Games Like XYLOMETAZOLINE

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: Surreal 14.9%, Walking Simulator 13.8%, Psychological Horror 12.4%, Psychedelic 11.5%, Abstract 11.2%

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: Surreal 19.8%, Walking Simulator 16.9%, Abstract 13%, Psychedelic 12.8%, Puzzle 6.1%

The game, that supposed to be an ordinary, but developer accidentally made a fatal error, that completely brokes the game, and transforms it into a horror-game. Now, your goal is to somehow, fix the fatal error.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 19.2%, Psychedelic 15%, Hidden Object 12.5%, Surreal 8.7%, Psychological Horror 8.5%

A tragic story in the genre of domestic horror about loss, and life after loss. A walking, cooking, and driving simulator. There is a place where she will always be near.

Why similar: Surreal 19.3%, Psychedelic 17.4%, Drama 12.6%, Walking Simulator 12.2%, Psychological Horror 9.6%

A short spot the difference psychological horror game. Your friends invite you to hang out tonight - you have 7 days to think about it.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 21.7%, Hidden Object 16.2%, Surreal 13.2%, Psychological Horror 10.2%, Exploration 9%

Reality blurs and turns surreal. You find yourself trapped in a maze of endless twisting hallways and rooms, with nothing but your fading wits to guide you back to freedom. Explore the backrooms and try to survive in this single player adventure - or team up with three friends!

Why similar: Walking Simulator 19.7%, Surreal 15.3%, Hidden Object 13.9%, Psychedelic 12.7%, Psychological Horror 11.6%

Sorrow Asylum 3 is a looping horror game, a mix of an abandoned asylum and your mind's prison.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 17.8%, Surreal 15%, Abstract 11.8%, Psychological Horror 11.1%, Psychedelic 10.3%

A short, unsettling anomaly-spotting game where you work the shift at a supermarket—stock 10 boxes, inspect the aisles, and don’t let anything strange slip past you.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 22.9%, Surreal 19.3%, Psychological Horror 18.1%, Hidden Object 10%, Simulation 8%

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: Walking Simulator 22.1%, Surreal 15.6%, Abstract 12.2%, Psychedelic 11.2%, Exploration 9.1%

It was the worst day of his life. The car hit Damon. Damon, in a coma, was on the thin line between life and death. To wake up from his coma, Damon had to win the battle with himself.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 20.2%, Psychedelic 20%, Psychological Horror 14.8%, Surreal 7.6%, Drama 6.2%

You have a strange dream where you meet a creature named Glitch Daddy, telling you that the world is ending very soon. Then, you wake up and go to unravel the truth through a wild, abstract psychedelic journey.

Why similar: Psychedelic 15.8%, Surreal 14.9%, Walking Simulator 14.6%, Abstract 11.4%, Psychological Horror 10%

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: Surreal 18.1%, Walking Simulator 17.9%, Psychedelic 12.5%, Abstract 11.1%, First-Person 6.4%

REVEIL is a narrative first-person psycho-thriller game that focuses on story, puzzles and exploration. Find out what’s going on inside Walter Thompson and what his dark past at the Nelson Bros Circus has to do with it.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 19.5%, Psychedelic 16.3%, Surreal 16.1%, Psychological Horror 12%, First-Person 7.7%

Cognition Method is a story-driven, first-person puzzle game inspired by 2001: A Space Odyssey and Solaris. Discover the innovative mechanics of altering gravity and dive into the surreal setting. Find your way within a mysterious artifact and unveil a non-ordinary story.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 16.7%, Surreal 14.5%, Psychedelic 12.7%, Psychological Horror 10.6%, First-Person 7%

In the dead of night, Kai wakes from a dream. Walk aimlessly in a surreal town among apparitions, to escape reality, to pass the time. Time only matters to the living.

