- #1 The Survey
97% matchMostly Positive72% of 832 reviews2016
Dev: Erebus
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 79%
In the end, everybody gets what they deserve. The sins of the past always manifest within the minds of the sinners. An eternity of suffering awaits, welcome to The Survey.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 14.2%, Horror 13.6%, Dark 13.4%, Walking Simulator 13.1%, Realistic 6.8%
- #2 Welcome to the Chop House
96% matchMixed65% of 17 reviews2025
Dev: WeSummonDemons!
Windows
Sneak, create distractions, use parkour and solve puzzles to escape this First-Person survival horror slaughterhouse. Trapped in a factory farm for humans you must survive being hunted by your captors.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 12.1%, Psychological Horror 10.8%, Surreal 9.5%, Horror 9.2%, Realistic 8.5%
- #3 God's Basement
96% matchMostly Positive74% of 1,316 reviews2018
Dev: Erebus
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 70%
God's Basement is a first-person, narrative-driven, single player horror game. Uncover the secrets of an afterlife shrouded in mystery, as an entity known as "The Operator" leads you deeper into the fringes of a seemingly eternal purgatory.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 13.7%, Walking Simulator 12%, Horror 12%, Dark 11.9%, Violent 7.8%
- #4 Last Floor
95% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Bytale Games
Windows
Every floor looks normal… until it isn't. Go up if everything is fine, down if something is wrong. One mistake sends you back. The deeper you go, the less the corridor obeys its own rules.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 15.6%, Horror 12.3%, Dark 11.2%, Walking Simulator 11.1%, Surreal 9%
- #5 The Last Visit: 98th
94% matchVery Positive81% of 203 reviews2025
Dev: Union State GamesPub: Union State Games
Windows
"The Last Visit: 98th" is a psychological indie horror from the first person, in the genre of a walking simulator, in the setting of the post-Soviet winter space. The main focus is on the atmosphere of horror, which is emphasized by realistic 3D graphics.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 14.5%, Horror 13.7%, Walking Simulator 12.4%, Dark 11.2%, Realistic 10.1%
- #6 SHE WAS 98
94% matchVery Positive85% of 458 reviews2026
Dev: N4bAPub: Notex
Windows
“SHE WAS 98” - you play as a grandson who returns to his elderly grandmother's home to care for her.....
Why similar: Horror 16.5%, Psychological Horror 16.3%, Walking Simulator 14%, Dark 10.7%, Realistic 9.3%
- #7 AUTO-CRISIS
93% matchVery Positive89% of 88 reviews2025
Dev: The Otherworldly Studios
Windows
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: Psychological Horror 13.4%, Dark 12%, Horror 11.7%, Surreal 11.3%, Walking Simulator 10.4%
- #8 Chorus of Carcosa
92% matchMostly Positive78% of 200 reviews2025
Dev: Chameleon 42
Windows
Chorus of Carcosa is a first-person psychological horror game about an anxious sculptor who is trapped in a dark and ever-changing building. Stay silent, survive its twisted labyrinths and escape the monsters. Just don’t lose your way in the shadows or within your own mind.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 12.6%, Walking Simulator 11.5%, Dark 10.7%, Horror 9.9%, Surreal 9.8%
- #9 Lost in Voice
91% matchPositive83% of 36 reviews2026
Dev: Beforeyouknow Games
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: Psychological Horror 18.5%, Surreal 12.9%, Horror 12.6%, Dark 11.6%, Realistic 10%
- #10 Office 8
90% match9 user reviews89% of 9 reviews2026
Dev: ChronoQuill
Windows
"Office 8" is a psychological walking simulator exploring the unsettling nature of liminal office spaces. Pay close attention — your sanity depends on it.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 18.3%, Walking Simulator 15.4%, Horror 12.8%, Surreal 9.6%, Realistic 7.3%
- #11 [Chilla's Art] Onryo | 怨霊
91% matchMixed55% of 191 reviews2020
Dev: Chilla's Art
Windows
Onryo | 怨霊 is a survival action horror game set in Japan. Your mission is to lift the curse of a haunted house using your exorcistic camera. As you explore the house and uncover its secrets, you will face enemies and puzzles.
