Games Like We Went Back

Moons of Madness is a first-person, story-driven cosmic horror game where the scientific exploration of Mars meets the supernatural dread of Lovecraft.

Why similar: Horror 34.8%, Space 13.2%, Adventure 8.4%, Sci-fi 6.4%, Psychological Horror 5.9%

Why You'll Like It: It captures the same sci-fi horror atmosphere as the seed game, focusing on cosmic terror on a remote space station.

From the creators of Amnesia: The Dark Descent comes SOMA, a sci-fi horror game set below the waves of the Atlantic ocean. Struggle to survive a hostile world that will make you question your very existence.

Why similar: Horror 41.8%, Psychological Horror 10.7%, Walking Simulator 7.6%, First-Person 7.5%, Sci-fi 7%

Why You'll Like It: This title offers the definitive psychological sci-fi horror experience with deep themes of isolation and existential dread in a confined facility.

Observation is a sci-fi thriller uncovering what happened to Dr. Emma Fisher, and the crew of her mission, through the lens of the station’s artificial intelligence S.A.M.

Why similar: Horror 29.4%, Space 16.7%, Adventure 13.8%, Indie 8.9%, Sci-fi 7.2%

Why You'll Like It: You play as an AI on a space station, mirroring the feeling of being trapped in a mysterious, high-stakes environment.

A classic survival horror experience set in a dystopian future where humanity has uncovered a dark secret. Unravel a cosmic mystery, escape terrifying creatures, and scavenge an off-world government facility as Elster, a technician Replika searching for her lost dreams.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 29.2%, Sci-fi 19.1%, Mystery 13.4%, Atmospheric 12.4%, Puzzle 12.1%

Why You'll Like It: This game masterfully blends psychological horror with space-faring themes and recurring temporal loops.

You wake to find yourself trapped inside an experimental machine... A machine built to simulate memories. You no longer recall why you entered, but an AI voice guides you. Trying to escape, you face memories from a past you may not want to remember.

Why similar: Thriller 27.5%, Psychological Horror 22.4%, Adventure 21.7%, Walking Simulator 14.4%, Indie 14%

Why You'll Like It: This psychological thriller focuses on puzzle-solving within a confined, looping environment that challenges your perception of reality.

Nothing but the stink of old, moist carpets, the madness of mono-yellow, and the blinding light of fluorescent bulbs at maximum hum-buzz. Over 600 million sq. miles of randomly segmented rooms. God save you if you hear something wandering nearby, because it sure as hell has heard you.

Why similar: Horror 64.1%, Psychological Horror 12.3%, Walking Simulator 6.1%, First-Person 4.7%, Adventure 4.6%

Why You'll Like It: It perfectly captures the liminal, looping horror aesthetic that makes the seed game feel so unsettling.

ROUTINE is a First Person Sci-Fi Horror set on an abandoned lunar base designed around an 80s vision of the future. Explore and investigate your surroundings as you survive against unknown threats.

Why similar: Horror 28.4%, Space 12.8%, Thriller 10.2%, Psychological Horror 9.8%, Sci-fi 7.1%

Why You'll Like It: Set on a moon base, this game delivers high-tension sci-fi horror with a focus on atmospheric exploration.

Caffeine is a quirky first person adventure game with environmental puzzles and a dab of psychological horror. You awaken aboard one of these caffeine mining stations alone. Before long you realize that you are a young boy with no memory of what has transpired on this seemingly empty space station.

Why similar: Horror 37.5%, Adventure 19.8%, First-Person 12.3%, Indie 11.6%, Psychological Horror 10%

Why You'll Like It: A first-person space horror game that relies heavily on exploration and puzzle-solving in an abandoned, eerie setting.

Tacoma is a sci-fi narrative adventure from the creators of Gone Home. Set aboard a high-tech space station in the year 2088, explore every detail of how the station’s crew lived and worked, finding the clues that add up to a gripping story of trust, fear, and resolve in the face of disaster.

Why similar: Space 25.2%, Walking Simulator 18.4%, Sci-fi 13.3%, First-Person 10.9%, Adventure 10.8%

Why You'll Like It: It excels at environmental storytelling within a space station, allowing you to piece together the past through holographic recordings.

