Games like Nightmare Journey
Games like Nightmare Journey include Poppy Playtime, Outlast, Five Nights at Freddy's, SOMA, and Layers of Fear (2016). We matched them by the tags players give Nightmare Journey on Steam (Walking Simulator, Horror, Atmospheric, Simulation, and Psychological Horror): closest matches first, and among equally close ones the better-known games.

Poppy Playtime
Shared: Horror · Survival Horror · Puzzle

Outlast
Shared: Horror · Atmospheric · Survival Horror

Five Nights at Freddy's
Shared: Horror · Survival Horror · Psychological Horror

SOMA
Shared: Horror · Atmospheric · Psychological Horror

Layers of Fear (2016)
Shared: Horror · Walking Simulator · Atmospheric

Mouthwashing
Shared: Horror · Psychological Horror · Atmospheric

Resident Evil 7 Biohazard
Shared: Horror · Survival Horror · Atmospheric

[Chillas Art] The Convenience Store
Shared: Horror · Psychological Horror · Simulation

SILENT HILL 2
Shared: Horror · Psychological Horror · Atmospheric

Firework
Shared: Horror · Atmospheric · Psychological Horror

Amnesia: The Dark Descent
Shared: Horror · Atmospheric · Psychological Horror

The Forest
Shared: Horror · Survival Horror · Survival

Garten of Banban
Shared: Horror · Psychological Horror · Puzzle

Inside the Backrooms
Shared: Horror · Survival Horror · Psychological Horror

Kholat
Shared: Horror · Walking Simulator · Atmospheric

Visage
Shared: Horror · Psychological Horror · Survival Horror

Amnesia: A Machine For Pigs
Shared: Walking Simulator · Horror · Atmospheric

Little Nightmares
Shared: Horror · Atmospheric · Puzzle

Outlast 2
Shared: Horror · Psychological Horror · Survival Horror

Slender: The Arrival
Shared: Horror · Survival Horror · Psychological Horror

Among the Sleep - Enhanced Edition
Shared: Horror · Atmospheric · Walking Simulator

Backrooms: Escape Together
Shared: Horror · Psychological Horror · Atmospheric

Sally Face - Episode One
Shared: Horror · Psychological Horror · Atmospheric

Darkwood
Shared: Horror · Survival Horror · Psychological Horror