- #1 Beer Machine
97% matchVery Positive81% of 75 reviews2025
Dev: Crack Creations
Windows
Your father needs a beer, and it's your job to get it. He doesn't care what it takes, so do what you must. Be quick though - it's not so safe in the dark.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 18.8%, Horror 17.7%, Stylized 13.5%, Dark 12.1%, Surreal 9.2%
- #2 Daardoa
96% matchPositive90% of 20 reviews2021
Dev: Vidas Salavejus
Windows
Atmospheric and surreal horror game about day and night cycle.
Why similar: Abstract 27%, Surreal 20.7%, Horror 16.6%, Walking Simulator 9.4%, Dark 8.6%
- #3 Glimpse
96% matchPositive82% of 22 reviews2024
Dev: Melanzue
Windows · Mac · Linux
"Glimpse" is a single-player atmospheric horror game. Get a glimpse of the struggles and fears of a person affected by Alzheimer's Disease.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 17%, Abstract 15.2%, Horror 14.8%, Surreal 11.9%, Linear 11.5%
- #4 Memento Mori
95% matchVery Positive82% of 71 reviews2024
Dev: Shea KellyPub: WolfWare Studios
Windows
A game for the ones we lost on the way. Memento Mori is a surreal walking simulator that combines a minimalistic art style and a show don't tell story, focused on dealing with loss.
Why similar: Abstract 22.7%, Surreal 22.4%, Walking Simulator 21.2%, Linear 11.5%, Dark 8.9%
- #5 Hypnagogia 無限の夢 Boundless Dreams
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 716 reviews2021
Dev: sodaraptorPub: Raptorsoft Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 12.1 hrs≥1hr: 67%
Meet colorful characters, discover mysterious secrets, and reassemble the fractured remains of an ethereal crystal as you explore a series of abstract worlds based on dreams, nightmares, and the places in between.
Why similar: Abstract 25%, Surreal 18.4%, Walking Simulator 12.4%, Horror 11.3%, Stylized 8.4%
- #6 NIDANA
93% matchVery Positive88% of 176 reviews2025
Dev: lvl374Pub: PLAYISM
Windows
She continues to dream. A first-person dream simulator where you explore a corner of a dream.
Why similar: Abstract 34.3%, Surreal 24.5%, Walking Simulator 22.1%, First-Person 6.3%, Atmospheric 6%
- #7 I NEED A NAME
94% matchMostly Positive72% of 18 reviews2022
Dev: Gestmorph Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A parody homage to classic RPG Maker horror games where your name will make an impact on the events you encounter as you travel through the abstract environment you have escaped to.
Why similar: Abstract 26.1%, Surreal 18%, Walking Simulator 13.3%, Horror 13%, Stylized 11%
- #8 NOX TIMORE REMAKE
92% matchMostly Positive76% of 188 reviews2022
Dev: Vidas Salavejus
Windows
Official remake of the original Nox Timore, that was released in 2014. A nightmare, that you come back to every night. Mannequins. Darkness. Horror.
Why similar: Surreal 21.5%, Abstract 19%, Horror 15.8%, Walking Simulator 12.7%, Dark 11.9%
- #9 Sorrow Asylum 3
91% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2024
Dev: Vidas Salavejus
Windows
Sorrow Asylum 3 is a looping horror game, a mix of an abandoned asylum and your mind's prison.
Why similar: Abstract 21.3%, Surreal 16.3%, Walking Simulator 15.8%, Horror 12.1%, Linear 9.3%
- #10 Kach
91% matchVery Positive81% of 292 reviews2022
Dev: Bhargav ModhaPub: BYGames
Windows · Mac
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 21.3%, Walking Simulator 20.2%, Stylized 17.2%, Dark 13%, First-Person 7%
- #11 Umbra Halloween
90% matchPositive82% of 17 reviews2023
Dev: Vidas Salavejus
Windows
Umbra Halloween is a surreal psychological horror game about the dead ones returning to life on a Halloween night.
