
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, Psychological Horror, Atmospheric, First-Person.

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…

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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 27.8%, Walking Simulator 14.4%, Dark 10%, Horror 9.2%, Mystery 7.6%
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 16.4%, Walking Simulator 12.7%, Dark 10.1%, 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 30.8%, Walking Simulator 16.1%, Dark 8.7%, Horror 6.4%, Surreal 6.1%
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%, Walking Simulator 14.2%, Mystery 8.3%, Dark 7.8%, Psychedelic 6.9%
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 30.6%, Dystopian 10.8%, Dark 8.5%, Mystery 8.4%, Horror 8%
Venture into the Tuscan village of Pietralba to solve the mystery of your brother’s disappearance. Uncover the dark secrets buried within the marble quarries and your own family's past.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 17%, Walking Simulator 16.1%, Cinematic 11.4%, Horror 8.1%, Mystery 8%
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 28.8%, Horror 12.1%, Walking Simulator 11%, Dark 8.2%, Mystery 7.2%
A first-person pirate horror where a haunted fisherman is drawn into the legend of the Forsaken Fleet. Follow a mysterious compass. Sail through the fog. Explore forgotten places and survive the horrors that should have stayed buried at sea.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 21.9%, Cinematic 12.3%, Walking Simulator 11.4%, Horror 9.4%, Dark 8.4%
Arrive in a desolate Anatolian village as a zoologist searching for the elusive Anatolian Leopard. What begins as a routine expedition soon descends into a nightmare haunted by local folklore, dark secrets, and cosmic horror
Why similar: Lovecraftian 27.9%, Cinematic 10.3%, Psychological 9.3%, Dark 9.3%, Horror 9.3%
Step aboard Grimrail, a story-rich psychological horror immersive-sim set on a purgatorial train. Using a cosmic radio fused to your wrist, tune into the memories of the past, confront or avoid abominations, and harness powerful eldritch abilities to navigate this liminal nightmare world.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 21.1%, Cinematic 10.5%, Horror 8.6%, Walking Simulator 7.6%, Mystery 7.5%
Las 5 Celdas is a short first-person psychological horror experience. Explore five impossible cells, each based on a different human fear, and face disturbing situations where there may be no perfect answer.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 18.3%, Horror 10.7%, Psychological 9.2%, Cinematic 8.7%, Dark 8.7%
Delirium is a psychological horror game set in a suburban house. After a mysterious explosion, reality begins to unravel.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 16.8%, Psychedelic 10.5%, Horror 10.5%, Dark 10.3%, Mystery 9.3%
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 10.4%, Psychedelic 9.2%, Psychological Horror 7.3%
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 10%, Psychological 9.5%, Mystery 7.9%
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 15.3%, Cinematic 11.8%, Lovecraftian 11.1%, Psychological 10.8%, Dark 9.3%
Explore a desecrated cathedral to find your missing wife in this psychological horror adventure. Uncover the dark truth behind the Elohim, solve ancient puzzles, and survive a chilling journey where faith and reality collide. The Bible was mistranslated; the truth is much darker
Why similar: Lovecraftian 19.6%, Walking Simulator 16.1%, Horror 9.7%, Cinematic 9.2%, Mystery 9%
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 17.5%, Cinematic 16.5%, Horror 9.4%, Dark 9%, Mystery 7.3%
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 17.7%, Cinematic 16.4%, Dark 11.3%, Psychological 10.6%, Mystery 8.3%
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 26%, Walking Simulator 15.5%, Cinematic 13.6%, Horror 7.6%, Dystopian 6.2%
Explore surreal, fractured spaces, collect symbolic objects, and piece together a story of disappearance in a first-person psychological horror game. Episode 1 of a planned trilogy, solo-developed in Unreal Engine 5.
