- #1 Tangles - تشابك
76% matchVery Positive90% of 234 reviews2024
Dev: Hamad Al-HumaidanPub: Saham Studio
Windows
Awakening from a long coma following a training injury, Soldier Basel finds himself alone in an isolated camp on a deserted island surrounded by questions and mystery. He begins to search for answers to uncover the secrets, and whether they are painful truths or terrifying illusions.
Why similar: Time Travel 39.9% ★, Lore-Rich 19.5%, Horror 11.2%, Mystery 9.4%, Story Rich 6.6%
- #2 TimeOut
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: post_scriptum3
Windows
This world's time is inexorably running out, and with each day it grows more unstable. Thus, the Keeper of Time decides to take extreme measures and summon a savior from another world. However... Things didn't go entirely according to plan...
Why similar: Time Travel 35.1% ★, Lore-Rich 18.1%, Top-Down 11.8%, Puzzle 9.5%, Adventure 6.9%
- #3 Tangles 2 تشابك
75% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Hamad Al-HumaidanPub: Saham Studio
Windows
On the remote island of Scirine, Majed, a young biology intern, arrives at Al-Bayan Research Center, expecting scientific breakthroughs. But his journey turns into a descent into mystery as he uncovers terrifying truths, where reality blends with illusions, revealing more secrets with every step.
Why similar: Time Travel 38.7% ★, Lore-Rich 19%, Horror 11.5%, Mystery 9%, Sci-fi 8.9%
- #4 The Academy of the Cosmic Realm
72% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Blue Moss Games
Windows
The Academy of the Cosmic Realm is a short first-person horror game where you explore an old abandoned academy to discover what terrible event led to it's closure.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 44.2%, Lore-Rich 19.6%, Horror 15.1%, Mystery 9.7%, Story Rich 6.3%
- #5 The Coma 3: Bloodlines
72% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Dvora Studio Co., Ltd.Pub: Headup
Windows
Welcome to the world of The Coma 3: Bloodlines. In this realm of shadows rumors and urban legends become reality, and danger lurks around every corner. If a living intruder dies here, their body will be severed from their spirit and never wake again ...
Why similar: Lovecraftian 41%, Horror 16.8%, Lore-Rich 8.9%, Mystery 7%, Action-Adventure 5.4%
- #6 Doctor Who: The Edge of Reality
72% matchMixed60% of 320 reviews2021
Dev: Maze Theory Ltd
Windows
Experience an unforgettable adventure in space and time. Explore new worlds, face Daleks, Cybermen and Weeping Angels and join two Doctors on an epic quest to save the universe from an unstoppable new threat in this first-person narrative adventure.
Why similar: Time Travel 38.8% ★, Sci-fi 10.7%, Horror 9.7%, Mystery 9.5%, Story Rich 8.3%
- #7 Chronoquartz
68% matchVery Positive99% of 432 reviews2025
Dev: Infinite Stairs
Windows
In Chronoquartz, every move matters! You have 10 turns per loop: explore, solve puzzles, and use your past knowledge to progress. Strategy, critical thinking, and time management will be your allies in this unique temporal adventure. Will you succeed in saving time?
Why similar: Time Travel 40.1% ★, Top-Down 12.1%, Sci-fi 10.8%, Mystery 9.3%, Puzzle 9%
- #8 Last Chance Market
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Dark Premonition Games
Windows
When a grocery list becomes a struggle to survive against cosmic horrors, will you make it through the door? Stay alive, solve the mystery and make your offerings - or end up on a missing person poster in this first-person, non-linear nightmare. But you'd better hurry, the store's closing soon.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 41.6%, Lore-Rich 17.5%, Horror 10.7%, Mystery 9.8%, Story Rich 8.4%
- #9 At Eternity's Hatch
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Jardus Games
Windows
Stranded at sea in an alternate timeline, you must master a complex time travel system to solve puzzles and piece together the mystery of an obsessed captain and his quest that lead him to the Greenland Sea in search of a supernatural anomaly.
Why similar: Time Travel 45.3% ★, Lore-Rich 13%, Mystery 10.8%, Story Rich 8.6%, Puzzle 8.3%
- #10 Souls Alive: Origins
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Souls Alive Development
Windows
Souls Alive: Origins is a Lovecraftian survival horror game set in a dark sci-fi future. Explore a world where reality bends, ancient cults return, and Cthulhu stirs once more. With a strong focus on story, atmosphere, and visual detail.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 55.5%, Horror 13.8%, Sci-fi 10%, Story Rich 8.8%, Adventure 3.8%
- #11 Mato Fragments
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ArrowizPub: Soft Source
Windows
You are a photo shop owner moonlighting as an informant in the vibrant, but dangerous streets of Neo City. After harboring a strange fugitive, your skills as an informant are put to the test, as the fate of the entire city rests in your hands.
