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Anomaly Archives is a first-person psychological horror and anomaly-detection game set across eerie, looping environments. Trapped inside shifting liminal locations, from an uncanny art museum to endless yellow halls, damp tiled poolrooms, and abandoned underground subways, your only way out is through razor-sharp observation and memory. Every subtle distortion matters, and trusting your instinct… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Anomaly Archives.

92%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, story

96% User Score Based on 47 reviews

                                   Anant Express – A Journey Into the Unknown Beware of the anomalies. If you sense something unusual, turn back immediately... Anant Express is set aboard a haunted sleeper-class indian train. You board the train as an ordinary traveler, but as the journey progresses, strange events begin to unfold. Mysterious passengers. Shifting compartments. Whispers in the d… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Anant Express.

40%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, story

52% User Score Based on 29 reviews

Instead of a traditional flashlight, a camera flash – a brief, flickering, blinding light that reveals dark secrets and leaves you in total darkness when it fades. Every step is a fight for survival, and the use of the flash completely redefines the way you explore dark locations. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to HorrorCore: Maze and Pools of Horror.

93%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, humor

Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, story

93% User Score Based on 61 reviews

You are locked inside a cinema. Your only way to escape is to follow the instructions of your task: Watch the same film clip repeatedly and search for flaws to break free. But this may sound easier than it is, every wrong decision or death will set you back. So be careful! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to One Last Clip.

An elevator that doesn't obey the laws of space. Descend through impossible places, spot anomalies, follow the rules, and survive whatever waits on the Last Floor. In Last Floor, you are trapped in a looping elevator system where each floor leads to the same corridor, but something is always slightly wrong. Across 3 increasingly corrupted episodes, the corridor twists further away from reality… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Last Floor: Paradox.

Paranormal Archives is a psychological horror experience where space, memory, and reality quietly unravel around you. You awaken inside a circular hall, surrounded by twelve identical corridors. Only one of them is real. The others are lies — or traps. Each correct path reshapes the world. New objects appear in the hall. Documents emerge, whispering about experiments, about a captured seraph… an… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Paranormal Archives.

S.N.A.P. is a first-person survival horror hidden-object game set inside a rotting roadside dark ride built by a cannibal carnival family. It starts the way bad things always do: with a road you should have never taken, a house that should have burned years ago, and the feeling that something inside is already waiting for you. A simple job, that is how traps like this always sound. Search the … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to S.N.A.P..

73%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, story

73% User Score Based on 79 reviews

Step into an uncanny building trapped in endless loops. Use the elevator, uncover unsettling anomalies, and evade the Entity lurking behind you. Liminal Exit, an immersive walking simulator inspired by liminal spaces. Can you escape, or will you remain forever trapped? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Liminal Exit.

63%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability

94% User Score Based on 18 reviews

"Something moved... but it’s not in the photo anymore." Enter the haunted halls of Mugen no Gakkou, a lonely Japanese school. As a rookie investigator for a clandestine paranormal research team, your only tools are your camera and your instincts. Document the anomalies. Survive the school. Don’t trust your eyes. Inspired by Japanese psychological horror and anomaly-spotting games, Para… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Paranormal Snap Shot.

82%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, music

88% User Score Based on 66 reviews

Critic Score 63%Based on 2 reviews

Your task today: Memorize your environment and report any anomalies. Good luck with your shift! "Shift 87" is an observation horror game with subtle anomalies and unsettling occurrences. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Shift 87.

88%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, humor

Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, gameplay

88% User Score Based on 234 reviews

Welcome to Twisted Gallery — where reality distorts in silence.You find yourself alone in a modern art museum. White walls, black floors, and meticulously arranged exhibits. Everything seems orderly… yet deeply unsettling. Your task is simple: observe and make the right decisions. Sometimes, moving deeper into discomfort may reveal something different. Can you spot the changes? Or will you rema… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Twisted Gallery 异馆.

90%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, optimization

90% User Score Based on 684 reviews

They've haunted you for too long. Tonight they want to strike, but you're no longer helpless. You have the tools to banish them for good. Expect them to manifest as anomalies in every inch of your apartment to escape your vigilance. FIND ANOMALIESYou'll have to be very vigilant to make it through the night. Move your camera along the track, rotate it at 360°, spot and take pictures of anomalies … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Paragnosia.

