Games like Backrooms - 2005

92%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, stability

92% User Score Based on 1,559 reviews

You play as one of MagWave's researchers, going on an expedition into the Complex. When that expedition goes horribly wrong, you're left alone and lost, wandering the infinite maze of hallways. Otherwise known as the Backrooms. Might there be something in there with you? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Complex: Expedition.

87%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, music

87% User Score Based on 55 reviews

NOCLIP is a chapter-based liminal exploration game.Story 1: "Rescue" March 27th, 2002 Dr. Oscar Andersen, a scientist working for the state-funded 'Icarus Research' organization embarks on a rescue mission, what happened to the group of 4 that got lost? More chapters are to come in the form of free updates. Authentic Camcorder Aesthetic: Immerse yourself in the atmospheric setti… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to NOCLIP.

90%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, grinding

90% User Score Based on 1,020 reviews

Description. Dreamcore is a psychological horror game that immerses players in the eerie atmosphere of liminal spaces. Offering a one-of-a-kind experience, the game enables players to freely explore expansive, non-linear worlds for extended gameplay sessions. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Dreamcore.

93%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, optimization

93% User Score Based on 5,692 reviews

Experience the liminal world of the backrooms through a VHS camera, immersing into a mysterious story and wandering the dream-like structures... Might there be something following you? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Complex: Found Footage.

92%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, humor

Most mentioned negative aspects:atmosphere, gameplay

92% User Score Based on 61 reviews

You have found yourself in a space that reminds you of nothing, and everything. A space of rooms, that are both comfortingly familiar, yet strangely unknown. A space of quiet and loneliness. You have found the BACK*SPACE. You aren't sure if you are alone. You aren't sure if you want to leave. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to BACK*SPACE.

83%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, optimization

83% User Score Based on 800 reviews

You work in the cinema as an usher and accidentally fell into the Backrooms, now being trapped, needing to unravel the mysteries of the yellow rooms in order to get out of this place, but be careful, there are entities that will be in your way. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Backrooms: Lost Tape.

80%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability

80% User Score Based on 897 reviews

A short atmospheric terror game about liminal spaces. Escape the grasps of an underground neighborhood that is equal parts comforting and disturbing. If you've explored a dead mall, a foreclosed pool, or a school at night, you might already know what it's like to be in Anemoiapolis. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Anemoiapolis: Chapter 1.

83%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, story

83% User Score Based on 368 reviews

Descend into the Depths of the UnknownA man gasps for air as he surfaces from water—only to find himself trapped in a room of white tiles and endless pools. This is Level 37, the Poolrooms, a place where the familiar dissolves into the unknown. In this surreal journey, you will explore spaces that exist between worlds—hauntingly empty, disturbingly quiet, and yet strangely familiar. As you traver… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Liminalcore.

62%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, story

62% User Score Based on 74 reviews

Liminal Universe is a solo first-person adventure game that takes you deep into Liminal Space. In this experience, you focus not on the story but on understanding the world around you and the atmosphere it creates. The game starts on an entirely empty snowy map, and then continues with a pool and ocean. Although the game sometimes tells you what to do, it leaves it unclear what exactly you sh… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Liminal Universe.

93%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, stability

93% User Score Based on 95 reviews

Disminal is a First Person Exploration/Walking Simulator experience set in the backrooms where you will be able to wonder through some of it's unsettling and vacant places, is there an exit to be found? or will you be staying here forever, lost between two worlds. This game will focus merely on immersion and appreciation of aesthetics. Most zones/sections in the game are greatly influenced b… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Disminal.

86%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:story

91% User Score Based on 45 reviews

Backrooms: Last Room is a game with a serious plot and rare graphics. You are invited to dive into the utility rooms using a VHS camera. You may need a little luck to complete this whole journey in one piece) Be careful, because there may be dangerous creatures on the way You have a flashlight in your inventory, you can use it in dark places, there are ready-made locations, you can read more abou… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Backrooms: Last Room - Infinite Depths.

61%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, stability

77% User Score Based on 30 reviews

THE COMPANY is a realistic Backrooms horror game with multiple levels where you wonder thorough the backrooms and explore the levels. watch out for the entity's some entity are safe and wont chase you but some might your just have to find out :) there are 2 endings. THE COMPANY is based of The complex found footage. (will be coming to steam at a later date) Features  Realistic camera shake  Fla… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to BACKROOMS.

