Games like The Stairway 7 - Anomaly Hunt Loop Horror Game
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The Exit 8 and Platform 8 play most like The Stairway 7 - Anomaly Hunt Loop Horror Game. Of the 18 closest games below, most share its walking simulator, horror and psychological horror; 4 came out in the last year, 15 are free or under $10 and 1 has co-op. The best known is Layers of Fear (2016), with 13,192 Steam reviews.
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Ranked by how similar the games actually are, not by sales. Released and Price are remembered for next time.
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The Exit 8
Nov 29, 2023 · KOTAKE CREATE
Both: Exploration · Walking Simulator · Horror
You are trapped in an endless underground passageway. Observe your surroundings carefully to reach "The Exit 8".
ExplorationPuzzleWalking SimulatorHorrorImmersive SimPsychological HorrorUndergroundFirst-Person3DSurreal👍 11,001Platform 8
May 31, 2024 · KOTAKE CREATE
Both: Psychological Horror · Walking Simulator · Exploration
You are trapped on a train that runs forever. Keep an eye out for anomalies and find a way out.
Psychological HorrorAdventureWalking SimulatorSimulationPuzzleHidden ObjectExplorationImmersive SimFirst-Person3D👍 2,731Floor Glitch
Sep 2 · Spectrum Ostrich
Both: Exploration · Horror · Psychological Horror
An Anomaly + Puzzle adventure about an 8-floor dormitory where every floor contains new anomalies. You cannot simply go down or use the elevator: the building will keep returning you until you solve the main task on each floor...
ExplorationHorrorPsychological HorrorPuzzleImmersive SimPsychologicalCasualWalking SimulatorFirst-PersonAdventureThe Cabin Factory
Dec 13, 2024 · International Cat Studios
Both: Horror · Psychological Horror · Walking Simulator
Your job at the Cabin Factory is simple: inspect the cabins and decide on whether they’re haunted or not. If you do find any anomalies, get out…immediately.
HorrorPsychological HorrorWalking SimulatorChoices MatterImmersive SimAtmosphericFirst-PersonAdventure3DSimulation👍 3,466Dreamcore
Jan 23, 2025 · Montraluz
Both: Exploration · Walking Simulator · Psychological Horror
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👍 1,891Off the Clock: 13/F
9 days ago · Latent Nine
Both: Psychological Horror · Walking Simulator · Horror
Late at night in an office tower, you are trapped in floors that keep repeating. Some of them have let in things that don't belong to this decade, as if something would rather you stayed. Spot the anomalies, keep going down, and find out what this building really is.
Psychological HorrorWalking SimulatorHorrorPuzzleExplorationInvestigationAtmosphericMysterySurrealAdventureHospital 666
Mar 5, 2024 · Lokin
Both: Horror · Psychological Horror · Walking Simulator
Hospital 666 is a 1-4 player horror escape game. Traverse through eerie hospital levels while observing the occurrence of anomalies and choosing the correct elevator. Some abnormal bosses will chase you to death, and you must find the right way to escape them.
HorrorOnline Co-OpPsychological HorrorMultiplayerRealisticWalking SimulatorMultiple EndingsThrillerSupernaturalAdventure👍 1,204Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs
Sep 10, 2013 · The Chinese Room
Both: Horror · Walking Simulator · Psychological Horror
From the creators of Amnesia: The Dark Descent and Dear Esther comes a new first-person horrorgame that will drag you to the depths of greed, power and madness. It will bury its snout into your ribs and it will eat your heart.
HorrorWalking SimulatorStory RichAtmosphericFirst-PersonPsychological HorrorExplorationMysteryInteractive FictionSingleplayer👍 7,252The Door Factory
Sep 18 · David Gallardo
Both: Horror · Psychological Horror · Walking Simulator
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.
HorrorPsychological HorrorWalking SimulatorChoices MatterImmersive SimSimulationRealisticActionExplorationAtmosphericLayers of Fear (2016)
Feb 15, 2016 · Bloober Team SA
Both: Horror · Psychological Horror · Walking Simulator
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.