Why similar: Time Travel 40.9% ★, Lovecraftian 37.4%, Horror 8.3%, Story Rich 6.1%, Puzzle 5.8%
- #12 Time Travel Trainer
70% matchNo user reviews2019
Dev: Time Travel Trainer
Windows
It’s time for time travel! Master the complexities of fourth dimensional thinking to succeed in this indie 2d puzzle game.
Why similar: Time Travel 60.8% ★, Sci-fi 15%, Top-Down 13.2%, Puzzle 9.1%, Indie 1.4%
- #13 Crathos Deep
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Hitbox Games
Windows
Descend down the arctic depths in Crathos Deep, a cosmic horror narrative adventure. Explore the vast abyss with your submarine and utilize your expeditionary drone to reach the dark corners of the ocean. Investigate a lost research institute to unravel the unsettling mystery of its downfall.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 42%, Horror 16.3%, Sci-fi 10%, Mystery 8.7%, Puzzle 5%
- #14 Moonfall Voyage
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Twenty Ninety CreativePub: N/A
Windows
In Moonfall Voyage, sailing is at the heart of exploration. Your goal is to free colossal guardians from a powerful curse. Each guardian you encounter offers unique sailing challenges and puzzles as you uncover the history of this world, and restore balance to the fragile realm.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 33.9%, Time Travel 32% ★, Lore-Rich 16.7%, Action-Adventure 5.5%, Exploration 3.6%
- #15 The Great Perhaps
68% matchVery Positive81% of 836 reviews2019
Dev: Caligari GamesPub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 71%
The Great Perhaps is a time travel puzzle game about an astronaut returning to Earth destroyed by natural cataclysms. There, among the ruins he finds an unusual artifact — an old lantern, in the light of which you can see glimpses of another time and travel to the past.
Why similar: Time Travel 45.7% ★, Horror 12.8%, Sci-fi 10.7%, Mystery 6.6%, Story Rich 6.3%
- #16 Wait: The Patient
65% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: rest.less Games
Windows
Wait: The Patient is a non-combat mystery horror game, that takes place in the 90s and follows the story of Dr. Alice Fincher. After a new patient arrives in the mental hospital she works in, strange events start to unfold.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 32.9%, Horror 13.7%, Top-Down 13.2%, Puzzle 9.3%, Story Rich 8.3%
- #17 Habilis
65% matchPositive87% of 47 reviews2024
Dev: ODale Studios
Windows
A first person / body cam, Lovecraft style horror experience not for the weak of heart. Descend into the T.R.P Facility while evading monsters by hide in lockers, and discover over 30 minutes of professionally recorded audio logs.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 45.4%, Horror 14.5%, Lore-Rich 11.2%, Sci-fi 8.7%, Story Rich 8.5%
- #18 Joyville 2
64% matchMostly Positive74% of 198 reviews2024
Dev: KudPlay Games
Windows
Joyville 2 is a first-person horror puzzle-adventure game set in an abandoned children's camp. Explore two parallel worlds where the joy of the past meets present horrors. Uncover the camp's dark secrets, face magical yet dangerous creatures, and discover the truth behind events from decades ago.
