- #1 The Last Cargo
80% matchMixed58% of 31 reviews2017
Dev: Ehnenu
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 85%
The Last Cargo is a dark survival horror - where your road to independence leads through the hell of imprisonment.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 19.3%, Inventory Management 12%, Survival Horror 11.9%, Psychological Horror 8.8%, Top-Down 8.1%
- #2 The Lurking Fear
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: MizizizizPub: Deep Root Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
A minimalistic survival horror game where you fight or run from monsters using stealth to hunt you.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 18.9%, Stealth 16.5%, Top-Down Shooter 13.6%, Survival Horror 10.4%, Dark 6.9%
- #3 Half Left
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Planck Constant Games
Windows
Trapped inside a quarantined research complex, a wheelchair-bound nurse must survive a curse beyond human understanding.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 24.7%, Top-Down Shooter 14.7%, Survival Horror 14.4%, Shooter 6.6%, Action-Adventure 6%
- #4 Pneumata
75% matchMixed53% of 85 reviews2024
Dev: Deadbolt InteractivePub: Perp Games
Windows
Prepare to question what is reality, and what is insanity in one of the scariest psychological horrors in years. The tenants are going missing, screams echo and blood seeps through the walls of Clover Hill.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 21.4%, Survival Horror 13.4%, Inventory Management 12%, Psychological Horror 9.5%, Stealth 9%
- #5 The Sleep Experiment
76% matchMostly Negative26% of 19 reviews2023
Dev: ClawsDev
Windows · Mac
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 21.5%, Survival Horror 15.5%, Psychological Horror 12.3%, Dark 11.6%, Horror 10.3%
- #6 NEDRA
74% matchMixed68% of 97 reviews2025
Dev: Davit AndreasyanPub: indie.io
Windows
NEDRA is a story-driven, atmospheric action-adventure blending survival horror with cosmic terror. Set in a Soviet-era Antarctic station, all the explorers have vanished without a trace, leaving you to uncover the chilling truth.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 22.7%, Stealth 11.4%, Survival Horror 11%, Psychological Horror 8.6%, Action-Adventure 7.8%
- #7 My Father's House
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: BadTaste Studio
Windows
My Father's House is a first-person indie survival horror game. The father’s old mansion becomes a maze of nightmares when the secrets of the past are released. Survive, save resources, solve puzzles and stay in the shadows. Ingenuity and tactics are your only way to escape.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 20.7%, Inventory Management 15.6%, Survival Horror 14.5%, Stealth 13.2%, Action-Adventure 9%
- #8 Endoparasitic 2
73% 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 22%, Survival Horror 14.4%, Top-Down 9.3%, Shooter 8.8%, Stealth 8.7%
- #9 Shadow Warren
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Juk Games StudioPub: Juk Games
Windows
You are a stranger, cast into the darkness of ancient mysteries. As a rabbit, you wander a world where nightmares lurk and rituals are part of an unfathomable game. Survive and follow the voice’s call—but remember: the true will of these powers is forever beyond your understanding.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 19.4%, Survival Horror 13.3%, Stealth 12.4%, Psychological Horror 10.6%, Surreal 10.1%
- #10 Endoparasitic
73% matchVery Positive94% of 2,883 reviews2022
Dev: MizizizizPub: Deep Root Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 63%
Three limbs ripped off, infected with a deadly parasite, you must save your research. Drag yourself through the corridors of a secret research lab on a remote asteroid, fight off horribly mutated monsters, inject countless syringes of vaccines, and survive at all costs.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 19.6%, Survival Horror 13.8%, Stealth 12%, Top-Down Shooter 11%, Top-Down 8.8%
- #11 An Agonized Mind
74% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2024
Dev: Mars On Fire
Windows · Linux
An Agonized Mind is a minimalist, survival horror, 2D top down shooter. Explore corridors filled with mutilated human experiments as you run and shoot your way to freedom. Gather resources and upgrade yourself, choosing to be robotic or human as you fight horrors of the compound.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 17.9%, Survival Horror 14.6%, Dark 10.9%, Top-Down 10.4%, Horror 9.5%
- #12 Bite Size Terrors: Speechless
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: anOVERTHINKER
Windows
