
Lovecraft meets Papers, Please. Play as a lighthouse keeper and guide ships safely into the harbor using your radio. Survive the presence of something impossible, and don’t let the shadows consume you!
60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Horror, Singleplayer, Story Rich, Atmospheric.

Lovecraft meets Papers, Please. Play as a lighthouse keeper and guide ships safely into the harbor using your radio. Survive the presence of something impossible, and don’t let the shadows consume you!

No, I'm not a Human
WARNING. Stay inside. Lock your doors. Close the blinds. Only let humans in. Eliminate all Visitors. An anxiety horror about paranoia in the End of Times.

Pathologic 3
In this psychological horror game, you are a doctor with only 12 days to save a town from a mysterious plague. Make ruthless decisions and diagnose with precision. Shape the town's future and rewrite the past. Hold yourself together while it all falls apart.
WARNING. Stay inside. Lock your doors. Close the blinds. Only let humans in. Eliminate all Visitors. An anxiety horror about paranoia in the End of Times.
Why similar: Psychological 13.8%, Psychological Horror 11.2%, Choices Matter 9.9%, Horror 9.9%, Psychedelic 8.8%
In this psychological horror game, you are a doctor with only 12 days to save a town from a mysterious plague. Make ruthless decisions and diagnose with precision. Shape the town's future and rewrite the past. Hold yourself together while it all falls apart.
Why similar: Psychological 14.9%, Lovecraftian 14.7%, Psychological Horror 13.6%, Dystopian 10.6%, Horror 10.3%
Tiny Bunny is a non-linear horror visual novel. Those, who have heard the voice of the forest, are beyond help.
Why similar: Visual Novel 14.9%, Psychological Horror 14.4%, Horror 14.2%, Dark 13.8%, Choices Matter 11.6%
A horror game about claustrophobia. During a storm your service dog is forced down a broken sewer drain. You find the nearest sewer entrance and run in after it. Along the way you will meet others that are also stricken by abnormal or psychological fear.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 21.4%, Psychological 17%, Psychological Horror 14.4%, Survival Horror 13.2%, Horror 11%
Inscryption is an inky black card-based odyssey that blends the deckbuilding roguelike, escape-room style puzzles, and psychological horror into a blood-laced smoothie. Darker still are the secrets inscrybed upon the cards...
Why similar: Psychological 33.1%, Horror 22.2%, Dark 20.6%, Story Rich 16.2%, First-Person 7.8%
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 23.6%, Survival Horror 9.8%, Psychedelic 9.7%, Lore-Rich 9.4%, Psychological Horror 9.3%
Descend into madness in a first-person survival horror inspired by Lovecraft and Giger. Solve the mystery of esoteric cults. Cross the gate to the blasphemous land of Lusst’ghaa. Play the new M-rated cut of the fan-favorite Lust from Beyond.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 20.8%, Psychological 12.4%, Lore-Rich 9.9%, Survival Horror 9.1%, Gore 8.5%
To escape from a hospital whose roof is underground, you must descend to the deepest level. At every step, you need to endure witnessing the results of horrific experiments. And rest assured, you will never predict the end of the story.
Why similar: Psychological 15.2%, Psychological Horror 11.1%, Choices Matter 10%, Horror 9.1%, Multiple Endings 9%
Start your own cult in a land of false prophets, venturing out into diverse and mysterious regions to build a loyal community of woodland Followers and spread your Word to become the one true cult.
Why similar: Singleplayer 100%
Face the supernatural dangers of the Olympic Exclusion Zone with a car as your only lifeline in this driving survival adventure! Scavenge resources, load up your trusty station wagon, and drive like hell to make it through alive.
Why similar: Survival Horror 30.4%, Story Rich 16.5%, Horror 15.7%, First-Person 14.7%, Atmospheric 13.5%
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 46.1%, Psychological Horror 12.3%, Horror 11.4%, Story Rich 6%, Atmospheric 5.5%
From the creators of Amnesia: The Dark Descent comes SOMA, a sci-fi horror game set below the waves of the Atlantic ocean. Struggle to survive a hostile world that will make you question your very existence.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 23.9%, Psychological Horror 11.8%, Survival Horror 11.4%, Horror 10.8%, Gore 10.7%
The five crew members of the Tulpar are stranded in the empty reaches of space, shrouded in perpetual sunset. God is not watching.
Why similar: Psychological 20.8%, Psychological Horror 19.5%, Gore 12.4%, Horror 12.3%, Dark 10.2%
Claustrophobia offers a scary and dark horror experience filled with blood boiling moments, first you will have to silently move your way through the darkness, until you can pick up arms and discover the truth. Can you figure out what is hiding in this grueling subterranean facility?