Why similar: Horror 13%, Psychological Horror 12.2%, Dark 9.1%, Realistic 8.8%, Walking Simulator 8.6%
- #12 Black Room
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: SadOwl Studio
Windows
Black Room is a first-person psychological horror game focused on story and experience. What starts as a night in a motel will pull you deep within the human psyche, leaving you grasping for an exit – and not only for yourself.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 15.8%, Horror 14%, Walking Simulator 13.9%, Realistic 10.7%, First-Person 6.7%
- #13 Deeply Dark: Found Footage
89% matchMixed66% of 203 reviews2023
Dev: DALESI
Windows
WARNING: This is not a game, this software was found on the Deep Web and contains interactive material about the phenomenon of backrooms, we have received numerous reports of fatal accidents after its use, many claim that it is cursed so we cannot guarantee your safety.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 14.3%, Walking Simulator 11.8%, Horror 11.4%, Dark 10.9%, Realistic 10.3%
- #14 Welcome to Kowloon
88% matchVery Positive81% of 1,920 reviews2023
Dev: a1esskaPub: N4bA
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 1.9 hrs≥1hr: 55%
This is an indie horror from the first person, in which you find yourself in an area called Kowloon in search of cheap housing. The inhabitants of this place only at first glance seem to be ordinary people, but if we dig deeper, we will see their real faces.
Why similar: Horror 16.6%, Psychological Horror 15.9%, Walking Simulator 12.1%, Dark 10.7%, Realistic 9.4%
- #15 Angstraum
87% matchNo user reviews
Dev: suspkt
Windows
Angstraum is an oppressive horror game that traps you in a threatening, never-ending loop. Observe your surroundings, uncover deviant anomalies, and escape deadly threats to find the exit.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 16.5%, Walking Simulator 14.5%, Realistic 12.6%, Horror 8.9%, Surreal 8.7%
- #16 Birth Of X
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Beshbarmak games
Windows
Birth Of X is an atmospheric psychological horror about the pain of loss. A mysterious box left at your doorstep sets off a chain of terrifying events. Solve symbolic puzzles and face what crawls behind you…
Why similar: Psychological Horror 17.8%, Horror 16.8%, Realistic 14.1%, Walking Simulator 13.5%, Dark 9.6%
- #17 PUREFIRE LIFE STREAM
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: NYTRAXPub: Purefire Games
Windows
Purefire Life Stream is a first-person psychological horror game. In recent years, livestreaming daily life has become a worldwide phenomenon. Explore a slow-paced world beginning with a livestreamed penthouse tour expanding into unsettling realism and terror.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 20.7%, Horror 15.4%, Dark 14%, Realistic 8.6%, Atmospheric 8.4%
- #18 ENTWINE
85% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: 196 Studio
Windows · Mac
ENTWINE is a first-person narrative psychological horror game: a slow, suffocating descent into the tortured mind. Explore disturbingly real environments in a hand-crafted story with no weapons, no guidance. Pure isolation. You were expected, Lucas.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 16.5%, Horror 12.9%, Dark 12.8%, Walking Simulator 11.7%, Realistic 10.2%
- #19 Mirrored Phantoms
84% matchMixed70% of 231 reviews2025
Dev: SMU Guildhall
Windows · Linux
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 20.2%, Psychological Horror 19.9%, Dark 12.3%, First-Person 9.1%, Realistic 8.1%
- #20 Obfuscation
84% matchMostly Positive73% of 49 reviews2025
Dev: mid1224
Windows
Escaping from a car trunk, you find yourself in the garage of a mysterious house, with no memory of what happened. Step inside this first-person psychological horror experience and uncover the truth hidden inside.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 15.6%, Horror 13.7%, Dark 13.2%, Walking Simulator 13.1%, Realistic 9.2%
- #21 Backrooms: Exploration
83% matchMostly Positive73% of 106 reviews2025
Dev: HNStudios
Windows
Backrooms: Exploration is a single-player horror game, which takes place in 2020. Two friends have lost their jobs due to COVID-19, but they still have to bring food to the table. After a failed heist, one of them ends up in the Backrooms. Now your only mission is to survive.