Why similar: Time Travel 47.4% ★, Horror 14.7%, Mystery 8.4%, Puzzle 7.6%, Story Rich 7.5%
- #19 Awaken
63% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2026
Dev: Uku Tonsiver
Windows
Awaken brings Lovecraftian horror to the beloved 2D side scroller genre. Make your way through the strange forest while encountering inexcplicable forces and try to keep your sanity as you piece together the mystery of your sister's disappearance.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 41.9%, Horror 15%, Mystery 10.2%, Pixel Graphics 8.3%, Story Rich 6.8%
- #20 Conarium
66% matchMostly Positive77% of 2,240 reviews2017
Dev: Stormling StudiosPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Conarium is a chilling Lovecraftian game, which follows a gripping story involving four scientists and their endeavor to challenge what we normally consider to be the ‘absolute’ limits of nature. Inspired by H.P. Lovecraft’s novella "At the Mountains of Madness", but largely set after the original story.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 66.3%, Horror 15.4%, Adventure 5.3%, Story Rich 4.7%, Sci-fi 3.5%
- #21 FoldLoop
65% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Keyhole Studio
Windows
FoldLoop is a detective game that emphasizes logical reasoning. To escape the curse of endless cycles, you'll observe the sandbox from a higher dimension, analyze the rulebook, and deduce the secrets of the real world.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 35.5%, Time Travel 30.5% ★, Mystery 11.7%, Story Rich 8.8%, Puzzle 7.6%
- #22 INANIMA
64% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Obscure Tales
Windows · Linux
A survival horror game set in the isolated facilities of a strange corporation. Search for limited supplies, and fight terrifying creatures to reveal the truth behind the Lazarus project. Be part of something that will change the future of humanity.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 38.7%, Sci-fi 12.5%, Horror 10.4%, Mystery 8.2%, Story Rich 7.4%
- #23 The Mariner
64% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Flantastic Games
Windows
Enter into a Horror Adventure Lovecraftian-inspired story. As your sanity begins to erode, and armed with only a oil-lit lantern, work to unlock and uncover the secrets of the ship. Yet be aware, for something ancient and unknowable stirs within the suffocating darkness of the ship's maw...
Why similar: Lovecraftian 54.6%, Horror 19.7%, Puzzle 9.9%, Mystery 4.4%, Action-Adventure 3.7%
- #24 MEGANAUT
64% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Rubeki Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A 3rd person narrative horror game with modernized retro 3D graphics, and unique floating mechanics. Travel past The Habitat walls into the deep megastructure in search of your missing friend Seija, and find out why he left.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 35.2%, Lore-Rich 19.6%, Sci-fi 11.7%, Horror 11.3%, Puzzle 5.8%
- #25 Venatrix
63% matchPositive81% of 43 reviews2024
Dev: Playstige Interactive
Windows
Venatrix is a unique hybrid of action-packed and stealth-based horror game. We choose to play as either Matthew or Della, resulting in two different play styles, either third-person action/horror or first-person stealth/horror.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 50.9%, Horror 14.4%, Lore-Rich 13.4%, Action-Adventure 8.2%, Story Rich 6%
- #26 Dwelling on the Hill
63% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Apocrifa Labs Interactive
Windows
Sealed inside by a cosmic anomaly. In this house that defies the laws of physics, evade the Entity that manipulates your mind. Your only aid is an experimental device that reveals illusions. A 90-minute, intense, and Lovecraftian psychological horror experience.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 41.6%, Lore-Rich 16.1%, Horror 13.4%, Story Rich 8.4%, Mystery 8.4%
- #27 Lost Sanity: Cthulhu
63% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Manin StudiosPub: ZNT Productions
Windows
On Halloween night, a group of teens tells horror stories, and each one comes to life in Lost Sanity. In the first chapter, Call of the Sea, you play as Megan Claire, trapped in an underground prison while cultists awaken a marine entity; slip through shadows, follow clues, and guard your sanity.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 57%, Horror 15.3%, Mystery 11.1%, Story Rich 6.6%, Adventure 3.4%
- #28 The Sinking City 2
63% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Frogwares
Windows
The Sinking City 2 is a terrifying Lovecraftian journey, powered by Unreal Engine 5. Experience a heart-pounding survival horror as you explore the flooded city of Arkham and fight eldritch monsters beyond human comprehension.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 52.8%, Horror 14.9%, Mystery 11.5%, Story Rich 8.5%, Action-Adventure 5.7%