Inmates is a story-driven, atmospheric psychological horror game. Featuring interactive exploration in a suffocating location, mind-bending puzzles and disturbing imagery. You wake up in a run-down prison cell and have no clue how you got there. You’ve convinced yourself this is all just a nightmare...

Why similar: Horror 49.9%, Walking Simulator 12.9%, Adventure 11.9%, Psychological 8.8%, Indie 6.8%

Why You'll Like It: It provides a claustrophobic psychological horror experience set in a confined, mysterious location that keeps you guessing.

Stories Untold is a compilation tape of four experimental adventures, including a remaster of the original hit episode “The House Abandon”.

Why similar: Horror 47.1%, Psychological Horror 12.2%, Thriller 10.2%, Adventure 7.7%, Atmospheric 6.3%

Why You'll Like It: This episodic game uses retro aesthetics and psychological tension to deliver a short, impactful horror experience.

You woke up and found yourself in an anomalous endless place from which it is not so easy to get out. Carefully observe your surroundings to find a way out of this place.

Why similar: Adventure 23.7%, Walking Simulator 20.6%, Puzzle 16.4%, First-Person 13.3%, Psychological Horror 12.3%

Why You'll Like It: This game is built entirely around the concept of identifying anomalies within a looping environment.

You are trapped in an endless hallway. Observe your surroundings carefully to reach your destiny.

Why similar: Horror 35.4%, Psychological Horror 10.8%, Psychological 10%, Walking Simulator 9.3%, First-Person 7.9%

Why You'll Like It: A psychological horror game that explicitly uses looping mechanics to build mystery and tension.

Explore a mysterious abandoned bunker and find notes that paint a disturbing picture.

Why similar: Horror 43.1%, Psychological Horror 12.5%, First-Person 9.7%, Walking Simulator 9.6%, Adventure 6.9%

Why You'll Like It: A short, indie psychological horror experience that prioritizes exploration and uncovering a dark narrative.

Visage is a first-person psychological horror game. Explore a mysterious ever-changing house in a slow-paced, atmospheric world that combines both uncannily comforting and horrifyingly realistic environments, and enjoy a genuinely terrifying experience.

Why similar: Horror 67.1%, Psychological Horror 14.9%, First-Person 5.8%, Walking Simulator 3.4%, Atmospheric 2.8%

Why You'll Like It: This game features shifting, dynamic environments that mirror the disorienting nature of the seed game's time-looping mechanics.

Embark on a journey of anomalies and repetition in "Prison Loop," a captivating indie puzzle game. Trapped in a mysterious temporal loop within a high-security prison, your objective is to observe anomalies throughout the environment.

Why similar: Horror 35.2%, Psychological Horror 11.3%, Walking Simulator 9.7%, Psychological 9.4%, First-Person 9%

Why You'll Like It: It focuses on the psychological strain of being trapped in a repetitive, looping environment.

Deep Sorrow is a horror/adventure game which leads you to a bunker and makes you feel desperate to get out.

Why similar: Horror 38.6%, Adventure 14.9%, Psychological Horror 9.1%, Indie 9%, First-Person 8.1%

Why You'll Like It: A short, atmospheric indie horror title that focuses on the same first-person exploration found in the seed game.

You awake, trapped in an abandoned hospital. Your only source of light is your phone. You hit a dead-end and must turn around, but behind you lurks an eerie presence and strange noises... Experience Daylight, a procedurally generated psychological thriller for your PC.

Why similar: Horror 84.1%, First-Person 4.7%, Adventure 3.7%, Walking Simulator 2.8%, Indie 2%

Why You'll Like It: Its procedural generation ensures that the environment is constantly changing, creating a similar sense of unpredictability.

Trapped in a nightmarish mannequin factory where reality itself is shattered, unravel the secrets of Mirrored Phantoms. Explore a deeply atmospheric world, solve the mystery of the mirror shards, and survive the terrors that await in this slow-burning, first-person horror experience.

Why similar: Horror 53.5%, Psychological Horror 12.9%, First-Person 9.7%, Psychological 5.4%, Atmospheric 5.1%

Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric psychological horror game that focuses on the player's perception of a confined space.

A first-person fight to the death in the depths of space!

Why similar: Horror 47.6%, Space 14.9%, Sci-fi 11.6%, Adventure 9.1%, First-Person 8.8%

Why You'll Like It: The quintessential space station horror game that balances intense combat with environmental puzzle-solving.

