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
$14.99God's Basement
Oct 16 · Erebus
Both: Horror · Psychological Horror · Walking Simulator
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.
HorrorPsychological HorrorDarkWalking SimulatorAtmosphericFirst-PersonStory RichViolentPsychologicalAdventure👍 1,175
-80%$3.99Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs
Sep 10 · The Chinese Room
Both: Horror · Walking Simulator · First-Person
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👍 7,240
$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
-88%$0.95Dream Cage
Feb 6 · 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👍 298
$4.99The Survey
Oct 27 · Erebus
Both: Horror · Psychological Horror · Walking Simulator
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.
HorrorDarkPsychological HorrorWalking SimulatorAtmosphericMysteryPuzzleFirst-PersonSingleplayerExploration👍 742
$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
-70%$2.09Scanner Sombre
Apr 26 · Introversion Software
Both: Horror · 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.
ExplorationHorrorWalking SimulatorAtmosphericIndieAdventureFirst-PersonVRSingleplayerShort👍 3,174
$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
$7.99The Inn-Sanity
Jan 9 · 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👍 1,563
-15%$8.49Tape 101: Liminal Descent
2 days ago · 2H-Productions
Both: Horror · Psychological Horror · Walking Simulator
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 SimulatorAtmosphericRealisticExplorationFirst-PersonSingleplayerImmersive SimSurreal
-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
-80%$1.99Don't Be Afraid
Dec 17 · Limo Games, Broken Arrow Games
Both: First-Person · Horror · Walking Simulator
Don't Be Afraid is an adventure horror game, that allows you to personate a boy, kidnapped by a psychopath. You have to survive, escape and find out how you were kidnapped. Exploring the gigantic, mysterious house of your torturer, you will soon reveal many secrets, hidden inside it’s walls…
First-PersonHorrorSurvivalWalking SimulatorSurvival HorrorExplorationGoreStory RichSingleplayerSimulation👍 801
$0.99One Wish
Jun 6 · GDNomaD
Both: Horror · Psychological Horror · Walking Simulator
Сlassic indie horror for one evening. The game has no tips, you need to solve all the puzzles yourself and avoid the monster that wants to devour your soul. Therefore, you need to be very careful and attentive to escape from the nightmare.
AdventureIndieHorrorPsychological HorrorWalking SimulatorPuzzleExplorationFirst-PersonMinimalistPsychological👍 162
$13.99Never Again
May 9 · Primary Games
Both: Horror · Psychological Horror · Walking Simulator
Never Again - Horror/first-person Quest. The main essence of the game is research locations and puzzles, plunging in the dramatic story of a little girl suffering from asthma.
HorrorSurvival HorrorPsychological HorrorPuzzleFemale ProtagonistAdventureSingleplayerExplorationWalking SimulatorFirst-Person👍 887
$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
$3.99SCP-087
Jul 18 · EerieAdv
Both: Horror · Psychological Horror · Walking Simulator
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
$8.99DISTRAINT 2
Nov 13 · Jesse Makkonen
Both: Psychological Horror · Horror · Walking Simulator
You are Price, a man who sold his humanity to get a partnership from a leading company: McDade, Bruton & Moore. DISTRAINT 2 follows on from the events of the first game. It's a sinister tale about restoring hope and finding your purpose.
Psychological HorrorHorrorStory RichAtmosphericSingleplayerSide ScrollerPoint & Click2DWalking SimulatorPixel Graphics👍 4,159
$14.99MIND: Path to Thalamus Enhanced Edition
Aug 5 · Pantumaca Barcelona, @CarlosGameDev, Dani Navarro, Luka Nieto
Both: Walking Simulator · First-Person
MIND: Path to Thalamus is a First Person Puzzler that throws you into a fantastic and surreal environment. You will bend the natural elements to your will in order to progress in this emotive, mindbending tale. Now also in Virtual Reality!
AdventurePuzzleWalking SimulatorIndieSurrealAtmosphericFirst-PersonStrategyExplorationVR👍 855
$9.99Penumbra: Black Plague Gold Edition
Jan 23 · Frictional Games
Both: Horror · First-Person · Psychological Horror
Surrounded by enemies and assaulted by terror from all sides, Philip must collect clues and solve vexing puzzles while combating the gnawing psychological terrors that assail his mind and threaten to strip him of his sanity.
HorrorAdventureFirst-PersonPsychological HorrorStealthAtmosphericStory RichSingleplayerIndieSurvival Horror👍 2,761
$14.99Homesick
May 28 · Lucky Pause
Both: First-Person · Walking Simulator · Horror
Explore an abandoned building, encountering puzzles and clues to discover what happened, as you try to escape in both your nightmares and the waking world. Be immersed in the hauntingly beautiful 3D atmosphere in this puzzle exploration mystery game.
AtmosphericPuzzleExplorationFirst-PersonIndieWalking SimulatorAdventureHorrorMysteryGreat Soundtrack👍 1,282
Freethe static speaks my name
Aug 10 · the whale husband
Both: Psychological Horror · Horror · Walking Simulator
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.
Free to PlayPsychological HorrorIndieHorrorDarkShortWalking SimulatorFirst-PersonAdventureSingleplayer
$9.99Whispers in the Void
May 7 · Anri Khachaturov, Artur Manukyan, Arman Petrosyan
Both: Horror · Psychological Horror · Walking Simulator
The main hero John Eikts wakes up in a mysterious room for supernatural creatures. Anomalies escape, wreaking havoc. Eikts must navigate the chaos while uncovering his dark past. As he approaches freedom, a shocking twist reveals that he is not a victim, but one of them.
AdventureHorrorSurvival HorrorPsychological HorrorPuzzleWalking SimulatorExplorationHidden ObjectFirst-PersonRealistic
$9.99The Horologist's Legacy
Oct 24 · Cole and Jordan Studios
Both: Horror · Psychological Horror · First-Person
The Horologist's Legacy is a deep dive into the absurd to find your mysterious past in this indie first-person psychological horror experience that rips the floor out from under you and takes your mind places you've never brought it before.
IndieHorrorPsychological HorrorPsychologicalFirst-PersonAtmosphericRealisticExperimentalWalking Simulator3D