Walking Simulator PC Games | Stories Found on Foot, Ranked

No combat, no death, no failure. You walk, look, pick things up and read, and a story rises from that. Some walk you through someone's house to learn their past; in others, the landscape itself narrates. Most end in two to four hours, and that brevity has fuelled the 'not a game' complaint, which is why reviews split — and why the highly rated ones really are. Japanese support changes the reading experience here, so the language filter earns its place. Project Looking Glass and Back to Hearth, for example, hold a steady rating with fewer than 500 reviews.

3,839 titles match. 881 of them hold a steady rating on 10–500 reviews, 1,022 support Japanese, and 600 are free.

2,286 titles (10–500 reviews, by rating)

TitleDatePriceRatingTags

Shelley's Haunted House: Uncover the Lady in Black's Dark Secrets5/5$1.99-50%60% positive 10survival-horrorwalking-simulatorhorrordemonsadventureS

HighScore Anomaly Shop: A Mind-Bending Observation Puzzle3/29$3.9960% positive 10simulationcasualpuzzlewalking-simulatorfirst-personS

Shutterbuds: Capture the Wild in Co-op Adventure5/2Free38% positive 180co-opcreature-collectorexplorationadventurefunnyS

Ling House: Echoes Within – A Psychological Horror Where Reality Warps8/25$4.9953% positive 17psychological-horroradventurewalking-simulatorpuzzlehorrorS

The Overnight Screening: A Cinematic Horror Adventure8/31$4.9953% positive 17simulationadventurewalking-simulator3d-platformerexplorationS

Room 13: A Short, Atmospheric First-Person Horror Experience10/4$2.9945% positive 42horroradventurewalking-simulatorfirst-personlinearS

Escalator: An Anomaly-Hunting Horror Simulation1/6$2.9939% positive 123adventurewalking-simulatorsimulationhorror3dS

NIGHT STORE SIMULATOR: A Creepy Night Shift Experience12/6$4.9950% positive 22singleplayersimulationwalking-simulatorexploration3dS

Invisible Fear: Return to the Haunted School2/20$7.9950% positive 22singleplayerhorroratmosphericdarkfirst-personS

DETECTIVE: Scene Crime - Unravel Mysteries Across Five Gripping Cases9/4$10.9950% positive 22investigationadventurecrimemysteryrealisticS

Assassin Of Goblin: Medieval RPG Adventure to Reclaim Stolen Skulls9/24$3.9948% positive 27adventurecasual3d-fightersandboxwalking-simulatorS

Test of Fear: A Short, Intense Psychological Horror Experience6/21$1.9948% positive 27psychological-horrorhorrorwalking-simulatoratmosphericrealisticS

The Backrooms: Rescue Expedition - Survive the Liminal Spaces10/20$9.9947% positive 30co-ophorroronline-co-opmultiplayerrealisticS

Cyberpunk Horror: Escape the Dark Hotel5/9$4.9945% positive 38horrorcyberpunkatmosphericwalking-simulatorthrillerS

Desert Gunner: Unleash Military Might in On-Rails Action3/18$2.9941% positive 68on-rails-shooteractionwalking-simulatorfpsshooterS

BookStore Simulator: Manage Your Dream Fantasy Bookshop8/10$7.9950% positive 20simulationwalking-simulator3dfirst-personrealisticS

Sad Virus Horror: Collect Beer in a Dark 3D Walking Adventure10/3$2.9950% positive 20adventuresimulationsandboxwalking-simulator3d-platformerS

Abyssal Trench: Survive the Psychological Horror of the Deep3/31$3.9953% positive 15actionadventurehorrorsimulationpsychological-horrorS

Traffic Stop Anomaly: A Nighttime Horror Walking Simulator9/25$2.9953% positive 15horrorwalking-simulatorchoices-matteractionatmosphericS

Amazeing Lemons: A Timed Maze Adventure12/6$4.9942% positive 53multiplayercasualindiesimulationexplorationS

Scary Hospital Horror Game: Investigate a Haunted Asylum7/2$2.9944% positive 39adventureactionsingleplayercasualshooterS

Living Pipes: Unravel a Mystery in a Remote Building7/2Free45% positive 33atmosphericinteractive-fictionpuzzlepoint-&-clickwalking-simulatorS

SICK: A Descent into Jack Willis's Eternal Torment4/30$4.9945% positive 33adventurepsychological-horrorhorroratmosphericwalking-simulatorS

Number 217721: Unravel Puzzles in an Enigmatic Testing Ground4/15$0.49-51%48% positive 23adventureactionpuzzlewalking-simulatorexplorationS