You are trapped in a deserted terminal, which has been twisted into a terrifying looping nightmare. Gather the access code for the boarding gates and escape an endless airport. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Terminal Shift.

78%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, optimization

78% User Score Based on 116 reviews

Welcome to Project 13, a unique Walking Simulator that challenges your perception and instincts in an repeating Psych Ward Corridor. In this immersive experience, you step into the shoes of a disposable Probant, devoid of rights and a future, tasked with navigating a mysterious, repeating Psych Ward Corridor.Your objective is clear: report any anomalies encountered during your walks. The catch? A … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to PROJECT 13.

89%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, grinding

94% User Score Based on 6,321 reviews

Critic Score 78%Based on 4 reviews

You are trapped in an endless underground passageway. Take a good look around and find a way to escape. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Exit 8.

Awakeness – Steam Description (Revised)Awakeness is a first-person psychological horror game set within Barzakh — a higher layer of reality that exists between states of being, where familiar spaces obey unfamiliar rules. You awaken as Yalda, alone inside an immense, distorted environment that feels unsettlingly close to reality, yet fundamentally wrong. There are no explanations, no guidance, an… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Awakeness: YALDA Night.

You are trapped in a silent swimming pool. Everything is flooded, yet strangely calm. Swim through the endless corridors and chambers of this submerged pool. Watch closely, something is always just a little… wrong. Anomalies distort the stillness. When you notice one, turn back immediately. If nothing is wrong, keep going forward. Your only chance of escape lies in knowing the difference… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to 10 Feet Under.

RE-EXIT is an anomaly horror game that challenges your perception and attention to detail. Trapped in a temporal loop caused by an unexplained anomaly, your mission is to observe your surroundings carefully, survive, and report any irregularities to find a way out. Gameplay Overview: Anomaly Detection: Each time you loop, scrutinize the corridor for any changes. Anomalies can be subtle or ove… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to RE-EXIT.

You can find all the latest news and updates on the game's page on Gamejolt, I actively update content there. Spectrum Shift on GameJolt Now Powered by Unreal Engine 5 We are excited to announce that Spectrum Shift has transitioned to Unreal Engine 5, unlocking incredible potential for stunning visuals and immersive gameplay. To help us bring this vision to life, we are actively looking for a te… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Spectrum Shift.

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.

76%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, music

76% User Score Based on 90 reviews

IN THE FACADE WE TRUST™ traps you in a corridor caught in an ever changing and increasingly unsettling loop. With each cycle, you’ll notice subtle differences, but your objective in this corridor is not just to observe the changes. As the narrative unfolds, you will be forced to place your trust in someone during each cycle. The catch? Who you choose to trust will depend on both the knowledge you’… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to IN THE FACADE WE TRUST™.

95%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability

95% User Score Based on 349 reviews

CAPTURED is an analog horror game where you capture anomalies on camera to escape what seems to be an endless hallway in your own home. Investigate mysterious phenomena, survive frightening entities, and reach the end of the hallway! Explore a procedural generated endless hallway filled with unusual phenomena and ever-changing rooms. Caught in a never-ending loop, leaving the house only leads yo… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to CAPTURED.

87%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, replayability

87% User Score Based on 1,160 reviews

You are trapped on a train that runs forever.Keep an eye out for anomalies and find a way out.Please be aware of any train anomalies..Platform 8 is a short walking simulator inspired by Japanese subways and liminal spaces. Play time 15~60 mins About Video Distribution See the official KOTAKE CREATE website. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Platform 8.

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.

The Anomaly Protocol – Investigation on the Endless FloorsThe Anomaly Protocol is a psychological horror game focused on methodical observation, subtle tension, and liminal atmosphere. As an anomaly investigator, your task is to inspect an infinite series of apartment floors, identifying and documenting irregularities using a structured checklist system. Each floor presents a familiar yet unsettl… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Anomaly Protocol.

You are not here by accident. Burdened by sins you cannot escape, you find yourself trapped within a silent, forsaken church. There are no prayers left to save you - only a ritual. Observe your surroundings carefully. Something is always wrong. An object shifts when it shouldn’t. A figure appears where none existed. The church itself begins to change. These are anomalies. … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Profaned.