Why similar: Horror 18.1%, Psychological Horror 15.2%, Realistic 15.1%, Dark 11.6%, First-Person 9.6%
- #22 They See You
82% matchPositive81% of 26 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: Psychological Horror 15.6%, Walking Simulator 12.8%, Horror 11.8%, Surreal 10.1%, Dark 8%
- #23 Leak
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Black Point
Windows
Leak is a psychological horror game. Except when you return home your family are missing, and there is a corpse of an unknown man hanging from a ceiling in your study. Explore the house and the area, solve riddles and hide from monsters, for saving your family. Be careful - you are being watched.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 15.5%, Dark 13.6%, Horror 13.5%, Walking Simulator 9%, Realistic 9%
- #24 Unknown Host
81% matchMostly Positive77% of 77 reviews2025
Dev: Redsroll
Windows
It's a short indie horror game where we step into the shoes of Alex, a student who, in search of more comfort, rents an apartment in the city that, at first glance, seems pretty decent — but upon arrival, he realizes something is not right.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 14.9%, Walking Simulator 13.3%, Horror 13%, Dark 11.8%, Realistic 10.4%
- #25 The Maid
80% matchVery Positive81% of 173 reviews2025
Dev: 99 Grados Games
Windows
The Maid is a first-person psychological horror and mystery game that focuses on creating fear and tension in the player.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 15.8%, Psychological Horror 12.7%, Realistic 11.8%, Horror 11.7%, Dark 10.5%
- #26 As Duty Demands
79% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Rabbit Bay Games
Windows
A first-person narrative psychological horror game focused on exploration and environmental storytelling, set in a decaying naval retirement home ruled by a tyrannical former admiral, where you play as Coral, a newly hired nurse who must navigate shifting environments and uncover hidden truths.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 18.3%, Horror 16.4%, Dark 15.3%, First-Person 8%, Walking Simulator 7.5%
- #27 Infliction
81% matchVery Positive81% of 954 reviews2018
Dev: Caustic Reality
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 8.9 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Wander through an interactive nightmare set within the confines of a once-happy household. Piece together the mystery behind a harrowing series of events while struggling to survive encounters with an entity that relentlessly stands in the way of finding absolution.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 16.6%, Horror 15.1%, Walking Simulator 10.3%, Dark 9.3%, Violent 9%
- #28 The Guest
79% matchMostly Positive77% of 213 reviews2023
Dev: 99 Grados Games
Windows
The Guest is a first-person psychological horror game that focuses on creating fear and tension for the player.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 17.5%, Horror 15.3%, Dark 15.2%, Walking Simulator 13.7%, First-Person 8%
- #29 The Visit: Mizukawa
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: NOVAK STUDIOS
Windows
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: Psychological Horror 15.2%, Horror 14.6%, Walking Simulator 13.7%, Dark 11.9%, Realistic 10.7%
- #30 Insider Threat
78% matchPositive83% of 18 reviews2024
Dev: 99 Grados Games
Windows
Insider Threat is a first-person survival horror game that focuses on creating fear and tension for the player.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 17%, Dark 15.1%, Horror 14.5%, Walking Simulator 13.3%, Realistic 7.5%
- #31 Edge Of Evil
77% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: WRF Studios
Windows
Descend into terror in this first-person psychological horror experience as you follow your lost kitten into an ancient pirate crypt. Explore, shoot and dig for clues…literally, while unravelling a chilling mystery, all in a desperate bid to rescue your helplessly curious pet from this dark tomb.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 17.4%, Walking Simulator 14.3%, Horror 13.4%, Dark 12.8%, Atmospheric 7.5%
- #32 Don't Remember
78% matchMostly Positive77% of 70 reviews2022
Dev: Boo! Games
Windows
In Don’t Remember, some things are better left forgotten. Fight your amnesia in this atmospheric, first person psychological horror game. Solve the mystery of the old mansion in 1900’s England through the use of your lantern’s various colors and face its hidden grotesque visage.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 22.2%, Horror 16.7%, Atmospheric 8.4%, Dark 8.2%, Violent 6.5%
- #33 Vellar
76% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: SHADOW
Windows
Vellar is a first-person psychological horror game where a family is dead… but the recordings they left behind slowly reveal a version of events that doesn’t match reality. Explore a shifting house filled with impossible rooms, distorted corridors, and uncover a truth that refuses to stay buried.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 16.4%, Horror 14.8%, Dark 13.7%, Surreal 11.3%, Walking Simulator 8.9%
- #34 The Door Factory
76% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: David GallardoPub: HeadArrow
Windows
The Door Factory is a first-person horror game where you inspect mysterious doors before they are sent into production. Step inside, observe the environment, spot anomalies, and decide whether each door should be approved or reported.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 15.4%, Walking Simulator 14%, Horror 13.7%, Realistic 10.5%, Surreal 8.2%
- #35 The Lecture: Classroom 1.09
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Goat Tower Games
Windows
