Games Like Where's Oswald

A cinematic horror experience based on exploration.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 29.2%, Cinematic 24.6%, Horror 14.2%, Exploration 8.7%, Casual 6.2%

The following is a series of tapes recovered near the Overlook National Park where four people were recently reported missing- a family of three and one motorist.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 23.7%, Cinematic 18%, Horror 16.5%, Psychological Horror 9.9%, Exploration 9.1%

A first-person psychological horror set in a decaying hotel that does not want to let you leave. Explore a dark, interconnected environment where sound, lighting, and subtle details drive a slow, relentless sense of dread. You are moving forward, whether you want to or not.

Why similar: Cinematic 23.8%, Horror 21.2%, Walking Simulator 19%, Psychological Horror 10.8%, First-Person 6.7%

Mountain's Memory is a walking simulator horror game where players explore a mountain at night, armed only with a lamp. Inspired by the chilling style of Japanese horror, this game delivers an atmosphere of fear and mystery. Feel the terror unfold in the quiet, desolate mountain.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 32%, Horror 23.1%, Cinematic 16.6%, First-Person 7.2%, Exploration 7%

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 33.9%, Horror 14.3%, Exploration 10.8%, Casual 8.3%, Psychological Horror 8.2%

The Gap is a short first-person horror experience taking place in a ghostly abandoned house on a lonely street corner.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 23.9%, Cinematic 19.1%, Horror 17.4%, Psychological Horror 9.4%, Exploration 8.3%

What if Hell made a mistake? Based on the testimony of a man who survived clinical death, this cinematic psychological horror challenges you to confront your fears and fight your way back to life, while something lurking in the darkness does everything it can to keep you among the damned forever.

Why similar: Cinematic 23.8%, Horror 19%, Walking Simulator 17.1%, Psychological Horror 11.4%, Exploration 8.4%

As a Stationmaster of a sleepy English station, it is your duty to carry out the nightly tasks and tend to the customers, but can the customers be trusted?

Why similar: Horror 26.4%, Cinematic 23.3%, Walking Simulator 14.4%, Atmospheric 9.7%, Dark 7.2%

Your parents have left, and you're home alone. What begins as an ordinary evening after school slowly turns into a living nightmare, where every little sound makes your heart race. Remember the most important rule: don't open the door for anyone.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 25%, Cinematic 22.6%, Horror 19.3%, Psychological Horror 11.5%, Atmospheric 6.9%

Anna, an 18-year-old university freshman in a different city. Together with her friend, she rented a small apartment in the station district. They had no idea what would happen during their very first week in the new place.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 24.9%, Horror 20.4%, Psychological Horror 15.6%, Exploration 9.3%, 1990's 7.4%

Lost August is a single-player open-world walking simulator game based on the concept of liminal spaces and the backrooms. Experience a dream-like world through the lens of a VHS camera as you explore the contents of a recently discovered video tape.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 27.4%, Cinematic 17.8%, Horror 9.7%, Psychological Horror 9.6%, Exploration 9.5%

Ling House: Echoes Within is a first-person psychological horror experience. Uncover the hidden tragedy beneath the surface of a haunted house. As reality breaks down, your video camera reveals images of an alternate space. You must see through the connection between both worlds to escape.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 29.2%, Cinematic 22.2%, Horror 17%, Psychological Horror 14.1%, Atmospheric 6.9%

Someone slipped a mysterious videotape under your door... Do you dare watch it?!

Why similar: Walking Simulator 25.2%, Cinematic 22.5%, Horror 17.5%, Psychological Horror 11.3%, Atmospheric 6.8%

A psychological first-person horror about a house that hides a disturbing truth beneath its walls. Explore, uncover fragments of the past, and decide whether to confront what lies below… or leave it buried forever.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 22.8%, Cinematic 17.5%, Horror 15.4%, Psychological Horror 10.7%, Exploration 7.5%

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 24.4%, Walking Simulator 18.8%, Cinematic 16.2%, Dark 9.5%, Exploration 8.7%

