 Let's Pray
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Beshbarmak games
Windows
Let's Pray — an atmospheric horror game with a unique mechanic. Pray into your microphone in any language to save lost souls and banish evil, so that God may light your path… Experience the faith of a young nun in a dark forest filled with spirits, temptations, and her own sins.
Why similar: Horror 18.2%, Psychological Horror 16.1%, Walking Simulator 14.3%, Psychedelic 12.4%, Simulation 9.5%
- #28 LIGHT CRY
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Dragon Landing
Windows
It was the worst day of his life. The car hit Damon. Damon, in a coma, was on the thin line between life and death. To wake up from his coma, Damon had to win the battle with himself.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 21.3%, Psychedelic 15.9%, Psychological Horror 15.2%, Horror 14.9%, Exploration 8.2%
- #29 Dream Prison
78% matchMixed57% of 23 reviews2025
Dev: Budai
Windows · Linux
"Dream Prison" is a 3D horror escape game similar to Exit 8. Find the anomalous rooms and escape the cult church.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 31.1%, Psychological Horror 18.5%, Horror 18%, Simulation 12.6%, First-Person 10.9%
- #30 Parasite Tunnel
77% matchMostly Positive73% of 15 reviews2025
Dev: TAYUTA CREATE
Windows
A creepy tunnel inhabited by a gigantic creature. You are trapped inside this tunnel. Escape the giant creature, search for the tunnel's exit, and make your escape. This is a short horror game that envelops the player in a sense of unease and tension.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 31.8%, Psychological Horror 18.8%, Horror 17.5%, Simulation 12.2%, Realistic 9.1%
- #31 Kizuyami | 刻闇
76% matchPositive91% of 33 reviews2024
Dev: Raw Gryt
Windows
Kizuyami is an atmospheric psychological horror game. You find yourself in a never-ending Japanese street that you cannot leave no matter where you go. You stumble upon the same house over and over again, which calls for you in inexplicable ways. Will you be able to find your way out?
Why similar: Walking Simulator 20%, Horror 17.1%, Psychological Horror 14.9%, Psychological 10.3%, Simulation 9.7%
- #32 CheckOut
76% matchPositive90% of 49 reviews2024
Dev: 160dev
Windows
Checkout is a psychological horror walking simulator where players attempt to escape from endlessly looping hotel corridors. The game delivers an intense immersion with its tension-building soundtrack and realistic graphics. Unravel the hidden stories and find your way out of the hotel.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 27.9%, Simulation 19.3%, Horror 17.6%, Psychological Horror 15.5%, First-Person 10.1%
- #33 Cave Crawler
77% 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 26%, Horror 22.6%, Psychological Horror 14.1%, First-Person 9.1%, Linear 7.3%
- #34 Static Grain - Quiet a Night
75% 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 22.3%, Psychological Horror 21.9%, Horror 19.3%, Exploration 10.4%, First-Person 10.3%
- #35 The Unfamiliars
74% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: MixoNat
Windows
A rainy night, unfamiliar figures outside your mobile home and the growing feeling that something is terribly wrong.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 30.5%, Simulation 21%, Horror 15.9%, Psychological Horror 12.5%, Exploration 12.1%
- #36 Ep.家族
75% matchMixed61% of 18 reviews2023
Dev: Kutsunasi
Windows
A first-person Japanese horror game.
Why similar: Horror 22%, Psychological Horror 19.2%, Walking Simulator 15.4%, Psychological 12.7%, Simulation 10.8%
- #37 Apart
73% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: rxwbu
Windows
Run your own toy workshop in this horror-themed crafting simulation game. Chop, saw, paint, pack, and deliver toys for your mysterious customers.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 25.5%, Horror 15.6%, Psychological Horror 14.9%, Linear 7.8%, Psychological 7.7%
- #38 Anomaly Hotel
74% matchMostly Positive71% of 14 reviews2024
Dev: Pinholic Games
Windows
You start from the 10th floor in a hotel and must make your way to the exit. However, you must look for any potential anomalies on each floor to safely make it out.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 21%, Psychological Horror 15%, Horror 14%, Psychological 9.4%, Exploration 8.3%
- #39 DISTURBING FEARS - Workplace
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Horribilia
Windows
"DISTURBING FEARS" is an episodic horror series inspired by real events that immerses players in disturbing stories.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 19.6%, Horror 16.7%, Walking Simulator 16.4%, Simulation 9.1%, First-Person 8.9%
- #40 Screaming In The Basement (2025)
71% 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 17.4%, Psychological Horror 12.6%, Psychedelic 10.4%, Horror 8.8%, Psychological 8%
- #41 Dreamless
72% matchMostly Positive73% of 119 reviews2024
Dev: Setone GamesPub: Limansia Fears
Windows
In a remote provincial town, teenagers mysteriously disappear every 25 years. You're a high school student about to turn 18... But what if you become the next victim?
Why similar: Walking Simulator 15.7%, Psychological Horror 15.4%, Horror 14.8%, Psychological 10.8%, Psychedelic 7.7%
- #42 Twisted Gallery 异馆
71% matchVery Positive85% of 349 reviews2025
Dev: FH Create Inc
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 1.5 hrs≥1hr: 53%
You're trapped in an endlessly looping art gallery — familiar, yet uncanny. If you can notice the changes, maybe you can find your way out.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 27.1%, Psychological Horror 18.8%, Horror 15.7%, Simulation 9.2%, Exploration 9.2%
- #43 Biological Incident
73% match5 user reviews20% of 5 reviews2024
Dev: MagistrGames
Windows
Cases of disappearances have become more frequent in the small town. The tracks lead to an empty house on the outskirts of the city...