Crime Podcast: 1976 - A Noir Psychological Horror Adventure9/28$1.49-50%54% positive 13horroradventurepsychological-horroratmosphericwalking-simulatorS

No Lights: Survive the Night as a Guard Against Demons1/21$0.9954% positive 13actionhidden-objectplatformerwalking-simulatorsurvivalS

Poseidon: Find Golden Sharks in a Relaxing Greek Island Adventure5/30$0.9954% positive 13casualsimulationwalking-simulatorexplorationhidden-objectS

Selene's Nightmare: Survive a Teen's Dark Fantasy Adventure7/12$2.9954% positive 13horrorstory-richadventureanimewalking-simulatorS

The Cesspit: First-Person Horror Adventure in Dark Sewers9/13$4.9954% positive 13simulationadventurewalking-simulatoraction-adventuremystery-dungeonS

The Exit Project: Backstreets - Unraveling the Repeating Urban Nightmare1/29$2.9954% positive 13psychological-horrorwalking-simulatorhorrorfirst-personpuzzleS

The Game Store: Unravel Mysteries in a Strange Neighborhood10/4$7.9954% positive 13atmospherichorrorexplorationsupernaturalimmersive-simS

The Unfamiliar Story of Grandfather's Heritage: Unravel a Family's Dark Secrets5/10$0.9954% positive 13adventurewalking-simulatorfpsfirst-personatmosphericS

Whispers of Silence: Uncover a Family's Secrets in this Free Exploration Game4/20Free54% positive 13walking-simulator3dsimulationsingleplayerfree-to-playS

Tobit – Relive a Biblical Story in a Virtual Forest2/14Free43% positive 42walking-simulatorlinearshortindiecasualS

Lucid Dreams: Polyventure - Explore Psychedelic Worlds for Endangered Species1/28$3.9943% positive 42indieexplorationwalking-simulatorpsychedelicabstractS

Deceased: Uncover a Family's Dark Secrets in a Haunted Mansion12/9$2.9946% positive 28actionadventurepuzzleaction-adventureexplorationS

A.V.I: Uncover Mansion Horrors from a Mysterious Video File11/29Free44% positive 36indiepuzzlehorroratmosphericsingleplayerS

Journey to Echo: A Post-Apocalyptic Survival Simulation9/11$4.9942% positive 48survivalopen-worldcraftingindieexplorationS

Do Not Disturb: Uncover the Belhaven Hotel's Dark Secrets5/31$4.9950% positive 18explorationimmersive-simhidden-objectpuzzlewalking-simulatorS

River God: Enshrouded Current - Unravel Ancient Curses7/11$5.9950% positive 18explorationinvestigationwalking-simulatoraction-adventurefemale-protagonistS

The Third: Ancient Egyptian Horror Adventure in Mysterious Temple4/14$5.9945% positive 31adventurehorrordarkexplorationwalking-simulatorS

Thou Shalt Not Kill – A VHS-Style First-Person Horror Experience7/10$4.9944% positive 34psychological-horrorhorror3datmosphericrealisticS

The House She Haunts: Escape a Farmhouse Nightmare10/12$1.5048% positive 21actionadventureaction-adventurewalking-simulatorhidden-objectS

Farmer Adventure: Dragon's Stolen Sheep Quest1/10$10.9946% positive 26singleplayeradventurerpgactionarcadeS

Better Off Dead: Life as a Prison Guard - A 1980s Thriller9/9$0.9946% positive 26thrillerdark-comedygorelinear1980sS

Mortuar: Investigate and Exorcise Ghosts in Co-Op Horror7/9Free38% positive 88actionhorrorcasualpsychological-horroronline-co-opS

Red October – Uncover the Secrets of Cold Nuclear Fusion4/22$3.9945% positive 29multiplayeradventurewalking-simulatorchoose-your-own-adventureexplorationS

Hearing: An Open-World Walking Simulator You Experience With Your Ears8/7$0.9944% positive 32indiecasualadventurefirst-personsingleplayerS

Area 19: Uncover the Horrors of a Government Lab Gone Wrong3/5$7.9955% positive 11walking-simulatoraliensadventurepsychological-horrorconspiracyS

Cake Platformer: A Ninja's Sweet Adventure7/11$0.49-51%55% positive 11casualadventure3d-fighterplatformerwalking-simulatorS

Sorted by Wilson score, a rating estimate that accounts for review count. Titles with few reviews are discounted, so '100% on 1 review' never tops the list, while a genuine 90% on 40 reviews rises properly.