Games Like True Abstraction: Forbidden

You are trapped in an endless underground passageway. Observe your surroundings carefully to reach "The Exit 8".

Why similar: Underground 24.4% ★, Walking Simulator 17.3%, Psychological Horror 9.5%, Surreal 8.5%, Puzzle 8%

a Train has been infected with mysterious anomalies. G.O.A.B has secretly hired you to inspect the train. It's your job to find the anomalies and terminate them.

Why similar: Underground 22.3% ★, Walking Simulator 17.2%, Surreal 10.4%, Psychological Horror 8.5%, Puzzle 8.3%

Spot anomalies in a looping complex of empty poolrooms. Choose the correct exit and find the way out.

Why similar: Underground 23.4% ★, Walking Simulator 17.6%, Surreal 10.3%, Psychological Horror 8.8%, Puzzle 8.4%

An anomaly-spotting horror game set in Level 0 of the Backrooms. Study the looping corridor and identify changes ranging from subtle details to terrifying entities. Decide to turn back if something has changed, or continue ahead if everything seems normal.

Why similar: Underground 22.2% ★, Walking Simulator 15.6%, Surreal 11.3%, Psychological Horror 8.7%, Minimalist 7.4%

Frog Corner is a single-player horror game where you go to an abandoned arcade looking for the arcade machine "Frog Corner", yet you go too deep inside the building. The deeper you go in the weirder and deadlier it gets.

Why similar: Underground 23.8% ★, Walking Simulator 16.7%, Horror 9%, Linear 8.4%, Puzzle 8.3%

Trapped inside a narrow pipeline, your only choices are to move forward or backward. Deadly obstacles stand in your way, and a single mistake means starting over. Can you escape?

Why similar: Underground 29.1% ★, Walking Simulator 22.8%, Psychological Horror 8.9%, Horror 8.6%, First-Person 8.5%

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

Why similar: Walking Simulator 28.7%, Surreal 12.1%, Psychological Horror 10.5%, Horror 10.5%, First-Person 9.8%

Your son had no-clipped into The Backrooms three years ago and you've finally found a way in to get him back. Armed with only a video camera and your determination, you set out on a journey to find him and get him out no matter the cost. Traversing the 12 levels will test your courage and resolve.

Why similar: Underground 19.2% ★, Walking Simulator 15.7%, Surreal 12.9%, Psychological Horror 9.8%, Horror 7.8%

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 24.7%, Surreal 14.1%, Psychological Horror 11.1%, Horror 9.6%, First-Person 8.8%

Observe a familiar Japanese elementary school corridor at night. If nothing has changed, go downstairs. If you spot an anomaly, go upstairs. A wrong choice sends you back to 6F. Escape the loop in this short first-person horror game.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 29.2%, Puzzle 15.1%, Surreal 13.3%, Psychological Horror 10.7%, Horror 10.7%

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 19.2%, Psychological Horror 13%, Surreal 12.5%, Horror 10.9%, Puzzle 9.8%

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 25.6%, Psychological Horror 16.3%, Surreal 12.3%, Horror 11.2%, Puzzle 9.5%

An exploration puzzle game inspired by the liminal space aesthetic. Explore a huge unknown facility deep underground and solve puzzles while trying to figure out why you are here, and why there is no one there.

Why similar: Underground 25.7% ★, Walking Simulator 19%, Psychological Horror 10.3%, Puzzle 9.3%, Linear 7.7%

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 23%, Surreal 15.2%, Psychological Horror 12.8%, Puzzle 10.6%, Horror 9.4%

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 32.5%, Surreal 11.6%, First-Person 11.1%, Psychological Horror 10.3%, Horror 9.8%

In this observation horror game you find yourself stuck in an endlessly looping candy town. Spot the anomalies to break out of the loop… or stay trapped forever… And don't let the candy people bite!

Why similar: Walking Simulator 26.1%, Surreal 18.6%, Psychological Horror 18.2%, Horror 13%, First-Person 8.8%

"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 25.7%, Psychological Horror 16.4%, Surreal 12.9%, Horror 11.2%, Puzzle 9.5%

You wake up. Everything seems normal. Click. Is something wrong? One anomaly. One chance. One mistake, and it all begins again. A horror experience woven from paranoia, where your attention to detail is the only thing that can save you.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 21.9%, Psychological Horror 14.3%, Horror 11.1%, Surreal 11%, Puzzle 8.9%

The Charity Shop is an atmospheric, surreal puzzle game where you use your camera to capture the essence of a life lived. To this end, you have been delivered to The Charity Shop, a place where people donate unwanted belongings—each carrying an imprint of the time they once shared.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 30.2%, Surreal 17.4%, Puzzle 11.1%, First-Person 10.3%, Horror 9.5%

A Sci-Fi First Person Horror Indie Game where you explore an abandoned Space Station //

Why similar: Walking Simulator 19.2%, Surreal 13.4%, Psychological Horror 10.1%, Puzzle 8.8%, Horror 8.4%

What lies beyond The 4th Wall?