Why similar: Abstract 20.9%, Surreal 17.7%, Walking Simulator 13.6%, Horror 12%, Stylized 9.2%
- #12 Apparatus: Exanimus
89% matchPositive97% of 32 reviews2025
Dev: Figglewatts
Windows · Linux
DIRUS Software's lost 1999 cult-classic is back! Explore its confusing and stygian world for yourself in this newly remastered edition, and uncover the mystery of its warped labyrinths and crossroads. Find hidden secrets unknown even to the original developers.
Why similar: Abstract 21.1%, Walking Simulator 18.5%, Surreal 16.4%, Horror 14.4%, Atmospheric 9.2%
- #13 Hyakki Yako: OH&S
89% matchPositive89% of 44 reviews2023
Dev: Inhuman Resources
Windows · Mac
Haramita Renkai is trapped somewhere deep in the underworld after a ritual gone awry. Armed with naught but his wits, his talismans and a burning desire for self-criticism, Renkai attempts to flee the grasp of the ravenous Demon Parade and escape back to the mortal plane.
Why similar: Abstract 24%, Horror 14.9%, Surreal 14.5%, Stylized 11.6%, Walking Simulator 8.8%
- #14 In The Night You Had Bad Dreams
88% matchPositive84% of 32 reviews2024
Dev: ENAB-f
Windows
In the Night You Had Bad Dreams is a first-person horror game. You're trapped inside a strange house that seems to shift and change, waiting for you to solve unconventional puzzles.
Why similar: Abstract 23.9%, Surreal 17.1%, Walking Simulator 15%, Horror 13.5%, Dark 10.4%
- #15 Complex 629
87% match6 user reviews83% of 6 reviews2025
Dev: LillexStudios
Windows
Narrative psychological horror in vivid colour. Explore a surreal Icelandic apartment block built by the Devil. Shovel through snow with your bare hands and Converse with other residents while navigating between non-euclidean apartments and gathering money to escape the violence of Grandfather
Why similar: Abstract 24.9%, Surreal 17.9%, Walking Simulator 15.6%, Stylized 13%, Horror 9.7%
- #16 Queen Anne's Lace
86% matchPositive82% of 17 reviews2026
Dev: Pennywhistle Studios
Windows
An anomaly horror game with a big twist: YOU hide the anomalies. As the Night Auditor for the Queen Anne's Lace hotel, your job is to keep your guests checked in. Forever.
Why similar: Abstract 23.4%, Surreal 18.7%, Horror 14.2%, Walking Simulator 14.2%, Stylized 10.1%
- #17 Terror in the Kitchen
86% matchPositive88% of 40 reviews2023
Dev: Studio Diakamos
Windows
This is a first person atmospheric horror game. The style of the game is influenced by old graphics trend (PSX games etc). You play as a part timer in a restaurant. You wash dishes, take out trash, pump the toilets and organize the table tops.
Why similar: Horror 18.4%, Stylized 17.1%, Walking Simulator 16%, Dark 14.7%, Linear 10.5%
- #18 project_Structure_01
84% matchPositive100% of 24 reviews2026
Dev: Vesa Härkönen
Windows
project_Structure_01 is first-person exploration game focusing on atmosphere and exploration of surreal liminal spaces that feature brutalist architecture.
Why similar: Surreal 21.4%, Walking Simulator 19.4%, Abstract 18%, Atmospheric 13.1%, First-Person 12%
- #19 Circadial
85% matchNo user reviews
Dev: undercoverworm
Windows · Linux
You've been invited to participate in a study for the newly developed Circadial pills, a medicine designed to remedy your life-long insomnia. Explore the empty halls of the facility and the landscapes of your dreams to uncover the source of your night terrors. You will never be the same.
