Games like I Wish You Weren't Here
by Covenant
After waking up alone in an unfamiliar building, you have 2 questions: Why are you here, and where is everyone? As you explore, things start to make sense - but not everything is as it seems
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$6.99Left Alone
Apr 28 · SpeedTutor
Both: Exploration · Puzzle · Walking Simulator
Left Alone plunges you into a first-person psychological horror journey, where darkness and memories intertwine. As secrets emerge from shadows, use your wits to solve puzzles and explore haunting, forgotten locations. Every step echoes with the past; can you face the truths that await?
ExplorationPuzzleWalking SimulatorFirst-Person3DHorrorStory RichPsychological HorrorActionLogic👍 592
$14.99Homesick
May 28 · Lucky Pause
Both: Puzzle · Exploration · Walking Simulator
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
-30%$2.79The Exit 8
Nov 29 · KOTAKE CREATE
Both: Exploration · Puzzle · Walking Simulator
You are trapped in an endless underground passageway. Observe your surroundings carefully to reach "The Exit 8".
ExplorationPuzzleWalking SimulatorHorrorImmersive SimPsychological HorrorUndergroundFirst-Person3DSurreal👍 10,955
$4.99The Survey
Oct 27 · Erebus
Both: Dark · Walking Simulator · Puzzle
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
$4.99Is Simon There?
May 6 · Stanislaw Truchowski
Both: Dark · Puzzle · 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
$0.99One Wish
Jun 6 · GDNomaD
Both: Walking Simulator · Puzzle · Exploration
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: Puzzle · Exploration · 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
$9.99Dear Esther: Landmark Edition
Feb 14 · The Chinese Room, Robert Briscoe
Both: Walking Simulator · Exploration · Puzzle
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-PersonPsychological HorrorRelaxingHorrorLinearAtmospheric👍 2,457
$4.99Writer. Chapter 1
Jan 6 · Beshbarmak games
Both: Exploration · Puzzle · Walking Simulator
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
$1.99Backrooms: Steps into the abyss
Apr 9 · SUDT Games
Both: Puzzle · Walking Simulator · Exploration
Try to survive in these endless corridors and mazes, sometimes they seem the same, sometimes they seem completely different, and what if you are already going crazy? Can you survive here? You will need to look for supplies by type of water and food
AdventurePuzzleWalking SimulatorExplorationCollectathonFPSFirst-Person3DAtmosphericSurvival Horror
$8.99Dream
Jul 31 · HyperSloth
Both: Exploration · Walking Simulator · Puzzle
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
$14.99Copycat
Sep 19 · Spoonful Of Wonder
Both: Emotional · Walking Simulator · Exploration
A poignant narrative-driven game about rejection, belonging and the meaning of home. It follows the story of a newly adopted shelter cat whose space in the home is taken by a copycat. Bring the tissues.
CatsEmotionalIndieAdventureStory RichSingleplayerAtmosphericControllerWalking SimulatorExploration👍 4,619
$4.99Sorrow Asylum 2
Sep 5 · Vidas Salavejus
Both: Exploration · Puzzle · Walking Simulator
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
$8.99Anemoiapolis: Chapter 1
Mar 3 · Andrew Quist
Both: Exploration · Walking Simulator
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👍 1,153
-30%$2.79Platform 8
May 31 · KOTAKE CREATE
Both: Walking Simulator · Puzzle · 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👍 2,724
$14.99MIND: Path to Thalamus Enhanced Edition
Aug 5 · Pantumaca Barcelona, @CarlosGameDev, Dani Navarro, Luka Nieto
Both: Puzzle · Walking Simulator · Exploration
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
$9.99Whispers in the Void
May 7 · Anri Khachaturov, Artur Manukyan, Arman Petrosyan
Both: Puzzle · Walking Simulator · Exploration
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
$19.99Layers of Fear 2 (2019)
May 28 · Bloober Team SA
Both: Walking Simulator · Dark · Psychological
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
-50%$7.49Gone Home
Aug 15 · Fullbright
Both: Walking Simulator · Exploration
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👍 13,621
-75%$7.49Unholy
Jul 20 · Duality Games
Both: Puzzle · Dark · Walking Simulator
Open the doors between your everyday reality and a dark unholy world to unveil the mystery of the disappearance of your child. Explore both worlds to find clues, solve puzzles, decide whether you infiltrate or fight brutal enemies and stand up to an aberrant establishment.
