Games Like A House of Many Doors

SAIL THE STARS. BETRAY YOUR QUEEN. MURDER A SUN. Sunless Skies is a Gothic Horror roleplay game with a focus on exploration and exquisite storytelling.

Why similar: Steampunk 36.3% ★, Lovecraftian 32.2%, Exploration 6.7%, Story Rich 6.5%, RPG 5.8%

Why You'll Like It: It shares the same developer DNA and mechanical exploration focus, tasking you with navigating a surreal, steampunk-inspired cosmos.

LOSE YOUR MIND. EAT YOUR CREW. DIE. Take the helm of your steamship and set sail for the unknown! Sunless Sea is a game of discovery, loneliness and frequent death, set in the award-winning Victorian Gothic universe of Fallen London.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 32.2%, Steampunk 17.5% ★, Exploration 8.7%, Dark 7.6%, Story Rich 6.9%

Why You'll Like It: This game offers a similar dark, atmospheric exploration experience where your survival depends on managing resources while uncovering eldritch lore.

Seize forbidden treasures. Summon alien gods. Feed on your disciples. Cultist Simulator is a game of apocalypse and yearning. Play as a seeker after unholy mysteries, in a 1920s-themed setting of hidden gods and secret histories.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 48.9%, Lore-Rich 30.3%, Story Rich 10.8%, RPG 9.9%

Why You'll Like It: It captures the same cryptic, Lovecraftian atmosphere through a complex, lore-rich card-based narrative system.

Roadwarden is an illustrated text-based RPG that uses isometric pixel art and combines mechanics borrowed from RPGs, Visual Novels, adventure games and interactive fiction.

Why similar: Text-Based 24.2%, RPG 21.9%, Interactive Fiction 21.5%, Story Rich 13.2%, Indie 5.2%

Why You'll Like It: This text-heavy RPG emphasizes exploration and choice-driven storytelling in a dangerous, atmospheric fantasy world.

Roleplaying in the ruins of interplanetary capitalism. Live the life of an escaped worker, washed-up on a lawless station at the edge of an interstellar society. Inspired by the flexibility and freedom of TTRPGs, explore the station, choose your friends, escape your past and change your future.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.3%, Story Rich 16.8%, Text-Based 15.6%, RPG 14.7%, Exploration 12.7%

Why You'll Like It: It features deep, choice-driven narrative mechanics and a survival-focused loop set in a decaying, atmospheric environment.

Delve into a role-playing game of horror, loss and madness set in the strange worlds of HP Lovecraft. Stygian: Reign of the Old Ones offers a mix of rich role-playing and turn-based tactical combat, represented in an illustrative visual style. Can you find salvation in a dead world?

Why similar: Lovecraftian 54.9%, RPG 15.6%, Horror 11.6%, Story Rich 5.2%, Atmospheric 4.5%

Why You'll Like It: A direct Lovecraftian RPG that captures the same sense of dread and hopelessness found in the House.

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: Story Rich 30.4%, RPG 26.9%, Atmospheric 11.7%, Open World 11.2%, Exploration 10.6%

Why You'll Like It: It offers unparalleled narrative depth and surreal, philosophical exploration that mirrors the intellectual weight of the seed game.

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: Story Rich 23.3%, Dark 18.2%, RPG 16.4%, Open World 16%, Atmospheric 15.3%

Why You'll Like It: This game excels at creating a suffocating, dark atmosphere where survival and narrative choices are inextricably linked.

You only have 21 days until this living city dies. The clock is ticking. You can’t be everywhere at once. Decide what to explore, who to meet and see every decision shape the curious stories and terrible secrets of this branching narrative game.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 53.6%, Story Rich 11.8%, Text-Based 8.2%, Exploration 7.8%, Indie 6.4%

Why You'll Like It: This narrative-driven exploration game captures the feeling of navigating a strange, dying city full of secrets.

A Victorian steampunk RPG with tarot cards instead of dice. Investigate the disappearance of society’s most vulnerable to uncover a mysterious cult. Play as three characters, each with their own skills and motivations. Customize your characters with narrative choices to unlock new tarot cards.

