
Transcendence in the Poolrooms is an adventure game where you will experience infinite relaxation. Fall into another world where you will explore haunting places beyond reality, a liminal space unlike any you have ever been to and may never escape.
60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Psychological Horror, Walking Simulator, Atmospheric, Singleplayer.

Transcendence in the Poolrooms is an adventure game where you will experience infinite relaxation. Fall into another world where you will explore haunting places beyond reality, a liminal space unlike any you have ever been to and may never escape.

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Anomaly hunting, ten feet underwater. Swim, don't walk. You're trapped in a flooded pool that loops forever. Watch every corridor for the one detail that's wrong, then turn back before it takes you. Short first-person psychological horror. No combat.

Last Dive: Echo Trench
Descend from the fragile safety of your diving bell into a dark shipwreck zone, search for sunken gold, survive escalating anomalies, and uncover what keeps pulling you back.
Anomaly hunting, ten feet underwater. Swim, don't walk. You're trapped in a flooded pool that loops forever. Watch every corridor for the one detail that's wrong, then turn back before it takes you. Short first-person psychological horror. No combat.
Why similar: Underwater 25.4% ★, Walking Simulator 17.4%, Psychological Horror 8.6%, Exploration 6.4%, Horror 6%
Descend from the fragile safety of your diving bell into a dark shipwreck zone, search for sunken gold, survive escalating anomalies, and uncover what keeps pulling you back.
Why similar: Underwater 33.2% ★, Walking Simulator 17.8%, Horror 13.6%, Psychological Horror 10.1%, Adventure 7.9%
Walking simulator. Explore cozy liminal spaces that feel unsettlingly familiar and spark your imagination, like a dream you’ve been in before.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 23.6%, Underwater 17.9% ★, Psychological Horror 9.5%, Exploration 8.6%, Surreal 7.9%
Capture footage in the abyssal depths of the ocean. The sub offers safety. The open water does not.
Why similar: Underwater 32.2% ★, Walking Simulator 19.3%, Horror 12.3%, Psychological Horror 9%, Exploration 5.7%
Aquariums is a liminal space horror adventure with elements of thalassophobia and poolrooms. You find yourself in a mysterious facility full of oversized Aquariums and Sea Life. Navigate the flooded rooms to find out the secret behind this sinister place.
Why similar: Underwater 25.4% ★, Walking Simulator 20.6%, Psychological Horror 9.6%, Surreal 9.2%, Exploration 7%
COLD ABYSS is a relaxing and atmospheric exploration game where you repair internet cables on the bottom of the ocean. There are no enemies or other forms of danger down there. Just you.
Why similar: Underwater 27.1% ★, Walking Simulator 17.3%, Horror 8.7%, Surreal 8.2%, Psychological Horror 7.2%
Walking and Swimming Simulator. No monsters. Explore liminal spaces where each level reflects different aspects of your mind. Savor the atmosphere and let your feelings guide you. Relax or feel anxious as you dive underwater. Overcome your fears in uncanny, unnerving, and eerie spaces.
Why similar: Underwater 23.1% ★, Walking Simulator 18.9%, Horror 8.3%, Psychological Horror 8%, Surreal 7.8%
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 31.7%, Adventure 12.2%, Exploration 10.3%, Horror 9.4%, Surreal 7.6%
Experience backrooms like never before. Dreamcore is the ultimate psychological exploration game, set in the largest liminal world ever made. No guides, no path—only intuition. Will you keep your bearings in a world designed to make you lose them?
Why similar: Underwater 22.7% ★, Walking Simulator 17.7%, Horror 8.6%, Surreal 8.6%, Psychological Horror 7.9%
As a journalist, you travel to an abandoned village to investigate a dark event that occurred years ago. As you progress through missing babies, hidden diaries, and forbidden rituals, you will be forced to perform a dangerous ritual yourself to uncover the truth.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 27.1%, Adventure 14.4%, Horror 11.6%, Exploration 8.8%, Surreal 7.6%
Descend into the abyss, following the trail of a vanished expedition. Piece together their story through the recordings they left behind and uncover why none of them ever returned to the surface.
