Games Like Waiting for Heaven

A 2D pixel-art psychological horror game set aboard a doomed flight trapped in a relentless time loop. Nothing carries over between deaths except what you learn. Intervene in passengers' fates, uncover the plane's hidden mysteries, and find a way to prevent the crash.

Why similar: Time Management 22%, Psychological Horror 19.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.3%, Surreal 11.6%, Time Manipulation 11.4% ★

A quiet apartment. A friendly neighbour. A normal life. You've been in this apartment for a while now. You know the layout. The sounds. The routine. So do we. A psychological horror about control.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 17.3%, Surreal 12.9%, Life Sim 12.6%, Horror 10.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.1%

Manipulate colors and time to solve mind-bending first-person puzzles in a distorted virtual world.

Why similar: Time Manipulation 19% ★, 3D Platformer 16%, Puzzle Platformer 13.3%, Surreal 12.5%, Psychological Horror 12.3%

A first-person psychological horror game where you play as a night watchman: explore the facility, check cameras, make rounds, and investigate irregularities in the routine based on the story of a real serial killer with everyday tension that mounts shift by shift until the breaking point.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 23.2%, Life Sim 17%, Horror 17%, 3D Platformer 16.9%, Simulation 9.9%

Make your way through the abandoned establishment of Paribneur Co. As you discover the morbid secrets and chilling creatures of the building. Being forced to find a new way out of the building, you will be faced with hard choices, choose carefully, your choices will affect the rest of the game.

Why similar: 3D Platformer 19%, Puzzle Platformer 16.1%, Psychological Horror 14.5%, Horror 9.7%, First-Person 8.9%

"Telemorpher" is a high-tech weapon that can shoot teleportation spheres. With it, you can teleport to the sphere's location. Your sole objective is to use this gun to escape from the mysterious laboratory!

Why similar: 3D Platformer 20.6%, Surreal 18.8%, Puzzle Platformer 18.1%, Time Manipulation 16.6% ★, Physics 9.4%

Welcome to the Anomaly Control Division—the finest workplace on Earth. Protect humanity. Study the unknown. Monitor anomalies, maintain containment, and survive the shift. Good luck. *All on-duty injuries are your sole responsibility. The Division assumes no liability.

Why similar: Time Management 38%, Psychological Horror 15.2%, First-Person 12.8%, Horror 12.1%, Puzzle 9.6%

"THANKS, LIGHT." is a first-person puzzler where light reshapes physics and geometry — a glitch-laced mystery for the people who still keep a portal gun, a camera, and a perspective shift in their library.

Why similar: 3D Platformer 21.1%, Puzzle Platformer 17.9%, Surreal 14.6%, Psychological Horror 13.6%, First-Person 10.3%

A 3D puzzle platformer set in a liminal laundromat, featuring gravity-shifting mechanics, environmental manipulation, and retro PS2-style visuals. Unravel cryptic lore and escape a slow-burn, psychological-horror fever dream where washers watch you and detergent pulses like blood.

Why similar: 3D Platformer 24.2%, Puzzle Platformer 18.5%, Psychological Horror 11.8%, Surreal 10.3%, Horror 8.1%

Detect even the smallest change and safely reach the destination station.

Why similar: 3D Platformer 26.5%, Puzzle Platformer 21%, Psychological Horror 14.9%, Horror 10.4%, Puzzle 10.3%

A first-person horror game where you manage a lonely sheep ranch, count your flock, and hunt down impostor sheep hiding among the real ones before they grow strong enough to take over. not all of them belong in the field.

Why similar: Time Management 37.6%, Psychological Horror 18.7%, Horror 13.2%, First-Person 12.8%, Simulation 7.8%

Ending it Today is a psychological horror jump map simulator. Climb 20 floors through collapsed staircases and eerie anomalies. If you see something strange, take the left door. If not, go right. Every five floors bring new themes, heightening the tension.

Why similar: 3D Platformer 33.8%, Psychological Horror 26.6%, First-Person 12.3%, Puzzle 7.1%, Simulation 7%

Combine body parts to create a person!

Why similar: 3D Platformer 29.1%, Puzzle Platformer 23.6%, Puzzle 13.4%, Horror 11.5%, Physics 9.7%

What will happen if anxieties overwhelm a human so much they burst into a real-world like a wave?