72%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, story

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability

72% User Score Based on 2,285 reviews

Subliminal is a real-time software raytraced horror/puzzle game based on the concept of The Backrooms. Endless procedurally generated levels, bleeding edge lighting, hostile entities, liminal spaces, and a sense that something is not quite right... If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Subliminal.

83%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, grinding

83% User Score Based on 131 reviews

A unique atmospheric suspense game developed using the latest Unreal Engine 5 technologies such as Lumen and Nanite. With every step you take, Liminal Shift pushes you deeper into an eerie, unsettling experience like no other. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to LIMINAL SHIFT.

88%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, replayability

88% User Score Based on 610 reviews

In the game "Psalm 5:9-13" you have to plunge into a terrifying place, at first glance it is quite normal, but the further you go, the more it reveals its essence. This horror game is a first-person walking simulator with a VHS effect and a tense atmosphere, explore the location, find anomalies, and move on. Frightening things will await you along the way, are you ready to face THIS? Th… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Psalm 5:9-13.

86%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, grinding

93% User Score Based on 4,764 reviews

Critic Score 80%Based on 14 reviews

Routine is a First Person Sci-Fi Horror title set on an abandoned Lunar base designed around an 80’s vision of the future. Curious exploration turns into a need for survival when a lunar base goes completely quiet. Searching for answers puts you face to face with an enemy who is certain the main threat is you. Discoveries lead to deeper unknowns and the only way to go is forward. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to ROUTINE.

96%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, grinding

96% User Score Based on 354 reviews

Critic Score 98%Based on 2 reviews

Ghost Town is a single player VR puzzle-adventure from the makers of The Room. London, 1983. Edith Penrose is a ghost hunter, busy exorcising her way through the city's restless spirits. But after her brother goes missing Edith must draw upon her wits & supernatural talents to unravel the mystery. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Ghost Town.

90%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:music, atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability

91% User Score Based on 11,674 reviews

Critic Score 85%Based on 2 reviews

Lunacid is a first person dungeon crawler inspired by old FROMSOFT games like Shadow Tower and King’s Field. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Lunacid.

77%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, stability

77% User Score Based on 124 reviews

Will make you feel like you're going insane. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to BLINK: The Last Night.

94%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:stability

94% User Score Based on 108 reviews

The year is 1983. After a skydiving accident, you awaken with your cheek pressed against a damp beige carpet. The tacky, off-white wallpaper looks yellow on your video camera's view screen. The fluorescent lights, randomly placed in the drop ceiling above, buzz loudly as they bathe the place in their sickly glow. And what is that smell? Sounds echo through the endless halls from no clear dir… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Transliminal: Beyond The Backrooms.

88%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability

88% User Score Based on 2,117 reviews

An android is led through a vast structure by a glitch in his visual system. Lorn's Lure is an atmospheric narrative first-person platformer with novel climbing mechanics and modernized retro 3D graphics. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Lorn's Lure.

93%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding

93% User Score Based on 912 reviews

Development Roadmap About the GameIncoming Message (SCPF-FLASH): Timestamp: NEE+364 Days (Martian calendar) To: [REDACTED] If you're reading this, it means the automated systems have finally brought you out of cryostasis. I don't know how much time you have, so I'll get straight to the point. You're at Mars Site-113, one of our largest anomalous research and containment facilities. Or… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to SCP: Fragmented Minds.

73%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, optimization

73% User Score Based on 529 reviews

Welcome to the depths of the Backrooms! Dive into a terrifying and unsettling journey where reality fades and nightmares come to life. I am proud to present my solo-developed game, offering a total immersion into a world as mysterious as it is disturbing, soon to be available in early access on Steam. In this immersive survival game, you will explore the labyrinthine corridors of the Backrooms… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Backrooms Rec..

67%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, optimization

67% User Score Based on 3,156 reviews

DON’T SCREAM is a jump scare horror simulator with one rule: if you scream, you restart. Last through the night in a huge forest until 08:00 AM while keeping your camcorder powered, uncovering secrets, and evading hunters. Time only moves if you do, so keep moving. Calibrate your microphone in-game. You can talk quietly, but if it's too loud, it's game over! MICROPHONE REQUIRED TO PLAY DON’T … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to DON'T SCREAM.

