
Welcome to "Waking Tides," a small but captivating atmospheric adventure game that thrives on experimentation. Delve into a world where augmented reality extends your gameplay, seamlessly blurring the lines between reality and fantasy.
60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Horror, Atmospheric, Psychological Horror, Dark.

Welcome to "Waking Tides," a small but captivating atmospheric adventure game that thrives on experimentation. Delve into a world where augmented reality extends your gameplay, seamlessly blurring the lines between reality and fantasy.

EMOTIONLESS : The Last Ticket
Step into a liminal, cosmic horror experience set in an abandoned amusement park. Uncover the haunting narrative behind its twisted rides and empty tunnels to discover what lurks within a reality that shouldn't exist…

AUTO-CRISIS
You're driving away on a forest road, late at night, under a heavy storm. Your car breaks down. Luckily, there might be a gas station nearby. But a misfortune never comes alone. The storm has brought something else, something otherworldly that oddly smells of spilled diesel oil.
Step into a liminal, cosmic horror experience set in an abandoned amusement park. Uncover the haunting narrative behind its twisted rides and empty tunnels to discover what lurks within a reality that shouldn't exist…
Why similar: Lovecraftian 27.6%, Walking Simulator 14.4%, Dark 10.1%, Horror 9.2%, Mystery 7.7%
You're driving away on a forest road, late at night, under a heavy storm. Your car breaks down. Luckily, there might be a gas station nearby. But a misfortune never comes alone. The storm has brought something else, something otherworldly that oddly smells of spilled diesel oil.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 16.3%, Walking Simulator 12.6%, Dark 10.2%, Cinematic 9.1%, Horror 8.8%
Narrative-driven first person horror adventure inspired by Lovecraft's short novel "The Nameless City". Explore the ruins of a city that some say they are older than humanity itself. While you delve deeper into the ancient buildings, reality and visions blend into an indistinct haze.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 30.6%, Walking Simulator 16%, Dark 8.8%, Horror 6.4%, Surreal 6.1%
You were kidnapped by a crazy girl. And your phone started predicting her future for a short time. It's up to you to find out who she is, why this day doesn't end, and how to get out of this house.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 25.8%, Horror 9.2%, Walking Simulator 9%, Dark 8.9%, Mystery 8.4%
A slow burn retro horror game, in which you arrive at the old lighthouse on a small island near the coast of the United States. After the previous keeper has gone missing, you need to take over his duties and watch after the light.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 28.7%, Horror 11.9%, Walking Simulator 11%, Dark 8.4%, Mystery 7.2%
Delirium is a psychological horror game set in a suburban house. After a mysterious explosion, reality begins to unravel.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 16.7%, Horror 10.4%, Dark 10.4%, Psychedelic 10.4%, Mystery 9.3%
A compilation of two slow-paced, cosmic horror walking simulators, to be completed in under an hour. Please makes you maintain a power station and ignore the noises from the main engine, while Please Follow has you explore the trenches of a losing war, exposing your mind to visions of another world.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 30.4%, Dystopian 10.8%, Dark 8.6%, Mystery 8.5%, Horror 8%
A devout man built his house on top of something older than scripture. He tried to seal the passage. He failed. Now you are inside, and the door is locked.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 25.9%, Walking Simulator 14.9%, Horror 8.4%, Psychedelic 7.9%, Dark 7.9%
The Butcher's Village is a psychological slasher horror game that provides a horrifying experience. Explore unsettling environments, solve intricate puzzles, and struggle to survive in a village that is at once eerily familiar and terrifyingly real.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 19.4%, Cinematic 13.8%, Horror 10.3%, Psychedelic 9.1%, Psychological Horror 7.4%
Something crawled up the kitchen sink drain. Now it is your responsibility. Make choices that will affect its growth in this short disturbing first-person psychological horror walking simulator.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 15.2%, Cinematic 11.8%, Lovecraftian 11%, Psychological 11%, Dark 9.4%
Ifrit is a first-person psychological horror game. It can impress you with its dark atmosphere, which is realistic and frightening. Are you ready to face the Ifrit demons, the strongest of the demons?
Why similar: Walking Simulator 14.2%, Cinematic 12.7%, Psychedelic 9.9%, Psychological 9.7%, Mystery 8%
Late night. A young man called Sam is home alone. He finds a mystical book that takes him into a world of horror stories that come alive. Start reading, but you must not break the most important rule. Once you have started the book, you must finish it!