Why similar: Abstract 26.1%, Surreal 16.6%, Horror 13%, Stylized 12%, Walking Simulator 11.5%
- #20 With Shining Eyes
83% matchVery Positive95% of 96 reviews2024
Dev: Lucas Fisher
Windows
Uncover secrets, experience history, solve puzzles and understand one another. Immerse yourself and explore a surreal and colorful world in this short, first-person adventure.
Why similar: Abstract 27.1%, Surreal 24.7%, Walking Simulator 17.1%, Stylized 10.2%, First-Person 7.1%
- #21 Midnight Snack
81% matchVery Positive86% of 251 reviews2025
Dev: Desborde Games
Windows
A short first-person horror game where you wander through an eerie forest using the dials of a microwave.
Why similar: Surreal 22%, Horror 16.1%, Stylized 12.7%, Dark 12.7%, Walking Simulator 10.8%
- #22 NaissanceE
84% matchVery Positive84% of 4,240 reviews2014
Dev: Limasse Five
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 44%
NaissanceE is an obscure and magical first person exploration game, a philosophical trip and an artistic experience. The adventure takes place in a primitive mysterious structure and the game mainly consists to explore and feel the deep and strong ambiance of this atemporal world.
Why similar: Abstract 34.1%, Surreal 18.5%, Walking Simulator 17.9%, Atmospheric 10.9%, First-Person 9.5%
- #23 The Patient: After Hours
82% matchPositive93% of 14 reviews2022
Dev: Aaron WisePub: Trial By Fire Games
Windows
You are a night worker who has to clean up after a long day of trading at the local mall. But as the night quickly progresses you start to realize that something isn't quite right.
Why similar: Abstract 27.5%, Walking Simulator 18.1%, Stylized 11.8%, Surreal 11.4%, Horror 9%
- #24 Bite Size Terrors: eye candy
81% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: anOVERTHINKER
Windows
The Other Side of the Screen Shows a Truly Disturbing Truth.
Why similar: Abstract 21.6%, Walking Simulator 17.5%, Horror 16.8%, Stylized 13%, Atmospheric 9.6%
- #25 The Elision Effect
80% matchVery Positive94% of 175 reviews2024
Dev: teamakes.games
Windows · Linux
The Elision Effect is a short surreal puzzle game. The last person finds themselves in an empty office. The place seems off, like it shouldn’t exist. Not knowing what made everyone abandon these liminal spaces, they look for an exit.
Why similar: Abstract 20.3%, Surreal 19.9%, Walking Simulator 16%, Stylized 11.5%, Atmospheric 9%
- #26 The New Apartment
79% matchMostly Positive74% of 76 reviews2025
Dev: Paul Thomas Games
Windows
A man living in his new apartment finds himself in the center of something much more sinister.
Why similar: Surreal 25.7%, Horror 25.2%, First-Person 10.6%, Dark 10%, Linear 8.6%
- #27 Fibrillation HD
82% matchVery Positive89% of 365 reviews2017
Dev: Egor Rezenov
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 2.9 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Immerse yourself in an adaptation of an old story about Ewan Berrington.
Why similar: Abstract 23.7%, Surreal 16.7%, Walking Simulator 16.1%, Horror 13%, Dark 10.5%
- #28 Coagulation Station: Fleshfall
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: The Big Onion Institute
Windows
A rustpunk sci-fi horror game with a touch of dark corporate humor. Operate a free-hanging elevator and explore the depths of a horrific alien world made of living tissue.