You are trying to reach classroom 1.09. Nobody is around, and the atmosphere feels wrong. Trapped in looping corridors, your only way out is to observe carefully, spot anomalies, and choose the right door… or remain trapped.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 18.3%, Walking Simulator 15.5%, Horror 13%, Surreal 10.3%, First-Person 7.3%
- #36 THE ANOMALY UNIT
73% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2026
Dev: Middle Way
Windows
Forced into working as an Anomaly Observer in a space stockroom, you must explore, observe carefully, and report inconsistencies. Earn Credits to buy upgrades, but beware: hideous horrors are creeping in the dark.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 19.9%, Horror 14.3%, First-Person 9.4%, Realistic 9.1%, Atmospheric 8.8%
- #37 File Destined
75% matchVery Positive87% of 439 reviews2023
Dev: Metavision Studio
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 1.6 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Can this last case of Oliver, all be just a small part of a bigger picture? Gather clues, unravel the mystery behind the case and uncover the truth.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 14.5%, Walking Simulator 12.6%, Dark 12.5%, Horror 9.3%, Surreal 8.6%
- #38 The Backrooms: Expedition
74% matchMixed67% of 18 reviews2025
Dev: Sylvester
Windows
Explore the world of backrooms from this solo developed game. explore creepy and eerie levels, and also calm and liminal levels, but be careful, you're not the only one there.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 18.9%, Walking Simulator 18.7%, Horror 17.8%, Realistic 14.9%, Dark 13.8%
- #39 All Alone
74% matchMixed67% of 15 reviews2023
Dev: sur
Windows
A missing father, a mysterious murder, paintings depicting missing children. A Short horror game in which the protagonist, who has lost his memory, is forced to get to a horrific truth. Who in the world are you?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 18.7%, Horror 17.6%, Realistic 13.8%, Walking Simulator 11.3%, Atmospheric 8.5%
- #40 Crimson Asylum
72% matchMostly Positive79% of 19 reviews2024
Dev: Panzo GamesPub: Downmeadowstreet
Windows
Enter the Crimson Asylum with the means to explore and document it's secrets, only to get lost and trapped inside with the horrors that lie in wait.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 17.2%, Horror 15.4%, Dark 14.1%, Walking Simulator 11.5%, Realistic 9.3%
- #41 CoRoT
70% matchMixed67% of 55 reviews2025
Dev: Azteck Game Studios
Windows
CoRoT is a first-person psychological meta-horror game. Search for cassettes in a transforming house, unraveling its macabre past. A sinister atmosphere surrounds you as you try to understand what's happening and where you really are. Can you discover the truth hidden in its walls?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 15.8%, Surreal 13.4%, Horror 11.4%, Walking Simulator 11.2%, Realistic 10.3%
- #42 Andrew's Nightmare
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Daniel Octavio Herrera
Windows
Andrew's Nightmare is an argentine psychological horror video game. Play as Andrew, a young man haunted by a mysterious event from his past, who decides to begin therapy sessions with Dr. Braun to confront the fragments of an increasingly unstable mind.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 15.9%, Dark 13.9%, Horror 13.6%, Walking Simulator 10%, Surreal 8.6%
- #43 Clausum
73% match8 user reviews88% of 8 reviews2023
Dev: Marius Popa
Windows
Immerse yourself in the bone-chilling world of Clausum. With no means to defend yourself, solve puzzles, explore and uncover the true horrors that lurk within the house. Will you survive, or succumb to the malevolent forces that await you? Face your fears in this immersive psychological horror game.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 19.2%, Horror 18.1%, Dark 11.7%, Atmospheric 8.7%, Violent 6.5%
- #44 Where the Walls Breathe
71% matchMixed60% of 42 reviews2025
Dev: WeSummonDemons!
Windows
Where the Walls Breathe is a first-person psychological horror experience with a strong focus on atmosphere and environmental storytelling.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 13%, Horror 12.5%, Psychological Horror 12.4%, Surreal 11.8%, Realistic 10%
- #45 9 Childs Street
71% matchVery Positive90% of 802 reviews2023
Dev: N4bA
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 1.2 hrs≥1hr: 58%
This is a first-person indie horror game. In 9 Childs Street you will find the terrifying atmosphere of a recently abandoned house, and its captive inhabitants, through the eyes of a curious little boy in a red cap.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 18%, Horror 16.1%, Dark 15.3%, Walking Simulator 14.3%, First-Person 8.1%
- #46 Let Me In
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Union State Games
Windows
Let Me In is a psychological indie horror game with a realistic visual style and intense atmosphere. The main character finds himself in an abandoned house on one of the scariest nights of his life. Will he be able to survive? The answer remains unknown...
Why similar: Psychological Horror 17%, Horror 15.7%, Dark 14%, Realistic 13.5%, Atmospheric 8.4%
- #47 His Last Film
69% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Static Frame
Windows
What happened during the filming? Stan doesn't remember. Explore the decaying depths of an abandoned subway station, piece together a fragmented reality, and discover the horrifying truth behind his last film. Some memories are better left unmade.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 15.4%, Walking Simulator 13.1%, Horror 12%, Dark 10%, Surreal 8.7%
- #48 [Chilla's Art] The Convenience Store | 夜勤事件
72% matchVery Positive82% of 3,255 reviews2020
Dev: Chilla's Art
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 2.1 hrs≥1hr: 78%
The Convenience Store | 夜勤事件 is a J-horror game about a college girl on a night shift.