Find what was taken from you at any cost in this Minimalistic Survival Horror.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 20%, Survival Horror 16.3%, Horror 10.1%, Top-Down 9.8%, Dark 9%
- #13 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 28.8%, Survival Horror 16.5%, Horror 12.8%, Action-Adventure 9.7%, Psychological Horror 9.2%
- #14 Ad Infernum
71% matchVery Positive94% of 88 reviews2024
Dev: Glass Knuckle Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Stranded at an abandoned gas station in the middle of the desert. Losing your grip on reality. Dark rituals. Demonic pursuers. No escape.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 17.6%, Survival Horror 12.8%, Stealth 10.8%, Psychological Horror 9.7%, Dark 9.4%
- #15 Dead of Darkness
70% matchVery Positive87% of 207 reviews2025
Dev: Retrofiction Games
Windows
Dead of Darkness is a 2D survival-horror action-adventure. Investigate a mysterious island and unravel its disturbing secret. You’ll have to face grotesque creatures, hurdle deadly traps, solve puzzles, and most importantly, survive.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 22.1%, Survival Horror 13.7%, Inventory Management 10.9%, Psychological Horror 9.1%, Action-Adventure 8.7%
- #16 The Last Man
72% matchPositive100% of 13 reviews2022
Dev: PitigamedevPub: CGevo
Windows
A topdown survival space horror where a single enemy hit can end your life
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 24.1%, Survival Horror 17.9%, Shooter 11.2%, Action-Adventure 10.2%, Top-Down 7.6%
- #17 The Designer's Curse
72% matchVery Positive88% of 808 reviews2019
Dev: CBGames
Windows · Mac
Chapter 2 is OUT NOW! The first chapter of an unforgettable survival horror experience. Solve puzzles and work your way through this terrifying place. You may be more familiar with it than you initially think.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 23.8%, Survival Horror 16.5%, Stealth 14.8%, Psychological Horror 12.1%, Horror 11%
- #18 Amnesia: Rebirth
71% matchMostly Positive77% of 9,166 reviews2020
Dev: Frictional Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 10.0 hrs≥1hr: 75%
A first-person horror adventure. Uncover your past and survive the Algerian desert. Fear is your enemy; stay calm to not succumb to an illness threatening you and your loved one. Avoid darkness, hide from monsters and solve puzzles. Adventure Mode available for a less scary experience.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 25.1%, Stealth 14.9%, Action-Adventure 10.3%, Survival Horror 8.9%, Horror 8.6%
- #19 Infection Roots Deluxe
70% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: Prospective Games
Windows
Survive endless waves of horror has you venture further into the mines to find a plant to save your home land
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 23%, Shooter 14.2%, Action-Adventure 13.3%, Dark 10.2%, Action 9.4%
- #20 Pharos Light
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Alice Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Pharos Light is a survival horror game inspired by “The Lighthouse” and Lovecraft. Upgrade the Lighthouse with unique equipment, develop the island, and survive the night.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 26.2%, Survival Horror 15.1%, Dark 11.1%, Horror 9.7%, Psychological Horror 8.6%
- #21 Decarnation
68% matchVery Positive88% of 1,037 reviews2023
Dev: Atelier QDBPub: Shiro Unlimited
Windows
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Where do you run to when your demons reside within you? Decarnation is a pixel art adventure/action puzzle game with a horrific story inspired by some of the most influential films and novels in the genre. Dive into a breathtaking thriller where nightmares and dreams intertwine…
Why similar: Lovecraftian 21.3%, Surreal 17.2%, Survival Horror 10.3%, Dark 9.1%, Psychological Horror 8.8%
- #22 Dread Meridian
67% matchMostly Positive74% of 58 reviews2026
Dev: KUKRGAME
Windows
Dread Meridian is an original VR survival horror inspired by Lovecraft's "At the Mountains of Madness", set in Oglanbyen’s frozen wasteland. As Daniela, you search for your twin while facing betrayal and mutated researchers.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 21.9%, Shooter 11%, Inventory Management 10.8%, Horror 10.3%, Survival Horror 9.7%
- #23 Superstore Survival
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Amorbi
Windows
Superstore Survival is a first-person psychological survival horror game set inside an endless abandoned supermarket. Explore dark, liminal aisles, manage scarce food and ammo, and survive mannequins that awaken in light while an unseen creature hunts by sound.