FINAL AGE is a first person single player psychological horror game . The player takes on the role of a curious investigator who is drawn to a cottage which was previously owned by an army man Samuel, who mysteriously disappeared during a war. Contains tricky puzzles. Needs good observation skills.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 22.4%, Horror 15.9%, Cinematic 15.4%, Psychological Horror 9.4%, Exploration 7.2%

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 25.2%, Walking Simulator 20.3%, Horror 17.4%, Psychological Horror 11.3%, Dark 7.5%

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 29.8%, Horror 15.7%, Cinematic 14.8%, Psychological Horror 14.5%, Atmospheric 8.1%

You've been called into the forest to investigate a wounded deer, but the forest is dark and all you have is a flashlight. Oh bother, what a Tuesday you're having.A retro PSX style horror game

Why similar: Walking Simulator 30%, Horror 25.4%, Cinematic 17.3%, Exploration 12.3%, 1990's 7.3%

You’re operating a drill machine beneath an abandoned chemical lab. You’ll feel the ground tremble, hear faint whispers in the dark, and glimpse shadows just beyond your lights. Stay focused—ignore what you see and hear—and keep drilling until your tasks are done.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 18.9%, Cinematic 17.9%, Horror 16.5%, Psychological Horror 10.3%, Atmospheric 8.8%

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 30.1%, Cinematic 21.3%, Exploration 9.6%, Horror 8.3%, 1990's 7.1%

CORID is a first-person hardcore psychological horror game that draws you into a dark, ever-changing world. Explore your surroundings, solve puzzles, and question your own perception—because even when nothing happens, it does not mean you are alone.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 21.8%, Cinematic 19%, Horror 16.4%, Psychological Horror 11.4%, Exploration 8.1%

Backrooms: Reminiscence is a single-player horror game where you experience something unexpected, and now you're left all alone in the cold world of The Backrooms.

Why similar: Horror 23.8%, Walking Simulator 21.5%, Cinematic 18%, Psychological Horror 14.2%, Exploration 6.9%

Japan, September 12, 1999, at 8:00 p.m., Ms. Keiko Haraeda collapsed in her room and was found dead. Although the police have ruled that there is no case and closed the investigation, many puzzling points remain, and the family is still calling for information.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 27.1%, Horror 23.2%, Psychological Horror 13.7%, 1990's 10.9%, Dark 10.2%

Step into the shoes of a wage-slave and work the graveyard delivery shift at Vito's! It's not glamorous, but it pays rent. Leave the safety of your car and step into the streets of a decaying suburbia. Deliver to peculiar customers while trying to ignore that feeling of being watched...

Why similar: Walking Simulator 20.7%, Horror 17%, Cinematic 16.5%, Psychological Horror 10.7%, 1990's 6.5%

Michael Clow is a photographer who documents what he sees. But after following his neighbor into the woods, his camera begins capturing things he never witnessed.

Why similar: Horror 23.6%, Walking Simulator 22.8%, Cinematic 16.9%, Exploration 10.5%, Casual 7.2%

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 27.2%, Cinematic 19.3%, Horror 17.2%, Psychological Horror 12.5%, Exploration 7.2%

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: Walking Simulator 34.5%, Horror 23.5%, Atmospheric 12.1%, Exploration 10.5%, Psychological Horror 10.1%

A brother's desperate message lures you to a cursed ancestral home. In this first-person psychological horror, explore Grandmas house where reality unravels and shadows whisper secrets. Decipher cryptic clues, confront terror, question sanity. Seek truth. Escape the darkness or be its next victim?

Why similar: Walking Simulator 38.4%, Horror 28.8%, Atmospheric 10.2%, Casual 9.4%, Exploration 6.6%

You wake up to find yourself standing before an old house. The painful memories buried deep within your heart suddenly return. You don’t remember it well, but you used to live here. This is where it happened.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 30.9%, Horror 24.2%, Psychological Horror 14.3%, First-Person 7.1%, Dark 6.7%

By all measures Isaac Llewellyn is a success in life. So why doesn't it feel like that? Something is horribly wrong. Join Isaac as he returns to his childhood home to try to make sense of what happened in his youth. To reconcile truth with memory, Isaac must explore a horrifying past.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 18.9%, Cinematic 17.6%, Horror 14%, Psychological Horror 9.1%, 1990's 8.4%

Dead On Arrival: Remastered is an atmospheric horror-puzzle game. Uncover the true consequences of one’s actions. A remastered version of the original classic!