Why similar: Underwater 32.2% ★, Walking Simulator 22.7%, Psychological Horror 13.7%, Horror 13.1%, Adventure 8.3%
You shouldn't be awake. After watching a late-night show about urban legends, paranoia takes hold: has your favorite toy, Mr. Zippy, come to life? Explore the house and survive this tense narrative-driven mascot horror experience featuring puzzle mechanics.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 25.2%, Horror 15.3%, Adventure 15%, Psychological Horror 12.1%, Exploration 6.9%
POOLIMINAL is an atmospheric liminal space horror game set in endless, procedurally generated poolrooms. A Backrooms-inspired descent into thalassophobia, where the real terror lies in the dark water below.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 29.6%, Adventure 16.1%, Exploration 9.6%, Surreal 9.2%, Horror 8.1%
After discovering a strange anomaly on Jupiter's moon, Europa, you find yourself in the outer reaches of a dangerous, uncanny complex.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 28.7%, Adventure 15.1%, Horror 13.3%, Surreal 11.8%, Exploration 9.3%
Explore a mysterious tropical island resort. Collect items and solve puzzles to progress. Survive against dangerous enemies. Piece together the story of the hotel and uncover the dark secrets that it holds.
Why similar: Underwater 28.4% ★, Horror 11.3%, Psychological Horror 11.1%, Surreal 10.4%, Adventure 8.6%
The School Grudge Tapes is a first-person horror anomaly-hunting game. Explore an abandoned school, identify anomalies, and record them with your camera. Correct choices let you descend. Mistakes send you back and damage your sanity. Can you escape?
Why similar: Walking Simulator 31%, Adventure 16.4%, Exploration 9.4%, Horror 9%, Psychological Horror 8.2%
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 28.2%, Horror 14%, Psychological Horror 13.9%, Adventure 8.2%, Exploration 6.5%
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 20.1%, Horror 13.4%, Psychological Horror 11.9%, Surreal 8.7%, Exploration 8%
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 25.8%, Horror 15.9%, Psychological Horror 12.9%, Adventure 11.4%, Exploration 10.3%
A short psychological horror experience that asks one question: are you paying attention, or just doing what you were trained to?
Why similar: Walking Simulator 20.9%, Horror 11.5%, Psychological Horror 10.3%, Surreal 8.6%, Psychological 6.5%
You are trapped in an endlessly looping indoor swimming pool. Inspect the pool carefully and look for anomalies. If anything feels wrong, press the RED button. If everything seems normal, press the GREEN button. Make the wrong call, and the loop continues.
Why similar: Underwater 24% ★, Walking Simulator 19.6%, Horror 11.8%, Psychological Horror 9.3%, Surreal 8.2%
Linear underwater horror game about a search dive that quickly turns into fight for survival after an encounter with hellish creature.
Why similar: Underwater 33.7% ★, Walking Simulator 14.1%, Horror 11.1%, Psychological Horror 9%, Psychological 6.7%
A short horror game where you pilot a tiny spaceship through turbulent "waters" surrounding a supermassive blackhole. Retrieve and scan sites of interest while managing your noise footprint.
Why similar: Underwater 42.2% ★, Psychological Horror 12.8%, Walking Simulator 11.4%, Adventure 8.4%, Atmospheric 8%
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 25.6%, Horror 19.6%, Adventure 16%, Psychological Horror 12.5%, Atmospheric 7.8%
LIMINOID is an immersive first-person exploration game set in dream-like liminal spaces. Explore, admire and progress throughout surreal landscapes and labyrinth structures that should not exist.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 20.1%, Underwater 13.4% ★, Psychological Horror 12.6%, Surreal 12.5%, Exploration 8.8%
What lies beyond The 4th Wall?