Why similar: Abstract 20.1%, Surreal 19%, Horror 13.7%, Stylized 9.4%, Linear 9.2%
- #29 Testimonium
77% matchPositive97% of 32 reviews2025
Dev: Andrii SotnykPub: NECRONOMISOFT
Windows
Testimonium is a bite-sized, experimental analog horror game designed to push your psychological limits. PLAY THE TAPE.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 17.4%, Abstract 17.2%, Horror 16.7%, Surreal 13.2%, Linear 7.5%
- #30 Framed Fear
77% match6 user reviews83% of 6 reviews2025
Dev: HunGames
Windows
You must discover the differences between what you see through the camera and with your own eyes to distinguish real floors from fake ones and escape. It is said that ghosts behave the opposite of humans, and taking the elevator is no exception.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 26.3%, Surreal 14.6%, Horror 14.2%, First-Person 12.1%, Dark 10%
- #31 Room 13
78% matchMixed45% of 42 reviews2021
Dev: Key Realm Studios
Windows
You have just checked in to your motel room, 'Room 13'...unlucky you. A sudden knock on your room door, awakens you from your deep sleep and turns out to become your unluckiest nightmare.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 24.6%, Horror 24.5%, Linear 14.6%, First-Person 12.5%, Dark 9.6%
- #32 NIGHTSLINK
78% matchVery Positive80% of 117 reviews2021
Dev: Noiseminded
Windows
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: Surreal 18.7%, Walking Simulator 17.7%, Horror 14.4%, Stylized 11.8%, Linear 10.6%
- #33 The Rain Spirit : Code Breaker
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Waves and Blaze
Windows · Linux
A First Person , Atmospheric Puzzle Exploratory Game. Uncover a huge interactive world filled with codes , clues and puzzles to unlock in different areas . Discover characters and story with an original score.
Why similar: Abstract 20.7%, Walking Simulator 15%, Surreal 13.4%, Dark 11.5%, Stylized 9.9%
- #34 Fragment
75% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: Wakely Co
Windows
Enter the loop, explore abstract spaces, find and process bad memories to unfold your story and learn your fate. Fragment tells a story of generational trauma and addiction, you decide whether to break the loop or be consumed by it.
Why similar: Abstract 36.1%, Surreal 18.2%, Dark 12.1%, Stylized 11.2%, Atmospheric 9.3%
- #35 The Human Test / Restart
76% match8 user reviews89% of 9 reviews2024
Dev: Jesse Aidyn
Windows
Two games in one! - Prove you are not human by completing 9 impossible challenges. - Explore various scenes directly inspired by a poem, solving a few riddles along the way.
Why similar: Abstract 23.1%, Walking Simulator 20.5%, Surreal 17.7%, Linear 9.8%, First-Person 9.5%
- #36 HOLFACE
75% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Jonny's Games
Windows
Upon visiting his decrepit and dying grandfather, Isaac discovers an ancient evil that has parasitically dwelled within his ancestry for generations. Isaac must stop the parasite's symbiotic cycle from reoccurring or else become its new host.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 20.9%, Horror 20.9%, Surreal 13.8%, First-Person 12%, Linear 8.8%
- #37 Barbotine
74% matchVery Positive91% of 172 reviews2024
Dev: Alex Rassloff
Windows
An atmospheric horror micro-game that touches on topics of anxiety, isolation, body image and obsessive habits with a surreal PSX aesthetic.
Why similar: Abstract 23.1%, Surreal 18.2%, Horror 11.8%, Stylized 11.2%, Walking Simulator 10.9%
- #38 Lost in Voice
74% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: beforeyouknowgames
Windows
A psychological horror where reality fractures around musician John Hale. Explore a non‑linear story, haunting memories, and immersive sound as you slip between truth, delusion, and the darkness of your own mind.
Why similar: Surreal 22.2%, Horror 16.4%, Walking Simulator 12.9%, Dark 12.3%, First-Person 11.7%
- #39 Tunnel Baby
73% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Corbine LLC
Windows
On one rainy morning, Steve found a baby in a utility tunnel. He is not alone. Navigate eerie locales, solve puzzles, and face bizarre creatures to uncover a cosmic mystery in Tunnel Baby.