Why similar: Walking Simulator 28%, Surreal 23.1%, Horror 16%, Puzzle 8.7%, Minimalist 8.1%

Cognition Method is a story-driven, first-person puzzle game inspired by 2001: A Space Odyssey and Solaris. Discover the innovative mechanics of altering gravity and dive into the surreal setting. Find your way within a mysterious artifact and unveil a non-ordinary story.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 19.4%, Surreal 13.3%, Psychological Horror 10.1%, Puzzle 9%, Horror 8.4%

A short psychological horror game about descending into a cave.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 26.6%, Horror 14%, Surreal 13.9%, Psychological Horror 13.2%, First-Person 8.5%

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

Why similar: Walking Simulator 24.3%, Surreal 14.6%, Psychological Horror 14.2%, Horror 11.1%, Puzzle 9.4%

A first-person atmospheric horror game. Explore and uncover secrets about the Paragon Corporation, a pharmaceutical on the forefront of innovation.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 28%, Horror 16%, Puzzle 13.6%, Psychological Horror 11.1%, First-Person 9.4%

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 32.7%, Surreal 11.7%, First-Person 10.2%, Psychological Horror 9.5%, Horror 8.5%

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: Walking Simulator 18.1%, Surreal 17.3%, Psychological Horror 13.8%, Puzzle 9.8%, Horror 9.8%

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 22.4%, Psychological Horror 17.3%, Horror 12.7%, Puzzle 11.6%, Surreal 11.4%

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 21.5%, Psychological Horror 14.1%, Surreal 13.6%, Horror 10.4%, Puzzle 8.4%

Experience Will's complicated story, find a way out of the nightmare of liminal spaces by solving challenging puzzles and avoiding dangerous entities — all this awaits you in "Shifting To The Backrooms".

Why similar: Walking Simulator 19.9%, Psychological Horror 13.7%, Surreal 12.8%, Horror 12.3%, Puzzle 11.1%

In this first-person horror experience you will solve puzzles while navigating the pitch black Reed forest. Armed with only your flashlight you are at the mercy of the forests inhabitants, with limited time to find your way before they find you and end your adventure.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 18.5%, Horror 16.9%, Puzzle 14.2%, First-Person 11.9%, Linear 10%

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 19.7%, Psychological Horror 14.9%, Surreal 12.8%, Horror 11.5%, First-Person 9.1%

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 30.7%, Psychological Horror 18.9%, Horror 13.9%, Puzzle 10.8%, First-Person 9.8%

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 24.5%, Psychological Horror 14.7%, Surreal 12.3%, Puzzle 10.5%, Horror 9.4%

A horror game about paranoia and endurance predation. You cannot beat the monsters, you can only outrun. They are slow, they aren't smart, but they are patient, they are many, and they are powerful.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 26.4%, Horror 16.2%, Minimalist 15.3%, First-Person 12.1%, Puzzle 7.9%

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 20.6%, Psychological Horror 12.9%, Surreal 12.7%, Horror 9.9%, Puzzle 8.1%

SATORI | 悟り is a game that focuses on feelings of sadness and restlessness. In SATORI | 悟り the player immerses himself in a dream world to go on a inner journey of meditation. Are you ready to begin your journey within?

Why similar: Walking Simulator 29.3%, Psychological Horror 18.3%, Linear 12.6%, First-Person 11.2%, Puzzle 11.1%

Haunting Memories is a psychological horror, walking simulator, platforming and puzzle game. You play as a middle aged man that has made a deal with the devil and must now face the consequences. The game takes place in an old mansion with occult themes and a rich story ready to be uncovered.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 24.5%, Psychological Horror 19.6%, Horror 14.5%, Puzzle 13.1%, Story Rich 6.2%

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 23.2%, Psychological Horror 14.6%, Surreal 13.8%, Horror 11.2%, Puzzle 10.1%

You are a father on a quest for 8 milk cartons. Observe your surroundings carefully to pick up and check out your milk before returning to your family at last.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 23.9%, Surreal 14.8%, Psychological Horror 14.1%, Horror 10.9%, Puzzle 10%

Your first day at the local mine got a hell of a twist when the tunnels caved in. Can you escape when the only way out is going deeper? Avoid the deadly creatures, push through hallucinations and remember: Don't panic.

