
"urban nightmare" 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.
60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Indie, Psychological Horror, Horror, Exploration.

"urban nightmare" 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.

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First-person psychological horror where the elevator is the only safe place. Each floor is a new reality. Each floor has a new inhabitant. Find it to continue your descent downward.

REAVEN WOOD HOTEL : ROOM 207
A first-person psychological horror game set inside a mysterious mountain hotel. Explore the dark halls of Reaven Wood Hotel and uncover the terrifying secrets hidden behind Room 207.
First-person psychological horror where the elevator is the only safe place. Each floor is a new reality. Each floor has a new inhabitant. Find it to continue your descent downward.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 21.4%, Horror 17.6%, Gore 13%, Mystery 12.8%, Walking Simulator 9.6%
A first-person psychological horror game set inside a mysterious mountain hotel. Explore the dark halls of Reaven Wood Hotel and uncover the terrifying secrets hidden behind Room 207.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 19.7%, Horror 17.7%, Mystery 16.2%, Walking Simulator 14%, Exploration 10.2%
A missing person left behind only a book. First-person psychological horror.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 21.2%, Horror 17.9%, Mystery 12.2%, Gore 11.3%, Walking Simulator 9.9%
The Convenience Store | 夜勤事件 is a J-horror game about a college girl on a night shift.
Why similar: Horror 33.9%, Psychological Horror 20.6%, Mystery 8.1%, Walking Simulator 7.4%, Simulation 6%
A home invasion thriller where your phone is your main enemy. The everyday routine, office work, and chores turn into a trap when an unknown person starts tracking every step you take. Lock the doors, call the police, and try to survive the final game of hide-and-seek with the stalker.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 24.9%, Horror 20.5%, Realistic 13.3%, Exploration 9.2%, Quick-Time Events 8.7% ★
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%, Horror 17%, Walking Simulator 12.1%, Mystery 9.2%, Realistic 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 26.7%, Horror 22.1%, Walking Simulator 16.4%, Simulation 9.3%, Realistic 8.4%
Witch's Doll is a first-person psychological horror game with realistic graphics. Beware, something is lurking in the dark. Get ready for intense jumpscares.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 18.3%, Horror 14.9%, Gore 13.2%, Mystery 12.6%, Walking Simulator 11.5%
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 16.5%, Mystery 13.8%, Gore 11.5%, Walking Simulator 11.2%
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 22.5%, Psychological Horror 22.2%, Walking Simulator 10%, Mystery 8.5%, Atmospheric 8.5%
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 23.4%, Psychological Horror 21.5%, Mystery 15.1%, Exploration 11.8%, Simulation 8%
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 18.5%, Horror 16.3%, Mystery 13.9%, Gore 11.6%, Walking Simulator 11.3%
You've been hired by a real estate agency to photograph their listings at night, giving them a unique look online. Grab your camera, explore dark, quiet homes, and capture every required shot before the house notices you. Uncover the truth: why do these listings need to be photographed at night?
Why similar: Horror 19.7%, Mystery 16.6%, Psychological Horror 16.4%, Walking Simulator 9.6%, Atmospheric 7.7%
A psychological horror game about Tom, a man consumed by guilt and the traumatic events that defined his life. Unable to move on from his past, he finds himself trapped in an increasingly disturbing nightmare.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 23.3%, Horror 19.4%, Walking Simulator 12.3%, Exploration 10.7%, Simulation 8.7%
Spot the "anomalies." One wrong call sends you back to square one. "The Parking Garage" is a first-person anomaly-spotting walking simulator.
Why similar: Mystery 20%, Walking Simulator 19.8%, Horror 18.7%, Psychological Horror 14.3%, Exploration 9.8%
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 23.5%, Horror 18.9%, Walking Simulator 12.3%, Exploration 10.2%, Mystery 10.1%
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 20.7%, Horror 19.6%, Realistic 11.4%, Walking Simulator 10%, Mystery 9.5%
Purefire Life Stream is a first-person psychological horror game. In recent years, livestreaming daily life has become a worldwide phenomenon. Explore a slow-paced world beginning with a livestreamed penthouse tour expanding into unsettling realism and terror.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 26.5%, Horror 21.3%, Mystery 9.9%, Atmospheric 9.1%, Realistic 8.1%
Experience Mark’s story through found footage as he becomes stuck in a loop whilst working the late shift at the cinema. Spot the anomalies and survive the night. Ensure that every room is checked...thoroughly.