Survival, horror at the sunless depths of the Pacific Ocean: Stranded on the seafloor with low light and few tools, an industrial diver takes desperate steps to surface before his oxygen — and sanity — give out.

Why similar: Horror 51.3%, Psychological Horror 11.5%, First-Person 9.8%, Adventure 7.8%, Mystery 6.3%

Why You'll Like It: A survival horror game that focuses on the crushing isolation and environmental hazards of a deep-sea setting.

A psychological first-person horror game where you enter a memory-erasing protocol and relive a trauma. Uncover dark secrets, and experience fear through immersive atmosphere.

Why similar: Horror 42.6%, Thriller 12.5%, Psychological Horror 11.8%, Walking Simulator 9.7%, First-Person 7.1%

Why You'll Like It: A short, atmospheric psychological horror experience that keeps the player in a restricted, unsettling environment.

A short first-person horror game. An accident cripples your submarine while trying to find the wreck of the Titanic. In the darkness, you must restore life-support systems through tense puzzles, only to discover that you are not alone.

Why similar: Horror 50.7%, Psychological Horror 12.3%, Puzzle 7.6%, Psychological 6.7%, Atmospheric 6.4%

Why You'll Like It: This short horror game uses atmospheric puzzle-solving to create a sense of impending doom.

'The Guest' is a gloomy adventure full of enigmas where the exploration of your surroundings comes to prominence; puzzles, secrets and riddles will help you discover who has locked you in this somber hotel room and most importantly, why.

Why similar: Horror 42.2%, Puzzle 11.2%, Adventure 8.7%, Mystery 8.2%, First-Person 7.2%

Why You'll Like It: A puzzle-heavy mystery horror game that traps the player in a confined, atmospheric location.

Exit the Abyss is a psychological horror game where you are trapped in an abandoned, haunted hospital. The game focuses on an oppressive atmosphere, exploration, and mysteries, with minimalist puzzle elements. Immerse yourself in a distorted reality, confront your fears, and find the way out!

Why similar: Horror 38.4%, Psychological Horror 10.8%, Walking Simulator 10.6%, Mystery 10.3%, First-Person 9.7%

Why You'll Like It: This title emphasizes exploration and puzzle-solving in a dark, mysterious setting that feels claustrophobic.

On a task to find your sister, you find yourself exploring an old abandoned house. But you soon find out that things are not as they seem.

Why similar: Horror 50.8%, Adventure 10.6%, Walking Simulator 10.3%, First-Person 6.2%, Psychological Horror 5.7%

Why You'll Like It: A dark, stylized walking simulator that focuses on atmospheric exploration and psychological themes.

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: Horror 41%, Psychological Horror 13%, First-Person 9.3%, Adventure 7%, Indie 5.3%

Smuggle contraband VHS tapes across the border. Discover the remnants of illicit industry. Prepare for an assassination. This is Paratopic, an atmospheric retro-3D horror adventure through a cursed fever dream.

Why similar: Horror 57%, Psychological Horror 9.5%, Adventure 7.8%, Indie 7.1%, Atmospheric 6.2%

Why You'll Like It: A surreal and short psychological horror game that uses disjointed, dreamlike sequences to build tension.

Experience psychological horror in a large abandoned hospital. Hide, explore and survive from a mysterious creature living in the ruins of this hospital.

Why similar: Horror 71.1%, First-Person 7.2%, Adventure 6.8%, Walking Simulator 6.5%, Psychological Horror 3.5%

Why You'll Like It: A free-to-play horror adventure that captures the indie spirit and confined setting of the seed game.

This is a short, first-person psychological horror game with VHS effects. Be careful, you are facing a terrifying being.

Why similar: Horror 46.9%, Psychological Horror 12.6%, Walking Simulator 10.6%, Adventure 8.5%, Thriller 7.1%

Time loop puzzle horror, where you're stuck in a failed experiment and must escape or face being eaten for eternity.

Why similar: Horror 59.9%, Puzzle 10.1%, First-Person 7.8%, Atmospheric 7%, Walking Simulator 5.9%

Explore a cold, abandoned, and dreary facility to piece together its mysteries and find a means for escape from the horror that lurks within.