Why similar: Surreal 20.6%, Walking Simulator 17.9%, Psychedelic 16.5%, Psychological Horror 13.7%, Exploration 6.9%

HORROR is a test of your logic in the face of primal fear. You are unarmed. You are vulnerable. All you have is a flashlight with a dying battery and your intellect.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 20.1%, Hidden Object 16%, Psychological Horror 11.4%, Psychedelic 9.5%, Exploration 8.9%

All you have to do is count the differences and choose an exit. Easy right? Yet strange things start happening as soon as you sign the job contract… It's up to you to unravel the mysteries of Turning Manor.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 17.9%, Hidden Object 16.1%, Walking Simulator 16%, Surreal 12.9%, Puzzle 6.9%

Umbra Halloween is a surreal psychological horror game about the dead ones returning to life on a Halloween night.

Why similar: Surreal 17.1%, Walking Simulator 16.1%, Abstract 12.1%, Psychological Horror 12.1%, Psychedelic 8.9%

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 19.8%, Psychological Horror 15.9%, Surreal 15.8%, Multiple Endings 6.9%, First-Person 6.8%

A slimy, psychedelic adventure about a girl attending a warehouse rave party with her friends, where she'll go to experience a long, profound bad (?) trip.

Why similar: Psychedelic 20%, Surreal 16.8%, Abstract 12%, Multiple Endings 8.4%, Psychological Horror 6.6%

A claustrophobic anomaly-horror game where you can only turn, blink, and decide: is it real or not? Survive five endings and uncover Mike’s story.

Why similar: Psychedelic 15.4%, Surreal 14.1%, Walking Simulator 13.2%, Psychological Horror 11.2%, Hidden Object 10.8%

Sorrow Asylum 2 is a looping horror game, a mix of an abandoned asylum and your mind's prison, as well as a sequel to Sorrow Asylum.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 16.7%, Surreal 14.9%, Abstract 11.9%, Psychological Horror 10.9%, Psychedelic 10.2%

You are trapped in a memory of your past. Observe your surrounding carefully to end your nightmare.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 20.6%, Surreal 19.4%, Psychological Horror 14.9%, Hidden Object 14.6%, Multiple Endings 7.3%

Help Lily use her imagination to unlock her memories and relive the events of a night that changed her life. Discover what happened and what is 103.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 18.4%, Surreal 16.7%, Psychedelic 16.7%, Hidden Object 12.5%, Drama 7%

Dream Voyage is an Indie Story rich Walking simulator focused on the exploration of introspective surreal levels in the dream world of a 10 years old blind child who's looking for the memories of their late mother. Dream Voyage's hudless experience will immerse you in this emotive searching.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 34.3%, Surreal 24.4%, Exploration 10.2%, First-Person 9.3%, 3D 7.4%

Melancholia Maze is a brief atmospheric horror adventure in a twisted version of home. Complete everyday tasks while avoiding lurking demons, collect clues to piece together a lifeline, and find your way out of the darkness. Escape is just a call away.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 25.5%, Surreal 15.6%, Psychological Horror 15.4%, Psychedelic 12.9%, Exploration 9.8%

A lightweight psychological horror and a walking simulator, where the player needs to carefully observe the surroundings to succesfully flee from this wretched place.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 24.7%, Psychological Horror 19.3%, Surreal 15.1%, First-Person 8.8%, Puzzle 6.5%

Step into an eerie silence, a place where childhood dreams have turned into eternal nightmares. You are a paranormal investigator, drawn by dark rumors of an abandoned school built on the ruins of an old orphanage where, decades ago, children died of a mysterious illness and abuse.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 22.1%, Hidden Object 16.8%, Psychological Horror 11.7%, Exploration 9.5%, Puzzle 7.5%

Sometimes, regrets come too late. When you're over 40, you start to rethink your life. You remember people and events that completely changed you. I will tell you 7 stories that happened to me in childhood, after which I became a different person.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 22.4%, Surreal 16.6%, Psychological Horror 12.8%, Psychedelic 10%, First-Person 8.5%

You’ve been trapped in a school by a mysterious God. Memorize your surroundings, spot the anomalies, and reach floor 0 to earn your escape.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 22.2%, Psychological Horror 15.9%, Hidden Object 15.2%, Multiple Endings 8.4%, Exploration 7.2%

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: Walking Simulator 18.4%, Surreal 17.2%, Abstract 14.4%, Psychological Horror 10.6%, First-Person 7.9%

Dye The Bunny is an Easter horror game about little Ellie going on an Easter Egg Hunt down a rabbit hole.

