Games like Layers of Fear (2016)
by Bloober Team SA
A first-person psychological horror with a strong emphasis on atmosphere and storytelling. Explore an ever-shifting Victorian mansion as a painter seeking to complete his masterpiece, even at the cost of his own sanity.
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$19.99Layers of Fear 2 (2019)
May 28 · Bloober Team SA
Both: Psychological Horror · Horror · Walking Simulator
A first‑person psychological horror game set on a haunted ocean liner. As an actor summoned by an unorthodox director, you’ll confront twisted memories from your past and learn the price of achieving the perfect performance.
Psychological HorrorHorrorIndieAtmosphericWalking SimulatorDarkStory RichSingleplayerAdventurePsychological👍 2,138
-80%$5.99Blair Witch
Aug 30 · Bloober Team SA
Both: Horror · Psychological Horror · First-Person
A first-person, story-driven psychological horror game based on the cinematic lore of the Blair Witch. Explore the haunted grounds of the Black Hills Forest in a harrowing investigation that forces you to confront the evil that resides deep in the woods.
HorrorAdventurePsychological HorrorIndieFirst-PersonViolentDogsDarkWalking SimulatorAtmospheric👍 6,492
$29.99>observer_
Aug 15 · Bloober Team SA
Both: Psychological Horror · Horror · First-Person
The original first‑person cyberpunk horror detective tale set in a decaying, neon‑scarred future. As an Observer who invades minds to hunt for clues, you will sift through corrupted memories to track down a mysterious killer and confront your own dark past.
CyberpunkPsychological HorrorHorrorAtmosphericSci-fiStory RichFirst-PersonWalking SimulatorDetectiveAdventure👍 4,029
-65%$10.49Layers of Fear
Jun 15 · Anshar Studios, Bloober Team
Both: Psychological Horror · Horror · First-Person
The era-defining first-person psychological horror in all its terrifying glory. All of the game’s chapters collected into one convenient package that allows you to plumb the depths of madness in pursuit of artistic revelation.
Psychological HorrorHorrorFirst-PersonAdventureStory RichPsychedelicExplorationAtmosphericSingleplayerMultiple Endings👍 1,409
$6.99From The Darkness
Mar 30 · N4bA
Both: Horror · Psychological Horror · First-Person
From the darkness is a psychological horror game with a scary atmosphere, the game takes place in an old Soviet abandoned apartment.
HorrorPsychological HorrorDarkIndieFirst-PersonMultiplayerWalking SimulatorAtmosphericSurvival HorrorAdventure👍 3,039
$14.99Chasing Static
Oct 14 · Headware Games
Both: Horror · Walking Simulator · Psychological Horror
A psychological horror short story. Explore the untouched wilderness of rural Wales as you uncover the forgotten remains of a mysterious facility and find the truth behind the missing villagers of Hearth.
HorrorWalking SimulatorPsychological HorrorAtmosphericNarrativeFirst-PersonDarkExplorationSingleplayerCinematic👍 477
$17.99Dreamcore
Jan 23 · Montraluz
Both: Walking Simulator · Psychological Horror · First-Person
Experience backrooms like never before. Dreamcore is the ultimate psychological exploration game, set in the largest liminal world ever made. No guides, no path—only intuition. Will you keep your bearings in a world designed to make you lose them?
ExplorationWalking SimulatorPsychological HorrorFirst-PersonSurreal3DHorrorNonlinearRelaxingAtmospheric👍 1,881
-50%$7.49Ikai
Mar 29 · Endflame
Both: Horror · Psychological Horror · Walking Simulator
Fear and anxiety prevail after the darkest tales from Japanese folklore come to life in this first-person psychological horror game. Set in a feudal era, Ikai revolves around the priestess of a shrine struggling to defeat the spirits of her past and her present.
HorrorPsychological HorrorAtmosphericStory RichSurvival HorrorExplorationWalking SimulatorFirst-PersonAdventureSingleplayer👍 218
-20%$27.99Visage
Oct 29 · SadSquare Studio
Both: Horror · Psychological Horror · First-Person
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.
