Games like The Complex: Expedition

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?

"POOLS is a single-player Simulation game that offers marvelous graphics and a tense atmosphere. With no user-interface, dialogue, or background music, the game relies on realistic sounds and echoes to create a sense of presence. As you explore, you'll notice changes in the world around you, with each chapter offering unique and atmospheric rooms, playing on fears of getting lost, darkness, and tight spaces."

In "Anemoiapolis: Chapter 1," explore a haunted, abandoned underground neighborhood filled with liminal spaces, puzzles, and mysterious creatures. Swim, jump, and climb through the eerily well-lit corridors while evading otherworldly beings. With procedural generation elements, each playthrough will offer a unique and unsettling experience, accompanied by a chilling soundtrack from JORDANN and Intellifax 42.

Dreamcore is a single-player platformer that plunges you into vast, surreal liminal spaces like the haunting Dreampools and the eerie Eternal Suburbia. With no guidance, it challenges your intuition amid stunning graphics, a dense atmosphere, and a mesmerizing soundtrack. Its psychological exploration and grind-heavy gameplay create a unique, immersive experience between dreams.

ROUTINE is a single-player first-person sci-fi horror action game set on an abandoned lunar base with an 80s retro-futuristic vibe. Featuring excellent graphics, a dense atmosphere, and a spectacular soundtrack, it combines intriguing storytelling with immersive exploration and stellar mechanics. Players must carefully observe their surroundings, solve mysteries, and survive intense encounters without waypoint markers, blending emotional depth with moments of humor.

"The Backrooms Lost Tape" is a horror-exploration game set in the infamous Backrooms, a never-ending maze of monotonous rooms. Players must navigate the labyrinth using only a flashlight and avoid the grotesque creatures that lurk in the shadows. The game is based on the found footage premise, with the story unfolding through discovered tapes and notes scattered throughout the environment.

"Visage is a nerve-wracking first-person horror simulation, centering around exploration of a vast, ever-changing house with a dark past. Its intricate story unfolds through surreal visuals and atmospheric details, coupled with exceptional graphics, soundtrack, and an ingenious sense of place. Be prepared for a challenging, highly emotional experience that may contain bugs and requires patience."

Amenti is a single-player horror adventure that plunges you into the eerie, underground tomb of Rudamon to uncover the truth about ancient Egypt’s link to aliens. With a dense atmosphere, masterful visuals, and an intriguing plot, you explore dark corridors as a historian and photographer, though gameplay can be hindered by bugs.

"Layers of Fear" is a single-player horror action game with an intriguing story and good gameplay, set in a densely atmospheric Victorian-era mansion. As an insane painter, you explore the ever-changing environment, searching for your magnum opus, while experiencing hallucinations and uncovering the secrets of your madness. The game boasts amazing graphics, perfect music, and emotional depth, but can be very grinding and buggy, with some elements that may make you laugh.

"Still Wakes the Deep" is a first-person narrative horror game from The Chinese Room, the creators of "Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs" and "Everybody's Gone to the Rapture." As an oil rig worker, you must survive a violent storm, treacherous waters, and an otherworldly terror while searching for your crew and trying to communication with the outside world. The game is known for its atmospheric world-building, audio, writing, and acting.