Games like Liminal:Childhood Memories

41%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics

61% User Score Based on 18 reviews

About the DreamYou had a dream, but you discovered you can't wake up. In this strange dreamscape woven from Chinese nostalgia, childhood memories, and liminal spaces, everything reasonable yet unreasonable will happen. You can only explore step by step and finally choose whether to return to that bustling, real-world city...Main Styles Core: Chinese Dreamcore, Liminal Space, Nostalgic Tear-jerke… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Strange Dream.

78%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, gameplay

78% User Score Based on 58 reviews

Welcome to Liminal Lane Liminal Lane is a short, single player, first person, atmospheric walking simulator. A nostalgic, surreal experience exploring Liminal Spaces. Uncover the secrets of Liminal Lane and escape the Lucid Dreams and Haunting Nightmares. The Game features many different linear and unique Liminal levels with some puzzles and escape areas. Explore 10 levels, each with un… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Liminal Lane.

A place built from things you almost remember... Inspired by the original unsettling feeling of the Backrooms, Spaces Between is a psychological liminal horror game about loneliness, memory, and losing yourself in impossible places. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Spaces Between.

Experience the Backrooms like never before.There are no obvious monsters. There are no clear explanations. Only spaces that seem to watch you… and a constant feeling that you should not be here. Backrooms: The Levels is a psychological horror and liminal exploration experience, designed for players seeking deep immersion, constant tension, and the unsettling nostalgia of places that feel as if… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Backrooms The Levels.

50%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, graphics

79% User Score Based on 14 reviews

The Binding Hour is a short, psychological horror experience set within a decaying, long-forgotten house deep in the woods. You step into the role of an unnamed intruder drawn to the property by forces beyond understanding. As the hours pass, the once-abandoned rooms begin to shift and change, revealing twisted memories and buried secrets. The Binding Hour uses oppressive atmosphere, distorted rea… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Binding Hour.

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 narrative-driven psychological horror game where a secluded house twists memory into reality. As your sanity deteriorates, uncover a buried truth hidden within its walls before the house reveals what you've tried to forget. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to What the House Remembers.

92%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:music, gameplay

92% User Score Based on 51 reviews

Wander through dreamscapes woven from memories of the millennium. Use your camera to freeze tender fragments of days gone by, collecting lost shards of childhood. In an atmosphere where Chinese Dreamcore and Liminal Space intertwine, savor a warmth that feels both familiar and strange. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Millennium Dream.

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.

66%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, gameplay

100% User Score Based on 17 reviews

Welcome to The Lost Painter, A single player, first person, atmospheric walking simulator exploring liminal spaces. Enter your Paintings and explore a world full of mystery and Horror. Storm the beaches of Normandy, Get lost in the Backroooms and Survive the Devils Labyrinth. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Lost Painter.

63%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:emotional

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, gameplay

100% User Score Based on 14 reviews

Welcome to the Valley of Shadow. In it, you will experience a REAL harrowing journey of loss through the eyes of the developer. Experience the depth of grief as he visits the places of his childhood and discovers where love and acceptance come together. Experience the dramatic retelling of a traumatic event in the lives of the developers, three siblings, through the eyes of one as he attemp… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Valley of Shadow.

92%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, grinding

93% User Score Based on 1,842 reviews

Critic Score 85%Based on 1 reviews

A Surreal Adventure Through Memory, Moments and Time If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Gardens Between.

78%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, character development

78% User Score Based on 79 reviews

Forgotten Fields is a game about a struggling author who travels back to his childhood home one last time before it's sold off. Visit old friends, relive memories and experience bursts of inspiration in this nostalgic game about the passage of time. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Forgotten Fields.

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.

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.

Further From Me is a first-person narrative puzzle game where you explore an abandoned medieval village in search of your missing family. Solve environmental puzzles, uncover long-buried truths, and confront the person you've been running from all along. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Further From Me.

This deeply personal, atmospheric journey leads you through a childhood home now filled with shadows and silence. Exploring and uncovering old diaries, notes, and open meaning evokes melancholy, nostalgia, and reflection on loss, memory, and the bonds that tie us to home. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to and no one was there.

April ‘86 - is a mystical first-person thriller which has our protagonist journeying to the abandoned city of Pripyat, to confront the secrets of the past. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to April '86.

Aerocore is a liminal walking simulator about the future they promised you and never arrived. Welcome to the corporation. As our newest employee in the evaluation department, your task is to traverse and verify our immaculate virtual test environments. This is a contemplative experience designed for your relaxation. There are no monsters, no combat, and no sudden dangers. The terror comes exclusiv… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Aerocore.