- #29 Abject Abyss
63% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Anton Bezett
Windows
A horror adventure on a distant world. Explore Luminary Corporation’s most cutting-edge research facility, piece together what went wrong, and survive the horrors that lurk in the dark.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 42.3%, Horror 17.8%, Sci-fi 15.3%, Story Rich 8.2%, Adventure 4.3%
- #30 Stones of Flesh
62% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2024
Dev: Joe Renwick
Windows
You are flesh, blood and bones. A fragile mortal, in a land of something far bigger than yourself.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 51.5%, Mystery 12.2%, Top-Down 9.8%, Story Rich 9.7%, Puzzle 7.1%
- #31 The Night Is Long
61% matchPositive83% of 41 reviews2025
Dev: TheGamerUrso
Windows
The Night Is Long is a short first-person horror game where a grieving man follows a ghostly vision into an abandoned mansion. Uncover dark secrets, survive atmospheric horrors, and face your past through exploration, puzzles, and subtle scares.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 51.9%, Horror 15.5%, Puzzle 7.9%, Mystery 7.4%, Story Rich 6.9%
- #32 Hundred Acre Wood
63% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Gregg RahubaPub: Jared R. Bair
Windows
Explore and survive a twisted Hundred Acre Wood while being hunted by an old childhood friend, Winnie-the-Pooh. Rescue Christopher Robin with the help of Eldritch Beasts that were once familiar faces. Discover what took place and has changed a once beautiful land into something dark and dangerous.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 49.8%, Horror 14.6%, Lore-Rich 11.3%, Story Rich 9.2%, Puzzle 4.3%
- #33 Call of Cthulhu®
63% matchMostly Positive79% of 13,279 reviews2018
Dev: Cyanide StudioPub: Focus Entertainment
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 7.3 hrs≥1hr: 87%
1924. Private Investigator Pierce is sent to look into the tragic death of the Hawkins family. Plunge into a world of creeping madness and cosmic horror. Cryptic clues, shadowy figures, and pure terror bar your way as you fight to retain your sanity and solve an otherworldly mystery.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 65.4%, Horror 14.7%, Story Rich 7.6%, Mystery 7.1%, Adventure 3.1%
- #34 Through Abandoned: The Forest
64% matchMostly Positive76% of 455 reviews2016
Dev: Igor KrutovPub: Conglomerate 5
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 96%
You continue your journey in worlds of Abandoned.
Why similar: Time Travel 54.3% ★, Mystery 11.5%, Story Rich 8.1%, Sci-fi 8%, Puzzle 7.6%
- #35 Monkey Valley
62% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Johannes Hornik
Windows
Explore the deep jungle in search of your grandpa, engage with the locals, discover dark secrets about the valley and choose its and subsequently your own fate...
Why similar: Lovecraftian 46.3%, Lore-Rich 23.2%, Story Rich 9.4%, Action-Adventure 6.9%, Exploration 4.7%
- #36 Desert of Vice
64% matchPositive87% of 23 reviews2018
Dev: Karolis Dikcius
Windows · Mac
Solve your own murder in this horror text adventure with choice dependent endings. Explore an isolated desert town to figure out who murdered you - and why.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 68%, Horror 22.2%, Adventure 8.7%, Indie 1.1%
- #37 Five Nights at Freddy's: Into the Pit
60% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 10,687 reviews2024
Dev: Mega Cat Studios
Windows
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 17.1 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Survive five nights of terror in this chilling adventure game. Travel between time periods to solve puzzles, gather clues, and outrun the threat relentlessly pursuing you. Move swiftly and stay hidden, and you may just survive. But be careful—it's not just your own life that’s on the line this time.
Why similar: Time Travel 37% ★, Horror 31.5%, Pixel Graphics 14.5%, Adventure 4.3%, Alternate History 4%
- #38 Workplace Malice
61% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Astrum Studio
Windows
A survival horror in striking HD-2D, Workplace Malice blends exploration, puzzles, and tense combat with scarce resources and grotesque threats, where every choice shapes Theo’s descent into a workplace nightmare.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 40.5%, Lore-Rich 16.1%, Horror 12.2%, Story Rich 7.6%, Pixel Graphics 5.6%
- #39 Pexet Inc.
61% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Thurayya Studio
Windows
A top-down 2D survival horror game where you shift between timelines, solve time-based puzzles, manage limited resources, and survive deadly encounters in a collapsing research facility.