Why similar: Surreal 14.5%, Walking Simulator 14.4%, Psychedelic 13.7%, Abstract 12.8%, Psychological Horror 10%

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: Walking Simulator 23.8%, Psychological Horror 18.4%, Surreal 15.9%, First-Person 8.6%, Hidden Object 7.9%

You have wandered into an infinite looping shopping mall in Japan. If you notice changes within the mall, you might be able to escape.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 31.5%, Surreal 21.6%, Psychological Horror 17.8%, Hidden Object 16.1%, First-Person 5.8%

The goal of the game is to find your favourite room in the catacombs.

Why similar: Psychedelic 26.5%, Surreal 20.9%, Abstract 18.3%, Walking Simulator 8.4%, Exploration 7.5%

DREAMSTAIRS is a long-term experimental project that focuses on an atmosphere or a moment. These concepts may not support a full game, or perhaps it is not intended to develop into a complete game.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 22.9%, Psychological Horror 15.6%, Psychedelic 11.5%, First-Person 7.4%, Exploration 6.8%

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 19.2%, Psychedelic 14.7%, Psychological Horror 14.3%, Surreal 12.7%, Drama 7.8%

Step into the role of a blind boy hunted by a paranormal entity. Can you avoid being kidnapped by navigating the world through echolocation and listening for every rustle?

Why similar: Walking Simulator 22.1%, Psychological Horror 16.9%, Surreal 9.5%, First-Person 8.5%, Abstract 7.9%

You have done some things you're not proud of. Now you must enter your own mind to come to terms with the things you've done. Loop around rooms, solve puzzles and hide from different monsters as you uncover your own truth.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 22.7%, Abstract 16.3%, Drama 8.5%, Psychological Horror 8.1%, Exploration 7.5%

Immerse yourself in an adaptation of an old story about Ewan Berrington.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 18.7%, Surreal 15.8%, Psychedelic 15.1%, Abstract 13.5%, Psychological Horror 12%

Carefully observe your sorroundings and come back to your reality by finding what doesn't fit. If something's wrong take the bus back from across the street. A game situated in the haze of Buenos Aires.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 16.8%, Surreal 14.4%, Hidden Object 12.6%, Psychological Horror 10.7%, First-Person 9%

Small Island is an upcoming first-person exploration game where you have to escape the small mysterious Island you find yourself on. The game consists mainly in exploring the secret rooms and areas you'll find inside of it.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 19.6%, Abstract 19.1%, Surreal 16.9%, Psychedelic 10.7%, Exploration 8.3%

project_Structure_01 is first-person exploration game focusing on atmosphere and exploration of surreal liminal spaces that feature brutalist architecture.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 24.3%, Surreal 21.8%, First-Person 11.3%, Abstract 11.1%, Exploration 9.1%

Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.

Why similar: Surreal 26.2%, Psychedelic 16.9%, Walking Simulator 14.9%, Stylized 7.9%, First-Person 7.2%

TAMAGORUDO - Floor 0 - is an atmospheric psychological horror game. You will find yourself stuck in a parallel floor of the Backrooms, trying to break out of the loop of a chicken-or-the-egg paradox. Will you find the answer to this endless question ?

Why similar: Walking Simulator 30%, Psychological Horror 22.6%, Surreal 19.6%, Exploration 8.6%, First-Person 7.5%

Drive a small train through surreal environments in search of the S'MORE, traveling toward the final destination in a world governed by a cryptic program.