Why similar: Horror 21.8%, Psychological Horror 21.7%, Walking Simulator 14.4%, Realistic 11%, Exploration 7.8%
"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: Psychological Horror 23.9%, Horror 17.9%, Walking Simulator 15.1%, 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 20.1%, Walking Simulator 14.7%, Horror 14.6%, Realistic 11.6%, Mystery 11.1%
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 23.4%, Psychological Horror 23%, Realistic 13.3%, Walking Simulator 13.1%, Simulation 9.8%
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 22.9%, Horror 17.8%, Walking Simulator 14.6%, Exploration 9.4%, Simulation 7.4%
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 23.6%, Horror 22.7%, Walking Simulator 12%, Exploration 11.3%, Simulation 10.8%
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 22.3%, Psychological Horror 19.9%, Mystery 14.1%, Realistic 13%, Exploration 11.4%
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 24%, Psychological Horror 23.7%, Realistic 12.8%, Walking Simulator 10.7%, Atmospheric 9%
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 20.3%, Horror 19.3%, Walking Simulator 12.8%, Mystery 12.5%, Realistic 8.8%
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 29.2%, Horror 20.6%, Walking Simulator 18%, Simulation 14.9%, Atmospheric 8.1%
"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: Horror 20.2%, Psychological Horror 19.8%, Walking Simulator 12.7%, Realistic 10.1%, Mystery 9.1%
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 18.1%, Psychological Horror 16.6%, Exploration 15%, Simulation 11.4%
Step inside a circus performer's quiet home, but don't stop at the surface. In this short-form descent into dread, follow a hidden labyrinth deep beneath the floorboards and watch a simple investigation spiral into a claustrophobic nightmare.
Why similar: Horror 24.6%, Psychological Horror 23.2%, Exploration 11.2%, Atmospheric 10%, Walking Simulator 8.6%
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 20.4%, Psychological Horror 19.7%, Walking Simulator 13.7%, Mystery 13.3%, Atmospheric 7.4%
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 16.3%, Horror 13.9%, Gore 12%, Psychological Horror 11.5%, Simulation 11%
Play as a night-shift worker at a tea shop in the remote Janob Station. Serve strange customers and try to ignore the creepy sounds coming from your apartment. A psychological horror simulator in a realistic environment... but one question remains: Is this job really worth it all?
Why similar: Horror 18.7%, Walking Simulator 18.1%, Psychological Horror 16%, Mystery 13.6%, Simulation 12.7%
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 24.8%, Horror 20.7%, Walking Simulator 20.3%, Realistic 13.1%, 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 24.2%, Psychological Horror 22%, Mystery 11.8%, Walking Simulator 11.3%, Exploration 10.1%
Vadim, a maintenance worker in a decaying post-Soviet apartment, leaves town to care for his sick mother, asking his wife to take over his duties. As she settles into the routine, the building begins to feel off quiet in all the wrong ways.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 21.8%, Horror 18.3%, Walking Simulator 13.4%, Mystery 11.1%, Exploration 7.8%
Experience claustrophobic cave horror powered by your webcam. In this psychological nightmare, a massive underground sinkhole hides a sinister entity. Ditch the mouse—your real head movements control your view, and your actual hands are used to climb, grab, and scramble through the dark.
Why similar: Mystery 30%, Horror 26.2%, Psychological Horror 19.1%, Exploration 12.4%, Atmospheric 7.1%
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 23.7%, Psychological Horror 21%, Walking Simulator 12%, Gore 9.1%, Realistic 9.1%
Inunaki tunnel (or Inunaki village) is a famous Japanese horror spot where people have been killed or burnt to death.
