Games like Cave Escape
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An observation-based 3D thriller game where you must safely escape a dark cave to save a companion trapped under a boulder. Carefully explore the cave: if you spot an anomaly, turn back immediately; if there are no anomalies, keep moving forward to find your way out.
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-30%$2.79The Exit 8
Nov 29 · KOTAKE CREATE
Both: Puzzle · 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👍 10,955
$4.99Writer. Chapter 1
Jan 6 · Beshbarmak games
Both: Puzzle · Walking Simulator · First-Person
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
-30%$2.79Platform 8
May 31 · KOTAKE CREATE
Both: Walking Simulator · Puzzle · First-Person
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
-88%$0.95Dream Cage
Feb 6 · Hitori De Productions
Both: Horror · Walking Simulator · First-Person
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
$1.99Backrooms: Steps into the abyss
Apr 9 · SUDT Games
Both: Puzzle · Walking Simulator · First-Person
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
$2.99Backrooms: The Deep Dark
Aug 20 · SUDT Games
Both: Puzzle · Walking Simulator · First-Person
Backrooms: The Deep Dark is a 4-player cooperative horror game where you will survive in a mysterious scary atmospheric world, wander through unknown dark corners and get scared of every nook and cranny!
ExplorationFPSPuzzleStealthPvEWalking Simulator3DFirst-PersonHorrorSimulation
-80%$0.99Eyes: The Horror Game
May 20 · Fearless Games
Both: Horror · 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
$2.00Static : The Beginning
Apr 3 · Ransol Studio
Both: Puzzle · Walking Simulator · First-Person
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
-50%$5.99Doll Impostor
Mar 28 · David Gallardo
Both: Walking Simulator · Horror · First-Person
Doll Impostor is a horror game where 1-4 players take on the role of guardians of possessed dolls. Work together to identify the impostor doll before 9 a.m, or face dire consequences. Every hour counts in this tense, fear-filled race against time.
StrategyActionAdventureWalking SimulatorHorror3DCinematicFirst-PersonSingleplayerPsychological Horror👍 968
$1.99Backrooms: The Next Level
Mar 14 · SUDT Games
Both: Puzzle · Walking Simulator · First-Person
Backrooms: The Next Level is a Co-op horror game up to 4 players, where you and your friends will explore the game, try to pass the game level using your mind, wit, remembering the places where you were
AdventureSimulationPuzzleWalking SimulatorExplorationFPSFirst-Person3DAtmosphericSurvival Horror
-10%$2.69Take Care of My Heifer
6 days ago · REVVALUTION Studio
Both: Walking Simulator · Horror · Dark
“Take Care of My Heifer” is a short horror game packed with terror and dark humor. You’ve been asked to look after a heifer until morning and follow the owner’s instructions. Just make sure you don’t miss anything.
Walking SimulatorIndieHorrorDarkAtmosphericPsychological HorrorSimulationExplorationThrillerFirst-Person
$4.99New Home
Aug 24 · kietchdev
Both: Horror · Puzzle · Walking Simulator
You are trapped inside your new home, where doors open up to various liminal spaces and anomalies appear around every corner. Will you manage to find your way out?
HorrorExplorationPuzzleWalking SimulatorCasualActionPsychological HorrorFirst-Person3DSurreal
$9.99Garten of Banban 7
May 10 · Euphoric Brothers
Both: Horror · First-Person · Puzzle
Explore the monster-occupied levels of Banban’s Kindergarten. Survive the dreads that reside below as you are now completely on your own. Uncover the truth behind the place, and find the whereabouts of your missing child…
HorrorSingleplayerFirst-PersonPuzzlePsychological HorrorCartoonyActionDark3DSurvival Horror👍 1,549
$9.99Garten of Banban 6
Dec 20 · Euphoric Brothers
Both: Horror · First-Person · Puzzle
Explore the forgotten levels of Banban’s Kindergarten. Survive the new terrors that reside below. Uncover the truth behind the place, and find the whereabouts of your missing child…
HorrorSingleplayerFirst-PersonPuzzleCartoonyPsychological HorrorDark3DSurvival HorrorAction👍 1,271
-20%$7.99Ultradimensional
Aug 19 · VYPXR Studios
Both: Puzzle · First-Person · Horror
Explore over 40 interconnected levels, evade over 20 unique entities, solve puzzles, manage scarce resources, and survive a nonlinear backrooms horror experience with multiple routes, and extreme replayability.
ActionAdventureStrategyAction-AdventurePuzzle3DFirst-PersonAtmosphericHorrorMystery
$3.99Paragnosia
Oct 24 · Sine Coda
Both: Horror · Puzzle · First-Person
Observe every corner of your apartment by moving your camera along a rail that runs through the rooms. Find and take pictures of paranormal anomalies to exorcise them. Locked in your surveillance room, will you survive tonight's 8 rounds?
