Games Like Urban Nightmare

The Convenience Store | 夜勤事件 is a J-horror game about a college girl on a night shift.

Why similar: Horror 34%, Psychological Horror 20.6%, Mystery 8.2%, Walking Simulator 7.2%, Simulation 6.1%

It's a short indie horror game where we step into the shoes of Alex, a student who, in search of more comfort, rents an apartment in the city that, at first glance, seems pretty decent — but upon arrival, he realizes something is not right.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 18.1%, Horror 16.9%, Walking Simulator 12%, Mystery 9.2%, Gore 9.2%

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: Psychological Horror 27.3%, Horror 22.3%, Walking Simulator 16.6%, Simulation 9.5%, Realistic 8.4%

Control an RC car in an abandoned hospital. Capture eerie anomalies, avoid making noise, and uncover a chilling mystery—before something finds you first.

Why similar: Horror 23.3%, Psychological Horror 21.5%, Mystery 15.1%, Exploration 11.8%, Simulation 8.1%

The abandoned cemetery always intrigued you. Today you finally entered. While exploring, time distorted. It's midnight now. A chapel appears before you. Inside there's a manual: "Survival Protocol. Follow the rules until dawn or something worse than death awaits you."

Why similar: Horror 22.3%, Psychological Horror 22.3%, Walking Simulator 10%, Mystery 8.5%, Atmospheric 8.5%

Gift Collector [ギフトコレクター] - this is a New Year's horror game from the first person, in the Japanese style and genre of walking simulator. Collect gifts and make the kids happy on New Year's Eve. But don't forget that Midnight is a time of miracles!

Why similar: Psychological Horror 18.6%, Horror 16.1%, Mystery 14%, Gore 11.7%, Walking Simulator 11.2%

Five scary stories, but they all have the same ending. Can you play it? A psychological horror game from the first person, which few will pass.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 18.6%, Horror 16.2%, Mystery 14%, Gore 11.6%, Walking Simulator 11.2%

You’ve been hired by a real estate agency to take photos of their listings at night to give them a unique look online. Grab your camera, step into dark, quiet rooms, and capture every shot before the house notices you. Finish the job or never leave.

Why similar: Horror 19.5%, Mystery 16.5%, Psychological Horror 16.5%, Walking Simulator 9.5%, Atmospheric 7.8%

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: Psychological Horror 23.6%, Horror 18.8%, Walking Simulator 12.2%, Exploration 10.2%, Mystery 10.2%

Withered Haven is a first-person psychological horror game. After the tragic loss of his wife and daughter, a broken man struggles to endure a collapsing reality. Familiar apparitions drift closer, echoing memories that mask a darkness beyond comprehension.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 20.8%, Horror 19.5%, Realistic 11.3%, Walking Simulator 9.9%, Mystery 9.5%

"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: Psychological Horror 24%, Horror 17.8%, Walking Simulator 15%, Simulation 8%, Exploration 7.6%

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: Psychological Horror 20.3%, Walking Simulator 14.6%, Horror 14.5%, Realistic 11.4%, Mystery 11.2%

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: Horror 23.3%, Psychological Horror 23.2%, Realistic 13.2%, Walking Simulator 13.1%, Simulation 9.9%

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: Psychological Horror 23.1%, Horror 17.7%, Walking Simulator 14.5%, Exploration 9.4%, Simulation 7.5%

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: Psychological Horror 23.7%, Horror 22.6%, Walking Simulator 11.9%, Exploration 11.3%, Simulation 10.8%

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: Horror 23.9%, Psychological Horror 23.8%, Realistic 12.6%, Walking Simulator 10.7%, Atmospheric 9.1%

Trapped in a mysterious hotel with 12 floors, you’re caught in a never-ending loop. Each floor hides secrets and clues—only by paying close attention to the details can you break free. Your goal? Descend to the 0th floor and escape, but beware, the hotel doesn’t want you to leave…

Why similar: Psychological Horror 29.3%, Horror 20.5%, Walking Simulator 17.9%, Simulation 15%, Atmospheric 8.1%