HorrorPsychological HorrorAtmosphericWalking SimulatorFirst-PersonSingleplayerStory RichIndieAdventureMultiplayer👍 13,192SCP: Secret Files
Sep 13, 2022 · GameZoo Studio
Both: Psychological Horror · Horror · Walking Simulator
SCP: Secret Files is a collection of paranormal cases from the SCP Foundation, an organization tasked with containing dangerous anomalies. You join as an assistant researcher for Dr. Raymond Hamm and complete a strenuous induction program that will make you question everything you know.
AdventureStory RichPsychological HorrorAtmosphericMysteryPuzzleHorrorWalking Simulator3DSingleplayer👍 3,909The 18th Attic - Paranormal Anomaly Hunting Game
Jan 23 · Steelkrill Studio
Both: Psychological Horror · Horror · Walking Simulator
The 18th Attic is a psychological horror game where you play as a man trapped in the attic with your cat companion, armed only with a camera. Hunt down paranormal anomalies by taking their pictures and detecting their presence to unravel secrets of your past. Each photo unlocks a new memory.
Psychological HorrorHorrorStory RichWalking SimulatorAtmosphericAdventureDarkIndiePsychologicalExplorationFind Yourself
Feb 21, 2021 · EMIKA_GAMES
Both: Horror · Exploration · Walking Simulator
Explore the truly frightening subway cars and find out what fears the main character will have to face.
SimulationHorrorExplorationWalking Simulator3D PlatformerCinematicFirst-PersonPsychedelicPsychological HorrorRealistic👍 1,213The Inn-Sanity
Jan 9, 2025 · Steppe Hare Studio
Both: Horror · Psychological Horror · Walking Simulator
Early 90s. You stayed in a quiet hotel for just one night and the next morning you’ve found out that the old world was destroyed. Alien dreams, secrets of your past and other guests that are turning into monsters. This hotel will not let you to check out.
HorrorAdventurePsychological HorrorWalking SimulatorWord GameExplorationDialogue HeavyMultiple EndingsChoices MatterStory Rich👍 1,568Floor 9
Sep 9, 2024 · Room Games
Both: Exploration · Psychological Horror · Walking Simulator
Nine floors down to the exit of Hotel Liminal. Some are exactly as they should be. Some hide an anomaly. Everything depends on spotting the difference, and one mistake sends you back to the top.
ExplorationPuzzlePsychological HorrorWalking SimulatorHidden ObjectHorrorFirst-PersonAtmosphericMysterySurreal👍 175September 7th
Jan 6, 2023 · EMIKA_GAMES
Both: Horror · Exploration · Walking Simulator
"September 7th" is a short horror game released for Christmas. The plot of the game is simple to the point of banality, and the gameplay is not delayed.The game also contains some Easter eggs and mentions. The game takes place in 2009.
HorrorExplorationWalking SimulatorPsychological HorrorFirst-Person3D Platformer3DSimulationLinearRealistic👍 2,744Dream Cage
Feb 6, 2025 · Hitori De Productions
Both: Horror · Psychological Horror · Walking Simulator
Robert battles early Alzheimer's and nightly sleep paralysis. Each night reveals fragments of his past. Uncover the truth and help him solve the mysteries haunting his mind.
HorrorPsychological HorrorWalking SimulatorFirst-PersonHidden ObjectExplorationPuzzleLogicCinematicAtmospheric👍 302SCP-087
Jul 18, 2024 · EerieAdv
Both: Exploration · Horror · Psychological Horror
SCP-087 is a first-person horror game centered on paranormal events. In a seemingly quiet laboratory, players take on the role of truth-seekers, compelled to delve ever deeper into the building. However, escape is not an option, forcing them to endure a personal descent into hell!
AdventureExplorationHorrorPsychological HorrorWalking SimulatorPuzzle3DFirst-PersonActionThriller
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