Female ProtagonistAdventureAtmosphericSingleplayerPuzzleFirst-PersonStealthDarkViolentWalking Simulator👍 128
$17.99Dreamcore
Jan 23 · Montraluz
Both: Exploration · Walking Simulator
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
$3.99SCP-087
Jul 18 · EerieAdv
Both: Exploration · Walking Simulator · Puzzle
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
-80%$3.99Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs
Sep 10 · The Chinese Room
Both: Walking Simulator · Exploration
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
-88%$0.95Dream Cage
Feb 6 · Hitori De Productions
Both: Walking Simulator · Exploration · Puzzle
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
$9.99HOST
Jul 1 · Garrett Fuselier
Both: Exploration · Puzzle · Walking Simulator
When your spacecraft crashes on an unknown planet, you navigate your way through its dark and puzzling corridors. Using only your hands and your wits, will you discover your parasitic power before it's too late?
Early AccessExplorationPuzzleWalking Simulator3DFirst-PersonVRSurrealUndergroundLinear
$1.99Blind Sound
Jul 8 · LunarDream Games
Both: Dark · Puzzle · Exploration
Blind Sound is a Game about, Exploration and Puzzle-solving. This is a Linear Story Based horror game which sets in a science facility. You will discover tons of thing and find about the Creepy history of this facility with Full of Creatures That extremely Dangerous.
HorrorPsychological HorrorDarkPuzzleStory RichExplorationWalking SimulatorThrillerLinearSurreal
$10.99Lazaret
Feb 20 · Aegon Games
Both: Exploration · Puzzle · Walking Simulator
Lazaret is an atmospheric first-person horror game. You play as a member of a rescue team called out to investigate a distress signal coming from a ship that disappeared 4 years ago.
HorrorPsychological HorrorAtmosphericExplorationMysteryPuzzleHidden ObjectWalking SimulatorControllerSailing👍 263
$19.99The Vanishing of Ethan Carter
Sep 25 · The Astronauts
Both: Walking Simulator · Exploration
The Vanishing of Ethan Carter is a first-person story-driven mystery. Purchase this game to get both the original and the Unreal Engine 4 remaster called The Vanishing of Ethan Carter Redux.
MysteryAtmosphericDetectiveWalking SimulatorExplorationFirst-PersonAdventureHorrorStory RichSingleplayer👍 6,860
SCP: Secret Files
Sep 13 · GameZoo Studio
Both: Puzzle · 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👍 3,912
$14.99INMOST
Aug 21 · Hidden Layer Games
Both: Exploration · Psychological · Dark
Escape the depths of an otherworldly labyrinth in this cinematic puzzle platformer. Explore a hauntingly beautiful world, with three playable characters, in one dark, interconnected story.
Pixel GraphicsIndieAdventureStory RichExplorationAtmosphericThrillerPuzzle PlatformerPsychologicalDark👍 5,929
-80%$0.99Eyes: The Horror Game
May 20 · Fearless Games
Both: Exploration · Dark · Puzzle
You break into the mansion at night. It’s huge and built like a maze. You're trying to escape, but the monster is after you! The chase begins. RUN!!
AdventureHorrorSurvival HorrorExplorationDarkPuzzleSimulationDemonsInteractive FictionFirst-Person👍 932
-90%$0.99The Guest
Mar 10 · Team Gotham
Both: Puzzle · Walking Simulator
'The Guest' is a gloomy adventure full of enigmas where the exploration of your surroundings comes to prominence; puzzles, secrets and riddles will help you discover who has locked you in this somber hotel room and most importantly, why.