Escaping from a car trunk, you find yourself in the garage of a mysterious house, with no memory of what happened. Step inside this first-person psychological horror experience and uncover the truth hidden inside.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 20.4%, Horror 19.2%, Walking Simulator 12.8%, Mystery 12.6%, Realistic 8.7%

"The Last Visit: 98th" is a psychological indie horror from the first person, in the genre of a walking simulator, in the setting of the post-Soviet winter space. The main focus is on the atmosphere of horror, which is emphasized by realistic 3D graphics.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 20%, Horror 20%, Walking Simulator 12.7%, Realistic 9.9%, Mystery 9.2%

Oujia: Rumors provides a first-person thriller-horror survival experience taking in a haunted house. The fictional storyline is set to raise awareness against rumors. The wise do not buy rumors, do you?

Why similar: Walking Simulator 16.2%, Horror 13.8%, Gore 12.1%, Psychological Horror 11.5%, Simulation 11.1%

When a routine expedition into The Complex goes horribly wrong, you're left alone and lost, wandering the seemingly infinite maze of hallways, otherwise known as the Backrooms. Might there be something following you?

Why similar: Horror 22.1%, Psychological Horror 19.7%, Mystery 14.5%, Realistic 12.9%, Exploration 11.6%

A short walking simulator with a horror feel that recreates actual found footage, which can be related to Liminal Space and Backrooms.

Why similar: Horror 18.1%, Walking Simulator 18%, Psychological Horror 16.7%, Exploration 15%, Simulation 11.5%

In the end, everybody gets what they deserve. The sins of the past always manifest within the minds of the sinners. An eternity of suffering awaits, welcome to The Survey.

Why similar: Horror 20.2%, Psychological Horror 19.9%, Walking Simulator 13.6%, Mystery 13.3%, Atmospheric 7.4%

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: Psychological Horror 25%, Horror 20.6%, Walking Simulator 20.2%, Realistic 12.9%, Simulation 11.7%

Experience the liminal world of the backrooms through a VHS camera, immersing into a mysterious story and wandering the dream-like structures... Might there be something following you?

Why similar: Horror 24.1%, Psychological Horror 22.2%, Mystery 11.9%, Walking Simulator 11.1%, Exploration 10.1%

This is an indie horror from the first person, in which you find yourself in an area called Kowloon in search of cheap housing. The inhabitants of this place only at first glance seem to be ordinary people, but if we dig deeper, we will see their real faces.

Why similar: Horror 23.6%, Psychological Horror 21.1%, Walking Simulator 12%, Gore 9.2%, Realistic 9%

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: Psychological Horror 22.1%, Walking Simulator 14.4%, Horror 14.3%, Mystery 12%, Realistic 11.3%

Black Room is a first-person psychological horror game focused on story and experience. What starts as a night in a motel will pull you deep within the human psyche, leaving you grasping for an exit – and not only for yourself.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 21.3%, Horror 20.1%, Walking Simulator 14%, Mystery 13.1%, Realistic 10.3%

When you come to your senses, you find yourself trapped in a nightmare. The books scattered around will guide you through your future.

Why similar: Horror 30.5%, Psychological Horror 29.3%, Walking Simulator 17.1%, Simulation 16.8%, Indie 3.8%

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: Horror 26.9%, Psychological Horror 22.8%, Walking Simulator 14.7%, Mystery 10.1%, Atmospheric 10.1%

Immerse yourself in the bone-chilling world of Clausum. With no means to defend yourself, solve puzzles, explore and uncover the true horrors that lurk within the house. Will you survive, or succumb to the malevolent forces that await you? Face your fears in this immersive psychological horror game.