Psychological HorrorHidden ObjectAtmosphericHorrorStealthPuzzleFirst-Person3DTime ManipulationRealistic👍 229
-20%$7.99Escape the Backrooms
Oct 23 · Fancy Games, Blackbird Interactive
Both: Horror · First-Person
Escape the Backrooms is a 1-4 player co-op horror exploration game. Traverse 30+ eerie backrooms levels while avoiding entities and other dangers. Try to escape but be warned: survival isn't guaranteed.
HorrorMultiplayerOnline Co-OpPsychological HorrorCo-opSurvival HorrorFirst-PersonEscape RoomExplorationAdventure👍 137,469
$6.99SCP: Descent
Mar 20 · Pixel Drip Games
Both: Horror · Puzzle · First-Person
Inspired by SCP-087, step into the shoes of an unfortunate student long before the stairwell became legend. Follow the clues left by those who came before, your only choice is to descend.
HorrorPuzzleLovecraftian1980sAtmospheric3DActionFirst-PersonRealisticConspiracy👍 105
$10.99Lazaret
Feb 20 · Aegon Games
Both: Horror · Mystery · Puzzle
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
-50%$2.49Dollmare
Oct 24 · Alex Grade, gonzeek, Oxeren
Both: Horror · First-Person · Walking Simulator
You've accepted a shady job offer at a doll factory. Inspect dolls for defects and anomalies. Follow strange protocols. Don't get fired and stay alive.
SimulationHorror3DPsychological HorrorFirst-PersonSupernaturalControllerWalking SimulatorMultiple EndingsLinear👍 2,047
New-15%$5.09The Confined: Basement
Yesterday · Forcell Games
Both: Horror · Mystery · Puzzle
You are trapped in a dark basement. To find a way out, you must piece together your forgotten past. Survive deadly creatures, collect mysterious notes, and discover who you are before it is too late.
HorrorAdventureThrillerSimulationMysteryPsychological HorrorPuzzleSingleplayerPsychologicalDark
$2.99Tempter
Jul 31 · Blue Pixel Games
Both: Puzzle · Walking Simulator · First-Person
"Tempter" is a suspenseful first-person horror game that shows how humans can be even more dangerous than demons when they gain power. It centers on the struggle to save one's soul against a demon after breaking a pact.
ExplorationHidden ObjectPuzzleVisual NovelWalking Simulator3DFirst-PersonSurrealHorrorAction
$3.99SCP-087
Jul 18 · EerieAdv
Both: Horror · 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
$1.34迷路会社 | Maze Company
Dec 12 · Coward_Watson
Both: Horror · Walking Simulator · Mystery
A short horror walking simulator where you just head from the workroom to the exit. Something may happen along the way, but don't worry, just keep going.Your goal is to return.
HorrorWalking SimulatorPsychological Horror3DFPSMultiple EndingsMysteryDarkPsychologicalRealistic
$9.99Whispers in the Void
May 7 · Anri Khachaturov, Artur Manukyan, Arman Petrosyan
Both: Horror · Puzzle · 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
$16.99Escape From Mystwood Mansion
Sep 27 · Lost Sock Studio
Both: Puzzle · Mystery · First-Person
In this first-person puzzle escape room game, you are trapped in the mysterious Mystwood mansion. Explore the mansion and find hidden compartments while solving puzzles and deciphering codes to find a way out. Will you escape or linger to uncover the mansion's final secret?
Escape RoomPuzzleCozyMysteryExplorationFirst-PersonCasualMultiple EndingsDetectiveController👍 885
$0.99Village
Sep 25 · STuNT
Both: Puzzle · Walking Simulator · First-Person
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
$3.99Kiosk
Jan 29 · Vivi
Both: Horror · First-Person · Walking Simulator
Kiosk is a horror cooking game where you prepare orders for late-night customers who visit your cozy, rain-soaked kiosk. The eerie atmosphere clashes with the mounting tension as you serve your mysterious visitors.
HorrorCookingPsychological HorrorImmersive SimPixel GraphicsFirst-PersonAction-Adventure3DAtmosphericWalking Simulator👍 2,555
$1.99Nightmare Train
Sep 29 · Gaia
Both: Walking Simulator · First-Person · Horror
Survival horror on a train racing through endless night. Explore the cars, collect artifacts, keep your sanity, and avoid the monster hunting you in the dark.