Welcome to the Backrooms, where reality ends, and terror begins. In this survival-horror experience, you’re trapped in the unsettling liminal spaces of the Backrooms, armed with only your bodycam and your wits. Explore a procedurally shifting maze of endless halls, decaying rooms, and dark corridors, each more unsettling than the last. But beware, something is always watching. Survival Is Key:… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Backrooms.

A short first-person horror game where strange anomalies slowly begin to appear in a laundromat you casually visit. As you return again and again, you move closer to the ending waiting in this place. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Laundry That Won’t Open..

94%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, story

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, character development

94% User Score Based on 71 reviews

The Store looks familiar.That’s the problem. You enter a brightly lit furniture superstore made of showrooms, aisles, and corridors. Everything is clean. Orderly. Normal. Then it repeats. The rooms return in the same order, with the same layout — but not always in the same state. Something may be wrong. Or nothing may be wrong at all. And knowing the difference is the only way forward. Observatio… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to SCP-3008: Infinite Store.

94%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, replayability

94% User Score Based on 68 reviews

Your memory is fading. Things around your home keep changing; they are not what they appear to be. Find what is wrong, take pictures to restore your memory. Try to remember. Learn what you have forgotten, learn what has happened. It is not what it seems to be. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Confabulation.

Spot the anomaly. Trust your gut. One mistake sends you back to car one. Each run drops you into the same train car — but something's subtly off. Compare it to what you remember as "normal." See a change? Go back. Looks clean? Move forward. Get it wrong, and you're back at the start. No HUD. No hints. No counters. Just your attention, building a streak of correct calls — one car at a … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Wagon 00.

84%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, story

84% User Score Based on 56 reviews

Paragnosia: Museum blends anomaly-spotting with tense camera-observation gameplay. You play as Claire Ballard, an exorcist dispatched by the Cam-on-Rail Company. Your mission: monitor the museum throughout the night and neutralise any paranormal activity before it’s too late. STAY FOCUSED Every hour brings new supernatural changes, from the obvious to the very subtle. Observe carefully, compare, a… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Paragnosia Museum.

98%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, music

98% User Score Based on 91 reviews

Use your phone to survive the horrors, capture clues, and solve puzzles in this first-person psychological horror experience. Trapped inside a warped digital nightmare by a mysterious entity, you must navigate a world where technology distorts reality. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Face of Another.

78%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:story

87% User Score Based on 40 reviews

Your beloved employee is back! Before Exit: Gas Station is the next game in the franchise. You clean up your workplace, take care of the last customers, and make sure everything is closed. If every task is complete, you are safe. Otherwise, your boss will not be pleased! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Before Exit: Gas Station.

After a night filled with nightmares, you find yourself in an unfamiliar mansion. All you know is that you must escape... But this place is no ordinary building; it’s a labyrinth filled with dark forces that are constantly trying to catch you. In every corner, in every room, dark memories from your past come to life, and every death pulls you back into the same nightmare. The only way out of thes… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Cursed Loop.

75%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:stability

75% User Score Based on 60 reviews

A LONELY JOB IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHEREMary is an 18-year-old girl who’s just moved out and taken a night-shift waitress job at a desolate roadside café on the edge of nowhere. Each night, the silence grows deeper. Customers grow stranger. And the feeling that someone is watching becomes impossible to ignore...   This is the first episode of the True Nightmare series — a psychological horror that … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to True Nightmare - Roadside Сafe.

96%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, grinding

96% User Score Based on 550 reviews

Interior Worlds is an ambient first-person exploration game where you take pictures of liminal spaces. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Interior Worlds.

About This GameYou moved below the ocean to escape the chaos above. Down here, in the quiet of the deep, you and your wife were supposed to be safe. You were wrong. Fathoms is a first-person psychological horror game set in an underwater apartment complex, where subtle anomalies creep into your daily life — and looking away is not an option. ️ Observe to SurviveSomething is wrong in your apartm… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Fathoms.

