Games like The Darkrooms

Welcome to the World of Nightmares! You play as Aleon, you woke up in an unfamiliar place. You need to understand what is going on and get help from the surrounding objects. After that read the documentation to find clues and then get out of the nightmare world. You have to meet Jouka and get ideas from him about the nightmare world. There are strange creatures that you don't know where they ca… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to ALEON's Nightmare 2.

You wake up from a nightmare. You can't count how many times you've had a nightmare this month. But this time, after waking up, you find some strange phenomena in your house. You want to go out to see, but the door is locked... In this game, you play as an ordinary man living in an apartment and trying his best to escape this nightmare. The main focus of the game is puzzle exploration, follow… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Dream Night.

Fair from Past — a pixelated psychological horror Step into the world between lives. You awaken in a sub-reality — a liminal system of passage, where something went wrong. Your journey is not simple escape: it is a slow, irreversible descent through seven layers, each distorting reality in its own way. Core Idea The game combines procedural room generation with heavy atmosphere: here, fear come… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Fear From Past.

Come forth and embark on a journey unlike any other, a test of survival, sanity, and ultimately, trust. Traverse strange, liminal realities alone or with up to three others, scavenge what's left, and fight to make it one more day in a dimension that's not quite real... and never quite safe. A DEAL YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE MADEYou were desperate. Life in the real world had become unlivable, humanity h… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Chains of Reality.

Zomb Zerro 999 Demo - VR Horror Experience. Explore a hidden mountain base in VR. Fight twisted creatures, solve puzzles — and stay alive. Uncover a forbidden ritual that threatens to unleash hell on Earth.   Story As special Agent Sam, your job is to find out what happened at the Ground Rock base. Pay attention to clues, read notes left here and there by scientists, security guards or admin… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Zomb Zerro - 999.

The strange feeling of deja vu when you wake up in a creepy room is not very pleasant. But the longer you stay awake, the creepier this place becomes. You came to your senses in an abandoned biolab disguised as a school. You have to investigate all the mysteries of the missing detectives with the help of their diaries. But due to the large amount of toxins and radiation in the school, the characte… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Escape From School : F.E.L.I.C.

An atmospheric Horror game inspired by the popular internet creepypasta, The Backrooms. In theory if we can somehow break the laws of physics and clip through an object, we can noclip out of bounds in normal reality. This may occur by an accident in most cases, but when it happens, you end up there. The Backrooms are a seemingly infinite non-linear space.All rooms in Level 0 appear uniform and sh… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Backroom Project.

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.

61%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, graphics

61% User Score Based on 59 reviews

A VR full-body narrative survival experience set in the Star Trek universe. You’re a Vulcan Starfleet officer, sent on a special mission aboard the U.S.S. Lumen, but something has gone horribly wrong. There’s no crew in sight, and an unknown entity has infested the ship. Now it’s inside your body, physically mutating you, unlocking dangerous new abilities at the cost of your sanity. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Star Trek: Infection.

36%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, replayability

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, gameplay

58% User Score Based on 12 reviews

Abyssal Trench is a single-player, first-person psychological horror game set deep underwater. You play as a lone explorer who awakens from cryo-sleep after a failed mission. Your escape pod is out of fuel, your team is missing, and a mysterious AI voice directs you to investigate three abandoned drilling sites scattered across the seafloor. In this narrative-driven horror experience, you must pi… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Abyssal Trench.

61%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, atmosphere

66% User Score Based on 44 reviews

This game is chapter based, this is the first chapter of this game!FeaturesJoy Land is a first-person horror game that contains puzzles, exploration, investigation and more!Joy is the one that you always need to count on while playing this game, with her help you canuncover the mysteries of Joy Land.You can communicate with her through your special Joy walkie talkie, or what we like to call, The J… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Joy Land.

75%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:music, graphics

75% User Score Based on 57 reviews

The Backrooms: Found Footage is a psychological horror game where you "no-clip" through reality and into the Backrooms. Explore 600 million miles of randomly generated office space, contend with entities, collect unique and useful lore, and attempt to maintain your sanity as you try to escape. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Backrooms: Found Footage.