Why similar: Horror 44.6%, Space 12%, Walking Simulator 10.9%, Psychological Horror 8.4%, First-Person 8.3%

ONLY FACES REMAIN is a short psychological horror game focused on exploration and atmosphere. You play as Marlene, a backpacker traveling alone who rents a cheap room to spend the night. What starts as a cheap place to sleep soon turns into a dangerous situation.

Why similar: Horror 39.4%, Psychological Horror 12.6%, Psychological 10.8%, First-Person 8.8%, Thriller 8.7%

Lunar Nightmare is a retro-inspired sci-fi thriller, set on an abandoned Moon base, where you have to solve the mystery behind missing crew members, ancient discoveries around deep down the Lunar surface, rouge-AI trying to control your fate and ghastly androids to revolting against your command.

Why similar: Horror 49.1%, Space 15.8%, Psychological Horror 10.7%, Sci-fi 9.1%, Adventure 7.8%

You come to your senses in this place, you do not understand what is happening, but you know that it is better to get out of here as soon as possible

Why similar: Horror 38.4%, Adventure 12%, Psychological Horror 8.8%, First-Person 7.7%, Indie 7.7%

You are trapped at home in an endless loop. Remember your surroundings and watch out for anomalies, if you ever want to leave.

Why similar: Horror 38.5%, Psychological Horror 13%, Psychological 11.4%, Walking Simulator 10.7%, Puzzle 8.2%

Dire Echo is a psychological horror walking simulator that immerses players in the eerie and oppressive atmosphere of abandoned deep space.

Why similar: Horror 25.8%, Space 13.3%, Thriller 13.2%, Walking Simulator 8.3%, Psychological Horror 7.7%

Backroom Loop is a first-person psychological horror (entertainment) game. You are trapped in a familiar-feeling space, exploring and escaping… only to return to the start. Can you break free from the loop?

Why similar: Horror 57.5%, First-Person 15%, Psychological Horror 10.2%, Puzzle 5.9%, Adventure 5.5%

Sheriff James Cooper is slowly bleeding to death in an unfamiliar hospital. But the moment his life ends, everything starts over. He has fifteen minutes to break this endless cycle, uncover the truth, and find a way out before it's too late.

Why similar: Horror 56.2%, Psychological Horror 19.6%, Puzzle 9.2%, Atmospheric 8.5%, Adventure 5.6%

You are trapped in a corridor suspended above the clouds. Each time you open the door at the end of the corridor, explore the environment that awaits you, find anomalies, use the alarm, and break the loop.

Why similar: Horror 37.8%, Psychological Horror 14.1%, Walking Simulator 11.8%, Puzzle 8.3%, Mystery 7.3%

You are trapped in an endless stairway with no end in sight. Solve twisted puzzles and maybe you will escape your fate.

Why similar: Horror 38.9%, Psychological 12.2%, Psychological Horror 11.7%, First-Person 10.6%, Adventure 7.8%

You are alone in a deserted station. Or are you? Take pictures of strange anomalies around the station and you might find a way out.

Why similar: Horror 48.4%, Psychological Horror 11.1%, Walking Simulator 10.5%, First-Person 9.3%, Mystery 7.1%

Lost in a frozen wasteland and split up from your partner inside an abandoned castle, the only possession you have left is a walkie-talkie with a familiar voice on the other end. Can the two of you find your way out in time?

Why similar: Horror 52.5%, Psychological Horror 10.6%, Puzzle 10.2%, Mystery 7.6%, First-Person 6.6%

You've only precious moments before time collapses onto itself to save your family. Warp, jump and rewind through time and space - and pray that whatever lives between it doesn't notice you.

Why similar: Horror 58.4%, Psychological Horror 14.1%, Adventure 7.7%, Atmospheric 6.1%, First-Person 6%

Alone in the dead of night, you find yourself sent on a simple errand to check on a quiet gas station on the outskirts of town. But nothing here feels right. You can’t outrun this place. It wants you. And it will keep you.

Why similar: Horror 61.2%, Psychological Horror 17.7%, Adventure 9.2%, Atmospheric 7.4%, Singleplayer 4.6%

Find a way out.

Why similar: Horror 40.8%, Psychological Horror 12.3%, Walking Simulator 10.5%, Psychological 10%, First-Person 9.3%

An anomaly-spotting horror game set in Level 0 of the Backrooms. Study the looping corridor and identify changes ranging from subtle details to terrifying entities. Decide to turn back if something has changed, or continue ahead if everything seems normal.