71%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, humor

Most mentioned negative aspects:atmosphere, gameplay

71% User Score Based on 52 reviews

Empty streets between soulless buildings… Structures that feel familiar yet alien… And the feeling that something is constantly watching you… Liminal City is an exploration-focused psychological horror and liminal space experience in the ultra-realistic VHS style, developed with Unreal Engine 5. As you navigate the relatively "safe" streets of Backrooms Level 11, reality can sudde… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Liminal City.

67%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, gameplay

82% User Score Based on 33 reviews

World Alone: Dreampools is a single-player Backrooms experience focused on dreamlike liminal pools. The game features a narrative told through cinematic sequences and immersive environments. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to World Alone: Dreampools.

95%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, gameplay

95% User Score Based on 3,407 reviews

Explore, admire and listen in this pensive artistic experience in PS VR2. Buy Pools at PlayStation Store. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to POOLS.

83%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, stability

90% User Score Based on 7,019 reviews

Critic Score 77%Based on 28 reviews

Discover Still Wakes the Deep at the official PlayStation website. Watch trailers, see screenshots, learn about gameplay features and purchase the game. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Still Wakes the Deep.

83%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, monetization

83% User Score Based on 143 reviews

Within Skerry Steam page is now live! feel free to check it out! Are you ready for my scariest game to date? https://store.steampowered.com/app/1871510/Within_Skerry/ Also feel free to give me a... If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to A Girls Fabric Face.

90%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:stability

90% User Score Based on 862 reviews

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. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Mists of Aiden.

85%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, story

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, replayability

85% User Score Based on 3,070 reviews

The Convenience Store is a J-horror game about a college girl on a night shift. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Convenience Store.

82%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, stability

82% User Score Based on 276 reviews

ADD TO WISHLIST NOW! About the GameThis is a playable teaser for a game Cognition Method. Cognition Method is a story-driven, first-person puzzle game inspired by Space Odyssey 2001 and Solaris. Discover innovative mechanics of altering gravity and dive into the surreal setting. Earth is on the brink of demise when the scientists discover the Cube, a mysterious space structure of unknown origi… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Cognition Method: Initiation.

95%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, stability

95% User Score Based on 195 reviews

AVERAGE TIME TO COMPLETE: 1hrs 30m You take on the role of Thomas Myrtle, a World War II veteran, returns from the war with PTSD and struggles with addiction, leading to the collapse of his marriage and a period of homelessness. In 1949, his grandparents take him in, helping him achieve sobriety, but his fragile peace shatters when his grandmother accuses him of stealing her medication. One ni… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Ethel.

69%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, stability

69% User Score Based on 600 reviews

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 fringes of a seemingly eternal purgatory. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to God's Basement.

77%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding

78% User Score Based on 1,914 reviews

Critic Score 70%Based on 1 reviews

Song of Horror is a psychological horror adventure. Face the manifestations of the Presence, an unpredictable, eldritch AI that reacts to your way of playing: you won't experience two exact gameplays. Death is permanent: you may die, but the horror continues. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Song of Horror.

61%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, optimization

64% User Score Based on 218 reviews

Critic Score 45%Based on 1 reviews

Doorways is a survival horror game in which nothing is what it seems. With diverse enigmas, changing gameplay and the scariest environments, you will have to overcome your fears if you want to get to the end and discover the truth. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Doorways: The Underworld.

85%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding

87% User Score Based on 7,362 reviews

Critic Score 83%Based on 4 reviews

Each death has its visage. How will you face them? 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. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Visage.

78%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story

Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, stability

78% User Score Based on 428 reviews

KEY FEATURES A blend of supermarket simulator and horror. Strange customers and situations add variety to each playthrough. Three different endings that depend on your choices. Your actions matter: the fates of your customers depend on the decisions you make throughout the game. DAYTIME — ALMOST A NORMAL STORE- Hit your daily sales quota - Restock shelves - Keep the store and surround… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to HELLMART.