Why similar: Underground 24.1% ★, Psychological Horror 19.2%, Horror 13.8%, Walking Simulator 12.4%, First-Person 10.1%

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 16.2%, Walking Simulator 13.4%, Psychological Horror 13.3%, Puzzle 11%, Horror 10.7%

In this single-player experience, 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 23%, Psychological Horror 15.5%, Horror 13.1%, Surreal 12.5%, Puzzle 9.7%

Trapped in a hallucinatory, liminal-space style underground passageway, explore and unravel the endless "dead-end" paths to find a way forward. "Dead Path is a short ambient horror puzzle game that references Exit 8, but with a completely different core mechanic.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 23.2%, Underground 18.5% ★, Psychological Horror 13.9%, Horror 10.5%, Puzzle 10%

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 31.4%, Psychological Horror 19.3%, Puzzle 13.6%, First-Person 11.5%, Horror 5.8%

You find yourself in a quiet room with four doors. There's ALWAYS an anomaly. Choose wisely.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 22.1%, Surreal 14.6%, Psychological Horror 12.4%, Horror 10.6%, Puzzle 9.5%

You are an Earworm. You are an underworld contractor who hacks memories for a living. Dive into the memories of your victims in order to unlock the security questions to their bank account.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 18.3%, Surreal 16.8%, Psychological Horror 13.4%, Puzzle 8.4%, Horror 7.7%

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 25.3%, Surreal 20.8%, Horror 14.3%, Puzzle 10.7%, Psychological Horror 8.4%

Echo in Capistrano is an atmospheric horror game with a simple goal - rescue the survivors, escape, and most importantly survive. Use your unique echo ability to find a path through the dizzying cave system of Capistrano, but be careful, there are things that lie in wait and they are hungry...

Why similar: Underground 22.3% ★, Walking Simulator 19.2%, Surreal 12.2%, Psychological Horror 9.5%, Horror 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 27.9%, Surreal 19.5%, Psychological Horror 15%, First-Person 7.2%, Horror 5.9%

You are trapped in a sterile and endless facility with no memory of what happened. Check your photo. Observe carefully. Follow the rules. Get out, and learn the truth.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 28.9%, Psychological Horror 15.7%, Horror 15.2%, Puzzle 13.6%, Linear 11.2%

You wake up to find yourself standing before an old house. The painful memories buried deep within your heart suddenly return. You don’t remember it well, but you used to live here. This is where it happened.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 28.7%, Psychological Horror 17.5%, Horror 16.1%, First-Person 10.6%, Puzzle 6.9%

You are inside an endless hotel but there is a way you can escape. Search in the hallways of the hotel and find the changes within them to reach Room 13.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 24.7%, Psychological Horror 14.5%, Surreal 13.5%, Horror 11.3%, First-Person 9.1%

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 24.9%, Psychological Horror 15.2%, Surreal 13.3%, Horror 11.2%, First-Person 9.2%

1997. After a sudden mine collapse, you find yourself trapped inside an abandoned Soviet research complex where classified experiments were once conducted. Explore underground laboratories, uncover forgotten secrets, and discover why the facility was buried along with everything it contained.

Why similar: Underground 23.6% ★, Walking Simulator 18.3%, Psychological Horror 11.6%, Puzzle 8.9%, Horror 7.6%

You are an anomaly researcher trapped inside a looping facility. Inspect corridors, identify changes, break the cycle and escape.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 28.1%, Underground 17% ★, Puzzle 13.6%, Surreal 13.1%, First-Person 9.5%

The Hotel is a psychological horror thriller in which the player will have to face the evil living within the walls of a lonely hotel. But more importantly, the player will have to decide what this evil is to him. Maybe the nature of this evil is deeper than it seems at first glance.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 22%, Psychological Horror 13.4%, Surreal 11.5%, Horror 11.5%, First-Person 8.6%

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 30.1%, Horror 15.8%, Psychological Horror 10.6%, Surreal 9.8%, Linear 9.3%

Upon visiting his decrepit and dying grandfather, Isaac discovers an ancient evil that has parasitically dwelled within his ancestry for generations. Isaac must stop the parasite's symbiotic cycle from reoccurring or else become its new host.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 27.1%, Horror 15.1%, Psychological Horror 13.4%, Surreal 11.5%, First-Person 11.5%

Work has ended. Something told you to find the tower. You can only get in by obliterating your brain. What comes next?

Why similar: Walking Simulator 26.1%, Underground 18.2% ★, Psychological Horror 11.2%, Surreal 9.2%, Horror 8%