33%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay

48% User Score Based on 21 reviews

The player finds himself in an abandoned Soviet bunker, built at the height of the Cold War. The protagonist is a stalker, a hunter for artifacts and secrets of the past. He entered the bunker, attracted by legends of secret experiments and the mysterious disappearance of all personnel. Moving through the bunker, the player is immersed in an atmosphere of tense anticipation and fear. He finds… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Project Phoenix.

DREADCELL is a first-person psychological horror experience where reality doesn’t break… it repeats. 2 to 3 hours of gameplay with multiple endings (good, bad, and secret) Each cycle evolves based on your actions and perception Hidden secrets, anomalies, and details to uncover with every exploration An experience designed for players who enjoy psychological horror, exploration, and e… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to DREADCELL.

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.

"Come to work. The rules are simple: stare at the monitors, and before dawn, don’t let 'those things' wandering around at night get into the security booth..." In the sweltering summer of 2002, you take on a night shift security job at Sunshine Residential Compound. A cramped, dilapidated guardhouse, a CRT monitor flickering with heavy snow static, nine surveillance cameras riddled with… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Midnight Watch.

Survive until 5 AM. Each death makes you a little less human. Game Overview Late at night, in an underground parking garage beneath an office building. Exhausted after another day of sales work, an unnamed salaryman steps into the cold, empty garage, expecting nothing more than the usual trip home. But the exits are sealed. The parking garage has become something else. Somewhere in the da… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to CLOWNROT -Kyoukan-.

No Nap November is a short psychological horror game set in a kindergarten trapped in an endless nap time. The children are asleep. The lights are dim. The building is quiet but something feels wrong. What should be a peaceful routine begins to repeat, looping endlessly as November drags on. Loops and AnomaliesEach loop, the kindergarten subtly changes. Toys shift position. Furniture is slightl… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to No Nap November.

Welcome to Your Forever Home Abandon all hope. You've clipped through the cracks of reality and fallen into the Backrooms—an infinite, decaying labyrinth of offices, corridors, and spaces that should not exist. Backrooms: Eternals is not just a game; it's a living, breathing simulation of the internet's most terrifying collective nightmare, built with uncompromising fidelity to the original lore.… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Backrooms: Eternals.

ABOUT THIS GAME WARNING: This game may trigger seizures for those with photosensitive epilepsy. NOTE: Stolen Life is a psychological horror game designed to immerse you in a tense and unsettling atmosphere. After hearing a mysterious scream, you discover a hidden, unfamiliar part of your own home. As you explore this strange new area, secrets begin to unravel, and you realize your wife h… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Stolen Life.

Enter the twisted dreamworld of Lunatix in this first-person psychological horror experience. As a test subject you'll navigate a distorted and ever-changing landscape, where reality blurs with nightmare. Solve interactive puzzles to unravel the mysteries of your subconscious and the forces at play. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Lunatix.

47%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay

80% User Score Based on 10 reviews

In this terrifying walking simulator, you will meet those virtual pets you once forgot in a drawer, and who now seek revenge, in an atmosphere full of mystery and secrets waiting to be uncovered. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Your Friend Wiggles.

Darkness Takeover is a short psychological horror game that places you in the mind of Karim a man trapped inside a haunted maze, pursued by an unrelenting force known as The Stalker Master. Your only hope is to explore, survive, and find the key that opens the final door. But beware: A corpse should be left well alone Featuring eerie sound design, immersive darkness, and a haunting original stor… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Darkness Takeover.

Don't allow food waste! A horror-flavored, exploration-based gluttonous adventure game where you aim to escape the apartment while running from the MOTTAINAI GHOST! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to MOTTAINAI GHOST.

50%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics

100% User Score Based on 1 reviews

WARNING: This game may be disturbing to some audiences as it contains images, sounds, jump scares, extreme violence, and intense horror. Play this game at your own risk. EXODUS: Dive into a world where the sun, once a source of life, has become humanity's executioner. After a devastating solar explosion, Earth has been transformed into an apocalyptic wasteland. You need to investigate what really… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to EXODUS: THE RISE OF CHAOS.

Liminal Leap: A Descent into the Unfamiliar ____________________ Liminal Leap is a heart-pounding escape room challenge set in the unsettling world of the Backrooms. Reality warps, familiar spaces twist, and you're trapped in a labyrinthine facility – a distorted reflection of the everyday. Your mission: Escape. Uncover the secrets of this insidious place and find your way back to reality. F… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Liminal Leap.