ActionSimulationWalking SimulatorHidden Object3DCinematicFirst-PersonRealisticDemonsHorror
$7.99Hospital 666
Mar 5 · Lokin
Both: Horror · Walking Simulator
Hospital 666 is a 1-4 player horror escape game. Traverse through eerie hospital levels while observing the occurrence of anomalies and choosing the correct elevator. Some abnormal bosses will chase you to death, and you must find the right way to escape them.
HorrorOnline Co-OpPsychological HorrorMultiplayerRealisticWalking SimulatorMultiple EndingsThrillerSupernaturalAdventure👍 1,203
$4.00Zort
Dec 7 · Londer Software
Both: Horror · First-Person
Zort is an action, adventure, and horror game that can be played with up to 4 people. Explore maps with your friends and have fun while escaping from various creatures. Experience a realistic horror experience with in-game voice chat with your friends!
Early AccessHorrorOnline Co-OpCo-opFunnyPsychological HorrorFirst-PersonPvEAtmosphericAction👍 11,741
$14.99Boxes: Lost Fragments
Feb 1 · Big Loop Studios
Both: Puzzle · Mystery
As a legendary thief, your next assignment lures you into a grand and lavish mansion. There you find a series of puzzle boxes, designed for an unknown purpose. What should have been a quick in-and-out, gradually turns into your own harrowing struggle for freedom and answers.
PuzzleMysteryPoint & ClickAdventureCasual3DAtmosphericHidden ObjectIndieStory Rich👍 3,245
$7.99The Inn-Sanity
Jan 9 · Steppe Hare Studio
Both: 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
$6.99The Backrooms: Escape
Nov 1 · QuixM Interactive
Both: Walking Simulator · First-Person · Mystery
The Backrooms: Escape is an experience in the liminal world of backrooms. Move freely, explore the secrets of the corporation, but remember - you are not alone.
ExplorationWalking SimulatorSurvival HorrorPsychological HorrorRealisticFirst-PersonAtmosphericMysteryRetroAdventure
$6.99Backrooms Rec.
Mar 6 · Liminal Logic
Both: Horror · First-Person
Dive into the mysteries of the Backrooms with a solo-developed survival game. Explore eerie hallways, uncover secrets alone or in multiplayer (up to 6 players), and take on unique challenges.
MultiplayerOnline Co-OpSurvival HorrorHorrorChoose Your Own AdventureFPSFirst-PersonLocal MultiplayerPsychological HorrorAction-Adventure👍 1,832
-25%$3.74ZonZon
Aug 15 · Paphnutius
Both: Horror · Walking Simulator · First-Person
The main character is a journalist who arrived at a large warehouse to record a documentary about the warehouse operation. But instead, he is faced with a real nightmare. The warehouse turns out to be populated by hungry guards and crazy warehouse operators who turn it into a death trap.
Psychological HorrorParody HorrorFunnyRealisticWalking SimulatorEducationActionFirst-PersonConspiracy
$9.99PANICORE
May 31 · ZTEK Studio
Both: Horror · First-Person
PANICORE is a survival horror game that mixes permadeath, AI monsters and a co-op experience up to 5 players (4 players in demo). Try to escape and don't get caught, but beware: they don't only hear your steps, but also your voice.
HorrorOnline Co-OpSurvival HorrorPsychological HorrorCo-opMultiplayerFirst-PersonPvEStealthAtmospheric👍 10,746
$0.99Don't Look Back
Jun 25 · Damage Control
Both: Horror · Puzzle · Walking Simulator
You've taken what seems like an easy task: find missing clues to unlock doors that will lead you to secrets of the abandoned house. What you don't know is the danger that lurks inside and outside the house!
HorrorPsychological HorrorPuzzleWalking SimulatorActionNonlinearProcedural GenerationPixel GraphicsFantasyStealth
$24.99ANIMAL WELL
May 9 · Billy Basso
Both: Puzzle · Horror
Explore a dense, interconnected labyrinth, and unravel its many secrets. Collect items to manipulate your environment in surprising and meaningful ways. Encounter beautiful and unsettling creatures, as you attempt to survive what lurks in the dark. There is more than what you see.
MetroidvaniaExplorationPuzzlePixel GraphicsPuzzle PlatformerPlatformerHorror2DAtmosphericAdventure👍 22,819
$7.99Backrooms Media
Dec 16 · NPK Games
Both: Horror · First-Person
Backrooms Media is a 1-4 player co-op horror that plunges you into unsettling, hyper-realistic liminal spaces. Navigate eerie environments filled with lurking horrors. Group up with your friends to face the terror of the endless backrooms together and... try to escape.