Why similar: Surreal 24.3%, Psychedelic 22.4%, Walking Simulator 19.6%, Stylized 10.1%, First-Person 6.3%

Office Aberrations is a first-person, spot-the-difference game, where you are stuck in an endlessly looping hallway. Determine if anything is out of place by carefully examining your surroundings. No detail is too small. Knowing if and where there are aberrations is your only way through.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 23.4%, Surreal 18%, Hidden Object 17.7%, Exploration 9.3%, First-Person 9.1%

Dead Faces is a mind bending psychological horror. Unravel Jack's disturbing mind, the faces from his past and the ultimate truth behind his actions. You must remember their faces.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 15.6%, Surreal 14.1%, Psychological Horror 11.8%, Abstract 11.7%, Hidden Object 10.1%

What is inside the Red Fridge? Collection of six episodes of psychological analog horror. Tour through liminal spaces filled with surreal events and uncanny strangers. Inspired by retro horrors of the PSX era.

Why similar: Psychedelic 15.9%, Surreal 15.5%, Walking Simulator 14%, Psychological Horror 12.1%, Story Rich 6.3%

Are You Lost? Wander endless corridors where shifting environments, sinister voices, and echoes of real events create a chilling atmosphere. Andrey doesn’t remember who he was, but the walls know the truth. It’s time to remember everything.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 21.9%, Psychedelic 16.8%, Psychological Horror 16.5%, Hidden Object 14.8%, First-Person 8.3%

A psychological horror experience told through environmental storytelling. Explore a house inhabited by trauma, denial, and fractured memories. Three endings. Multiple interpretations. This is the house that lives inside me.

Why similar: Abstract 17.4%, Walking Simulator 16.4%, Surreal 14.2%, Psychological Horror 12.7%, Psychedelic 11.9%

The events unfold in an old house built in 1876. Two friends returning from a party were caught in a storm. They had to stay in an abandoned house to wait out the bad weather. To survive, the friends had to unravel the secrets of the mansion, go after the one who is trying to help.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 22.2%, Psychedelic 16%, Hidden Object 14.3%, Psychological Horror 10%, First-Person 7.7%

You are trapped in a strange dream from which there is no waking. It is stitched from Chinese nostalgia, childhood echoes, and liminal spaces—where sense and nonsense blend freely. All you can do is keep exploring, until you must choose: return to restless reality, or stay in the dream forever?

Why similar: Walking Simulator 21.6%, Surreal 18.9%, Psychedelic 17%, Abstract 12.5%, Exploration 6.7%

You find yourself in a strange world with no idea how you got there. As you explore more, the world gets increasingly convoluted and unstable. You are now in... The Backrooms.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 20.9%, Psychedelic 17%, Hidden Object 12.1%, Psychological Horror 9.5%, Multiple Endings 9.3%

This is a psychological horror where you play as a miner experiencing a midlife crisis. The final shift before a long-awaited promotion goes wrong: reality begins to warp, turning a workday into a nightmare. Will he be able to escape the depths of his own mind?

Why similar: Walking Simulator 21%, Hidden Object 13%, Surreal 10.9%, Psychological Horror 8.1%, Stylized 7.3%

A dreamlike, half-remembered void veiled in aching silence. Quietly wander through still environments, meet strange figures with their own stories to tell, read fragments of dialogue, uncover shrouded details, and solve opaque puzzles.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 26.5%, Hidden Object 17.8%, Psychological Horror 17%, Surreal 14.4%, Multiple Endings 6.2%

In a Bit of Tales is an episodic "kind of" horror game. Featuring 7 unorthodox stories delivered in an omakase-style experience. While each is untangled, They all feature unique experiences.

Why similar: Psychedelic 19.1%, Abstract 17.1%, Surreal 16.3%, Psychological Horror 12.1%, Stylized 8.6%

"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: Walking Simulator 25.7%, Psychological Horror 20.1%, Surreal 16.3%, First-Person 9.1%, Puzzle 6.7%

Poolcore is an atmospheric game about liminal poolrooms. Jump into the water, solve puzzles and roam freely in these eerily comforting rooms.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 22.9%, Surreal 19.4%, Psychological Horror 14.1%, Hidden Object 10.1%, First-Person 8.5%

Explore multiple worlds in first-person, composing views and transforming them into living jigsaw puzzles.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 26.3%, Surreal 16.6%, Abstract 13.3%, First-Person 9.1%, Puzzle 8.2%