Why similar: Walking Simulator 29.5%, Horror 19.3%, Surreal 16.3%, Exploration 9.5%, Adventure 8.4%
A surreal psychological horror game where familiar rooms become strange and unpredictable. Explore your home, uncover hidden details, and experience reality changing around you.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 29.5%, Adventure 12.1%, Exploration 9.5%, Puzzle 7.8%, Psychological Horror 6.9%
A first-person horror observation game where you must spot the anomaly to escape. Every platform is randomised, with over 30 anomalies waiting. Every death adds another name to the toll. How many will you sacrifice before you reach Platform 13?
Why similar: Walking Simulator 28.1%, Psychological Horror 14.1%, Horror 13.2%, Exploration 9.2%, Surreal 7.8%
Las 5 Celdas is a short first-person psychological horror experience. Explore five impossible cells, each based on a different human fear, and face disturbing situations where there may be no perfect answer.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 24.7%, Horror 14%, Psychological Horror 13.2%, Surreal 6.9%, Exploration 6.5%
You watch a news program in the middle of the night featuring an unsettling reporter. As you watch, the world around you begins to warp and become unrecognizable. This is one broadcast you won't soon forget.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 25.9%, Horror 16.7%, Surreal 14.2%, Exploration 7.7%, Psychological Horror 6.7%
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 33.8%, Adventure 18.8%, Horror 13.9%, Exploration 10.9%, Surreal 10%
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 30.2%, Psychological Horror 12.2%, Surreal 11.6%, Adventure 8.3%, Exploration 6.8%
This is a short, first-person psychological horror game with VHS effects. Be careful, you are facing a terrifying being.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 32%, Horror 19.4%, Psychological Horror 15%, Adventure 13.2%, Exploration 6%
A short first-person horror game. An accident cripples your submarine while trying to find the wreck of the Titanic. In the darkness, you must restore life-support systems through tense puzzles, only to discover that you are not alone.
Why similar: Underwater 25.9% ★, Horror 14.6%, Walking Simulator 13.3%, Psychological Horror 10.2%, Atmospheric 6.2%
Winston Bradley is an amateur explorer who is always looking for new adventures. His latest destination is a cave in Algeria, which is known for it famous cave paintings. But the further he goes into the cave, the more he realizes that something is wrong with it.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 26.3%, Horror 15.4%, Psychological Horror 10.3%, Exploration 9.4%, Psychological 8.2%
When heaven is tainted by evil, where shall we find redemption? Or, is this a path to heaven, or a road to hell?
Why similar: Walking Simulator 32.7%, Horror 13.8%, Adventure 12.7%, Psychological Horror 12.1%, Exploration 10.4%
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 21.1%, Horror 17.8%, Psychological Horror 12.6%, Adventure 8.7%, Atmospheric 6.8%
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 28.8%, Surreal 13.5%, Psychological Horror 12.2%, Horror 6.9%, Atmospheric 6.6%
In this horror adventure, your only weapons are ink, paper, and will. Explore shifting paths, chart them by hand, and uncover ancient secrets buried beneath root and stone. Every step takes its toll.
Why similar: Horror 25.6%, Walking Simulator 15.6%, Adventure 14.9%, Psychological Horror 13.1%, Exploration 8.7%
Explore, Listen and Observe. LIMINAL WATERS is a liminal space exploration game. Discover a large facility with diverse rooms and themes and be enchanted by the radiant beauty of Unreal Engine 5.6. Relaxation, anxiety, confusion or familiarity? The mysterious Poolrooms are waiting for you.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 30.7%, Horror 14.2%, Surreal 13.1%, Adventure 9.6%, Relaxing 9.6%
Play as a majestic humpback whale in a musical adventure where ancient songs hold the power to face an ominous threat destroying the oceans. Master ancestral melodies, explore stunning underwater realms, purify corrupted waters, and uncover the truth behind the Leviathan.