Echoes from Liminality is a first-person narrative exploration game that draws you into The Threshold, a strange and haunting dimension filled with echoes of the past and fragments of a life left behind. Guided by ambient soundscapes and emotionally driven puzzles, you’ll navigate uncanny environments, uncover long-buried secrets, and piece together a story that blurs the line between memory and d… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Echoes from Liminality.

Every archive hides a secret. Every door leads somewhere it shouldn’t. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Paranormal Archives.

What would you think, hear, and see when you find a box of items from a past relationship that has long been left behind? Before Closure is a first-person immersive narrative game. As Murph, you’re getting ready to move out when you discover a box of belongings left behind by your ex, Georgie. Together with Murph, you’ll sort through what’s inside—and decide how to face a relationship that n… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Before Closure.

They said fear could be measured, isolated, eliminated. They said the human mind could adapt. That sleep was a weakness of the human soul, a flaw to be cured. So they kept them awake. And then… they never slept again. When the last light went out, the signal didn’t stop. It remembered. It learned. It woke up. The Forgotten TownHidden deep in the northern Ural forests lies Novokirsk, a Soviet se… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Entity Unknown.

Dr. Crimson suggests a different approach. He believes the key lies in prolonging the induced state, pushing the subject deeper into the convergence points. “Let them linger,” he wrote in his latest notes. “Let them witness.” What if the monsters you feared... were born from your own memories? Crimson Theory is a psychological horror game that blends mystery, survival, and dream logic in a surre… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Crimson Theory.

A Psychological Maze Between Reality and NightmareYou wake up to find yourself in a strange swimming pool. A space surrounded by white walls and infinitely stretching pools. A world where the ordinary transforms into the surreal. In this dreamlike exploration, you will wander through realms that exist in the gaps between realities—spaces that are hauntingly empty, eerily quiet, yet somehow famili… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Liminal Horror.

Brutalismus: Chapter 1 is a short Brutalism inspired first person walking simulator, atmospheric exploration experience. Where The air is thick with an eerie silence, enjoy the comfort of the safe rooms, and find a way trough the unknown. Discover strange notes, and feel the empty atmosphere. Prepare for the unforeseen consequences... and well also sometimes you may be left wondering, … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Brutalismus: Chapter 1.

49%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:atmosphere, stability

59% User Score Based on 34 reviews

A single player horror experience that will take you on a journey through liminal space. As you enter this dream-like world, you will find yourself in a place where everything feels unreal and unsettling. The atmosphere will make you feel as if you are in a dream, or if you have just entered one of your own. As you explore the levels, you will encounter surreal landscapes and hidden secrets. The … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Backrooms: Liminal Reality.

47%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, story

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, optimization

80% User Score Based on 10 reviews

A first-person horror game that has you explore the surreal mindscape of a murder victim. Armed with your trusty flashlight, you must gather evidence to try and piece together the details of the murder and free them from their suffering. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to What You Don't See.

48%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, graphics

77% User Score Based on 13 reviews

---All music featured in the full version of the game is royalty-free / streamer-friendly!--- You arrive at an old opera house for a simple freelance job. Your task is straightforward: prepare the stage before morning. You’ll run sound checks, test stage equipment, restore failing systems, and complete routine technical work in a theater that hasn’t been used in years. Step into the shoe… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Ovation.

74%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, optimization

74% User Score Based on 110 reviews

In a mother’s embrace. Callus is a short psychological horror walking simulator. What does it mean to be bound to another person? Is it love, an emotional connection, a desire to stay close? But what if these feelings are distorted? What if attachment becomes a form of violence? Average playtime: 30 minutes Returning to his mother’s apartment, he is briefly pulled back into the past. Every cor… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to CALLUS.

94%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, optimization

94% User Score Based on 133 reviews

12 Memory Lane is a first-person narrative mystery game. Step inside the manor of the elusive Henry Villemaine and piece together the slices of life leading up to the sudden disappearance of his family. EXPLORE AN EVER-SHIFTING MANSIONHenry Villemaine’s mansion is constantly shifting : faces change in photographs, furniture moves when you’re not looking... Use post-it notes to mark objects and k… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to 12 Memory Lane.

95%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:monetization, stability

95% User Score Based on 380 reviews

Spend one last afternoon exploring your childhood neighborhood before the world ends at 6:38 PM. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Eternal Afternoon.