Why similar: Abstract 21.9%, Surreal 17.4%, Horror 12.5%, Stylized 10.7%, Linear 9.5%
- #40 That Which Gave Chase
73% matchVery Positive92% of 998 reviews2023
Dev: AslakPub: Fremmed
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 1.3 hrs≥1hr: 80%
A first-person dog sledding horror game. Play as a sled dog musher hired to transport a scientist deep into the unforgiving wastes of the arctic.
Why similar: Surreal 16.7%, Horror 15.1%, Walking Simulator 14.4%, Dark 11.1%, Stylized 10.6%
- #41 block;shift
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: quadape
Windows
3D platformer puzzle game with light horror elements, lonely and surreal atmosphere
Why similar: Abstract 24.4%, Surreal 23.5%, Stylized 20.9%, Dark 16%, Adventure 7.1%
- #42 The Ringing of Twilight
71% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Splinterback
Windows
Navigate through various levels as you search for artifacts. But you must listen to your surroundings, for an invisible entity draws ever closer...
Why similar: Surreal 26.9%, Horror 17.8%, Dark 15.2%, Atmospheric 12%, First-Person 9.2%
- #43 Notebook Entries Vol. 1
72% matchVery Positive86% of 103 reviews2022
Dev: anOVERTHINKER
Windows
Horror Anthology focusing on different tension methods. One should caress your fears..
Why similar: Walking Simulator 18.6%, Abstract 17.2%, Horror 17%, Stylized 14.3%, Linear 11.6%
- #44 SOLE
73% matchMostly Positive79% of 24 reviews2019
Dev: Gossamer Games
Windows · Mac
Explore the remnants of great cities and uncover the history of an ancient civilization on your journey through the dark world of SOLE.
Why similar: Abstract 26%, Surreal 19.4%, Walking Simulator 18.1%, Stylized 12.8%, Dark 8.5%
- #45 Night Of Disturbance
72% match9 user reviews22% of 9 reviews2022
Dev: BDR ProductionsPub: BDR Productions
Windows
This game is a short Horror experience, which you as the player will explore and travel through the linear story. This game will challenge you to face your fears and travel through creepy corridors and dark forests. Will you find the secrets lurking in the darkness?
Why similar: Walking Simulator 17.7%, Horror 15.1%, Abstract 14.7%, Dark 13.8%, Atmospheric 10.1%
- #46 Tear Factory
71% matchVery Positive90% of 83 reviews2022
Dev: Daddysucc5000
Windows
A game about hunting rats, feeding them to your family, and going to bed.
Why similar: Abstract 21.9%, Stylized 15.2%, Horror 14.7%, Surreal 13.9%, Walking Simulator 13.1%
- #47 The Attic
70% matchMixed65% of 17 reviews2023
Dev: 3DCHADDDPub: 3DCHADDD Productions
Windows
Explore a strange and mysterious complex to find your missing son. Can you sneak through the depths of loss and survive the horrors that stalk you in The Attic? A first person cinematic experience with a haunting soundtrack.
Why similar: Abstract 23.6%, Surreal 18%, Walking Simulator 15.4%, Horror 13.4%, Stylized 11.4%
- #48 CATACOMBS
70% matchMostly Positive73% of 11 reviews2024
Dev: Taah
Windows
Roam around the catacombs, collect everything and avoid being found at all cost. Collect rare item drops while doing so.
Why similar: Abstract 32.4%, Surreal 19.6%, Horror 16.7%, Dark 8.4%, Atmospheric 7.5%
- #49 FOR GOD'S SAKE, HELP HIM!
68% matchVery Positive96% of 53 reviews2025
Dev: Noah Kuhn Games
Windows
FOR GOD'S SAKE, HELP HIM! is a tiny, surreal first-person art "game" about what it's like. your goal is singular and simple: try to help him, however you can... if you can. that's a tall order considering you're both in a blank void and he's being crushed over and over.
