Games like b-Run
by Rafael Valoto
Liminal Shroud and Embermaze: Descent play most like b-Run. Of the 12 closest games below, most share its exploration; 2 came out in the last year and 6 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.
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Liminal Shroud
Sep 3 · Everdeep Studios
Both: Mystery Dungeon · Exploration · Dungeon Crawler
A different kind of liminal experience. Explore surreal spaces inspired by nostalgia, discover hidden paths, and unravel a mystery that is shaped by your own mind. No monsters, no combat. Just atmosphere, discovery, and dread.
Psychological HorrorHorrorMystery DungeonWalking SimulatorExplorationDungeon CrawlerRelaxingAdventureThriller3D👍 101Embermaze: Descent
Aug 26 · Graeme Scott
Both: Exploration · Dungeon Crawler
Three shots. Fading light. Nowhere to run. Survive dark mazes, evade ghosts, and descend deeper into horror in this dark‑fantasy survival maze game with procedural labyrinths and limited magical resources.
ExplorationActionDungeon CrawlerAction-Adventure3DAdventureFirst-PersonHorrorProcedural GenerationDark FantasyScanner Sombre
Apr 26, 2017 · Introversion Software
Both: Exploration
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👍 3,184The Complex: Expedition
Jul 18, 2025 · pgWave
Both: Exploration · Realistic
When a routine expedition into The Complex goes horribly wrong, you're left alone and lost, wandering the seemingly infinite maze of hallways, otherwise known as the Backrooms. Might there be something following you?
HorrorExplorationRealisticSingleplayerPsychological HorrorStory RichActionMysteryAdventureCinematic👍 2,639Delver
Feb 1, 2018 · Chad Cuddigan, Joshua Skelton
Both: Dungeon Crawler
Delve into the shifting dungeons on your hunt for the Yithidian orb, but getting it might just be the easy part. Delver is a single player first-person action roguelike dungeon crawler, just like you wished they used to make.
Dungeon CrawlerFirst-PersonRPGAction RoguelikeIndiePixel GraphicsRogueliteRoguelikeAdventureAction👍 2,366Riven
Jun 25, 2024 · Cyan Worlds, Inc.
Both: Exploration
Uncover a story of intrigue, betrayal, and a civilization teetering on the brink of collapse as you solve intricate puzzles to unlock the secrets of Riven. Built from the ground-up and expanded from the award-winning original game released in 1997.
PuzzleAdventureExplorationFirst-PersonSingleplayerStory RichAtmosphericMystery3DWalking Simulator👍 2,772Anemoiapolis: Chapter 1
Mar 3, 2023 · Andrew Quist
Both: Exploration · 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👍 1,154Dreamcore
Jan 23, 2025 · Montraluz
Both: Exploration
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👍 1,891Tenshi
Jan 15, 2025 · Kuroki Yume
Both: Exploration · Realistic · Immersive Sim
Don’t Blink. They’re Always Watching. Enter the haunting corridors of the Fukushima asylum, a short but intense bodycam-style horror game that will leave you breathless.
HorrorPsychological HorrorExplorationInvestigationRealisticImmersive SimHidden ObjectSurrealFirst-PersonPuzzleSCP: Secret Files
Sep 13, 2022 · GameZoo Studio
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👍 3,909