HorrorPsychological HorrorSurvival HorrorDarkMultiplayerFirst-PersonSingleplayerAtmosphericAdventureIndie👍 8,750
$19.99Infliction
Oct 17 · Caustic Reality
Both: Horror · Psychological Horror · Walking Simulator
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.
HorrorPsychological HorrorGoreAdventureIndieViolentAtmosphericSingleplayerWalking SimulatorStory Rich👍 826
$4.99Writer. Chapter 1
Jan 6 · Beshbarmak games
Both: Walking Simulator · First-Person · Psychological Horror
You, the legendary writer, the “King of Horror,” find yourself at the center of a nightmare. A mysterious place, frighteningly familiar, hides sinister secrets. Explore locations, solve riddles, escape from the monster, collect a story that will become a new masterpiece... if you survive.
ExplorationPuzzleDetectiveWalking SimulatorFirst-PersonPsychological HorrorHorrorSimulationControllerLinear
$12.99Stairs
Sep 28 · GreyLight Entertainment
Both: Horror · Psychological Horror · First-Person
STAIRS is a first-person atmospheric psychological horror game, inspired by real-life events, that takes players through the stories of three missing people as seen through the eyes of journalist Christopher Adams. Start preparing yourself now, for to descend down these steps is to descend into madness...
IndieAdventureHorrorActionPsychological HorrorFirst-PersonWalking Simulator👍 292
-50%$4.99Rise of Insanity
Mar 1 · Red Limb Studio
Both: Horror · Psychological Horror · Walking Simulator
In Rise of Insanity, as a doctor of psychology you will explore the darkest recesses of the human mind. Overcome your fear to find the truth behind the tragedy that has befallen your family.
IndieAdventureHorrorSimulationPsychological HorrorWalking SimulatorAtmosphericPuzzleSingleplayerSurvival Horror👍 962
-21%$5.52Mists of Aiden
Nov 10 · Steppe Hare Studio
Both: Horror · Psychological Horror · First-Person
Mists of Aiden is a first-person story driven horror game. You play as a thief trapped in an eerie mansion. Each choice can open a new mystery of the house and lead to a unique walkthrough and ending. Uncover final secret of the house. Uncover your own secrets.
HorrorAdventureIndieViolentActionPsychological HorrorFirst-PersonAtmosphericMysteryWalking Simulator👍 981
$19.99Amnesia: The Dark Descent
Sep 8 · Frictional Games
Both: Horror · Psychological Horror · First-Person
Amnesia: The Dark Descent, a first person survival horror. A game about immersion, discovery and living through a nightmare. An experience that will chill you to the core.
HorrorGorePsychological HorrorSurvival HorrorAtmosphericPuzzleFirst-PersonNudityDarkLovecraftian👍 20,429
-90%$3.49In Sound Mind
Sep 28 · We Create Stuff
Both: Horror · Psychological Horror · First-Person
In Sound Mind is an imaginative first-person psychological horror with frenetic puzzles, unique boss fights, and original music by The Living Tombstone. Journey within the inner workings of the one place you can’t seem to escape—your own mind.
HorrorPsychological HorrorStory RichPuzzleActionAtmosphericSingleplayerFirst-PersonIndieAction-Adventure👍 5,467
$4.99Is Simon There?
May 6 · Stanislaw Truchowski
Both: Horror · Psychological Horror · Walking Simulator
A few months have passed since the death of my son, Simon. Ever since that tragic day, I find myself falling into the darkest emotions I could ever imagine. I am haunted everyday with what I have done; But sometimes, I am haunted by more than just my emotions...
HorrorPsychological HorrorStory RichRealisticDarkPuzzleWalking SimulatorThrillerCollectathonAtmospheric👍 286
$4.99Sorrow Asylum 2
Sep 5 · Vidas Salavejus
Both: Walking Simulator · First-Person · Horror
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.
ExplorationPuzzleWalking Simulator3DFirst-PersonHorrorPsychological HorrorSurrealLinearStory Rich