Games like Empty Heaven: Liminal Dream

Explore massive interconnected liminal spaces inspired by dreams, forgotten places, and the unsettling atmosphere of the Backrooms. Wander through abandoned shopping malls, endless highways, underground tunnels, retro fast food restaurants, empty cinemas, surreal hotels, and impossible spaces that should not exist. Liminal Agent has 4 chapters and every chapter introduces new environments, hidden… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Liminal Agent.

94%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:music, story

94% User Score Based on 100 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.

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. … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to DREAM LOGIC.

61%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay

75% User Score Based on 32 reviews

A home brewed 360° interactive horror flick. Witness a troubled soul craving to make a chilling home movie realize that the monster lies a lot deeper than he could have ever guessed. Play the cassette and rewind the terror hidden inside. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to R00000.

91%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:music, story

91% User Score Based on 79 reviews

A different kind of liminal experience. Explore surreal spaces inspired by nostalgia, discover hidden paths, and unravel a mystery that is shaped by your own mind. No monsters, no combat. Just atmosphere, discovery, and dread. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Liminal Shroud.

70%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, humor

Most mentioned negative aspects:atmosphere, story

70% User Score Based on 61 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.

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.

28%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, humor

Most mentioned negative aspects:atmosphere, graphics

44% User Score Based on 16 reviews

You are in a mysterious place, Aquariums and Liminal Halls surround you... As you go deeper your mind starts to play tricks, did you see something move inside the tank? Or is it just your Thalassophobia? As you wander the Aquariums you will have to go into the water and face the horrors inside the tanks. Stuck in a Liminal / Poolrooms / Backrooms facility, Its your job to find out who create… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to AQUARIUMS.

A place built from things you almost rememberJennifer wakes alone in an endless maze of quiet, uncanny spaces with no memory of how she arrived there. Yellow rooms stretch impossibly into the distance. Forgotten hallways blur together into strange nostalgic places that feel welcoming, yet profoundly wrong. Familiar patterns repeat where they shouldn't. Not a single other person in sight. Somethi… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Spaces Between.

Release Information Hey everyone! The game has been in the works for over a year now, and I'm pleased to say that the game is now very close to getting released! While I'm not entirely sure about the exact release date of the game, I'm aiming for spring/summer of this year! A lot of the levels are almost fully finished and all they need is game mechanics, along with some other small things! Sta… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Kenophobia.

83%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, story

83% User Score Based on 155 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.

48%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, atmosphere

70% User Score Based on 20 reviews

!!!WARNING TO USERS!!! .redruM was born as a work of art before being a walking sim game, which aims to communicate a message. The game is deliberately slow, this is precisely to stimulate the user to look for this message within themselves and do it with calm and patience. The .redruM Experience: A Psychological and Cinematic Horror .redruM is a psychological and cinematic horror experience… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to .redruM.

83%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, story

83% User Score Based on 477 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.

59%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding

71% User Score Based on 34 reviews

A slow-burning, psychological horror walking sim set in a haunted Japanese neighborhood. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Blue Maiden.

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.

95%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:music, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding

95% User Score Based on 148 reviews

You don't know how you got here, and you don't know how you'll leave. Wander the depths of the Backrooms in hopes of finding something more. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Within the Backrooms.

An unauthorized data breach reveals ALL LIGHT IS GONE - a deeply-intricate, found-footage psychological horror game. Enter a sentient brutalist megastructure shaped by humanity's collective subconscious. Evade unearthly entities, manage your panic, and survive the House. Be Consumed. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to ALL LIGHT IS GONE.

Beyond Acrimony is a first-person psychological horror set within the fractured spaces of a grieving mind. Reality begins to unravel as you venture through strange, ever-changing environments where familiar places become increasingly distorted. Every space hides fragments of a buried past, and every puzzle brings you closer to a truth that refuses to stay forgotten. As your surroundings shif… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Beyond Acrimony.

A Silent Descent Into the Unknown Step into a vast, ever-changing pyramid. Left behind after a tour, you find yourself alone, with nothing but the echo of your footsteps guiding you forward. There are no enemies. No UI. No distractions. Just you, the space… and the feeling that something isn’t quite right. The deeper you go, the less the pyramid obeys reality. The pyramid is not static. … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Anubria.

