Games like World Alone
by DCE Projects
POOLS and Dreamcore play most like World Alone. Of the 17 closest games below, most share its walking simulator, exploration and first-person; 4 came out in the last year and 15 are free or under $10. The best known is The Exit 8, with 11,001 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.
Closest matches
POOLS
Apr 26, 2024 · Tensori
Both: Walking Simulator · Realistic · Exploration
Walking simulator. Explore, admire and listen. Uncanny. Relaxing. Unnerving. Eerie. Immersive. No monsters chasing you or jumping at your screen, but can feel oppressive at times by invoking fears of getting lost, the dark, tight spaces and liminal space architecture. Inspired by backrooms.
Psychological HorrorWalking SimulatorAtmosphericRealisticExplorationFirst-PersonSurrealSingleplayerImmersiveRelaxing👍 6,478Dreamcore
Jan 23, 2025 · Montraluz
Both: Exploration · Walking Simulator · 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👍 1,891Dreamcore: Rabbit Hole
Apr 24 · Ankoku
Both: Exploration · Walking Simulator · First-Person
Walking simulator. Explore cozy liminal spaces that feel unsettlingly familiar and spark your imagination, like a dream you’ve been in before.
ExplorationWalking SimulatorPsychological HorrorFirst-Person3DAdventureSurrealNonlinearHorrorRelaxing👍 404Lushfoil Photography Sim
Apr 15, 2025 · Matt2
Both: Exploration · Walking Simulator · Realistic
A tranquil exploration and photography experience set across a vast selection of faithfully detailed landscapes.
ExplorationAtmosphericWalking SimulatorNatureVRRealisticNonlinearHidden ObjectRelaxingSingleplayer👍 1,725The Exit 8
Nov 29, 2023 · KOTAKE CREATE
Both: Exploration · Walking Simulator · Immersive Sim
You are trapped in an endless underground passageway. Observe your surroundings carefully to reach "The Exit 8".
ExplorationPuzzleWalking SimulatorHorrorImmersive SimPsychological HorrorUndergroundFirst-Person3DSurreal👍 11,001Arcadian Days
Oct 23, 2025 · IMMERSIV GAMES
Both: Exploration · Immersive Sim · Sandbox
An immersive exploration game with light puzzle solving, inspired by Romanian landscapes and culture. Progress at your own pace in non-linear slice-of-life quests set in handcrafted open environments.
ExplorationImmersive SimSandboxWalking Simulator3DFirst-PersonCuteRelaxingNonlinearOpen WorldScanner Sombre
Apr 26, 2017 · Introversion Software
Both: Exploration · Walking Simulator · First-Person
Scanner Sombre is a 3d horror cave exploration game where darkness is your greatest foe. Illuminate the unseen with your LIDAR scanner, revealing the eerie beauty and peril of the abyss. From the creators of Prison Architect, this immersive adventure uses light and shadow for a haunting experience.
ExplorationWalking SimulatorHorrorAtmosphericIndieAdventureFirst-PersonVRSingleplayerShort👍 3,184Proteus
Jan 30, 2013 · Ed Key and David Kanaga
Both: Exploration · Walking Simulator · Relaxing
Proteus is a game about exploration and immersion in a dream-like island world where the soundtrack to your play is created by your surroundings. Played in first-person, the primary means of interaction is simply your presence in the world and how you observe it.
ExplorationWalking SimulatorRelaxingIndieCasualProcedural GenerationExperimentalFirst-PersonBeautifulAdventure👍 1,422Tape 101: Liminal Descent
Sep 18 · 2H-Productions
Both: Walking Simulator · Realistic · First-Person
A psychological horror descending through liminal spaces shaped by the Kübler Ross model - the five stages of grief, where your perception and an RC car are the only tools to grasp what’s real.
HorrorPsychological HorrorWalking SimulatorAtmosphericRealisticFirst-PersonExplorationSingleplayerImmersive SimSurrealDear Esther: Landmark Edition
Feb 14, 2017 · The Chinese Room, Robert Briscoe
Both: Walking Simulator · Exploration · First-Person
Dear Esther immerses you in a stunningly realised world, a remote and desolate island somewhere in the outer Hebrides. As you step forwards, a voice begins to read fragments of a letter: 'Dear Esther...' - and so begins a journey through one of the most original first-person games of recent years.