Why similar: Underwater 36.9% ★, Walking Simulator 29.6%, Exploration 11.7%, Relaxing 8.7%, Adventure 7.4%
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 17.7%, Exploration 10.5%, Horror 9.7%, First-Person 6.2%
Saturation is a short horror game where you work as a saturation diver and deep sea welder. After six months at the bottom of the ocean, your shift is coming to an end, but so are your nerves...
Why similar: Underwater 43.8% ★, Walking Simulator 15.8%, Horror 13.3%, Exploration 7.6%, Adventure 6.8%
On a task to find your sister, you find yourself exploring an old abandoned house. But you soon find out that things are not as they seem.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 28.7%, Horror 19.4%, Adventure 15.1%, Exploration 7.8%, Dark 7%
Trapped within shifting liminal spaces, you must rely on keen observation to survive. Inspect your surroundings, detect subtle anomalies, and make the right elevator decisions to break the loop and escape.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 23.9%, Horror 15.5%, Psychological Horror 14.5%, Surreal 8.2%, Exploration 7.1%
"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 28%, Psychological Horror 14.1%, Horror 14%, Surreal 9.4%, Exploration 6.8%
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 29.4%, Exploration 11.6%, Psychological Horror 11.5%, Horror 10.6%, Surreal 9.5%
A downloadable tragedy for Windows and macOS
Why similar: Underwater 22.4% ★, Walking Simulator 21.7%, Surreal 10.1%, Horror 9.8%, Exploration 7.6%
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 27.2%, Horror 14%, Psychological Horror 13.5%, Surreal 9.7%, Exploration 6.9%
You are trapped in a corridor suspended above the clouds. Each time you open the door at the end of the corridor, explore the environment that awaits you, find anomalies, use the alarm, and break the loop.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 25.9%, Psychological Horror 12.2%, Horror 11.4%, Exploration 8.8%, Surreal 8.7%
Сlassic indie horror for one evening. The game has no tips, you need to solve all the puzzles yourself and avoid the monster that wants to devour your soul. Therefore, you need to be very careful and attentive to escape from the nightmare.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 27%, Horror 16.1%, Psychological Horror 13%, Adventure 11.6%, Exploration 8.1%
50 binary questions. Infinite consequences. Observe every detail... the environment could change. Fail to notice an anomaly, and you fail the test. The further you progress, the more rooms you have to remember. Permadeath.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 34.7%, Adventure 13.4%, Exploration 11.2%, Horror 11.2%, Psychological Horror 8.7%
You are the newest member of a forest cult. Complete assigned rituals, obey their rules, and uncover the forest’s unsettling secrets. Every step is watched.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 26.2%, Adventure 16.7%, Horror 16.1%, Psychological Horror 14.5%, Atmospheric 7.3%
Immerse yourself in poolcore-inspired vibes as you explore a vast complex of mind-bending liminal architecture straight out of your dreams. Navigate through a facility filled with obstacles and puzzles, venturing into depths that descend far below the rippling, chlorinated waters.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 31.7%, Adventure 16.7%, Psychological Horror 11.4%, Exploration 9.6%, Puzzle 7.3%
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%, Horror 17.5%, Surreal 14.9%, Psychological Horror 11.2%, Adventure 7.8%
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 26.3%, Horror 13.2%, Psychological Horror 12.2%, Exploration 7.8%, Adventure 7.4%
You are trapped inside your new home, where doors open up to various liminal spaces and anomalies appear around every corner. Will you manage to find your way out?
Why similar: Walking Simulator 24.3%, Horror 14.9%, Surreal 9.8%, Psychological Horror 9.4%, Exploration 9.1%
Demersus is a first-person atmospheric walking sim that explores the horrific reality of alcohol addiction through environmental storytelling and puzzles. Navigate the protagonist's fractured psyche, rendered as a beautifully haunting, hand-crafted clay mindscape and see what lies beneath.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 33.5%, Adventure 12.8%, Horror 11.1%, Exploration 10.9%, Psychological Horror 8.7%