A survival horror game set in a liminal world of post-Soviet interiors, soaked in bleak nostalgia from floor to ceiling. Explore empty corridors, listen for sounds behind you, and try to find a way out of the nightmare. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Soviet Backrooms.

Torn Veil is a psychological horror game that immerses you in a chilling tale of moral decay in a deeply unsettling atmosphere to deliver a haunting experience. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Torn Veil.

100%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, optimization

100% User Score Based on 71 reviews

1963. A classified experiment. A grieving mother with unnatural powers. Step into a first-person psychological horror told through the static of a Cold War-era monitor peering into the astral realm and beyond. Find out what happened to you and uncover the conspiracy they tried to bury. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Project Looking Glass.

89%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding

89% User Score Based on 118 reviews

Dread Neighbor is a first-person psychological horror experience inspired by modern Chinese horror. Multi-Perspective Storytelling Based on real-life elements, explore the hidden fears and anxieties of urban solitude through the perspective of multiple victims. Start as a young woman working and living alone in the city. To cut costs, you move into an old apartment building that is cheap, but unne… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Dread Neighbor.

92%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, replayability

92% User Score Based on 59 reviews

Poolscape is a retro reimagining of the Poolrooms, evoking the nostalgia of classic PSX games by immersing players in the iconic liminal space with authentic ’90s-styled visuals and atmosphere. DEMO LEVELS Level 1: Classic Poolrooms - A linear, by-the-books Poolrooms experience. White tiles, soft marble, and fake skylights form the comforting yet uncanny liminal space you’d expect from a classi… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Poolscape.

62%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, gameplay

81% User Score Based on 27 reviews

All That Time is a psychological horror experience centered around memory reconstruction, surreal exploration, and environmental puzzle-solving. As an operator inside a failing reconstruction system, you are tasked with entering unstable liminal memories connected to patients through a liminal hub known as Echo Mall. Inside these dreamlike environments, you must investigate personal spaces, locat… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to All That Time.

93%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, story

93% User Score Based on 115 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.

88%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, story

88% User Score Based on 104 reviews

She continues to dream. A first-person dream simulator where you explore a corner of a dream. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Nidana.

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.

87%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:music, atmosphere

87% User Score Based on 142 reviews

Seybul Tech is a walking simulator. Navigate as an office employee, confronting peculiar encounters while in search of an exit from this enigmatic abyss. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Seybul Tech.

38%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, story

48% User Score Based on 29 reviews

Traverse your way through this Atmospheric Psychological Horror! Explore the 9 eerie levels of The Backrooms, a place where everything seems familiar, with a constant feeling of something or someone watching you. Why were you chosen to enter The Backrooms? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Backrooms Exploration.

98%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, atmosphere

98% User Score Based on 57 reviews

Closer To Home is a dialogue-focused walking simulator with light puzzle elements and item collection. Navigate connections between reality and dreams, look for weird stuff and make friends. There is no reason to fear death. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Closer To Home.

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.

Hypnagogia is a short, surreal, and explorative platforming game involving deep dreams, liminal spaces, and sleep paralysis demons. Navigate strange worlds, chat with weird folk, discover secrets, and escape before your nightmares finally take hold. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Hypnagogia 催眠術.

POOLIMINAL is an atmospheric liminal space horror game set in endless, procedurally generated poolrooms. A Backrooms-inspired descent into thalassophobia, where the real terror lies in the dark water below. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to POOLIMINAL.

Join the Community Join the Community If you want to stay updated on development, share feedback, or connect with other players, you can join the official Discord server. It’s the best place to follow progress between updates and be part of ongoing discussions around the game.   About the GameStep into the quiet decay of Crestwood Mall… where something isn’t quite right. Lost Exit is a … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Lost Exit.

Fire in the Dark is a survival strategy game set in a world consumed by endless darkness. In the last bastion of light—a lone campfire—you must guide a group of diverse characters, each with unique skills and challenges, through the horrors that lurk in the shadows. Make tough choices, manage scarce resources, and face relentless threats to keep the fire burning and spirits alive. Will you brave t… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Fire in the Dark.

A Radio Tower in the remote, isolated countryside is your next assignment. What appears to be a quick repair job quickly spirals into a dreadful ordeal. No one has seen the previous Technician and the Corporation has sent you alone to fix this mess. The Assignment from your Superiors Fix computer terminals, generators, ventilation systems and transformers. Use a variety of specialised tools… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Dead Frequency.