50%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, stability

76% User Score Based on 17 reviews

After a tragic accident, Mark struggles to recover, battling debt and deep psychological scars. One day, a mysterious job offer appears and seems like hope. As the night begins, everything changes. Is this his chance to start over, or his first step into the heart of darkness? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Untold Memories: Potter's Field.

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.

56%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, gameplay

92% User Score Based on 12 reviews

Made for VR. Memories feel closer here.Hidden Memories of The Gardens Between is a tranquil single-player adventure-puzzle game about time, memory and friendship.  With twice the content of the original, Hidden Memories invites you to unlock Arina's personal diary and solve 40+ new puzzles — woven seamlessly into a deeper, more intimate journey. WHAT'S NEW IN HIDDEN MEMORIES 40+ New Puzzles – … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Hidden Memories of The Gardens Between.

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.

89%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, story

Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, stability

94% User Score Based on 3,060 reviews

Critic Score 78%Based on 4 reviews

“I know what he’s doing… He’s watching you.”Travel to Riven, a beautiful and mysterious world on the verge of collapse. Explore this mysterious place, solve its puzzles, reveal its mysteries, make a daring rescue, and escape. Features VISIT A MYSTERIOUS WORLD“I am Gehn. I assume you’ve heard of me.”Riven takes you on a journey through dense jungles, awe-inspiring caverns, and monolithic structures… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Riven.

74%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, story

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability

74% User Score Based on 2,591 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.

91%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding

91% User Score Based on 378 reviews

A walking simulator about dear memories, overcoming obstacles, and finding your path. Experience a story inspired by finno-karelian folklore. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Runo.

37%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding

37% User Score Based on 92 reviews

"The sands have no pity." The inhabitants of Zetta-115 often say that. The same they instill in their children from an early age. And this is what they whisper about, sitting in their dilapidated shacks, waiting for the impending storm... If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Sands.

92%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, grinding

92% User Score Based on 1,402 reviews

Summerland is a first-person narrative game about morality and the afterlife. You take control of Matthew, a detective reliving the events of his past, being questioned on his morals along the way. In every door lies another memory, and every memory unlocks another door. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Summerland.

79%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay

92% User Score Based on 37 reviews

Time Loader: First Memories is a story-driven puzzle-platformer with tiny robots, alternate realities, nostalgic music, and primitive tech from the 90s! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Time Loader: First Memories.

65%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, graphics

88% User Score Based on 25 reviews

Into the Metaverse is a VR Dark Ride Pilot about humanity's quest for ever deeper immersion showing scenes from the past, present and future. VR may be the ultimate Dark Ride tech. This is a 10 minute polished Dark Ride "Pilot" that will leave you wanting more. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Virtual Journey Into the Metaverse.

95%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability

95% User Score Based on 634 reviews

Meet colorful characters, discover mysterious secrets, and reassemble the fractured remains of an ethereal crystal as you explore a series of abstract worlds based on dreams, nightmares, and the places in between. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Hypnagogia: Boundless Dreams.

76%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, grinding

76% User Score Based on 684 reviews

Home is Where One Starts... is a short, first-person exploration game in the same vein as Dear Esther or Gone Home. It’s a story about childhood, hope, and the miracle of memory. You play as a little girl from a broken home somewhere in the American South. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Home is Where One Starts.

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.

62%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, story

Most mentioned negative aspects:atmosphere, gameplay

90% User Score Based on 20 reviews

Immerse yourself in an alien realm where the sights, sounds, and sensations that you experience all become clues for your survival. Touch a green glow and see its effects. Open a gateway to a new area. Experience new rooms, and descend deeper. Level by level, tap into your gaming intuition to solve each puzzle. Who or what is the "host" and what is your relation to this space? With… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to HOST.

41%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, optimization

60% User Score Based on 20 reviews

Mindmist is a first person, story driven game about exploring the dark side of the human history. You will visit past and witness some of the historical events that represents how we, as humans, are greedy and inclined to fight. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to MINDMIST.

67%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:emotional, story

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay

100% User Score Based on 18 reviews

Embark on a heartwarming journey through the enchanting world of "Oneiric" a whimsical walking simulator on Steam. Immerse yourself in the nostalgic charm of a single night, stepping into the shoes of a curious 7-year-old boy. As you navigate the dreamy landscapes, explore the magical realms of childhood fantasies and unlock the secrets hidden within your dreams. Each dream holds a key t… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Oneiric.

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.