Why similar: Horror 39.4%, Psychological Horror 11.2%, Psychological 10.8%, Walking Simulator 10.1%, First-Person 9.1%

Step into an uncanny building trapped in endless loops. Use the elevator, uncover unsettling anomalies, and evade the Entity lurking behind you. Liminal Exit is an immersive game inspired by liminal spaces and Exit 8. Explore 3 liminal space floors and track anomalies to escape, but watch your back!

Why similar: Horror 37.2%, Walking Simulator 10.9%, Psychological Horror 10.6%, First-Person 9.1%, Puzzle 8.7%

Backrooms: Found Footage is a single-player horror game where you are the main character trying to survive the Backrooms. Curiosity wins and you decide to explore this weird place that you got trapped in. What could go wrong?

Why similar: Horror 47.1%, Adventure 14.6%, First-Person 12.1%, Psychological Horror 10%, Atmospheric 5.6%

Clap Clap is a short indie horror game that puts you in the shoes of a house sitter, experiencing strange occurrences in a seemingly ordinary home.

Why similar: Horror 56%, Psychological Horror 10.1%, Walking Simulator 7%, First-Person 5.9%, Adventure 5.8%

You find yourself in a strange place and the only way out is within. Navigate liminal corridors and rooms filled with psychological terrors as you traverse all six floors of this mysterious place in order to save your soul.

Why similar: Horror 50.1%, Psychological Horror 13.6%, First-Person 13.5%, Psychological 9.6%, Adventure 8.9%

A storm washed you upon the shore of a mysterious island with a horrific past. A terrifying first-person atmospheric horror game.

Why similar: Horror 40.1%, Thriller 12.2%, Psychological Horror 10%, Walking Simulator 9.9%, First-Person 7.8%

A short horror game where you control a decaying spacecraft exploring distant star systems.

Why similar: Horror 51.5%, Space 23.3%, Sci-fi 10.2%, Puzzle 7.2%, Adventure 3.6%

Isolation. Hopelessness. Starvation. By the will of an unknown force, you find yourself isolated from the outside world. Now you are doomed to starve to death. No one will come to your aid. No one will hear your prayers.

Why similar: Horror 38.6%, Walking Simulator 18.6%, Adventure 13.7%, Psychological Horror 11.8%, First-Person 11.3%

Can't revert is a first-person psychological horror game. You repeatedly find yourself in a house where your wife and son are dead. Discover hidden clues in the house and uncover the secrets of their deaths. Experience the constant tension and fear in the repetitive space.

Why similar: Horror 43.7%, Psychological Horror 12.8%, Indie 12.3%, Walking Simulator 10.3%, Mystery 9%

Experience an immersive sci-fi adventure. Walk in the footsteps of the ill-fated crew members of the Miranda station. Explore a world cloaked in mystery and danger, solve clever puzzles to help discover the questions that...

Why similar: Horror 27.4%, Space 24.8%, Adventure 12.5%, First-Person 10.3%, Sci-fi 8.8%

"ELEVATOR: AVICI" is a 1st-person psychological horror with a retro, HK lo-fi aesthetic. Trapped in a decaying apartment elevator, your only link to the outside is a strange voice on the intercom claiming to be a repairman. Will you follow his commands, or find your own escape from the darkness?

Why similar: Horror 41.8%, Psychological Horror 13.4%, First-Person 9.6%, Walking Simulator 8.2%, Thriller 8.2%

Experience Will's complicated story, find a way out of the nightmare of liminal spaces by solving challenging puzzles and avoiding dangerous entities — all this awaits you in "Shifting To The Backrooms".

Why similar: Horror 45%, Psychological Horror 12.1%, First-Person 9.7%, Walking Simulator 8.8%, Puzzle 8%

Get out of the building via the stairway. Observe the levels carefully for a successful exit.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 28.2%, Walking Simulator 22.3%, Mystery 17.4%, First-Person 12.7%, Puzzle 10.1%

Explore an abandoned building, encountering puzzles and clues to discover what happened, as you try to escape in both your nightmares and the waking world. Be immersed in the hauntingly beautiful 3D atmosphere in this puzzle exploration mystery game.

Why similar: Horror 37.2%, First-Person 10.3%, Walking Simulator 10.1%, Puzzle 9.9%, Atmospheric 8.5%