80%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story

Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, stability

80% User Score Based on 490 reviews

Join the Discord About the GameA 1-3 co-op puzzle horror game. Lost in an accursed megastore, work together to find the exit before its lurking horrors trap you forever. Storebound will be built around several episodes that form a bigger story. The game currently includes Episodes 1 to 4, representing an average game time of 3-4 hours, depending on the difficulty you select and on how quic… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Storebound.

83%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:music, grinding

83% User Score Based on 208 reviews

Backrooms: Found Footage is a single-player horror game where you are the main character trying to survive the Backrooms. Curiosity wins and you decide to explore this weird place that you got trapped in. What could go wrong? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Backrooms: Found Footage.

77%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, optimization

85% User Score Based on 41 reviews

In Hotel 188, there are no monsters chasing you or cheap jumpscares. The fear comes from somewhere else: the atmosphere, the silence, the sound of your own footsteps… and that constant feeling that something doesn’t quite fit. You wake up in a place you don’t recognize. Time doesn’t move forward, the rooms feel the same but different each time you return to them, and the only path is forward...… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Hotel 188.

85%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, grinding

85% User Score Based on 159 reviews

Exanimum: The Silent Call - It is a first-person indie psychological horror game. The terrifying and bizzare events that happened to Jason and his daughter Jessica on the road to Greenfield town are dragging them into this eerie adventure, leading them into an unknown world. As Jason and Jessica venture deeper into the depths of the forest, an unsettling silence envelops their surroundings, the b… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Exanimum: The Silent Call.

84%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:music, optimization

84% User Score Based on 593 reviews

This is an indie horror from the first person, in which you find yourself in an area called Kowloon in search of cheap housing. The inhabitants of this place only at first glance seem to be ordinary people, but if we dig deeper, we will see their real faces. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Welcome to Kowloon.

88%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability

88% User Score Based on 4,080 reviews

Infra is an atmospheric and completely non-violent first-person puzzle/adventure that deals with the issues of deteriorating infrastructure. The player controls an ordinary structural analyst through abandoned factories, forgotten tunnels and unsafe buildings in a dangerous, crumbling industrial city and its surrounding rural areas. Along the way, the player will be taking photos of structural wea… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to INFRA.

76%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, stability

76% User Score Based on 347 reviews

Concluse is an atmospheric horror game which features puzzles, outstanding cutscenes, and something a little twisted.. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to CONCLUSE.

90%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, monetization

90% User Score Based on 372 reviews

WHAT IS A LIMINAL SPACE?: Liminal spaces are those strange, evocative, and occasionally unsettling locations that appear to be the entrance to another realm. When someone enters a space that is outside of typical space and time, they are said to be in a condition of liminality. These people straddle the boundaries set by law, custom, and convention for the typical roles, behaviors, and positions.T… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to DREAM LOGIC.

72%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, grinding

77% User Score Based on 2,164 reviews

Critic Score 67%Based on 25 reviews

Moons of Madness throws the player into a unique, first person, psychological horror game, combining Lovecraft influence with hard sci-fi. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Moons of Madness.

82%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding

91% User Score Based on 1,856 reviews

Critic Score 35%Based on 1 reviews

In the third episode of Fears to Fathom you play as Noah Baker, an 18 year old who got a small job offer to house-sit for the COO of a local media company for the weekend, he takes the offer as he had nothing interesting going on for that weekend. It wasn't long before he began experiencing something very unsettling about the place. Little did he know what was about to come. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Fears to Fathom: Carson House.

61%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, stability

73% User Score Based on 480 reviews

Critic Score 48%Based on 12 reviews

Don't Knock Twice is a first-person horror game based on a psychologically terrifying urban legend. To save her estranged daughter, a guilt-ridden mother must uncover the frightening truth behind the urban tale of a vengeful, demonic witch. One knock to wake her from her bed, twice to raise her from the dead. Explore a grand manor house and interact with almost every object you see. To find and s… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Don't Knock Twice.

91%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, grinding

91% User Score Based on 773 reviews

A dark and arid hellscape inspired by the likes of Metroid Prime and Dark Souls, Vomitoreum is an FPS Metroidvania set in an interconnected and nightmarish world. Explore a land that has been plagued with an eldritch infection, a horrible fog that blankets the world and turns it’s denizens into wretched mutants. Delve deep into the ruins of this plagued world and find a cure for this horrid bligh… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Vomitoreum.