Why similar: Walking Simulator 27.7%, Psychological Horror 14.9%, Exploration 13.5%, Horror 12.3%, Simulation 12.1%
- #44 Bedtime Horror Stories
72% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Arkuda Inc.
Windows
Late night. A young man called Sam is home alone. He finds a mystical book that takes him into a world of horror stories that come alive. Start reading, but you must not break the most important rule. Once you have started the book, you must finish it!
Why similar: Walking Simulator 20.2%, Horror 13.6%, Psychological Horror 9.9%, Simulation 9.2%, Exploration 8.8%
- #45 Unseen: 2002
71% 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 26.2%, Horror 14.5%, Exploration 12.4%, Psychological Horror 12.1%, First-Person 8.9%
- #46 Escape Floor 13
69% matchPositive94% of 17 reviews2025
Dev: Fit'n'Crispy Games
Windows · Linux
You are trapped on the 13th floor of a hotel. Pay close attention to your surroundings as you navigate each floor to reach the next elevator and make your escape in Escape Floor 13.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 28.2%, Psychological Horror 21.8%, Horror 18.5%, Simulation 12.1%, First-Person 10%
- #47 Escape Exit: Floor 10
70% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2025
Dev: KonaMGames
Windows
You’ve stepped into an office building haunted by an unsolved murder. The elevator traps you in endlessly repeating floors — each one slightly different from the last. Discover all 31 subtle anomalies, avoid deadly supernatural events, and reach the final EXIT to uncover the true ending.
Why similar: Horror 20.9%, Psychological Horror 18.4%, Walking Simulator 15.9%, Simulation 15.2%, Exploration 10.1%
- #48 SNAP SNAP
70% matchMostly Positive79% of 72 reviews2024
Dev: Beshbarmak games
Windows
Having collected information about the “unusual corpse” for your journalistic investigation, you return home from the morgue. Something is wrong... The house has changed and there is a creature wandering in it that is afraid of the camera flash. Solve puzzles to get out of the house and survive.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 21.3%, Horror 15.4%, Psychological Horror 14.9%, Psychedelic 10.1%, Exploration 8.7%
- #49 Evac Bay 09
70% 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 26.1%, Psychological Horror 19.5%, Horror 16.7%, First-Person 8.8%, Psychological 7.8%
- #50 Horror
68% matchMostly Positive71% of 42 reviews2026
Dev: STuNT
Windows
HORROR is a test of your logic in the face of primal fear. You are unarmed. You are vulnerable. All you have is a flashlight with a dying battery and your intellect.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 20.9%, Horror 18.3%, Exploration 11.7%, Psychological Horror 11.6%, Simulation 9.5%
- #51 LiDAR Exploration Program
68% 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 23.3%, Horror 19.4%, Psychological Horror 18.2%, Exploration 11.6%, First-Person 8.8%
- #52 Lost in Anomaly
68% matchMixed64% of 993 reviews2024
Dev: Aximus Games
Windows
In Lost in Anomaly, you wake up on the 9th floor of an unknown building. The only way out of here is to detect and mark anomalies. One wrong move and you could be trapped forever.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 20.9%, Horror 17%, Psychological Horror 16.3%, Exploration 8.8%, First-Person 7.2%
- #53 Uneasy Memories
69% matchMostly Negative33% of 18 reviews2024
Dev: CHM
Windows
A Psychological Horror Game Set in Everyday Life
Why similar: Walking Simulator 34.4%, Horror 17.2%, Psychological Horror 15.4%, Simulation 13.1%, First-Person 11.6%
- #54 MINDFALL
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: TrueGames
Windows
"MINDFALL" is a tense first-person psychological horror game that explores the depths of the human mind and its struggle with the unknown.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 23.1%, Psychological Horror 16.9%, Simulation 16.1%, Psychedelic 11.4%, Exploration 9.1%
- #55 Silent Still 2
66% matchMixed67% of 373 reviews2025
Dev: SolitaryStudios
Windows
Silent Still 2 is a first-person psychological horror that traps you in the paralyzing nightmare of sleep paralysis. Helpless and unable to escape, you’ll face unspeakable entities that watch, whisper, and move when you can’t. Blurring the line between waking and something far worse
Why similar: Walking Simulator 23%, Simulation 14.3%, Horror 13.9%, Psychological Horror 11.7%, First-Person 8.5%
- #56 Sitter
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Setone GamesPub: Limansia Games
Windows
Investigating the mysterious death of his grandmother, a detective breaks into her home to discover the truth, but the dwelling begins to play tricks on him. The space breaks, fears become flesh, and there is still no way out. Every step, every new room, every cycle is a chance to go mad.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 15.6%, Horror 15%, Walking Simulator 14.9%, Psychological 10.5%, Simulation 7.8%
- #57 Dead Man's Fault
69% matchPositive86% of 37 reviews2022
Dev: Parker BectonPub: Scrunko Games
Windows
A short psychological horror game about descending into a cave.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 25.8%, Horror 19.9%, Psychological Horror 15.3%, First-Person 8.1%, Linear 7.1%
- #58 Don't Blink
65% 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 24.4%, Psychological Horror 19.5%, Horror 10.8%, Exploration 9.3%, First-Person 9%
- #59 My Day Challenge
67% matchMostly Positive74% of 31 reviews2024
Dev: MindlessFinn
Windows
A short, atmospheric horror experience about daily life.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 26.7%, Horror 25.1%, Exploration 13.4%, First-Person 9.6%, Linear 8.6%