Why similar: Horror 25.4%, Psychological Horror 17.9%, Walking Simulator 9.9%, Mystery 9.7%, Simulation 8.9%
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 21.2%, Horror 20.1%, Walking Simulator 14%, Mystery 13.1%, Realistic 10.4%
Experience true psychological horror as you explore nightmares inspired by the creator's struggles with depression and OCD. The defenseless protagonist must avoid monstrous manifestations of what haunts his subconscious in his quest to wake up into reality.
Why similar: Horror 30.9%, Psychological Horror 29.3%, Gore 13.1%, Walking Simulator 12%, Atmospheric 8%
INVARIANT is a first-person psychological horror game. Step into the shattered mind of a mathematician. Rely on your destructive addiction to bend reality, explore ever-changing environments, and hide from the terrifying manifestations of your grief. Truth and lies are a sip apart.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 26.1%, Horror 16.9%, Walking Simulator 16.4%, Realistic 9.9%, Atmospheric 8.9%
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 25.7%, Horror 20%, Exploration 11.1%, Atmospheric 9.6%, Mystery 8.9%
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 30.7%, Psychological Horror 29.2%, Walking Simulator 17.2%, Simulation 16.7%, Indie 3.7%
Enter the depths of a silent facility as a D-Class subject. Test the limits of SCP-294, a machine that can produce any liquid imaginable. But remember: in this low-poly PS1-style nightmare, every cup has a price. A short, narrative-driven psychological horror experience.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 23.8%, Horror 19.3%, Walking Simulator 12.7%, Mystery 11.5%, Exploration 8%
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 25.4%, Psychological Horror 22.9%, Realistic 11.7%, Simulation 10.6%, Walking Simulator 8.9%
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 27%, Psychological Horror 22.7%, Walking Simulator 14.8%, Mystery 10%, Atmospheric 10%
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 21.5%, Walking Simulator 14.5%, Horror 14.4%, Realistic 11.8%, Mystery 11.7%
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 25.2%, Psychological Horror 24.8%, Mystery 12.6%, Exploration 11.1%, Atmospheric 9.4%
Descend into terror in this first-person psychological horror experience as you follow your lost kitten into an ancient pirate crypt. Explore, shoot and dig for clues…literally, while unravelling a chilling mystery, all in a desperate bid to rescue your helplessly curious pet from this dark tomb.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 22.9%, Horror 19%, Mystery 14.2%, Walking Simulator 14.2%, Exploration 11.3%
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 20.4%, Psychological Horror 19.9%, Mystery 13.7%, Walking Simulator 12.9%, Simulation 9.4%
Animas is a first-person psychological horror experience that plunges you into the dark secrets of the Blanco family. Explore a cursed house in the Venezuelan mountains, where time unravels to reveal decades of sectarian rituals and familial tragedies.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 21.6%, Horror 16%, Mystery 12.3%, Walking Simulator 12.3%, Atmospheric 8.5%
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 21.1%, Psychological Horror 19.8%, Walking Simulator 13.2%, Mystery 10.8%, Gore 9.1%
You are trapped in a corridor suspended above the clouds. At the end lies a door. Explore the ever-changing environment each time you open it, find anomalies, use the alarm, and break the loop.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 21.5%, Horror 15.2%, Walking Simulator 14.5%, Mystery 13%, Realistic 11%
You wake up in a strange place, not knowing who you are, where you are, or how you got here. Trapped in an environment that twists to break your sanity, your only way out is to delve into the unknown and face the horrors of a past your mind is trying to hide.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 28.5%, Horror 23.7%, Exploration 12%, Walking Simulator 9.2%, Mystery 8.9%
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: Horror 25.8%, Psychological Horror 25.4%, Walking Simulator 16.8%, Mystery 11.3%, Atmospheric 6.5%
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 24.9%, Psychological Horror 22.5%, Walking Simulator 17.4%, Mystery 16.7%, Exploration 13.2%
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 26.7%, Psychological Horror 24.6%, Walking Simulator 17%, Mystery 10%, Exploration 6.9%
A first person horror game where you monitor a liminal office space for anomalies from an external post. When the power cuts, protocol requires you to enter and continue your work from the inside.
Why similar: Horror 27.2%, Psychological Horror 26.4%, Mystery 13.9%, Exploration 10.7%, Atmospheric 10%