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Liminal space horror games

These games put you in places built for passing through and leave you there: yellow office rooms from the Backrooms legend, tiled pool halls, empty malls and underground passages. You walk, look for a way out and notice what is off. The fear is in the hum of the lights, the sameness of every corner and the sense that something else is in there with you.

The top 1 of 1 liminal space horror games, ranked by player and critic scores

The 1 best, 2026

  1. POOLS key art: a long rectangular pool of dark water with a metal rail and stairs at the back, in a hall of pale tiles stretching into the distance Walking simulatorsPOOLSBuilt on liminal spaces and the Poolrooms of the Backrooms legend, empty tiled pool halls with nobody else in them. 95% on Steam (6,780 reviews)about 2 hPaidPC, Mac, Linux, iPhone, PlayStation, Switch, VR

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