Co-opMultiplayerCasualPsychological HorrorHorrorOnline Co-OpSurvival HorrorFirst-PersonExplorationSingleplayer👍 546
-50%$3.99迷离诡夜 blurred weird night
Nov 16 · QSN
Both: Horror · 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
$2.99Rebirth:Which is my toilet
Apr 21 · DiracRipple, Reality Reconstruction Studio
Both: Walking Simulator · Puzzle · Dark
Which is my toilet is a satirical anomaly puzzle. You are the Reborn, assigned a random identity (97 genders + MEMES). Decipher absurd, ever-changing restroom signs in an infinite maze to find YOUR door. Choose wrong? Loop back! A unique blend of observation and dark humor.
Walking SimulatorPuzzleSatireFunnyDark HumorMemesComedyAbstractCasualDark
$9.99Spectral Scream
Aug 28 · STOIC Ent.
Both: Horror · Puzzle
Spectral Scream is a 1-4 player cooperative horror exploration game. Are you ready to face death in the maw of purgatory? Your goal is to find key items in each chapter and retrieve the orb. But be careful! Threatening and vicious creatures await you at every stage.
Online Co-OpCo-opHorrorMultiplayerPsychological HorrorThrillerDemonsSurvival HorrorLogicPuzzle👍 653
$1.95The Maze X: The First Chapter
May 1 · Riley Geddes
Both: Horror · Puzzle · First-Person
You return back to the once innocent and carefree escape room on Earth, filled with characters who brought joy to the living children dwelling the mazes walls! Now, it's a blood bath... You must press on! Complete the puzzles, activate the generators and free not just you, but the mazes soul itself.
HorrorCasualPuzzleExplorationFirst-PersonChoices MatterIndieSingleplayer
$0.99Lil Doll House
Apr 10 · Spektraul Studios
Both: Horror · Puzzle · Mystery
In this twisted horror escape game, play as Cynthia, the doll of a vengeful little girl who wants nothing more than to subject you to horrific traps designed to kill. Use strategic thinking to effectively solve action-oriented puzzles and escape with your life. But be quick, the clock is ticking!
HorrorThrillerPuzzleMysteryActionAtmosphericPuzzle PlatformerDark3DFirst-Person
$3.99IFU
Feb 5 · Setonika Games
Both: Horror · Dark · Walking Simulator
IFU is a psychological horror about a young guy who is forcibly locked in an abandoned mansion of a dead surgeon along with his restless soul.
HorrorAdventureThrillerDarkPsychological HorrorWalking SimulatorAtmosphericHidden ObjectExplorationCinematic
$24.99Lorelei and the Laser Eyes
May 16 · Simogo
Both: Puzzle · Horror · Mystery
The stage is set. Imagine an old baroque manor, perhaps a hotel or a museum, somewhere in central Europe. A woman wanders in search of answers.
PuzzleAdventureExplorationHorrorActionMysteryStylizedAction-AdventureIndiePsychological👍 3,110
$0.99The Attic
Sep 17 · IchiMakes
Both: Walking Simulator · First-Person · Horror
Visual Novel and Walking Simulator style game with multiple endings. A love letter to the classical horror stories about old haunted houses, basements and ofcourse attics. Psychological horror inspired by author's experience with OCD-like symptoms and intrusive thoughts.
RPGWalking SimulatorChoose Your Own Adventure2DComic BookFirst-PersonPsychedelicHand-drawnHorrorPsychological Horror
$14.99Hollow Cocoon
Dec 6 · NAYUTA STUDIO
Both: Horror · Dark · First-Person
"Trapped in a cocoon, the silkworm weaves her final dream." Hollow Cocoon is a first-person horror adventure game set in 1980s Japan. Immerse yourself in meticulously recreated environments as you venture into the depths of unspeakable horrors that await you.
HorrorPsychological HorrorAdventureSurvival HorrorDarkMultiple EndingsStealthFirst-PersonIndieAtmospheric👍 865
$3.99Parasomnum
Oct 15 · Lara the Pitbull
Both: Horror · First-Person · Dark
Minimalistic horror experience that offers 25-90 minutes of suspenseful gameplay as you try to escape from this unnerving reality.
HorrorFirst-PersonPsychological HorrorSingleplayerSupernaturalThrillerSurvival HorrorDarkExplorationAtmospheric
-50%$4.99Granny: Escape Together
Dec 6 · CreepyToad
Both: Horror · Puzzle
This is a creepy co-op horror game. In which you find yourself locked in a crazy Granny's house. But Granny is not the only danger that awaits you in the house, someone else creepy lives in the basement. You have five days to get out of the house!
HorrorSurvival HorrorMultiplayerAtmosphericHidden ObjectPuzzlePvPStealthLogic3D👍 1,666