PuzzleIndieAdventureHorrorMysteryAtmosphericFirst-PersonWalking SimulatorPsychological HorrorShort👍 852
$5.99Lost Alone Ep.2 - Paparino
May 15 · Daniele Doesn't Matter
Both: Puzzle · Walking Simulator · Exploration
After the events of Lost Alone EP.1 - Little Sister, George continues his nightmare, awakening in a house unknown to him. The horrors he experienced and tried to drown in alcohol are coming back to the surface.
AdventureActionStrategyPuzzleWalking SimulatorExplorationHidden Object3DFirst-PersonRealistic
-80%$1.99Don't Be Afraid
Dec 17 · Limo Games, Broken Arrow Games
Both: Walking Simulator · Exploration
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
$29.99Little Nightmares II
Feb 10 · Tarsier Studios
Both: Puzzle · Dark
Little Nightmares II is the second game in a series that has thrilled and captivated millions of players worldwide since 2017. Now it’s your turn to try to survive this critically acclaimed entry in the most charming horror series ever made.
HorrorAdventureSingleplayerPuzzleDarkAtmosphericPsychological HorrorStory RichMultiplayerStealth👍 50,303
$7.99No Return
Aug 2 · BlameTech
Both: Puzzle · Exploration · Walking Simulator
No Return is a first-person psychological horror game set in modern-day China. With a focus on family tragedy, the story unfolds as our protagonist is mysteriously prevented from returning home by an unseen force. Can he navigate a nightmarish maze of hallways and uncover the disturbing truth?
HorrorPsychological HorrorFirst-PersonThrillerAtmosphericSupernaturalPuzzleExplorationWalking SimulatorImmersive👍 412
FreeFatal Falls
Nov 13 · Tripolar Studio
Both: Exploration · Puzzle · Walking Simulator
In Fatal Falls you explore the dark secrets of "The Grand Elysium", a posh luxury hotel in the middle of nowhere. Interact with its guests, drink a cocktail at the bar, peruse the noble premises – the choice is yours! Just make sure you don't get entangled in the hotel's dark deeds...
ExplorationPsychological HorrorPuzzleChoose Your Own AdventureHidden ObjectInteractive FictionHorrorWalking SimulatorPoint & ClickRPG
$1.99The Moon Sliver
Oct 28 · David Szymanski
Both: Walking Simulator · Exploration
You are on a bleak, cold, windy island. And you seem to be alone... but fires and candles still burn. As you explore, a story of guilt, loneliness, and faith begins to take shape. And it becomes obvious that something is hunting you...
Walking SimulatorPsychological HorrorAdventureFirst-PersonExplorationIndieStory RichHorrorShortAtmospheric👍 995
$7.99The Inn-Sanity
Jan 9 · Steppe Hare Studio
Both: Walking Simulator · Exploration
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
$19.99Infliction
Oct 17 · Caustic Reality
Both: 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
-80%$5.99Amnesia: Rebirth
Oct 20 · Frictional Games
Both: Puzzle · Exploration
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-PersonPuzzleStory RichSingleplayerHorrorAdventureExplorationStealthLovecraftian👍 7,898
$4.99Within Skerry
Feb 8 · Stanislaw Truchowski
Both: Dark · Puzzle · Walking Simulator
The Accumulation of Evil is an ancient book stating that if enough evil energy is concentrated in a single area, a dark force may be born.Humans can sometimes be very horrible creatures - but sometimes, it is taken a bit too far.
HorrorAdventurePsychological HorrorSingleplayerRealisticMysteryDarkPuzzleFirst-PersonWalking Simulator👍 226
$0.99Village
Sep 25 · STuNT
Both: Exploration · Puzzle · Walking Simulator
A young boy has come to a distant village to visit his grandmother. Arriving at the final station, in some wilderness, we find newspaper clippings on the platform. This is where our tangled story begins.