Why similar: Horror 25%, Psychological Horror 24.9%, Mystery 12.6%, Exploration 11%, Atmospheric 9.5%

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: Psychological Horror 21.4%, Horror 15.6%, Mystery 15.2%, Walking Simulator 13.9%, Exploration 10.4%

Forced into working as an Anomaly Observer in a space stockroom, you must explore, observe carefully, and report inconsistencies. Earn Credits to buy upgrades, but beware: hideous horrors are creeping in the dark.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 25.9%, Horror 19.9%, Exploration 11.1%, Atmospheric 9.6%, Mystery 8.9%

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 25.3%, Psychological Horror 23.1%, Realistic 11.5%, Simulation 10.7%, Walking Simulator 8.9%

The Kitchen Knife is a psychological horror game that throws you into the fragmented mind of a man haunted by memory, guilt, and something much darker. As the world shifts around you, you must uncover the truth about that morning... This house isn't haunted. It’s waiting for you to come home.

Why similar: Horror 21%, Psychological Horror 19.9%, Walking Simulator 13.1%, Mystery 10.8%, Gore 9.2%

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: Horror 20.3%, Psychological Horror 20%, Mystery 13.7%, Walking Simulator 12.8%, Simulation 9.5%

Foster: Ghost Child provides an atmospheric horror that incorporates East Asian elements rarely used in games. The game makes use of Chinese traditional elements to convey a distinct and frightful storyline that incorporates Taoism, Buddhism, and Chinese mythology.

Why similar: Horror 25.1%, Psychological Horror 20.8%, Walking Simulator 10.5%, Exploration 9.8%, Gore 7.3%

Set in a creepy amusement park hiding a dark and sinister secret, The Park is a first-person psychological horror experience focused on exploration and storytelling.

Why similar: Horror 26.6%, Psychological Horror 24.7%, Walking Simulator 16.9%, Mystery 10%, Exploration 6.9%

A short horror-experience made by a solo developer. Explore the abandoned Fox Pines park in search of your missing brother—but something is out here with you. Follow the trail he left behind, and track him down...if you can survive.

Why similar: Horror 24.8%, Psychological Horror 22.6%, Walking Simulator 17.3%, Mystery 16.7%, Exploration 13.2%

Set in a sunless town cursed by the Architect, Mysteries of Black Hollow is a shop management and extraction game. Ride your wagon into blighted lands, gather relics, and trade dark heirlooms to restore the church. But beware: every fortune has its price.

Why similar: Horror 38.1%, Psychological Horror 29.5%, Simulation 16.4%, Exploration 8.7%, Indie 4%

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 24.7%, Psychological Horror 24.6%, Simulation 14.7%, Exploration 11%, Walking Simulator 10.1%

Apartment 203: HongKong is a first-person horror adventure game set in the urban landscape of Hong Kong. The story follows a young man who returns from abroad to investigate his sister's mysterious disappearance by moving into her former residence in an old tenement building.

Why similar: Horror 26.6%, Psychological Horror 26.4%, Mystery 18.6%, Exploration 8.9%, Atmospheric 8.6%

You are an astronomer in The Observatory, and it's your job to search for new planets. Explore space each night through a high-powered telescope. Name and document your discoveries and come to regret your profession in this short cosmic horror story.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 27.8%, Horror 23.1%, Walking Simulator 17.2%, Atmospheric 9.1%, Simulation 8.2%

You awaken in an impossible place with no memory of who you are, where you are, or how you got here. Trapped in a world that twists and bends to break your mind, your only escape is to step into the unknown and face the horrors of a past you are desperately trying to forget.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 29.2%, Horror 23.2%, Exploration 11.8%, Walking Simulator 9.2%, Mystery 9%

Dive into Alex Mercer's twisted reality. Navigate eerie landscapes, solve cryptic puzzles, and uncover the 'Dark Passenger' mystery. Will shadows consume you or will truth emerge?

Why similar: Horror 26.3%, Psychological Horror 25.5%, Realistic 11.9%, Mystery 11.5%, Exploration 9.3%

“Psalm VR” is a psychological horror in VR where you find yourself in an eerie world seen through the lens of an old camera. The darkness hides something unseen..... Look around, listen... it's already watching you. Will you dare to look into the shadows?