Why similar: Lovecraftian 21.1%, Psychedelic 12%, Survival Horror 11.6%, Psychological Horror 11.3%, Horror 9.5%
A 3rd person, fixed-camera survival horror adventure. Fear the Presence, a mysterious entity you cannot fight: stay alert, hide, breathe slowly... Explore cursed places where unseen spirits and lost souls linger in a true horror story for the ages.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 22.9%, Survival Horror 16.3%, Psychological Horror 13.4%, Dark 12.3%, Choices Matter 12%
Dispatch is a superhero workplace comedy where choices matter. Manage a dysfunctional team of misfit heroes and strategize who to send to emergencies around the city, all while balancing office politics, personal relationships, and your own quest to become a hero. All episodes out now!
Why similar: Choices Matter 51.8%, Story Rich 26.3%, Visual Novel 9%, Singleplayer 5.4%, Atmospheric 4.6%
DREDGE is a single-player fishing adventure with a sinister undercurrent. Sell your catch, upgrade your boat, and dredge the depths for long-buried secrets. Explore a mysterious archipelago and discover why some things are best left forgotten.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 38.8%, Psychological Horror 12.1%, Psychological 12%, Horror 9.3%, Survival Horror 9%
A sequel to Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk. Dive into demented and bizarre world once again and help the girl become a little happier.
Why similar: Psychedelic 23.2%, Psychological Horror 21.2%, Visual Novel 15.3%, Psychological 14.5%, Multiple Endings 8%
You will answer a series of questions that will reveal your potential fate. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Horrorscope, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Why similar: Psychological 17.4%, Psychological Horror 12.1%, Life Sim 8.8%, Multiple Endings 8.4%, Choices Matter 8.3%
Let's imagine that you have a game in which you care for a character. But could you imagine one day getting into that game yourself?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 29.3%, Horror 17.4%, Story Rich 12.6%, Life Sim 12.5%, First-Person 12.1%
Visual novel loved by many – Everlasting Summer – now on Steam!
Why similar: Visual Novel 35.6%, Choices Matter 23.1%, Story Rich 20%, Multiple Endings 16.4%, Singleplayer 3.3%
Potion Craft is an alchemist simulator where you physically interact with your tools and ingredients to brew potions. You're in full control of the whole shop: invent new recipes, attract customers and experiment to your heart's content. Just remember: the whole town is counting on you.
Why similar: Life Sim 38.3%, Choices Matter 25.3%, Simulation 20.2%, Singleplayer 8.8%, Indie 7.4%
You’re a state-installed landlord in a totalitarian country. Place listening devices, steal and sneak into your tenants’ apartments. Use what you uncovered to report anyone capable of plotting against the state. You MUST! But WILL you?
Why similar: Dystopian 26.7%, Choices Matter 15.9%, Dark 14.2%, Multiple Endings 14%, Story Rich 8.7%
Experience the horrors of one of the most infamous experiments that ever took place. As a test subject in a top-secret Soviet research facility, you must endure days without sleep while facing unimaginable terrors that lurk in the shadow.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 22.2%, Survival Horror 13.9%, Psychological Horror 13.1%, Dark 11.1%, Horror 10.8%
All the women in Levy have disappeared. Why did they leave in bare feet? Discover their story along with 680 CGs and 11 unique endings in this apocalyptic visual novel.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 26.3%, Psychological 15.6%, Dark 10.5%, Psychological Horror 10.1%, Horror 9.1%
Take over the duties of a border guard inspector in a communist country of the 80's. Smuggling, corruption and forgery are the order of the day here. Be vigilant and earn the respect of your superiors.
Why similar: Multiple Endings 27.9%, First-Person 20.3%, Simulation 16.4%, Story Rich 15.2%, Atmospheric 10.1%
You have been appointed to take care of a lighthouse in the Arctic Circle. Clean out the snow, take out the trash, and do your happy job on this happy and lovely island. Everything is so peaceful and delightful... except there is someone in the basement :D
Why similar: Lovecraftian 17.5%, Horror 12.8%, Multiple Endings 12.5%, Choices Matter 11.5%, Lore-Rich 11.4%
Disco Elysium - The Final Cut is a groundbreaking role playing game. You’re a detective with a unique skill system at your disposal and a whole city to carve your path across. Interrogate unforgettable characters, crack murders or take bribes. Become a hero or an absolute disaster of a human being.