ExplorationHidden ObjectPuzzleDetectiveInvestigationNatureWalking SimulatorFirst-Person3DPsychological Horror
$4.99Backrooms Abyss
Jul 4 · Chadder Studios
Both: Walking Simulator · Exploration
Explore and survive levels based on the popular creepypasta lore. Each level offers various escape routes but also introduces perilous obstacles. Players can immerse themselves in the seemingly boundless and unsettling levels of the backrooms, experiencing the game's eerie and intricate mazes.
AdventureCasualRoguelikeWalking SimulatorExplorationFPS3DFirst-PersonRealistic1980s
$8.99True Fear: Forsaken Souls Part 1
Oct 19 · Goblinz Enterprises Ltd
Both: Exploration · Puzzle
True Fear: Forsaken Souls takes the best of the psychological thriller, blending in fun and intuitive gameplay mechanics. Episode 1, the first in a trilogy, will long be remembered.
ExplorationHidden ObjectHorrorPsychological HorrorPuzzlePoint & ClickFemale ProtagonistAdventureFirst-Person2D👍 1,108
-50%$3.99迷离诡夜 blurred weird night
Nov 16 · QSN
Both: Exploration · Walking Simulator
I thought it was a comedy, but it turned out to be a tragedy. If there's a chance to go back in time and change something that would cause lifelong regret, would you fight with all you have? (Including story mode and zombie mode)
3DSexual ContentHorrorExplorationFPSDating SimAdventureNudityImmersive SimWalking Simulator👍 313
$9.99Psych
Oct 22 · MediaTale
Both: Exploration · Emotional · Dark
Experience the story of Alexander Green and find out what happened on the day of the accident in this First Person horror Adventure. Follow the development of Alex, solve puzzles around the event and try not to fall into madness as you search for answers.
HorrorPsychological HorrorThrillerAtmosphericAdventureCrimeExplorationAction-AdventureEmotionalDark👍 318
$2.00Static : The Beginning
Apr 3 · Ransol Studio
Both: Puzzle · Walking Simulator
Immerse yourself in STATIC : THE BEGINNING , a horror adventure where Clara's quiet evening turns into a nightmare. Navigate a Moroccan riad, face sinister cultists, battle terrifying monsters, and uncover dark secrets. Can you help Clara escape the horrors that await?
ActionAdventurePuzzleWalking SimulatorFPSFirst-Person3DColorfulRealisticAtmospheric
-25%$5.24Ashworth
3 days ago · MR ROCK
Both: Puzzle · Exploration · Walking Simulator
Something has been waiting for you. Explore a forgotten place buried beneath the earth, solve twisted puzzles, and piece together a dark story one clue at a time. But the deeper you go, the more it wakes. Survive what hunts you, or become part of Ashworth's story.
HorrorPsychological HorrorSurvival HorrorPuzzleIndieAtmosphericAdventureStory RichExplorationWalking Simulator
$12.99Shape of the World
Jun 5 · Hollow Tree Games
Both: Walking Simulator · Exploration
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 SimulatorExplorationFirst-PersonRelaxingAdventure👍 263
$24.99NightCry
Mar 28 · Nude Maker
Both: Exploration · Puzzle
NightCry is set on a cruise ship, and you have been invited along for the cruise of a (possibly short) lifetime. While your surroundings are luxurious and the guests are friendly, not everything is as it should be. The guests and the crew start to turn up dead, the victims of some foul murderer.
ExplorationPuzzleFemale ProtagonistPoint & ClickThird PersonHorror3DStealthPsychological HorrorDark Fantasy👍 225
-75%$4.99Little Nightmares
Apr 27 · Tarsier Studios
Both: Dark · Puzzle
Take on the role of Six, a lone child lost in a massive metal vessel known as the Maw, surrounded by dangerous, distorted versions of adults. You’ll need to do your best to escape in one piece or your fate will be worse than you ever dared dream.
HorrorAtmosphericAdventureSingleplayerPuzzle PlatformerDarkPuzzleIndieStory RichStealth👍 52,189

