Games like Sancta
by Jan Lebeda
The Exit 8 and Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs play most like Sancta. Of the 18 closest games below, most share its walking simulator, exploration and first-person; 1 came out in the last year and 14 are free or under $10. 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👍 11,001Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs
Sep 10, 2013 · 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👍 7,252Ambrosia Sky
Nov 10, 2025 · Soft Rains, Blackbird Interactive
Both: Immersive Sim · Exploration · Action-Adventure
You left. Now they’re dead. Ambrosia Sky is an immersive sim about exploring an asteroid colony devastated by an unknown contamination. Survive and harvest strains of hostile alien fungi, explore treacherous environments, and find meaning and beauty in so much death.
Immersive SimExplorationSci-fiStory RichAtmosphericAction-AdventureCleaningWalking SimulatorFirst-PersonFemale Protagonist👍 272Scanner Sombre
Apr 26, 2017 · Introversion Software
Both: Exploration · Walking Simulator · Horror
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👍 3,184Dreamcore
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👍 1,891NUTS
Feb 4, 2021 · Joon, Pol, Muutsch, Char & Torfi
Both: Immersive Sim · Walking Simulator · First-Person
NUTS is a single-player walking simulator surveillance mystery. Record the squirrels, report your findings, and piece together what’s really going on in Melmoth Forest.
Story RichDetectiveNatureImmersive SimAtmosphericWalking SimulatorMysteryFirst-PersonExplorationFPS👍 887INFRA
Jan 15, 2016 · Loiste Interactive
Both: Exploration · First-Person · Walking Simulator
INFRA puts you into the boots of a structural analyst on a routine mission. Quickly though, your task turns into a fight for survival, all caused by deep-rooted schemes of the past. Your tools are simple: your camera and the wits to navigate a labyrinth of debris.
ExplorationPuzzleAtmosphericFirst-PersonWalking SimulatorAdventureMysteryStory RichIndieSingleplayer👍 3,477Amnesia: Rebirth
Oct 20, 2020 · Frictional Games
Both: Action-Adventure · First-Person · Horror
A first-person horror adventure. Uncover your past and survive the Algerian desert. Fear is your enemy; stay calm to not succumb to an illness threatening you and your loved one. Avoid darkness, hide from monsters and solve puzzles. Adventure Mode available for a less scary experience.
Action-AdventureFirst-PersonPuzzleSingleplayerStory RichHorrorAdventureExplorationStealthLovecraftian👍 7,906Escape From Lavender Island
Aug 31, 2023 · Jeremy Couillard, Chris Parrello
Both: Exploration · Walking Simulator · Action-Adventure
Explore a dream that refuses to end. As Zede Aksis, wander a surreal city that feels both alive and liminal, filled with digital citizens and absurd infrastructure. Can you find an escape? A way out of a world that remembers you better than you remember it?
ExplorationHidden ObjectWalking SimulatorAction-Adventure3DFirst-PersonThird PersonAlternate HistoryDark ComedyFunny👍 198Anemoiapolis: Chapter 1
Mar 3, 2023 · Andrew Quist
Both: Horror · Exploration · First-Person
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👍 1,154Dear 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👍 2,463Exit Together
May 29, 2025 · Çınar's Art
Both: Walking Simulator · Horror · First-Person
ANOMALY LOOP ADVENTURE Play solo or with up to 6 players. Spot anomalies, solve puzzles, and escape the loop. Will you reach Room 9 or stay trapped forever?
Psychological HorrorWalking SimulatorHorrorFirst-PersonExplorationPuzzleImmersive Sim3DAtmosphericHidden ObjectGloomwood
Sep 5, 2022 · Dillon Rogers, David Szymanski, Nate Berens, Thomas Porta
Both: Immersive Sim · First-Person · Exploration
Trapped in a dark, Victorian city consumed by an ancient curse, you must plan your survival and daring escape using nothing but stealth, an arsenal of eccentric weapons, and your wit in this haunting adventure inspired by the immersive sims and survival horror greats of the late 90s and early 2000s.
Early AccessImmersive SimStealthSurvival HorrorFPSAtmosphericFirst-PersonExplorationSingleplayerRetro👍 7,526Layers of Fear (2016)
Feb 15, 2016 · Bloober Team SA
Both: Horror · Walking Simulator · First-Person
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👍 13,192Dream
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👍 880Platform 8
May 31, 2024 · KOTAKE CREATE
Both: Walking Simulator · Exploration · Immersive Sim
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👍 2,731The First Tree
Sep 14, 2017 · David Wehle
Both: Walking Simulator · Exploration
A beautiful, 3rd-person exploration game centered around two parallel stories: a fox trying to find her missing family, and a son reconnecting with his estranged father in Alaska. Uncover artifacts from the son's life as he becomes intertwined in the fox’s journey towards The First Tree.
AtmosphericAdventureWalking SimulatorIndieExplorationRelaxingSingleplayerStory RichOpen WorldColorful👍 4,769Chasing Static
Oct 14, 2021 · Headware Games
Both: Horror · Walking Simulator · First-Person
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👍 479
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