Why similar: Time Management 21.7%, Surreal 16%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.9%, Horror 10.9%, Psychological Horror 10.6%

Owold is a type of Psychological Horror game. A story that emerged after an event that took place years later when humanity completely placed itself in the multiverse.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 26.3%, Puzzle Platformer 18.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.5%, Multiple Endings 11.5%, Puzzle 8.1%

This is a collection of short and experimental horror experiences, focused on surreal and bizarre plots.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 21.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.3%, Horror 14.5%, Surreal 11.5%, First-Person 10.1%

Reality shifts when unobserved. Solve first-person puzzles using cameras, mirrors, and darkness to manipulate quantum objects. Survive your Ministry of Observation sentence while watched by a supervisor who hates paperwork.

Why similar: 3D Platformer 25.9%, Puzzle Platformer 20.7%, Surreal 13.4%, Puzzle 10%, First-Person 9.9%

With the help of a custom emulator, a lost 90s puzzle platformer game has finally been restored. Explore the secrets of the dam, find out what happened to your friends, and save the valley from the monster lying in its depths.

Why similar: 3D Platformer 22.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.7%, Puzzle Platformer 18.1%, Psychological Horror 10.3%, Surreal 9%

Find and rescue your uncle by using his newest invention to work your way through a crazy complex mansion as you switch between dimensions and solve puzzles!

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 30.4%, 3D Platformer 23.7%, Puzzle 12.2%, First-Person 11.7%, Time Manipulation 11.5% ★

Just as you are about to fall asleep, someone knocks on your door and leaves an invitation to participate in a mysterious trial. And you "volunteered" to participate in the experiment. There are only two things you need to do, and that is to survive and escape.

Why similar: 3D Platformer 17.7%, Puzzle Platformer 15.1%, Psychological Horror 13.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.5%, Surreal 13.4%

Lamplight is a 3D mind-bending puzzle platformer where you defy gravity and warp your perception. Navigate a labyrinth of rooms where walls become floors, ceilings become pathways, and time bends unexpectedly. Unravel the secrets hidden within this distorted world - are you ready to be challenged?

Why similar: 3D Platformer 23.2%, Puzzle Platformer 18.9%, Time Manipulation 15.3% ★, Surreal 14.1%, First-Person 8.9%

Test your survival skills. You've awakened in an unfamiliar environment. Something, no everything, feels off. You are forced to play a sadistic game of cat and mouse against a terrifyingly unknown entity. Can you find them before they find you?

Why similar: Psychological Horror 32.8%, Time Management 19.9%, Horror 18.5%, First-Person 15.4%, Puzzle 6.9%

A silly little physics-based game about moving on... or is it? Be neat, be careful, or be a chaos goblin. The choice is yours. But be warned, not all is as it seems in this quiet little house.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 18.9%, Surreal 17.6%, Puzzle Platformer 15.5%, Horror 11.9%, First-Person 10.1%

Pushing a button seems simple—until it isn’t: navigate absurd, physics-bending test chambers in this punchy puzzle-platformer hosted by the snarky P.E.T.E. and uncover twisted endings in a tongue-in-cheek corporate satire.

Why similar: 3D Platformer 32.4%, Puzzle Platformer 24.4%, Puzzle 9.5%, First-Person 8.9%, Simulation 6.8%

Help the robotic dog named Sparky complete the mission!

Why similar: 3D Platformer 29.6%, Puzzle Platformer 22.5%, Psychological Horror 13.9%, Physics 12.2%, Puzzle 8.8%

A time-sensitive strategy game where you must defend yourself from ominous entities. Defend yourself by using your camera flash, holding doors shut, and closing curtains. You must act quickly.

Why similar: Time Management 31.9%, Psychological Horror 17.7%, Horror 11.7%, First-Person 11.4%, Choices Matter 7.8%

Due to financial difficulties, you’ve taken a part-time job delivering takeout. Some orders seem unusual. Stay alert, distinguish between what’s normal and what’s not, and deliver the orders on time — or just escape.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 24.2%, First-Person 17%, 3D Platformer 15.5%, Puzzle 10.7%, Simulation 10.6%

A thrilling horror game where strange phenomena and mysterious entities disrupt your night shift. Can you finish your work and become a full-time employee?

Why similar: Psychological Horror 28.6%, Horror 21.5%, Time Management 18.9%, 3D Platformer 16.8%, First-Person 14.2%

TIME BREAKER is a first-person puzzle game with time control. Players tackle impossible puzzles by thinking how and when the time can be slow down to complete a room. This game features a strange brutalist world, an voice codec narrative, and things that are really weird.