Why similar: Cinematic 24.1%, Walking Simulator 22.3%, Horror 17.6%, Psychological Horror 11.5%, Exploration 8.9%

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 24.5%, Cinematic 23.1%, Horror 15.5%, Exploration 8.5%, Psychological Horror 7.7%

Inspired by Incantation. The Visit: Mizukawa is a first-person psychological horror game following several perspectives tied by a single curse. In a city haunted by tapes, each story brings the ritual one step closer to its end.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 25.2%, Horror 19.6%, Cinematic 12.7%, Psychological Horror 11.4%, Atmospheric 7.9%

A psychological horror game where you spend a night in the shoes of an arcade worker named Marcus. Win prizes on the crane machine and shoot some hoops. Just make sure to keep the doors locked.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 28.2%, Horror 16.8%, Exploration 11.3%, Psychological Horror 10.9%, Atmospheric 6.9%

What hides in the depths of the forest?!

Why similar: Walking Simulator 23.8%, Cinematic 22.7%, Horror 16%, Psychological Horror 10.5%, Exploration 7.8%

An atmospheric horror journey between reality and madness. Three paths lie ahead only one is free of anomalies. Observe closely. Choose wisely. Save the lost souls.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 31.7%, Horror 21.3%, Psychological Horror 15.9%, Atmospheric 7.8%, Dark 7.5%

Horror game series about the investigation of missing hikers in the U.S. National Parks. Follow the story of a wannabe reporter who got a job as a ranger to investigate the disappearances - several episodes that tell one story. Based on true events.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 22.4%, Cinematic 19.4%, Horror 15.5%, Psychological Horror 9.9%, 1990's 8.6%

Haunted by nightmares of his deceased sister, Haru, the protagonist enters a remote village to uncover the truth. There, he must endure a bizarre 5-day sacrifice ritual. Explore the village under eerie rules, but remember: you will never reach the final day.

Why similar: Horror 24.1%, Walking Simulator 22.4%, Psychological Horror 14.3%, Cinematic 10.2%, Exploration 9.1%

A horror game about escaping from a mysterious place after a chilling encounter in the woods. Explore, stay quiet, and make tough choices as you search for a way out.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 20.2%, Cinematic 19.7%, Horror 18.8%, Psychological Horror 11.8%, Exploration 8.6%

Delve into a dark tale marked by an ancient curse. Explore a forgotten cabin, uncover the truth behind Henrietta Morrigan, and confront a presence that should never have been awakened. Every secret revealed brings you closer to the darkness… and to your destiny.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 20.9%, Horror 19.2%, Cinematic 14.5%, Psychological Horror 14.4%, Exploration 8.4%

You're taking care of your friend's house but a garden gnome appears.

Why similar: Cinematic 26.2%, Horror 23.4%, Walking Simulator 18.4%, Exploration 10%, Atmospheric 7.9%

You are trapped in an endless airport terminal. Observe your surroundings carefully, find the anomalies, and find your way out.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 33.9%, Cinematic 15.2%, Exploration 13.2%, Psychological Horror 11.7%, Casual 7.8%

Mysterious murders are happening in the area where Dave lives. In an attempt to draw attention to these horrific events, he decides to make a short film. As his project becomes known, frightening events begin to happen around him.

Why similar: Cinematic 19.6%, Walking Simulator 19.2%, Horror 18.1%, Psychological Horror 10.9%, Exploration 8.1%

A haunted projectionist’s room. A shelf of cursed films. Each reel plays a terrifying short story you must live through. Explore twisted worlds from the safety of the projection booth, or so you think...