Why similar: Walking Simulator 17.4%, Cinematic 16.4%, Horror 9.4%, Dark 9.1%, Mystery 7.4%
A titanic complex. An insignificant man. A grim horror thriller where you aren't the savior of the world — you are a prisoner, classified as a DEAD UNIT. Hide. Unearth the truth. Find a way out. Fight for every minute of life while you still breathe.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 30.7%, Dark 10.9%, Walking Simulator 10.4%, Horror 9.9%, Cinematic 9.4%
Hell Dive is a first-person horror game where you are a Maritime Operative alone aboard a submarine. Sent on a mission to revive an abandoned deep-sea colony, you uncover dark secrets as terrifying and deadly horrors await in its depths
Why similar: Lovecraftian 25.7%, Walking Simulator 15.5%, Cinematic 13.6%, Horror 7.6%, Dystopian 6.3%
Luto is a psychological horror experience where you take on the role of someone unable to leave their home. Every attempt to escape will lead you deeper into the unknown, where nothing is as it seems and everything will test your senses.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 17.6%, Cinematic 16.4%, Dark 11.3%, Psychological 10.8%, Mystery 8.4%
Tisis is a first-person psychological horror game focused on exploration, environmental storytelling, and sanity management as you navigate the thin boundary between light, darkness, and madness.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 22%, Walking Simulator 18.7%, Psychological Horror 9.6%, Mystery 8.4%, Horror 7.9%
Feel like a famous streamer determined to put an end to the insults. You set out to take down the main offender and then go into hiding in a sketchy place...
Why similar: Lovecraftian 25.7%, Walking Simulator 13.2%, Horror 10.1%, Psychological 8%, Dark 6.6%
Implements of Hell is a first-person psychological horror game. Explore the mysteries, unlock the secrets, and change the outcome in a slow-paced atmospheric, and extremely horrifying experience.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 18%, Cinematic 12.3%, Psychological 11.4%, Dark 9.7%, Horror 9.1%
Michael and John are vloggers exploring a notorious abandoned house. John disappears without a trace, and Michael gets trapped inside. Now Michael has to find out what’s really going on to make it out alive.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 17.9%, Cinematic 17.1%, Psychological 13.1%, Horror 9.6%, FPS 7.4%
The system watches you, studies you, and adapts to who you are. Trapped in a hospital, you undergo a mysterious psychological evaluation. Answer unsettling questions, survive disturbing trials, and uncover the purpose behind the experiment in a psychological horror experience shaped by your choices.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 24.4%, Walking Simulator 12.2%, Dark 10.4%, Horror 9.4%, Psychological 8.2%
Embark on this Lovecraft-inspired tale and discover the mysteries that await you in this island. Explore the enigmatic lighthouse, solve challenging puzzles and most importantly: try not to lose your sanity when facing the darkness of your mind.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 33.3%, Walking Simulator 14.8%, Mystery 9%, Dark 6.7%, Psychological Horror 6.4%
[SUBJECT] is a first-person psychological horror game. You wake up confused in a dark room, not knowing where you are. The last thing you remember is a robotic voice echoing through you ears. How you got here or why is unclear, but you do know one thing: You're being watched.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 14.6%, Dystopian 12.8%, Psychological 9.6%, Dark 9.3%, Horror 9.1%
The Wellmonts Case is a first-person psychological horror game set in 1993, Northern Maine. As a private detective, you explore the abandoned Wellmont farm, search for clues, photograph unsettling evidence, and uncover the truth behind a family's unexplained disappearance.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 17.3%, Cinematic 11.7%, Dark 11%, Horror 10.4%, Mystery 8.8%
You're stuck in an endlessly looping hallway, but every time you enter it, something seems to be different. Try to spot everything that isn't supposed to be there, but most of all, make sure to get out alive.
Why similar: Cinematic 19.1%, Walking Simulator 15.4%, Horror 11.1%, Dark 11.1%, Mystery 7.6%
A psychological horror experience about returning to a place that never forgot you.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 14%, Cinematic 12%, Horror 10.3%, Mystery 10.2%, Psychological 9.8%
Shift realities with the flick of a light switch and plunge into the grotesque to uncover your family's twisted past. A psychological horror game where you must balance the light you need to progress with the terrifying nightmares it summons.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 15.7%, Cinematic 15%, Dark 11.4%, Horror 9.9%, Psychological 8.5%
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: Walking Simulator 17.4%, Horror 11.6%, Dark 9%, Psychological Horror 8.5%, Mystery 7.8%
Trapped in your teacher's home, your only defense against the dark is a flickering candle. Unearth a family’s twisted history and solve puzzles in this Lovecraftian nightmare to find a way out. But be warned: Something else is lurking in the shadows ... and a voice is pleading for your help.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 29.9%, Walking Simulator 15.7%, Horror 10%, Dark 8.8%, Psychological Horror 6.2%
In the Backrooms: Exit from Supermarket, you find yourself trapped in a labyrinth of endless, flickering aisles. Unearth dark secrets behind every shelf while evading lurking apparitions and supernatural terrors. Can you survive the haunted corridors and escape before the nightmare consumes?