Why similar: Time Management 26.4%, Puzzle Platformer 19%, 3D Platformer 17.1%, Physics 12.1%, First-Person 11%

Use your mouse to balance a cake that wobbles with every step in this horror game. Escape twisted beings and overcome dangerous traps, uncover the mystery behind the cake, and see the story through to its conclusion.

Why similar: 3D Platformer 31.5%, Psychological Horror 25.8%, Horror 23.5%, First-Person 14.1%, Story Rich 5.1%

One day, the protagonist begins to have strange dreams. He’s chased by bizarre dolls, and the cozy attic from his childhood feels unrealistically large. He must navigate between dream and reality to understand why this happens. Always treat Teddy with respect; he loves you and remembers everything.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 19.4%, 3D Platformer 18.8%, Puzzle Platformer 16.6%, Surreal 12.8%, Horror 12.8%

"Mom said to come straight home... on time." You overslept, and the school is dark. Manage your crumbling sanity, evade strangers, and survive the lethal hazards of a quiet neighborhood. who knows, talking to the wrong stranger might be your very last mistake.

Why similar: 3D Platformer 30.4%, Psychological Horror 16.1%, First-Person 11.6%, Horror 11%, Choices Matter 6.9%

You are an ecologist forced onto a sudden rescue mission inside a secret complex. Face parallel worlds and creatures unknown to science. Piece together the events that led to the tragic disaster and uncover the facility's dark secrets before the cold and madness consume you.

Why similar: 3D Platformer 34.1%, Psychological Horror 25.3%, Puzzle 13.2%, Horror 13.1%, 3D 6.2%

Jump into a mysterious world filled with weird favours & puzzles and uncover the truth of what's happening behind the scenes.

Why similar: 3D Platformer 25.3%, Puzzle Platformer 20.3%, Psychological Horror 17%, First-Person 10.1%, Puzzle 7.9%

Parallel Rift is a four-dimensional puzzle game where you navigate through interconnected spaces along the W-axis to reach the goal. Experience an unseen direction in this casual first-person puzzle adventure.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 23.1%, Surreal 22.5%, 3D Platformer 21.3%, First-Person 13.6%, Puzzle 10.6%

The protagonist, who has taken a job as a special cleaner, goes to his first cleaning site with his seniors. Witnessing the scene of a gruesome death, he begins to feel something that he has never felt before. He begins to feel the presence of something he has never felt before.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 27.4%, Surreal 23.8%, Horror 15.6%, 3D Platformer 10.4%, Multiple Endings 8.8%

Smile—and survive. A first-person “forced-smile” horror game that tracks your facial expression in real time. PC camera required.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 30.7%, Horror 16.6%, 3D Platformer 16.1%, Physics 13.8%, First-Person 7.2%

A sci-fi puzzle adventure for all non-smooth brains. Solve mind-bending spatial puzzles in a sprawling corporate labyrinth as a disembodied brain in a jar, paired with a digital AI companion.

Why similar: 3D Platformer 17.7%, Psychological Horror 17.2%, Puzzle Platformer 15.3%, Surreal 14.1%, Horror 10.4%

A psychological horror game where you and three childhood friends must confront events that happened nine years ago.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 25.7%, Horror 17.9%, Multiple Endings 14.5%, 3D Platformer 13.7%, First-Person 12.5%

PUSH yourself farther. PULL yourself together. Master the Spheres. Reach for the heavens. Discover what it means to become a Magnesage in this unforgiving platformer with a unique traversal mechanic that's easy to learn, yet hard to master. Your skills will be tested. Master Caelum awaits.

Why similar: 3D Platformer 27%, Puzzle Platformer 25%, Surreal 17.4%, First-Person 10.7%, Puzzle 10.7%

A darkly comedic single-player narrative game where you chug drinks, obey absurd orders, and try to survive working for a deranged family business.

Why similar: Time Management 23%, Surreal 16.3%, Life Sim 12.5%, Time Manipulation 12.3% ★, Physics 8.4%

Satisfrustration is a trippy first-person puzzle game with directional gravity. Complete satisfying and disorientating puzzles made by The Taskmaster that become more frustratingly difficult to find solutions.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 36.3%, 3D Platformer 36.2%, First-Person 15.6%, Puzzle 11.9%

The Gazebo is a short, narrative, psychological horror set in a garden during a snow storm. Tend to the plants, shovel snow, and complete other tasks for seven nights while getting to know your daytime counterpart Sara.