THE APARTMENT LIESThe Apartment Lies is a first person anomaly horror game that challenges your perception, memory, and nerves. You are trapped inside a seemingly ordinary apartment building, but with each step forward, the environment subtly changes. Your task is simple in theory, yet terrifying in practice: spot what is wrong and choose the correct door to survive. Gameplay Overview The game i… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to THE APARTMENT LIES.

Feature ListNew Update! Leaderboard System AddedYou can now compete with other players! The Leaderboard system ranks players based on their survival skills in the endless horror staircase. Check your ranking, compare with others, and climb to the top! Follow our news at YouTube: EndlessNightmareNeverAwaken Tiktok: endlessnightmareneverawa Feature ListExperience Over 40 Terrifying Events!E… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Endless Nightmare: Never Awaken.

Thomas takes a job as a night guard, and his job seems simple: check that everything is in order. But his shift turns into an ordeal when he has to spend the night in an eerie, cold and narrow cave. The oppressive atmosphere, strange sounds and the feeling that someone is watching you. Each step in the darkness brings him closer to unraveling the mysteries that the cave hides. Gameplay In the ro… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to somnus.

Game Content"Mom, Where Are You?" offers a stimulating and immersive psychological horror experience centered around observation, memory, and survival. Basic GameplayYou play as a little girl left alone by her mother, trapped in a familiar yet terrifying room where reality begins to twist. Every few moments, ordinary objects—lamps, paintings, toys—start to change into evil dolls, dri… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Mom Where Are You.

You are an Anomaly Inspector working the night shift. Your job is simple: walk through each area, inspect for irregularities, and report your findings. CLEAR means everything is normal. ANOMALY means something has changed. But as the night progresses, the changes become more unsettling. THE JOB Objects appear where they shouldn't be. Rooms feel subtly wrong. Sounds echo from empty hallways. Every … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Anomaly Inspector.

54%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay

86% User Score Based on 14 reviews

Anomaly 404 is a first-person psychological horror in the spot-the-difference genre, where your goal is to find and photograph anomalies. You are a journalist who has received an anonymous letter from an employee about horrifying experiments conducted on people.Armed with only a camera, you infiltrate Void Corporation's secret military facility to expose the truth behind "Project 404"Void Corpora… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Anomaly 404.

41%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, graphics

70% User Score Based on 10 reviews

You entered by choice. Can you find your way out?The Soviet era has long faded into history. But its shadows still linger... In the heart of an abandoned scientific facility lies a mysterious anomaly. This place exists outside of time, reason, and logic. You are a scientist, an investigator accustomed to confronting the unexplained. But what awaits you here will turn your world upside down. Wha… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Soviet Anomaly 7.

53%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, story

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, music

90% User Score Based on 10 reviews

Step into the lavish lighthouse; an opulent façade hiding a sinister secret. Its beacon, once a trusted guiding light, now threatens to unleash untold horrors upon the world. Your mission is clear: identify the ever-seeping anomalies in a bid to shut it down. But the restless entities within will fight back, their desperate whispers echoing through the halls, yearning for their dark truths to be h… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to P1: Anchor Light.

64%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:optimization, humor

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, gameplay

95% User Score Based on 19 reviews

A regular night shift turns into a chilling fight for survival. Explore a bustling rest stop, uncover dark secrets, and face the haunting legacy of a tragic accident in PASSENGER 23. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to S.O.V: Passenger 23.

92%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

92% User Score Based on 66 reviews

Armed with nothing but your camera, investigate the abandoned Gretlow House in this short, atmospheric horror game. Uncover a chilling mystery through a realistic found-footage lens. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Gretlow Tapes.

58%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay

73% User Score Based on 30 reviews

Who are you? A question that haunts you as strange events unfold around you. You're trapped in a house that feels eerily familiar, yet it twists and reshapes itself with every cycle. Reality warps, rooms shift, and the boundaries between past and present blur. Your mind fractures with every second spent inside, teetering on the edge of sanity. Will you uncover the truth, or will you be lost to th… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to MIRROR MIRROR.

90%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding

90% User Score Based on 52 reviews

A first-person horror game where you play as Daniel, a Maritime Operative trapped alone aboard a submarine. Sent to investigate an abandoned deep-sea colony, you uncover dark secrets as terrifying horrors await in its depths. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Hell Dive.