"If you're not careful and you noclip out of reality in the wrong areas, you'll end up in the Backrooms, where it's nothing but the stink of old moist carpet, the madness of mono-yellow, the endless background noise of fluorescent lights at maximum hum-buzz, and approximately six hundred million square miles of randomly segmented empty rooms to be trapped in "Backrooms: Step Into The Vo… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Backrooms: Step Into The Void.

Explore an abandoned liminal space. Uncover dark secrets through eerie exploration and environmental storytelling. Evade unpredictable supernatural entities and face psychological horror. Will you reveal the truth or become another lost soul? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Backrooms.

The Rule of SHE is a role-playing game that delves into the enigmatic character of SHE. In this ever-shifting world, reality and time are constantly in flux, and each scenario introduces a different set of rules that must be followed. Any violation of these rules will bring misfortune upon yourself. Adhere to them to uncover the truth and delve into the deepest secrets of SHE. Only when you hav… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Rule Of SHE.

89%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, replayability

89% User Score Based on 1,723 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.

92%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization

92% User Score Based on 65 reviews

HYPNOS is a first-person adventure and exploration game, set in a lovecraftian megastructure fever dream. Enter the Nameless City at the edge of Dreams. Follow the trail into the shadow of the Holy Mountain. Embrace your destiny. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to HYPNOS.

63%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics

76% User Score Based on 34 reviews

In the Backrooms: Exit from Supermarket, you find yourself trapped in a labyrinth of endless, flickering aisles. Unearth dark secrets behind every shelf while evading lurking apparitions and supernatural terrors. Can you survive the haunted corridors and escape before the nightmare consumes? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Backrooms: Exit from Supermarket.

67%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, grinding

67% User Score Based on 161 reviews

From the developer:We are not trying to invent something fundamentally new; we simply love the dreamcore aesthetic. However, it seemed to us that existing games often emphasize the unsettling side of liminal spaces, which usually evoke feelings of anxiety and loneliness. So we decided to create a softer, dreamier, and less frightening interpretation. We hope it gives you that very feeling of anemo… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Dreamcore: Rabbit Hole.

Once upon a time, Lydia Whitaker woke up. Alone and abandoned in the Whitaker Manor, once a testing ground for pseudoscience experiments, our female protagonist navigates a mansion in an endless night, escaping a violent presence around every corner. She experiences other bizarre paranormal phenomena including an RGB nightmare, a haunted hedge maze, monsters in walls and more horrors. Discover t… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to /R - A Neurodivergent Thriller.

38%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:atmosphere, optimization

62% User Score Based on 13 reviews

NOTE: The game focuses on exploration and builds tension slowly to create a deeper and more meaningful experience. Its story is unveiled through surreal cinematic imaging. Estimated completion time: 1.5hours. Please do leave a review if you liked the game as it helps a lot! - How far will you go to reunite with your lost daughter? ItLivesInTheWoods is a first-person psychological horror game… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to ItLivesInTheWoods.

57%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, emotional

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, story

84% User Score Based on 19 reviews

A challenging first-person psychological horror game where you play as Vera, trapped in a nightmare tied to her family’s tragic past. Burn the cursed teddies, restore lost memories, and break sealed doors to survive The Mare. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Unsealed: The Mare.

82%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, music

97% User Score Based on 35 reviews

Apparatus: Exanimus is a walking simulator/exploration game with horror elements, aesthetically imitating (and explicitly pretending to be) a lost game developed in 1998 by a company long out of business. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Apparatus: Exanimus.

41%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, story

Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics

63% User Score Based on 16 reviews

GAMEPLAY NOTE:  This is NOT a stupefying horror game with monster's scaring your wits out. Minimal use of user-interface, minimal dialogue. Under graphics, the game is best played with Ultra Settings. STORY & CHALLENGES: Relish the artistic yet unsettling world of Liminal Salvation where true fear comes out of sheer tranquillity, ever-present in the air and a worrying instinct that behind cl… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Liminal Salvation.

90%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, emotional

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, gameplay

98% User Score Based on 43 reviews

Hope Deferred is a first-person psychological horror RPG. Explore nightmare worlds and search for understanding in this PSX inspired dungeon crawler. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Hope Deferred.