Why similar: Survival Horror 18%, Psychological Horror 14.8%, Horror 13.7%, Surreal 12.5%, Dark 12.1%
- #24 12 nights
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Pigeon People Studio
Windows
A survival-horror game about a detective searching for his sister in a mysterious victorian mansion that shifts its shape. The mansion is their family home — and their family curse. Fight monsters, solve puzzles, explore the mysterious estate!
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 21.9%, Lovecraftian 19.4%, Shooter 13.3%, Top-Down 9.4%, Action 7.7%
- #25 Shadow Mantis
68% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Stuart Barker
Windows
A modern revival of classic top-down 2D stealth-action. Infiltrate a covert military base, procure weapons and equipment on-site, evade detection, and destroy the weapon known as SHADOW MANTIS.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 33.9%, Shooter 16.7%, Stealth 14.4%, Action-Adventure 13.5%, Tactical 9.7%
- #26 Lovelace Case
68% 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 30%, Survival Horror 17%, Inventory Management 12.7%, Horror 11.7%, Action-Adventure 10.2%
- #27 Dark Fracture: Prologue
69% matchVery Positive83% of 1,356 reviews2020
Dev: Twisted II Studio
Windows
Dark Fracture is a psychological horror experience in which you explore an ever-changing world where reality and nightmares collide. Walk on the edge of madness in the shoes of a tormented soul as you descend into the darkest depths of the human psyche, and question everything you see.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 19%, Survival Horror 12.8%, Surreal 10.3%, Horror 9.5%, Psychological Horror 9.2%
- #28 Claustrophobia
69% matchMixed67% of 24 reviews2022
Dev: Sentinel Studios
Windows
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 22.6%, Survival Horror 14.4%, Psychological Horror 11.8%, Dark 11%, Horror 10.1%
- #29 Venatrix
67% 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 32.8%, Stealth 16.5%, Action-Adventure 13.5%, Survival Horror 11.3%, Horror 10.1%
- #30 Wall Of Insanity 2
68% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: VenomizedArtPub: Happy Tube sro
Windows
Survive a relentless descent into a bio-organic nightmare. As a member of specialized tactical unit, navigate a decaying dimension to locate a vanished squad. Engage in high-stakes combat where every shadow hides an unspeakable horror. The veil is thinning - will you make it out?
Why similar: Lovecraftian 21.5%, Survival Horror 12.6%, Surreal 11.3%, Action-Adventure 8.6%, Shooter 8.6%
- #31 D'LIRIUM
65% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 1,114 reviews2023
Dev: B52 Development Team
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 64.6 hrs≥1hr: 84%
An experimental 2D-shooter with the elements of a horror game. D'lirium brings together some mechanics back from 90s classics. Non-linear levels, search for the keys, violence and a lot of other things. Including the colourful ponies.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 20.2%, Surreal 12.4%, Psychological Horror 10.6%, Action-Adventure 9.8%, Survival Horror 9.1%
- #32 Candlehead
67% matchMixed55% of 19 reviews2022
Dev: Ammonite Design Studios Ltd
Windows
Explore a dark and eerie first person folk horror game where your doom flickers in the form of a candle barely visible through the dusky gloom.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 15.9%, Stealth 13.2%, Survival Horror 12.9%, Psychological Horror 9.9%, Action-Adventure 8.4%
- #33 Dark Fracture
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Twisted II Studio
Windows
Dark Fracture is a psychological horror experience in which you explore an ever-changing world where reality and nightmares collide. Walk on the edge of madness in the shoes of a tormented soul as you descend into the darkest depths of the human psyche, and question everything you see.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 18.5%, Psychological Horror 18.1%, Horror 15.3%, Survival Horror 9.4%, Dark 6.8%
- #34 Silent Whisper
66% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Chub Nubbs Studio
Windows
Silent Whisper is a single-player horror game that takes you into an abandoned school with a haunting past. What begins as simple exploration turns into a nightmare. Navigate its decaying halls, uncover dark secrets, and do whatever it takes to escape—or risk becoming another victim.