Why similar: Walking Simulator 33.4%, Horror 26.6%, Exploration 12.3%, Psychological Horror 10%, First-Person 7%

You’re torn between a girl who is obsessed with you and a creature. Whose words can lead you out of this endless loop? Trust the right person in the right cycle to get closer to the exit, or be misled by facades, complicating your next loop.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 21.1%, Horror 20.6%, Cinematic 18.3%, Dark 9.3%, Exploration 8.7%

Darkness Inside is a first-person atmospheric horror game. The game takes place in an old house. You will be playing the game as James, who is a paranormal investigator.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 26%, Horror 25.2%, Psychological Horror 13.9%, Dark 11.6%, Atmospheric 10.5%

In this atmospheric, slow-burn horror, you must unravel the mystery of the disappearance of your fellow light keepers. Traverse the island's rugged terrain, discover clues, and make your way through the eerie lighthouse to reveal the dark truth.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 27.8%, Horror 26%, Psychological Horror 13.1%, Atmospheric 9.5%, Exploration 7.8%

Your job is to climb the tallest towers in the world to maintain them, this time you were called urgently to fix the only tower providing cover to the small Crimsonpine city that is currently on quarantine.

Why similar: Cinematic 20.9%, Walking Simulator 20.8%, Horror 17%, Psychological Horror 10.9%, Exploration 8.2%

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 24.2%, Horror 19.4%, Psychological Horror 14.2%, Cinematic 9.6%, Exploration 9.5%

A short horror-experience made by a solo developer. Explore the abandoned Fox Pines park in search of your missing brother—but something is out here with you. Follow the trail he left behind, and track him down...if you can survive.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 32.7%, Horror 23.9%, Psychological Horror 12.9%, Exploration 11.6%, Dark 8.6%

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 25.1%, Cinematic 23.9%, Horror 15.9%, Psychological Horror 11.4%, Exploration 7.4%

A short walking simulator with a horror feel that recreates actual found footage, which can be related to Liminal Space and Backrooms.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 35%, Horror 17.9%, Exploration 13.6%, Psychological Horror 9.9%, First-Person 7.7%

Callus is a story about coldness, overprotection, and indifference. It can turn your soul inside out and crawl under your skin, leaving a lasting mark. Or it may simply pass you by. It all depends on where you choose to look… and what you are willing to see.

Why similar: Cinematic 27.5%, Horror 24.9%, Psychological Horror 17.6%, Atmospheric 10.7%, Dark 7.9%

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 20.4%, Walking Simulator 20.3%, Horror 17.2%, Psychological Horror 12.4%, Exploration 8.1%

Hollow Faces is an atmospheric narrative horror where you step into the role of creators documenting paranormal phenomena. The game blends an intense walking simulator with environmental observation, careful listening, and reacting to threats.

Why similar: Cinematic 20.6%, Walking Simulator 18.8%, Horror 16.4%, Psychological Horror 13.7%, Dark 9.3%

美術品を警備する――対峙するのは強盗でも怪盗でもなく「夜ごと変異する美術品」。ヴィクトルズ・テスト・ナイトと呼ばれる一連の間違い探しプロトコルに参加し、５日間、無限の世界の歩き方を学び続けなければならない。

Why similar: Walking Simulator 36.7%, Horror 18.9%, Casual 13.2%, Exploration 11.6%, Psychological Horror 9.8%

EP.9 is the ninth and final game in the current series of projects. It is a psychological horror anthology featuring six novellas. Different locations. Different characters. Different situations.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 28.4%, Cinematic 19.5%, Horror 17.1%, Psychological Horror 11.1%, Exploration 6.9%

A filthy, horrific nightmare at sea, haunted by people and things cast away. Friends for Strawberry is a story-driven horror FPS where you are trapped on an island of garbage, held captive by the cannibal castaways dwelling there, and... something in the trash, that won't let anyone or anything go.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 20.1%, Cinematic 19.4%, Horror 18.9%, Psychological Horror 11.9%, Exploration 8.4%

The Quiet Flat is a first-person psychological horror game set in an atmospheric Soviet apartment. Uncover the mystery of your father’s death as your familiar home slowly transforms into a nightmare

Why similar: Walking Simulator 22.1%, Horror 19.3%, Psychological Horror 14%, Cinematic 12.4%, 1990's 11.4%