Why similar: Time Management 25.4%, Horror 24.2%, Multiple Endings 12.9%, First-Person 12.4%, Life Sim 11.4%

OFFICESCAPE is a first-person puzzle-platformer adventure game. In OFFICESCAPE you play as yourself, you are stuck in a dream and you are trying to wake up.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 23.5%, 3D Platformer 22.6%, Surreal 15.2%, Physics 10.2%, First-Person 9.2%

DREAMINAL is a deeply immersive horror experience for 1-4 players. Sent from a megacorp to be the "pioneer" of solving a global problem, but you quickly discover things aren't as they promised. Survive and find your way out of the Backrooms... if escape is even possible.

Why similar: Surreal 22%, Psychological Horror 20.1%, Time Manipulation 18.6% ★, Choices Matter 7.9%, Puzzle 7.8%

The Company wants you productive. The Company wants you calm. The Company wants you compliant.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 27.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17%, Surreal 14.2%, Horror 9.6%, First-Person 8.9%

A first-person horror game where your camera is your only defense. Find anomalies, survive the night, and uncover the truth.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 31.4%, Surreal 30.6%, Horror 23.5%, First-Person 11%, 3D 3.5%

Thank you for applying for the job. What? You didn’t apply? Don’t worry! You’re hired. Congratulations! Your job is simple: film “anomalies” inside a typical Japanese office. Don’t worry—a friendly coworker will guide you.

Why similar: Time Management 29.6%, Psychological Horror 26.5%, Horror 19.3%, First-Person 7.2%, Puzzle 6.8%

Girl Foundation is an independent horror game based on real events, where you must escape a sinister school alongside a young girl while evading monster pursuits

Why similar: 3D Platformer 28.1%, Psychological Horror 26.7%, First-Person 10.7%, Multiple Endings 10.7%, Horror 10.5%

This is a psychological horror game where you (the player) explore a hospital that appears in your dreams, collecting fragments of memories and experiencing what happened to you. Enjoy the various changes that occur within the recurring dreams.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 33%, Horror 24.6%, 3D Platformer 19.9%, First-Person 9.8%, Story Rich 8.1%

Psychological horror set in your favorite place: a nice hot shower.

Why similar: Surreal 19.6%, Psychological Horror 17.7%, Time Management 16.5%, Life Sim 11.8%, Horror 9.5%

Take on the role of a twelve-year-old boy in this puzzle platformer about the journey home through the most terrifying of nightmares. Each playthrough is unique: the choices you make affect the types of skills and locations, the story's progression, and its ending.

Why similar: 3D Platformer 21%, Psychological Horror 19.7%, Puzzle Platformer 18.3%, Horror 13.3%, Puzzle 7.8%

This is a first-person psychological horror game. As a new content creator, you move to an apartment on the outskirts of 2010s Seoul. As you make videos, disturbing messages and strange events follow. Behind simple content, dark shadows begin to move, quietly creeping into your life unnoticed.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 33.1%, Horror 18.6%, First-Person 15.5%, 3D Platformer 12.6%, Multiple Endings 10.3%

Play as a student who is alone outside. He is constantly under academic and social pressure. As anxiety and loneliness accumulated, he began to notice something unusual. In this inescapable fear, he must find the answer... or be consumed by it.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 30.6%, Horror 17.5%, 3D Platformer 16.5%, First-Person 14.6%, Multiple Endings 8.3%

A short psychological-horror narrative in which your choices matter. Journey through the five stages of grief as Liam, a man who just recently lost his wife due to... unknown... circumstances.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 21.8%, Surreal 17.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.8%, First-Person 13.5%, Horror 13.2%

Take a night shift job in a place that runs on habit, not purpose. Restock shelves, take deliveries, clean the mess, and try to make it till morning. Not everything feels right and you’re never quite alone. Something waits in the dark.

Why similar: Time Management 22.9%, Psychological Horror 15.8%, Life Sim 15.1%, Horror 10.4%, First-Person 9.2%

Explore an abandoned video store after dark and descend into spaces that defy logic, where warnings and guidance blur into one without escape.

Why similar: 3D Platformer 23.6%, Puzzle Platformer 19.8%, Psychological Horror 16.1%, Horror 10.9%, First-Person 10.1%