Experience the best indie horror-survival game with Missing Persons. You wake up in a strange room without remembering anything. Soon it turns out you were kidnapped by a scientist that wants to run tests on you. In this adventure play as Calvin and try to survive anything the scientist throws at your way and try to make it out alive.Key Features First-Person Action Game: See the game from the … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Missing Persons.

22%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned negative aspects:atmosphere, graphics

36% User Score Based on 11 reviews

"If you're not careful and 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 flourescent lights at maximum hum-buzz, and approximately six hundred million square miles of randomly segmented rooms to be trapped in."About the GameIn Backrooms - Surrealit… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Backrooms - Surreality.

Ashley: The Emptiness Inside — is a third-person psychological horror game in which you explore the restaurant that burned down many years ago. This place keeps many dark secrets covered in ash. Learn the history of this mysterious place from its founding to the fire in which many people died. Hidden caches, secret passages and mysterious puzzles are waiting for you on the way. Look for informatio… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Ashley: The Emptiness Inside.

45%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:story

71% User Score Based on 14 reviews

WISHLIST THE FULL NIGHTMARE ON STEAM AND JOIN THE DISCORD Waking from a nightmare, Sophie finds herself in an ever-changing dorm, with no memory of how she ended up there, while a mysterious entity tries to corrupt her mind and manipulate her identity. Can you lead Sophie out with her sanity intact? Cerebral demo introduces the opening chapter of Sophie’s descent. Explore the shifting dor… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Cerebral.

Enter the disturbing world of Backrooms Level X, a first-person narrative survival horror game that immerses you in an endless labyrinth of desolate and liminal spaces. 13 levels and giant enemies await you in this unique experience. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Backrooms Level X.

51%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:stability

83% User Score Based on 12 reviews

Master dynamic parkour mechanics like sprinting, sliding, and wall-running to outmaneuver dangers and navigate the treacherous terrain. Navigate through a vast network of terrifying levels, each more twisted and unsettling than the last, as you uncover the dark secrets hidden within. Experience the thrill of waterslides, gliding through twisting paths to explore new areas. It’s a fas… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Running Through Backrooms.

92%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, humor

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding

92% User Score Based on 92 reviews

Spot anomalies and uncover hidden clues to escape an office where overwork turns strange and experiments happen more often than coffee breaks. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Office After Hours.

88%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, atmosphere

88% User Score Based on 105 reviews

ABOUT THE DEMO Thank you so much for playing the prototype and providing feedback!Thanks to your support, PAGER now has a 10-floor demo! I hope you enjoy it, and I’d love to hear what you think. If you like the demo, please consider adding PAGER to your wishlist. Thank you! ABOUT THE GAME PAGER is a 1-bit 3D Kafkaesque horror game set in a 90s office building.It’s your first day at work, an… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to PAGER.

53%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, optimization

90% User Score Based on 10 reviews

Sublimity is a first-person horror game that drops you into an abandoned building complex. As field researcher Liam, you wake up disoriented and searching for your team. But as you explore, you uncover the dark experiments your own company has been conducting. Hide from creatures, piece together the truth, and try to find an exit. The Backrooms: The walls are a monotonous yellow and the atmosp… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Sublimity.

23%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, gameplay

36% User Score Based on 14 reviews

Eight people trapped in an old laboratory find themselves caught up in sinister circumstances as they try to survive their final moments in this action-packed, terrifying body horror game full of gore and madness. Immerse yourself in a nightmare where the boundary between flesh and insanity blurs. Oxide Room 208 challenges you to face your fears in a dark and twisted environment. THE STORY: Chron… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Oxide Room 208.

47%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:music

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, atmosphere

80% User Score Based on 10 reviews

In the distant future, humanity has spread across the unknown space, but along the way they discovered the harrowing and unexplainable known as the "Silent Zones". It's a phenomenon where a dense mist materializes out of nothing and engulfs an entire planet. The planet is then dubbed the Silent Zone. Only few things known so far are that once the planet is fully covered it starts emittin… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Silent Breach.