Why similar: Time Travel 36.4% ★, Lore-Rich 17.2%, Top-Down 8.9%, Mystery 7.9%, Puzzle 6.4%
- #40 Magrunner: Dark Pulse
63% matchMostly Positive73% of 1,122 reviews2013
Dev: Frogwares
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 56%
Magrunner: Dark Pulse is an action-puzzle game in which technology confronts the Cthulhu Mythos, penned by H.P. Lovecraft. Equipped with your Magtech glove, you must harness the ability to magnetically polarize and manipulate objects in the environment to survive and surpass challenging puzzles.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 64.1%, Puzzle 12.8%, Sci-fi 9.6%, Adventure 4.7%, Action 4.4%
- #41 UnSeen
60% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2024
Dev: Tenebos
Windows
UnSeen : you won't see death coming. A first person horror game about immersion, where truth and madness are never far away. Be careful... fear is on your feet.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 51.5%, Horror 18.9%, Mystery 12.1%, Story Rich 7.3%, Exploration 5.2%
- #42 Lovelace Case
61% matchNo user reviews
Dev: BOK Studio
Windows
Lovelace Case is a Retro Lovecraftian Survival Horror set in the 1900s. Explore the nightmarish Mansion, manage scarce resources and face eldritch terrors where survival means choosing what parts of reality you are willing to lose.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 48.8%, Horror 17.5%, Action-Adventure 6.5%, Puzzle 6.5%, Pixel Graphics 6%
- #43 Endoparasitic 2
59% matchVery Positive87% of 616 reviews2024
Dev: MizizizizPub: Deep Root Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Three limbs ripped off, infected with a deadly parasite, you must survive. Drag yourself through the hallways of an infested arcship, fight off twisted eldritch creatures, craft vaccines and ammunition, and escape to civilization.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 38.7%, Sci-fi 14.4%, Horror 13.5%, Top-Down 11.7%, Pixel Graphics 5.1%
- #44 The Last Door: Season 2 - Collector's Edition
62% matchVery Positive94% of 965 reviews2016
Dev: The Game KitchenPub: Phoenix Online Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 92%
In Season 2 of The Last Door, the search for his missing client will bring psychiatrist John Wakefield deeper into a conspiracy of darkness and closer to the heart of madness than ever before.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 60.8%, Horror 15.8%, Pixel Graphics 10.4%, Story Rich 6%, Adventure 5.6%
- #45 Depersonalization
58% matchVery Positive93% of 6,671 reviews2024
Dev: MeowNaturePub: Gamirror Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 14.2 hrs≥1hr: 74%
"May all stories find their best endings." "Depersonalization" is an anthology-style game featuring standalone chapters and diverse story genres. We continuously collect and create a wide variety of stories, ultimately housing them in a library that transcends the flow of time.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 47%, Time Travel 27.8% ★, Pixel Graphics 7.7%, Story Rich 7.3%, Mystery 5.3%
- #46 Alkurai
60% matchVery Positive85% of 74 reviews2023
Dev: RedHouse Studios LLC.
Windows
Alkurai is a 4 player online co-op fantasy horror game. An infamous Alchemist has murdered the king and seized Alkurai's throne. It is up to you and your party to evade his horrid miscreations and restore the kingdom to what it once was.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 36%, Lore-Rich 20.5%, Horror 13.6%, Alternate History 7.8%, Puzzle 7%
- #47 Through Abandoned: The Refuge
62% matchMixed50% of 235 reviews2019
Dev: Igor KrutovPub: Conglomerate 5
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 62%
It’s the new game of Through Abandoned series, classical point and click game. You try to find your twin-brother who disappeared in a huge and mysterious place called Abandoned.
Why similar: Time Travel 42.8% ★, Sci-fi 12.2%, Puzzle 9.2%, Mystery 8.9%, Story Rich 6.8%
- #48 火起雪中寺
58% matchVery Positive81% of 75 reviews2025
Dev: 江湖奇事录
Windows
Huoqi Xuezhong Temple is a 3D suspense exploration game. The ancient temple covered in heavy snow suddenly caught fire. A mysterious shadow transported you back three hours before the fire started. Faced with six people gathered at this temple with different purposes.
Why similar: Time Travel 54.2% ★, Lore-Rich 12.6%, Mystery 9.2%, Story Rich 8.5%, Puzzle 7.6%
- #49 The Coma 2B: Catacomb
58% matchMostly Positive75% of 553 reviews2024
Dev: Dvora Studio Co., Ltd.Pub: Headup
Windows
Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 21.5 hrs≥1hr: 93%
The Coma 2B: Catacomb is a Korean survival horror adventure. It is the back story to the previous game, The Coma 2: Vicious Sisters, and a story bridge for the full series. You return as Youngho, the hero from The Coma 1, as you once again venture forth into the terrifying mirror dimension…
Why similar: Lovecraftian 34.2%, Lore-Rich 18.9%, Horror 12.1%, Mystery 9.3%, Story Rich 7.7%
- #50 Choose Cthulhu Files: The Call of Cthulhu
59% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Wildspell Games
Windows · Linux
What if the choices you make during your investigation awaken ancient beings older than existence itself. Explore the official Choose Cthulhu gamebook adaptation, every decision you take seals the fate of mankind. Will the creeping madness consume you as you uncover the darkest secrets?