Why similar: Stealth 18.2%, Survival Horror 17.8%, Horror 14.8%, Action-Adventure 13.3%, Exploration 10.6%
- #35 The Silent Jungle
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Anh Thi, IRIS
Windows
The Silent Jungle is a classic survival horror game set deep within the haunting jungles of Vietnam. After a brutal ambush, a lost American soldier must survive in a cursed jungle filled with lethal traps and haunting illusions. To escape, he must uncover its dark secrets and break the curse.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 29.7%, Top-Down 12.9%, Psychological Horror 11.4%, Horror 10.1%, Survival Horror 9%
- #36 Shadow Sacrament: The Roots of Evil
65% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Eldritch House
Windows
Shadow Sacrament is a grim horrorvania where you play as a tormented detective who must investigate the secrets of an ancient, horrific monastery. Explore hidden chambers, solve intricate puzzles, and face terrifying nightmares that lurk in its shadowy halls. Hunt the Haunt.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 20.6%, Survival Horror 15.6%, Stealth 11.6%, Action-Adventure 9.8%, Inventory Management 9.3%
- #37 Delusion Out of Space
65% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Have a DreamPub: Two Cakes Studio
Windows
Delusion Out of Space is a Lovecraftian sci-fi horror shooter where you find yourself trapped after audacious experiments conducted by an alien race. As you explore a spaceship, you make choices at critical moments, decisions that will determine your fate and the lives of those around you.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 22.9%, Survival Horror 11.7%, Dark 9.9%, Shooter 9.6%, Psychological Horror 9.2%
- #38 Godless grove
67% match6 user reviews0% of 6 reviews2022
Dev: Panzershark
Windows
Godless grove - survival horror with elements of a hunting simulator in an open world filled with horrors. Uncover the terrible secrets of the locals and overcome the disgusting creatures of evil that have gathered over this grove.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 27.9%, Survival Horror 22.3%, Top-Down 12%, Surreal 10.1%, Horror 10%
- #39 Lost Sanity: Cthulhu
64% 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 38.1%, Survival Horror 14.2%, Psychological Horror 12.7%, Horror 11.1%, Stealth 10.7%
- #40 Cult Trials: Incarnation
64% matchNo user reviews
Dev: VODOD GAMES
Windows
As Amelia, you awaken inside a sci-fi cult world poisoned by secrets. With no ammo and nothing but holy water, you face horrors shaped by a divine power gone corrupt. Survive the growing darkness, escape the faithful who hunt you, and uncover a truth that twists everything you thought was real.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 24.3%, Survival Horror 13.7%, Surreal 12%, Psychological Horror 10.7%, Horror 9.1%
- #41 Ritual Tides
64% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Vertpaint
Windows
Ritual Tides is a single-player, narrative-driven first-person psychological horror game set on the isolated British island of Hortus. Explore the island, uncover its dark past, loot food, ammunition and supplies, evade the cult of the Fallow Parish, and survive Lovecraftian horrors.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 27.1%, Survival Horror 16.6%, Psychological Horror 13.6%, Horror 12.4%, Stealth 7.3%
- #42 Backrooms: Exit from Supermarket
62% matchMostly Positive71% of 55 reviews2025
Dev: CGI LAB GAMES
Windows
In the Backrooms: Exit from Supermarket, you find yourself trapped in a labyrinth of endless, flickering aisles. Unearth dark secrets behind every shelf while evading lurking apparitions and supernatural terrors. Can you survive the haunted corridors and escape before the nightmare consumes?