Why similar: Choices Matter 38.6%, Story Rich 26%, Visual Novel 14.3%, Atmospheric 13.2%, Singleplayer 4.2%
Lamentum is a pixel art survival horror game, set in New England in the mid-nineteenth century.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 18.8%, Psychedelic 13.1%, Psychological 12.4%, Survival Horror 11.3%, Gore 7.9%
HINGE is a psychological horror game that draws inspiration from Lovecraft and Bioshock. Delve into atmospheric environments, uncover clues, navigate the chilling nightmare, and find a way out of the time loop.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 21.6%, Psychedelic 12.1%, Psychological Horror 11.4%, Dark 10.2%, Horror 9.5%
Investigating a letter from his late wife, James returns to where they made so many memories - Silent Hill. What he finds is a ghost town, prowled by disturbing monsters and cloaked in deep fog. Confront the monsters, solve puzzles, and search for traces of your wife in this remake of SILENT HILL 2.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 21.2%, Psychological 20.3%, Survival Horror 17.8%, Horror 13.3%, Story Rich 9%
Penumbra: Overture is a first person survival horror game, emphasizing on survival and problem solving instead of mindless violence and gore.
Why similar: Horror 22.6%, Lovecraftian 18.1%, Survival Horror 13.8%, Psychological Horror 12.3%, First-Person 8.9%
The year is 2170. An anomaly has ripped through the AIO Station, leaving a lone technician fighting to survive. As the silence of deep space closes in, biblical angels descend, beginning trials of morality, judgment, and the price of human ambition.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 20%, Psychological 15.8%, Survival Horror 10.4%, Psychological Horror 9.4%, Multiple Endings 8.3%
Explore an emotional sci-fi game with a unique blend of survival, adventure, and base-building elements. Help Jan Dolski, the sole survivor of an ill-fated space expedition, create alternative versions of himself to escape a hostile planet and tackle personal turmoils with this unconventional crew.
Why similar: Psychological 68.3%, Story Rich 22.6%, Singleplayer 9.1%
Pathologic 2 is a groundbreaking open-world horror RPG. Resist the plague. Make medicine. Heal people. Perform an autopsy. Trade to get what you need. Fight and kill if necessary. Survive. Struggle with an outbreak in a secluded rural town that is rapidly turning into hell.
Why similar: Dystopian 17.1%, Choices Matter 15.2%, Survival Horror 14%, Psychological Horror 13.7%, Story Rich 10.2%
Inner Voices is a dark, non-linear adventure game with a pinch of horror, inspired by works of H. P. Lovecraft and E. A. Poe. Find your way through a procedurally generated maze of rooms and solve the mystery of your past.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 26.5%, Psychological Horror 11.4%, Choices Matter 9.8%, Dark 9%, Multiple Endings 8.6%
MADiSON is a first person psychological horror game that delivers an immersive and terrifying experience. With the help of an instant camera, connect the human world with the beyond, take pictures and develop them by yourself. Solve puzzles, explore your surroundings and most importantly, survive.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 19.7%, Horror 18%, Survival Horror 15.3%, Dark 13.8%, Gore 8.2%
Thorner is a horror visual novel with multiple endings. You attempt to escape your past by fleeing to the wilderness, but spilled blood can never be forgiven. The land knows what you did. The land judges. Thorner awaits.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 15.2%, Dark 13.1%, Visual Novel 12.6%, Multiple Endings 12.6%, Psychological 11.2%
Immerse yourself in the psychological horror of The Village, where whispers bend reality and ordinary life spirals into madness. Unravel the dark rise of one of Túatha's most infamous figures in this short story visual novel.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 20.9%, Psychological 17.9%, Lore-Rich 15.3%, Psychological Horror 11%, Horror 9.4%
Saint Kotar is a psychological horror detective game set in a cursed valley in rural Croatia. Investigate the disappearance of your relative in the occult-ridden town of Sveti Kotar as you switch between conflicting realities through the eyes of two godly men.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 21.9%, Psychological 13.7%, Psychological Horror 9.5%, Choices Matter 9.3%, Multiple Endings 7.9%
A mysterious story about the consequences of loneliness and unfulfilled dreams. Help artificial intelligence in the form of a little girl and avoid facing a ruthless monster.
Why similar: Psychedelic 14.9%, Psychological 14.6%, Psychological Horror 11.3%, Survival Horror 10.4%, Multiple Endings 10%
1975. Disaster strikes the Beira D oil rig off the coast of Scotland. Navigate the collapsing rig to save your crew from an otherworldly horror on the edge of all logic and reality in this 3x BAFTA Games Award-winning narrative horror experience.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 30.3%, Gore 13.7%, Psychological Horror 13.4%, Horror 11.4%, Dark 10.7%
A Black Pyramid materializes across the globe. Dr. Mehdi Algun must decipher why, before its hunger for death and suffering consumes everything. An ancient cycle of cleansing has begun. As madness spreads and humanity tears itself apart, choose: become the destroyer, or join the cleansed.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 29.7%, Psychological 13.4%, Psychological Horror 11.5%, Dark 10.8%, Choices Matter 9.4%
Amnesia: The Bunker is a first-person horror game set in a WW1 bunker. A relentless, AI-driven monster stalks you. Survival depends on finding tools, crafting items, and keeping the lights on.