Why similar: Lovecraftian 28.6%, Walking Simulator 13.8%, Dark 12.5%, Horror 10.7%, Mystery 7.5%
It’s an indie horror game where a man named Ethan, passionate about collecting VHS tapes, receives a box full of them from a friend. But as he starts watching, he realizes he’s witnessing something deeply disturbing and unsettling.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 16.3%, Cinematic 14.7%, Horror 11.2%, Psychological 10%, Dark 8.3%
Uncover your grandfather's sinister experiments in "Shattered Reflections." Dive into a twisted Mirror Realm, face every-minute terrors, collect Soul Essence, and shape your fate. Are you ready for a psychological descent into darkness?
Why similar: Walking Simulator 16.1%, Cinematic 16%, Psychological 10.6%, Horror 9.7%, Dark 8.8%
The Night Is Long is a short first-person horror game where a grieving man follows a ghostly vision into an abandoned mansion. Uncover dark secrets, survive atmospheric horrors, and face your past through exploration, puzzles, and subtle scares.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 35.6%, Horror 10.7%, Psychological 7.7%, Mystery 7%, Exploration 6.9%
Please make your way to the top floor. Bob is waiting for you.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 21.7%, Dystopian 11.9%, Dark 9.4%, Adventure 8.6%, Mystery 7.4%
You are here to listen to The Voice, do what he says. But don't listen to other voices...
Why similar: Horror 15.3%, Walking Simulator 14.6%, Dark 14.2%, Cinematic 12.9%, Psychological 7.6%
Descend into madness in a first-person survival horror inspired by Lovecraft and Giger. Solve the mystery of esoteric cults. Cross the gate to the blasphemous land of Lusst’ghaa. Play the new M-rated cut of the fan-favorite Lust from Beyond.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 25.6%, Cinematic 12.8%, Walking Simulator 12.5%, Psychological 9.1%, Dark 8.7%
A short first-person horror game, exploring the mysterious DMT realm. Roam infinitely repeating worlds while escaping from malevolent entities. Can you find your way back home?
Why similar: Lovecraftian 23.5%, Walking Simulator 15.9%, Psychedelic 12.9%, Horror 9.3%, Surreal 6.6%
HINGE is a psychological horror game that draws inspiration from Lovecraft and Bioshock. Delve into atmospheric environments, uncover clues, navigate the chilling nightmare, and find a way out of the time loop.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 24.7%, Walking Simulator 13.1%, Dark 11.6%, Horror 9.9%, Psychedelic 9%
A first person horror game. Fred is stuck in a dead-end job, haunted by hallucinations. A voice on the radio speaks of a green light. It promises peace and freedom. A tale of self-discovery where Fred is willing to find freedom, even at the cost of his life.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 14.3%, Cinematic 13.6%, Psychological 11.1%, Mystery 10.8%, Horror 10.1%
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 17.7%, Horror 10.9%, Psychedelic 10.4%, Dark 9.8%, Mystery 8.2%
You have been sent photographs of a place where, according to rumors, an artifact of an ancient civilization is hidden... Do you dare to go there?!