Why similar: Lovecraftian 27.2%, Survival Horror 15.4%, Psychological Horror 13.2%, Dark 12.9%, Horror 11%
- #43 Rite of Osiris
63% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Time Break Studios
Windows · Linux
Explore the tombs beneath Egypt’s desert in a first-person survival horror. Hide from the horrors that stalk the dark, scavenge and craft to progress, and manage your light, tools, and scarce supplies to stay alive.
Why similar: Survival Horror 23%, Horror 15.7%, Psychological Horror 14%, Stealth 10.1%, Atmospheric 9.6%
- #44 Krampus is Home
65% matchVery Positive81% of 271 reviews2019
Dev: Regl Studios
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 57%
Sebastian is a teenager who is waiting for his parents to come back home on a cold Christmas night. Soon he realizes that there is something evil lurking around. Experience Sebastian 's journey into a surreal world like no other.
Why similar: Survival Horror 12.9%, Psychological Horror 12.7%, Horror 11.2%, Surreal 11.1%, Dark 10.8%
- #45 Eyes Never Wake
63% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Allan Hedlund
Windows
A horror game where the monster watches you through your webcam. Hide by physically ducking beneath your desk while exploring a strange game never meant to be played.
Why similar: Survival Horror 17.6%, Stealth 16.6%, Psychological Horror 13.3%, Horror 11.6%, Dark 10.6%
- #46 Organ Quarter
65% matchVery Positive90% of 314 reviews2017
Dev: Outer Brain Studios
Windows
Organ Quarter is a VR survival horror game built from the ground-up for hand-tracked virtual reality. Explore labyrinthine environments, engage in tense combat, carefully manage your resources and solve horrifying puzzles in this homage to the slow, methodical survival horror experiences of the '90s
Why similar: Survival Horror 21%, Surreal 15.8%, Psychological Horror 15%, Action-Adventure 13.1%, Horror 10.1%
- #47 Abaddon
63% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Nice to meet studios LTD
Windows
Abaddon is a first-person psychological horror game steeped in Lovecraftian elements. Descend into a haunting story as you take on the role of Jimmy, searching for his missing brother Georgie while confronting his past in a nightmarish world.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 26.6%, Survival Horror 15%, Psychological Horror 11.8%, Dark 10.5%, Horror 10%
- #48 TheLastDrive:2335
63% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Alex Robutti CorreaPub: Adrian Lorenzo Poysky
Windows
Step into a world shrouded in mystery and desolation in "The Last Drive 2335," a terror game that takes you on a haunting journey whilst driving through Veiled Grove. With its nostalgic PSX-styled graphics, immerse yourself in an atmospheric experience reminiscent of classic survival horror titles.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 22.9%, Survival Horror 13.1%, Surreal 12.5%, Inventory Management 11.8%, Shooter 10%
- #49 Second Shift
63% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Lead Game Studio
Windows
SECOND SHIFT is a first-person game that immerses the player in a deep and intense horror atmosphere. Using a mysterious clock, you must uncover terrifying secrets while trying to escape the mine. Solve puzzles, pay attention to your surroundings, and most importantly, survive.
Why similar: Survival Horror 14.8%, Psychological Horror 14.6%, Horror 14%, Dark 13.4%, Action-Adventure 9.4%
- #50 Cryospace: Prologue
63% matchNo user reviews
Dev: kuklam studiosPub: Games Operators
Windows
You are not a soldier. Not a fighter. Just an ordinary maintenance guy. Yet you have to fight. And you are forced to run. But chiefly: you must help the frozen crew survive on a spaceship. You are the only one who can save others. You are made a hero against your will. You become a leader. A slayer.
Why similar: Inventory Management 20.7%, Survival Horror 15%, Dark 11.6%, Top-Down 10.6%, Action-Adventure 9.2%
- #51 SCP: Fragmented Minds
60% matchVery Positive92% of 1,168 reviews2025
Dev: HST StudiosPub: indie.io
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 2.3 hrs≥1hr: 71%
You arrive at Mars Site-113, a decaying monument to the SCP Foundation's ambition—and its failures. Once the most secure facility, now a cradle of horrors calling you to uncover its secrets. Face relentless anomalies, humanity's darkest truths, and a mission that demands survival above all else.