Why similar: Survival Horror 25.1%, Psychological Horror 20.1%, Horror 18.8%, First-Person 12.8%, Atmospheric 11.3%
Fran Bow is a creepy adventure game that tells the story of Fran, a young girl struggling with a mental disorder and an unfair destiny.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 25.8%, Psychological 17.3%, Horror 13.4%, Dark 11.8%, Story Rich 11.1%
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 25.2%, Survival Horror 11.7%, Psychological 11.3%, Psychological Horror 10.6%, Lore-Rich 10.3%
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 28.7%, Survival Horror 13.6%, Lore-Rich 12.4%, Psychological Horror 8.5%, Horror 8.1%
In this Easter Horror Game compete in the mini games, solve puzzles, and escape the Easter Bunny. PS1 style survival horror!
Why similar: Psychological 20%, Psychological Horror 13.6%, Gore 13%, Horror 10.4%, Dark 9.7%
Inside The Shadows is a first-person psychological horror game with a heavy, realistic atmosphere. Embark on an intimate and unsettling journey as you explore every room of the house, uncovering secrets that shaped your life before you were born and reveal your family’s dark past.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 15.9%, Survival Horror 13.8%, Psychological 13.2%, Horror 11.4%, Dark 10.9%
Build and manage a medieval graveyard while facing ethical dilemmas and making questionable decisions. Welcome to Graveyard Keeper, the most inaccurate medieval cemetery sim of the year.
Why similar: Simulation 27.9%, Dark 20.7%, Gore 18.4%, Story Rich 14.1%, Indie 10.9%
Once you get tangled with the mob, you will forever be a part of the mob. At least they pay a decent salary and all you have to do is clean up after their dirty work, but you know what you’re doing. So clean crime scenes, earn as much money as you can, and get ready for the next mission.
Why similar: Gore 30.4%, Simulation 18.5%, Life Sim 17.8%, First-Person 16%, Atmospheric 9.4%
A story-rich job sim where you serve mermaids as seafood dishes. To beat your co-workers, you will gamble your blood, create new recipes, and make difficult choices. Are mermaids more like fish, people, or monsters?
Why similar: Dystopian 14.9%, Psychological 12.2%, Lore-Rich 12.1%, Psychological Horror 11.5%, Choices Matter 8.3%
A digital voyeur simulator where you watch strangers through surveillance cameras. Invade their privacy and witness their most intimate moments, but don’t interact with the subjects – anything could happen if you dare feed the monkeys!
Why similar: Dystopian 28.1%, Multiple Endings 20.1%, Choices Matter 20%, Story Rich 11.9%, Simulation 8.9%
You're here to slay the princess. Don't believe her lies.
Why similar: Choices Matter 18%, Psychological Horror 17.8%, Lore-Rich 16.2%, Visual Novel 15.4%, Horror 11.4%
After a car accident, you find yourself trapped in a dark, decaying basement, haunted by visions of a mysterious little girl and ancient entities. As you delve deeper into the twisted surroundings, you uncover terrifying secrets that threaten your sanity.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 26.8%, Psychological 16%, Psychological Horror 12.4%, Survival Horror 10.4%, Horror 9.2%
You can't remember anything, and all you can see is HER. Delve into your story and uncover the truth behind what happened to you and your parents.
Why similar: Psychedelic 20.1%, Psychological 19.3%, Psychological Horror 13.9%, Multiple Endings 10.1%, Visual Novel 10%
AquaDark is a first-person horror game with management elements set in the ‘80s. As an aquapark owner, players have to serve customers, sell wares, record everything, and solve the mystery behind strange events in the aquapark.
Why similar: Psychedelic 18.6%, Life Sim 12.2%, Dark 12%, Horror 10.7%, Choices Matter 9.6%
Step into a dark reimagination of Arthurian legends in this first person, open world RPG. Explore a world stuck in everlasting autumn, witness falling legends and make meaningful choices woven into a complex, branching storyline.
Why similar: Survival Horror 23.4%, Choices Matter 21.4%, Multiple Endings 19.6%, First-Person 18.1%, Story Rich 13%