Why similar: Walking Simulator 19.5%, Cinematic 12.6%, Horror 11.7%, Dark 10.7%, Psychological 9.5%
The Falling Skies is a dark psychological horror walking simulator with survival elements. You play as a forest ranger patrolling a cursed forest where a village mysteriously destroyed itself in a single night. Explore abandoned paths and uncover the echoes of a tragic past.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 22.7%, Cinematic 19%, Dystopian 13.2%, Adventure 8%, Mystery 7.1%
A first-person psychological horror game focused on exploration, puzzle-solving, and environmental storytelling. Discover the tragic story of Unit 199, where a fragmented consciousness still haunts the place.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 23.4%, Walking Simulator 15.2%, Cinematic 11.9%, Horror 8.1%, Psychological 8.1%
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 16.6%, Horror 14.4%, Dark 9.4%, Mystery 8.1%, Psychological Horror 7.9%
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: Cinematic 16%, Mystery 13.5%, Horror 12.7%, Dark 12.5%, Walking Simulator 11.3%
The most relaxing horror game you'll ever play. Anemoiapolis exists in the uncanny valley of American architecture -- endless carpeted floors and lonely malls. Escape for your life, and enjoy the scenery.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 17.5%, Walking Simulator 13.1%, Cinematic 12.4%, Horror 9.2%, Mystery 8.8%
Backrooms walking simulator. No entities lurk here, just the unnerving emptiness and dream-like isolation of the infinite maze. Feel mounting dread and strange nostalgia as you wander deeper into liminal spaces with your VHS camera.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 17%, Cinematic 11.6%, Psychological 9.1%, Horror 8.3%, Mystery 7.7%
Mold is a beautifully haunting exploration game. Scurry around the decaying sewers as a bug in a dying colony. Collect corpses of your kin to bring to your infected queen, as it is your only purpose.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 18.4%, Lovecraftian 18.3%, Cinematic 16%, Dystopian 10.7%, Dark 8%
Where the Walls Breathe is a first-person psychological horror experience with a strong focus on atmosphere and environmental storytelling.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 17.6%, Horror 10.5%, Cinematic 10.1%, Psychological 7.7%, Surreal 7.5%
You are the Nightslink. Traverse abandoned roads under cover of night. Deliver cassette tapes in a post-apocalyptic world. An atmospheric retro-3D horror adventure.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 18.6%, Dystopian 12.1%, Horror 9.9%, Cinematic 9.3%, Psychological 8.6%
SEGMENTS - is an atmospheric horror game where you investigate recordings of anomalous incidents known as SEGMENTS. Each SEGMENT is a captured-on-tape encounter with unexplained anomalous activity, experienced through the eyes of the person who recorded it
Why similar: Cinematic 18.8%, Dystopian 13.5%, Walking Simulator 10.9%, Dark 9.6%, Psychedelic 9.5%
A war veteran, haunted by the scars of combat, struggles with tormenting hallucinations that revive the guilt of his darkest memories while trying to prepare everything for family dinner.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 17.3%, Cinematic 14%, Psychological 11.8%, Dark 10.1%, Horror 10%
A short horror experience taking place in a dream or a memory.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 23.9%, Cinematic 23.1%, Horror 14.9%, Dark 8.3%, Exploration 6.8%
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: Walking Simulator 23.2%, Cinematic 11.6%, Horror 10.3%, Psychological Horror 9.4%, Atmospheric 7.2%
Dark Fracture is a psychological horror experience in which you explore an ever-changing world where reality and nightmares collide. Walk on the edge of madness in the shoes of a tormented soul as you descend into the darkest depths of the human psyche, and question everything you see.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 21.3%, Walking Simulator 13.1%, Horror 9.9%, Psychological 9.6%, Dark 9.4%
Two have been reborn. One remains in the shadows. Explore a cursed temple, uncover ancient secrets, and survive a gripping and terrifying journey through forgotten gods and darkness.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 18.4%, Dark 14.9%, Horror 13.4%, Cinematic 13.3%, Psychological 6.7%
Liminal Death is a first person psychological horror game with liminal space environments where you will expirience what will happened when someone mind after it falls into comma and have to fight to get back to the body.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 18.2%, Cinematic 17.9%, Psychedelic 11.8%, Dark 9.7%, Mystery 8.5%
Experience Harry's story of battling multiple personalities and his severe case of schizophrenia. In this First-person horror game, you battle the hallucinations and illusions your mind creates. You misjudge reality and quickly lose control over yourself.
Why similar: Cinematic 17.8%, Horror 11.7%, Psychological 10.9%, Dark 10.4%, Mystery 8.1%
A Black Pyramid materializes across the globe. Dr. Mehdi Algun must decipher why, before its hunger for death and suffering consumes everything. An ancient cycle of cleansing has begun. As madness spreads and humanity tears itself apart, choose: become the destroyer, or join the cleansed.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 33.8%, Cinematic 15.9%, Dark 12.2%, Psychological 9.1%, Horror 7.9%
An indie horror game about Tom, a man whose reality is beginning to collapse. As he searches for answers, the truth becomes increasingly unsettling, and the nightmare deeper.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 18.2%, Horror 12.4%, Psychological Horror 8.8%, Thriller 7.5%, Dark 7.2%