Walking SimulatorExplorationInteractive FictionPuzzleFirst-PersonRelaxingPsychological HorrorHorrorLinearAtmospheric👍 2,463Shape of the World
Jun 5, 2018 · Hollow Tree Games
Both: Walking Simulator · Exploration · Relaxing
A serene first person exploration game in a surreal, organic world that reacts to your presence. Journey through a psychedelically colorful ecosystem of flourishing flora, rambling waterfalls, burgeoning mountains, glowing monoliths and graceful creatures. A 1-3 hour escape from work, anxiety and stress.
CasualNatureIndieAtmosphericSurrealWalking SimulatorExplorationRelaxingFirst-PersonAdventure👍 264SilentDarkness
8 days ago · NuraStudio
Both: First-Person · Realistic · Walking Simulator
A first-person liminal space escape game where exploration, observation, and trial and error are the keys to uncovering hidden rules. With no combat and no sudden jump scares, experience an oppressive atmosphere filled with mystery and fear of the unknown.
Psychological HorrorFirst-PersonRealisticActionAtmosphericSimulationWalking SimulatorPuzzleExploration3DAnemoiapolis: Chapter 1
Mar 3, 2023 · Andrew Quist
Both: Exploration · First-Person · Realistic
The most relaxing horror game you'll ever play. Anemoiapolis exists in the uncanny valley of American architecture -- endless carpeted floors and lonely malls. Escape for your life, and enjoy the scenery.
HorrorPsychological HorrorExplorationFirst-PersonSingleplayerMysteryRealisticWalking SimulatorProcedural GenerationAtmospheric👍 1,154Submerged
Aug 3, 2015 · Uppercut Games Pty Ltd
Both: Exploration · Relaxing · Walking Simulator
Submerged is a third-person combat-free game in which you explore a mysterious flooded city and discover the beauty of desolation in vast outdoor environments. You take on the role of Miku, a young girl who has brought her wounded brother to the city in their small fishing boat.
ExplorationRelaxingFemale ProtagonistWalking SimulatorFamily FriendlyNatureThird PersonCasualAdventureColorful👍 4,326Castle Rock Beach, West Australia
Sep 26, 2020 · Matt Newell
Both: Exploration · Relaxing · Walking Simulator
Explore a realistically inspired Unreal Engine recreation of Australia's south west coast. *will be included as part of the "Lushfoil Photography Sim" compilation, coming soon.
AtmosphericExplorationNatureRelaxingCasualVRSimulationWalking SimulatorNonlinearImmersive Sim0°N 0°W
Mar 1, 2018 · Colorfiction
Both: Exploration · Walking Simulator · First-Person
Ready for a wild trip of psychedelic sights and sounds? 0°N 0°W is a chill, first-person walking sim for everyone, where each run is a fresh adventure!
ColorfulSurrealExplorationOpen WorldPsychedelicPlatformerWalking SimulatorFirst-Person3DRelaxing👍 363Dream
Jul 31, 2015 · HyperSloth
Both: Exploration · Walking Simulator · First-Person
Dream is an exploration game that takes place within the subconscious mind of Howard Phillips, a young man whose waking hours are tedious and dull, but whose dreams are lucid and powerful.
IndieAdventureExplorationWalking SimulatorAtmosphericVRFirst-PersonCasualPuzzleHorror👍 880
Also worth a look
Share some of the same DNA, but further from the original.
Gone Home
Aug 15, 2013 · Fullbright
Both: Walking Simulator · Exploration · First-Person
June 7th, 1995. 1:15 AM. You arrive home after a year abroad. You expect your family to greet you, but the house is empty. Something's not right. Where is everyone? And what's happened here? Unravel the mystery for yourself in Gone Home, a story exploration game from The Fullbright Company.
Walking SimulatorShortIndieExplorationAtmosphericFirst-PersonStory RichNarrativeLGBTQ+Female Protagonist👍 13,631
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