Why similar: Cinematic 14.4%, Walking Simulator 14.3%, Horror 10.3%, Psychological 9%, Dark 8.9%
Embark on this Lovecraft-inspired tale and discover the mysteries that await you on this island. Explore the island, solve challenging puzzles, and most importantly: try not to lose your sanity.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 36.7%, Walking Simulator 12.7%, Mystery 8.6%, Horror 8.1%, Psychological Horror 6.4%
A titanic complex. An insignificant man. In this grim horror, you are a prisoner classified as a DEAD UNIT. Explore your prison, bypass security systems, evade escaped Entities, and piece together material traces for a single chance to make it out alive.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 23.3%, Walking Simulator 14.7%, Dark 11.9%, Cinematic 11.2%, Horror 10.7%
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 22.2%, Walking Simulator 18.8%, Psychological Horror 9.6%, Mystery 8.3%, 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 25.9%, Walking Simulator 13.2%, Horror 10.1%, Psychological 7.9%, Dark 6.5%
A psychological horror game inspired by SCP-1128. As a young woman trapped in a surreal loop, explore your bathroom and submerge yourself in the bathtub to enter a terrifying ocean dimension inhabited by a colossal entity lurking in the depths.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 35.9%, Horror 13.2%, Walking Simulator 12.5%, Dark 12.4%, Exploration 7%
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 18.1%, Cinematic 12.4%, Psychological 11.3%, Dark 9.7%, Horror 9.2%
Trapped in a loop in a high-security prison. Inspect cells and surroundings for anomalies, avoid monsters, and press the correct button at the end of the corridor to submit your report and make it to Block A10.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 19.4%, Walking Simulator 16.6%, Psychological 12%, Mystery 8.4%, Dark 8.3%
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 18%, Cinematic 17.2%, Psychological 12.9%, Horror 9.6%, FPS 7.5%
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 16.4%, Cinematic 11.4%, Psychological 10.2%, Horror 9.3%, Mystery 8.6%
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 17.4%, Cinematic 11.8%, Dark 11%, Horror 10.5%, Mystery 8.7%
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 19.2%, Walking Simulator 15.4%, Horror 11.1%, Dark 11%, Mystery 7.5%
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 30.1%, Walking Simulator 15.7%, Horror 10%, Dark 8.7%, Psychological Horror 6.2%
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 17.5%, Horror 11.9%, Dark 8.9%, Psychological Horror 8.5%, Mystery 7.7%
[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 14.7%, Dystopian 12.8%, Psychological 9.5%, Dark 9.3%, Horror 9.2%
A psychological horror experience about returning to a place that never forgot you.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 14%, Cinematic 12.2%, Horror 10%, Mystery 9.9%, Psychological 9.7%
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 28.8%, Walking Simulator 13.8%, Dark 12.4%, Horror 10.8%, Mystery 7.4%
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 16.2%, Cinematic 16.2%, Psychological 10.5%, Horror 9.8%, Dark 8.7%
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 16.5%, Cinematic 14.8%, Horror 11.3%, Psychological 9.9%, Dark 8.2%
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 35.8%, Horror 10.8%, Psychological 7.6%, Mystery 6.9%, Exploration 6.9%
Please make your way to the top floor. Bob is waiting for you.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 21.8%, Dystopian 11.8%, Dark 9.4%, Adventure 8.9%, Mystery 7.4%
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 13%, Horror 9.3%, Surreal 6.6%
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 25.9%, Cinematic 12.8%, Walking Simulator 12.6%, Psychological 9%, Dark 8.6%
The world knows the Divine Comedy as a poem. For your family, it is a prison. As Gabriele Alighieri, you inherit a duty: reseal the gates of Hell. Burdened by fate, you descend into a psychological nightmare where the only escape is to uncover the dark secrets of your ancestors.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 28.5%, Dark 7.3%, Horror 7.2%, Walking Simulator 6.7%, Mystery 6.4%
A first-person psychological horror game about a young woman whose ordinary evening slowly descends into a nightmare. Uncover the truth, make the right choices, and survive the night.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 13.3%, Horror 11.2%, Psychological 10.6%, Cinematic 10%, Mystery 9.1%
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 24.9%, Walking Simulator 13.2%, Dark 11.5%, Horror 9.9%, Psychedelic 9.1%
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 23.6%, Walking Simulator 15.2%, Cinematic 11.9%, Horror 8.1%, Psychological 8%
You are here to listen to The Voice. Do what he says. But don't listen to other voices... Obey the Voice is a pressure-driven psychological horror experience built on constant threats and rule-based challenges, where survival depends on attention, timing, and decision-making under extreme stress.
Why similar: Horror 16%, Walking Simulator 14.6%, Dark 14.3%, Cinematic 12.6%, Psychological 7.6%
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 14.4%, Cinematic 13.6%, Psychological 11%, Mystery 10.7%, 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 17.8%, Horror 10.9%, Psychedelic 10.6%, Dark 9.8%, Mystery 8.1%
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 22.8%, Cinematic 19.1%, Dystopian 13.1%, Adventure 8.3%, Mystery 7%
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 19.6%, Cinematic 12.7%, Horror 11.7%, Dark 10.6%, Psychological 9.4%
Work the night shift at a quiet hotel where routine tasks slowly turn into something far more unsettling. Clean rooms, help guests, manage the hotel, and explore strange events as the elevator begins taking you to floors that should not exist.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 23.1%, Cinematic 16.4%, FPS 13.3%, Adventure 8.3%, Dark 7.2%
A first-person psychological horror game. Play as Marlene, an 86-year-old woman preparing for her family's visit. They're coming. They always do.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 18.3%, Cinematic 15.8%, Dark 8.8%, Psychological 7.9%, Mystery 6.8%
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 16.7%, Horror 14.5%, Dark 9.3%, Mystery 8%, Psychological Horror 7.9%
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 18.5%, Lovecraftian 18.4%, Cinematic 16.1%, Dystopian 10.6%, Dark 7.9%
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 17.6%, Walking Simulator 13.1%, Cinematic 12.4%, Horror 9.2%, Mystery 8.7%
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 16.2%, Mystery 13.4%, Horror 12.8%, Dark 12.5%, Walking Simulator 11.4%
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 17.3%, Cinematic 11.6%, Psychological 9%, Horror 8.4%, Mystery 7.6%
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 18.9%, Dystopian 13.5%, Walking Simulator 11%, Psychedelic 9.6%, Dark 9.5%