Why similar: Stealth 15.4%, Survival Horror 14.6%, Psychological Horror 11.4%, Shooter 11.3%, Horror 9.7%
- #52 Mr. Grin's Final Act
62% matchNo user reviews
Dev: LARAKI Interactive
Windows
Thirty years ago, a tragedy silenced the studio. Now you're back... and so is Mr. Grin. In this first-person survival horror, scavenge badges, rewire circuits, crack safes. Stay out of sight. One sound and you die. He's not hunting you. He's directing you. His script. Your survival.
Why similar: Survival Horror 22.3%, Stealth 22.1%, Psychological Horror 15.9%, Horror 12%, Dark 7.7%
- #53 Workplace Malice
62% 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 26.8%, Stealth 14.5%, Survival Horror 14.4%, Psychological Horror 10.9%, Action-Adventure 9.2%
- #54 The Echo Paradox
61% matchMostly Positive78% of 60 reviews2025
Dev: Virtuzilla
Windows
The Echo Paradox is a first-person psychological horror game. Humanity stands on the brink of an unsettling revelation – alternate dimensions are real, but eerily without signs of life.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 24.5%, Psychological Horror 13.6%, Survival Horror 11.3%, Surreal 10.7%, Horror 10.3%
- #55 Cult of Dawn
61% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: stoneghost
Windows
Attempt to survive as a mysterious event strips away the bounds of reality itself in Cult of Dawn, an "RE4-Like" inspired by classic survival horror titles of the 90s and early 2000s. Features tank controls, sanity FX, free, fixed, & over the shoulder camera angles, inventory management & more.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 24.6%, Inventory Management 19%, Survival Horror 15.9%, Psychological Horror 10.3%, Horror 9.5%
- #56 Satanic
62% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Silent Moon
Windows
Satanic is a first-person survival horror game about escaping a satanic cult's bunker network. Hunted by a relentless demon that responds to your actions, you must navigate your way out of an ex-soviet missile silo deep below the surface.
Why similar: Survival Horror 15.1%, Stealth 14.7%, Lovecraftian 12.7%, Horror 9.8%, Psychological Horror 7.7%
- #57 Chorus of Carcosa
60% matchMostly Positive79% of 187 reviews2025
Dev: Chameleon 42
Windows
Chorus of Carcosa is a first-person psychological horror game about an anxious sculptor who is trapped in a dark and ever-changing building. Stay silent, survive its twisted labyrinths and escape the monsters. Just don’t lose your way in the shadows or within your own mind.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 19.6%, Surreal 12.8%, Psychological Horror 11.9%, Dark 11.3%, Survival Horror 11%
- #58 Penumbra Overture
64% matchVery Positive91% of 4,059 reviews2009
Dev: Frictional Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 58%
Penumbra: Overture is a first person survival horror game, emphasizing on survival and problem solving instead of mindless violence and gore.
Why similar: Horror 21.3%, Lovecraftian 17.3%, Survival Horror 15.2%, Stealth 12.3%, Psychological Horror 11.4%
- #59 The Asodium
60% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: BlackNoise Games
Windows
The Asodium is a bite-sized atmospheric horror experience focused on exploration, tension, and survival. Navigate a decaying asylum, avoid unseen threats, and uncover fragmented truths hidden within its walls while struggling to escape an unsettling reality
Why similar: Dark 19.5%, Horror 14.6%, Action 11.9%, Action-Adventure 10%, Survival Horror 9.8%
- #60 Bagnomor
61% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Bagnodev
Windows
Bagnomor is a bleak survival-horror set in a remote corner of Eastern Europe, where ancient entities were awakened by human folly. There is no escape, and the forest wall is closing in.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 27.7%, Survival Horror 17%, Inventory Management 10.9%, Surreal 10.8%, Dark 10%