Why similar: Abstract 31.7%, Surreal 29.9%, Atmospheric 10%, Walking Simulator 9%, Dark 8%
- #50 The Charity Shop
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Figglewatts
Windows · Linux
The Charity Shop is an atmospheric, surreal, first-person puzzle game where you use your camera to capture the essence of a life lived. To this end, you have been delivered to The Charity Shop, the place where people donate unwanted belongings—each carrying an imprint of the time they once shared.
Why similar: Surreal 37%, Horror 19.3%, Atmospheric 12.8%, First-Person 11.4%, Linear 9.3%
- #51 They See You
67% matchPositive83% of 18 reviews2026
Dev: MengEXE
Windows
A computer engineer arrives in a remote mountain village, where tech failures and missing residents put him face to face with an unsettling force lurking behind the screen.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 17.9%, Surreal 17.6%, Horror 15.6%, Atmospheric 9.9%, Stylized 9.5%
- #52 Was God Birthed!?
69% matchPositive100% of 15 reviews2024
Dev: Finnsoft
Windows
Explore a lush, liminal museum with surreal suprises at every turn as you avoid your dad with your wits and scooter, and make it downstairs in time to catch the Club Ruby Rave!
Why similar: Abstract 25.4%, Walking Simulator 15.4%, Surreal 11.5%, Stylized 10.7%, Cartoony 9.1%
- #53 Lobotomy
67% matchPositive100% of 33 reviews2025
Dev: ChertPub: Angelia
Windows
Dive into a surreal adventure where the boundaries between reality and illusion blur. Explore distorted spaces, battle rising stress, and try to hold on to yourself
Why similar: Abstract 21.1%, Walking Simulator 16.5%, Surreal 16.3%, Horror 11.1%, Linear 8.6%
- #54 Threshold 15
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: EMPTY MESHES
Windows
Threshold 15 is an atmospheric mix of anomaly hunting and escape-room puzzles set in a looping bunker hallway. Identify disturbances and piece together an unsettling story as each loop pulls you deeper into the mystery. You will sign the contract.
Why similar: Abstract 23.8%, Walking Simulator 15.4%, Horror 14.1%, Stylized 13.5%, Dark 12%
- #55 In Arrears
66% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2025
Dev: Offensive Ideas Studio
Windows
Short description, huh? Ok - run from IRS, try to find money, don't lose your corporate infested mind.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 25.9%, Horror 16.9%, Surreal 16.9%, First-Person 11.9%, Dark 11.4%
- #56 What Has Come Before
66% match6 user reviews67% of 6 reviews2025
Dev: Will Reznicek
Windows
What Has Come Before is a perspective-driven puzzle game set in an eerie and stylish black and white Lynchian world. Stuck in limbo with only hearing and vision to guide, players must utilize clever changes in perspective to move forward.
Why similar: Abstract 29.6%, Surreal 28.1%, First-Person 13.6%, Atmospheric 10.6%, Stylized 9.8%
- #57 Scarlet Backrooms
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: BlueFireDevPub: BlueFire Publishing
Windows
A Supernatural Multidimensional Puzzle Liminal Exploration Game The Scarlet Dimension is meant to be a purgatory.
Why similar: Abstract 46.3%, Atmospheric 11.4%, Horror 9.8%, Dark 9.7%, 3D 7.8%
- #58 LIMINAL SHIFT
65% matchVery Positive82% of 235 reviews2025
Dev: NextPhase Studios
Windows
Liminal Shift is a unique atmospheric suspense game developed using the latest Unreal Engine 5 technologies such as Lumen and Nanite. With every step you take, Liminal Shift pushes you deeper into an eerie, unsettling experience like no other.
Why similar: Abstract 23.2%, Surreal 14.9%, Walking Simulator 14.6%, Horror 11.7%, First-Person 10.6%
- #59 ALLON3
68% matchMixed50% of 52 reviews2022
Dev: Vidas Salavejus
Windows
A phychological horror experience of voices and screams.
Why similar: Surreal 20.9%, Abstract 19.6%, Horror 16%, Walking Simulator 12.2%, Dark 11.7%