Why similar: Psychological Horror 20.5%, Horror 17.1%, Mystery 14.3%, Walking Simulator 12.1%, Gore 11.1%

Angstraum is an oppressive horror game that traps you in a threatening, never-ending loop. Observe your surroundings, uncover deviant anomalies, and escape deadly threats to find the exit.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 22.6%, Walking Simulator 14.8%, Horror 13%, Realistic 12.4%, Exploration 11%

"Psalm 5:9-13" is a first-person psychological horror game with VHS effect. Be careful and attentive, there is something hiding in these rooms, something is watching from the darkness.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 18.3%, Horror 16.1%, Mystery 13.1%, Walking Simulator 11.1%, Gore 10.3%

A found footage horror game about two sisters who often play hide and seek in their family home, recording everything with their mother's VHS camera. What begins innocently, soon turns disturbing, when it becomes clear that something is terribly wrong.

Why similar: Horror 23.9%, Psychological Horror 20.8%, Walking Simulator 15.6%, Exploration 12.2%, Simulation 11.1%

“SHE WAS 98” - you play as a grandson who returns to his elderly grandmother's home to care for her.....

Why similar: Horror 25.4%, Psychological Horror 23.5%, Walking Simulator 15.1%, Atmospheric 10.4%, Realistic 9.6%

Your car ran out of gas in the wrong place... Escape a bloodthirsty werewolf in an abandoned factory deep in the forest, where darkness is your worst enemy. Survive this night... if you can.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 29.4%, Horror 21.2%, Mystery 13.5%, Exploration 11.3%, Walking Simulator 10.7%

Traverse the sleeper coaches of an apparent empty Indian train—or so it seems. If you see an anomaly, face it and move forward. If not, it may be a trick of the mind—return to the previous coach. But beware, some anomalies will do everything to stop you. Face them or be lost forever.

Why similar: Horror 26.1%, Psychological Horror 25.8%, Mystery 18.1%, Simulation 15.7%, Exploration 10.5%

Seeking closure about the death of his lover, Alex enters Hoia Baciu forest. But the truth about Isabella is even darker than what lies in the forest. Mysteries of Hoia Baciu Forest is a first-person horror game inspired by the real Romanian legend, and the first chapter in the Dark Realms series.

Why similar: Horror 25.6%, Psychological Horror 25.3%, Mystery 19.3%, Exploration 8.5%, Gore 7.9%

You fell asleep studying for exams, but when you woke up the school was empty. Survive the night, identify what’s wrong, and escape the loop... or be stuck at school forever.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 20.3%, Horror 16.9%, Walking Simulator 13.8%, Mystery 11.6%, Realistic 10.1%

Dare to explore the most haunted vicinity in all of England? You will leave no stone unturned as you walk along the eerie grounds of the Black Waters Station and uncover the horror that lies within.

Why similar: Horror 24.1%, Psychological Horror 22.2%, Realistic 12.6%, Walking Simulator 11.9%, Simulation 10.5%

The Binding Hour is a first-person psychological horror game set in a forgotten house lost deep in the woods. Explore shifting spaces, confront haunting echoes, and uncover a truth that refuses to stay buried. Every hour binds you tighter—will you break the loop, or become part of it?

Why similar: Psychological Horror 27.4%, Horror 21.5%, Mystery 18.4%, Realistic 9.1%, Atmospheric 8.5%

On April Fool’s Day, the protagonist is caught in eerie supernatural events! As you investigate, uncover the truth behind a past tragedy. Explore chilling scenes, solve mysteries, and face unknown fears—can you survive?

Why similar: Horror 28.4%, Psychological Horror 26.2%, Mystery 18.3%, Exploration 8.8%, Atmospheric 7.6%

Escape a distorted version of your own newly rented apartment in this interactive nightmare.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 30.9%, Horror 20.5%, Realistic 12.8%, Atmospheric 11%, Mystery 10.7%

A rainy night, unfamiliar figures outside your mobile home and the growing feeling that something is terribly wrong.

Why similar: Simulation 21%, Walking Simulator 20%, Horror 19.4%, Psychological Horror 17.3%, Exploration 13.5%