Why similar: Horror 26.8%, Psychological Horror 17.6%, Walking Simulator 8.4%, Surreal 7.7%, Realistic 6.1%
- #49 the static speaks my name
73% matchVery Positive82% of 5,768 reviews2015
Dev: the whale husband
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 18 minMean: 15.1 hrs≥1hr: 7%
A dark/sad/weird/funny first person exploration game. You play a man on his last night alive as he obsesses over a mysterious painting. More of a story game in that it emphasizes mood and character over gameplay. Takes ten minutes to play and has "next-gen" features like a shrimp tank.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 25.2%, Horror 18%, Dark 17.8%, Walking Simulator 13.6%, First-Person 6.8%
- #50 Whispering Fog
68% matchMostly Positive71% of 56 reviews2025
Dev: Dark Snow Games
Windows
Whispering Fog is a first person psychological horror game set in an ever-changing forest shrouded in fog. A quiet getaway becomes a sinister nightmare as the illusion of safety and solitude slowly crumbles around you.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 15%, Horror 13.4%, Dark 13.3%, Walking Simulator 11.1%, Surreal 10.3%
- #51 Animas
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Apamate Studio
Windows
Animas is a first-person psychological horror experience that plunges you into the dark secrets of the Blanco family. Explore a cursed house in the Venezuelan mountains, where time unravels to reveal decades of sectarian rituals and familial tragedies.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 16.9%, Dark 13.3%, Walking Simulator 12.7%, Horror 11.6%, First-Person 8%
- #52 The Hauntings: Dark Passenger
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Broken Cuff Studio
Windows
Dive into Alex Mercer's twisted reality. Navigate eerie landscapes, solve cryptic puzzles, and uncover the 'Dark Passenger' mystery. Will shadows consume you or will truth emerge?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 19.7%, Horror 18.9%, Realistic 12.7%, First-Person 9%, Dark 7.1%
- #53 MIND CORRIDORS: Paroniria
70% matchVery Positive96% of 71 reviews2022
Dev: Heartbyte Studios
Windows
A fever-dream-like puzzle horror game. Descend to the depths of a sleeping curse, survive every floor and find your way out of the never ending nightmare.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 14.8%, Walking Simulator 13.5%, Horror 12.9%, Dark 12%, Surreal 10.9%
- #54 Unanswered
66% matchVery Positive95% of 74 reviews2026
Dev: WhiteRoot Studio
Windows
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: Psychological Horror 22.2%, Horror 17.1%, Walking Simulator 9.5%, First-Person 9.5%, Realistic 7.8%
- #55 Train 113
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Vincent FranzePub: Wake Up Games
Windows
Train 113 is a first-person horror game in which you play a passenger who wakes up aboard a seemingly empty subway train. As you move around the train, trying to get from car to car, you'll begin to sense that things around you are not what they appear to be.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 20.8%, Horror 19.8%, Realistic 16.5%, Dark 12.3%, Atmospheric 8%
- #56 Prison Alone
68% matchMostly Positive70% of 47 reviews2024
Dev: Gaister StudiosPub: Farmando XP
Windows
A psychological horror game with NO jumpscares. Feel the tension and suspense, get goosebumps, experience strange frightening events, and explore, look for keys, solve puzzles, while thinking hard to find a way to get out of this huge, and maybe not so empty prison.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 16.4%, Walking Simulator 15.9%, Realistic 12.8%, Horror 11%, Dark 9.2%
- #57 Shifting To The Backrooms
66% matchVery Positive86% of 71 reviews2026
Dev: Oopsome Games
Windows
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: Psychological Horror 16%, Horror 14.5%, Walking Simulator 12.4%, Surreal 10%, First-Person 7.8%
- #58 From The Darkness
69% matchVery Positive89% of 3,495 reviews2021
Dev: N4bA
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 76%
From the darkness is a psychological horror game with a scary atmosphere, the game takes place in an old Soviet abandoned apartment.
Why similar: Horror 23.5%, Psychological Horror 20.3%, Dark 14%, Walking Simulator 11.4%, First-Person 6.3%
- #59 Backward poiesis
67% matchPositive89% of 36 reviews2024
Dev: sur
Windows
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 19.3%, Horror 13.5%, Psychological Horror 13.4%, First-Person 9.1%, Realistic 8.9%
- #60 Where It Happened
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Waycore Studio
Windows
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: Psychological Horror 19.9%, Horror 18.7%, Walking Simulator 17.5%, Dark 10.7%, First-Person 8.6%