In RED NIGHT, you play as Tess and face a demonic artificial intelligence in a horror anthology game. Each level explores a universal fear through unique and terrifying worlds. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to REDNIGHT.

82%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, music

82% User Score Based on 264 reviews

Focus on exploration Find passwords for doors, search for access cards for terminals, repair damaged equipment and combine items. Think with your head. Intense battles You have a gun, but that doesn't mean you're safe. The enemies here are deadly, and not all of them can be killed... The atmosphere of cold loneliness Graphics inspired by classic 3D games such as Zero Tolerance, System Shock… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to ZERO PROTOCOL.

79%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere

79% User Score Based on 56 reviews

A woman with multiple personalities disorder and a doctor to uncover the mystery of her missing boy. A first person survival horror adventure game. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Noosphere.

Only One is a psychological horror game. New update! Bug fix (main menu) THE SUBJECT OF THE GAME In "Only One," your mother and brother rush to the hospital, leaving you home alone. But as night falls, the house becomes a playground for paranormal activity. Unexplained phenomena, eerie whispers, and unseen entities haunt your every step. Survive the night and unravel the secrets that … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Only One: BodyCam.

You arrive at an apartment building on the south side of the city to visit a friend you have not seen in years. The door to Unit 305 is unlocked, but no one is home. A note has been left on the dining table. Your phone has no signal, and the hallway you just crossed no longer feels familiar. When you try to leave, the building changes. Explore a Shifting Apartment BuildingWith each new loop, it… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Loop Apartment: Visitor.

A horror game about an elevator repair technician who, as he ascends, discovers what became of those who never made it back down. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Shell as Hard as Steel.

Resist control through sound.Aiya Desire is an exploration × rhythm game × horror adventure in which you explore the massive radio tower Sentinel and uncover the truth behind the neural-linked chip known as HC. Search rooms, collect items, and piece together clues from conversations and logs. Face approaching enemies and unsettling horror sequences. Then, when boss battles begin, the game shifts… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Aiya Desire.

Game Title: Cold Spring – Liminal Space Tagline: A procedurally generated 2D psychological horror survival game. Short Description: You are an ordinary urban woman. One night, deep in your apartment building, you fall into an endless, looping liminal space. No weapons. No allies. Only ever-rearranging corridors, lurking entities, and the ice axe in your hand. Core Gameplay Procedurally Generate… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to 冷泉-阈限空间.

About BURIED INSIDE MEIn BURIED INSIDE ME, you play as an ordinary office worker who, after an uneventful day, collapses at home… only to “wake up” inside his worst nightmare. Nothing fits. Nothing makes sense. And something is watching you from within. What is happening? Who are you, really? Why are you doing this to yourself? Explore a world that distorts with you, solve impossible puzzles, and … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to BURIED INSIDE ME.

Step beyond reality—and start building it. Backrooms Game Creator is a powerful sandbox tool that lets you design, customize, and explore your own liminal horror experiences. Inspired by the endless, eerie maze of the Backrooms, this creator gives you full control to shape unsettling worlds, craft unique encounters, and define how players survive them. Build your own levels using modular environ… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Backrooms Game Creator.

The Silent Expedition Echo Protocol is a co-op first-person horror game for 1–4 players, set in endless liminal “backrooms” where nothing makes sense and reality feels wrong. You are not a soldier or a hero. You are just… stuck. Your only real weapons are your flashlight, almond water – and your friends. THE PLAYERYou wake up in a cold, humming corridor with no idea how you got there. The room… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Silent Expedition Echo Protocol.

You are alone in the office. Or at least, that’s what you try to believe. In Cutter, a first-person psychological horror game, you follow June, an office worker who starts taking night shifts after the unexplained disappearance of a coworker and close personal friend. What begins as corporate routines, doubts, and quiet questions slowly turns into silent tensions and unsettling mysteries, beco… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Cutter: Nightshift.

Work late. Stay alive.One Late Night: Remake brings back the cult indie office-horror classic with modern visuals and controls, expanded story, and new scares — while staying true to the claustrophobic tension that made the original unforgettable. You play as an unnamed office worker finishing a late shift when strange events begin to unfold. Lights flicker. Doors lock. Emails corrupt themselves.… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to One Late Night: Remake.