Why similar: Lovecraftian 46.4%, Lore-Rich 18.5%, Horror 13.6%, Mystery 10.7%, Story Rich 8.2%
- #51 Mountains of Madness
59% matchMixed57% of 28 reviews2024
Dev: Deep Dive Project
Windows
A first person horror exploration game set in the frozen wastes of Antarctica. Use your tools to navigate the frozen galleries untouched by millennia and unearth evidence of a dreadful truth while you search for a madman whose ill fate lies somewhere beneath these Mountains of Madness
Why similar: Lovecraftian 47.4%, Horror 14.9%, Mystery 10.9%, Story Rich 9%, Sci-fi 5.9%
- #52 Destiny Isle
59% matchNo user reviews
Dev: HiStory
Windows
"Destiny Isle" is a visual novel that combines survival horror, multiplayer combat, and puzzle-solving elements. Set in a mysterious isolated academy, players take on the role of newcomer Xu Fan, uncovering the academy's chilling secrets while navigating between darkness and hope.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 41.9%, Lore-Rich 23.6%, Mystery 10.3%, Horror 9.5%, Story Rich 7.6%
- #53 Along Came a Dragonfly
59% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Cole Keesey
Windows
Collect and battle over 100 monsters in this turn-based RPG, as you explore dungeons, solve puzzles, and travel through time to defend your home from an otherworldly foe.
Why similar: Time Travel 50.2% ★, Lore-Rich 18.4%, Top-Down 9.3%, Action-Adventure 6.3%, Pixel Graphics 6.3%
- #54 Dyer Expedition
57% matchPositive88% of 33 reviews2025
Dev: Monkeys With Jobs
Windows
Dyer Expedition is a puzzle adventure game with light Lovecraftian horror elements and a story inspired by Lovecraft's 1931 novella At the Mountains of Madness.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 50.1%, Horror 12.9%, Pixel Graphics 8.1%, Puzzle 7.7%, Story Rich 6.4%
- #55 Aqatillion
59% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2024
Dev: Massive Face Games
Windows
A retro RPG that combines fantasy and sci-fi elements into a time-traveling adventure. Help Stenobar Floreston and his friends uncover a plot that threatens the world of Neria in two separate timelines.
Why similar: Time Travel 30.1% ★, Lore-Rich 24.5%, Top-Down 12.7%, Sci-fi 9%, Story Rich 8.4%
- #56 Brentwood
59% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Time Flies Studios Inc.
Windows · Mac
Solve puzzles and uncover the secrets of Brentwood in this mysterious point-and-click adventure. The unique powers you hold will lead to moral choices that directly influence the story, the fate of the town, and which of the multiple endings you unlock. Will you follow destiny or fight against it?
Why similar: Time Travel 54.8% ★, Lore-Rich 14%, Story Rich 11.6%, Puzzle 6.9%, Adventure 5.2%
- #57 Cyrano Story
60% matchMixed67% of 1,061 reviews2020
Dev: Alice & Smith
Windows · Mac
Median: 36 minMean: 1.8 hrs≥1hr: 32%
Born from an Alternate Reality Game experience created by Alice & Smith in 2019, Cyrano Story is a complex puzzle game designed to ascend to intergalactic forces and give insight into the backstory of Funcom’s cosmic horror game Moons of Madness.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 49.1%, Horror 14.9%, Sci-fi 13.7%, Adventure 11.9%, Puzzle 8.9%
- #58 Dreams in the Witch House
58% matchVery Positive93% of 417 reviews2023
Dev: Atom Brain GamesPub: Bonus Stage Publishing
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 50%
Navigate the eerie world of Dreams in the Witch House, a unique blend of point-and-click and RPG-adventure. Unravel occult mysteries in Arkham, maintain your sanity, and survive the May-Eve in this Lovecraftian horror game.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 39.4%, Lore-Rich 27.2%, Horror 10.9%, Mystery 8.9%, Pixel Graphics 6.3%
- #59 Conflux
60% matchNo user reviews2024
Dev: Rafael LopesPub: DashingVision
Windows · Mac · Linux
A horror game where you can interact with your surroundings to find clues, fight monsters and solve puzzles as you uncover new areas in search for a mysterious artifact.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 42.8%, Horror 12.8%, Sci-fi 9.7%, Puzzle 7.3%, Pixel Graphics 6.8%