Why similar: Steampunk 55.2% ★, Story Rich 12.9%, RPG 12.6%, Open World 9.9%, Atmospheric 6.5%

Why You'll Like It: It features a unique steampunk setting with deep RPG mechanics and a heavy focus on player choice and character development.

The Thaumaturge is a character-driven RPG with a rich story, morally ambiguous choices, and turn-based combat. In a city on the brink of change, use your mystical powers to read emotions, uncover motives, and command folklore-inspired demons — while resisting the temptation of your own pride.

Why similar: Story Rich 27%, RPG 25.5%, Exploration 21.6%, Atmospheric 16.2%, Singleplayer 5.5%

Why You'll Like It: A narrative-heavy, isometric RPG that explores dark, supernatural themes within a historical setting.

If On A Winter's Night, Four Travelers is a narrative-driven point-and-click adventure with horror elements that explores the stories of four characters in a masked ball taking place aboard a train in the late 1920s.

Why similar: Gothic 36.1% ★, Dark 19%, Story Rich 15.9%, Horror 14.6%, Atmospheric 10.2%

Why You'll Like It: A dark, atmospheric point-and-click adventure that weaves together multiple surreal, narrative-rich stories.

NORCO is a dialogue-focused point & click adventure that immerses the player in the sinking suburbs and industrial swamplands of an increasingly surreal and distorted South Louisiana.

Why similar: Gothic 44.8% ★, Dark 17.8%, Story Rich 16.8%, Atmospheric 11.5%, 2D 3.9%

Why You'll Like It: It provides a deeply atmospheric, surreal narrative experience that feels like a modern, southern-gothic take on the House's strange world.

Alder's Blood is a tactical strategy game with stealth-based combat, RPG elements, crafting, resources gathering, and management, exploration, and a rich storyline. Set in a grim world, where mankind killed their God and is facing extinction.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 31.5%, Gothic 24% ★, Turn-Based 12.2%, Horror 8%, Story Rich 7.6%

Why You'll Like It: This tactical RPG combines dark fantasy with Lovecraftian themes and a focus on survival in a hostile world.

The Innsmouth Case is a text adventure game inspired by H.P. Lovecraft and the very first text-based adventure to combine horror and comedy in a fit and proper way.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 57.2%, Story Rich 10.8%, Horror 10.6%, Text-Based 9.8%, Atmospheric 6.8%

Why You'll Like It: A narrative-driven, Lovecraftian mystery game that relies on player choices to navigate its dark, branching story.

Investigate a paranormal disease that threatens to eradicate humanity in this unsettling Lovecraftian adventure, inspired by the choose-your-own-adventure gamebooks of the 80s and 90s. Your choices will determine the story, your character’s destiny… and the future of humanity.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 62.8%, Interactive Fiction 17.1%, Story Rich 10.3%, Indie 4.4%, Text-Based 3.3%

Why You'll Like It: An interactive fiction game that leans heavily into Lovecraftian themes and branching narrative paths.

Adventure across a Wild West world in a rickety, steampunk airship! Inspired by the likes of Firefly and the classic CRPGs of old. A unique setting filled with rich lore, deep stories, and adventure! Contend with outlaws, gunslingers, and bounty hunters in an epic quest for redemption and revenge!

Why similar: Steampunk 40.1% ★, Lore-Rich 19.1%, Turn-Based 15.6%, Story Rich 8.6%, RPG 6.4%

Why You'll Like It: A steampunk-themed RPG that focuses on exploration and management, echoing the mechanical travel elements of the seed game.

SKALD:Against the Black Priory is a retro-style party-based RPG set in a grim-dark fantasy world of tragic heroes, violent deaths and Lovecraftian horror. Take a chance and roll the dice as you embark on a compelling story filled with deadly creatures, branching story and tactical, turn-based combat

Why similar: Lovecraftian 36.4%, Horror 15.5%, Exploration 12.9%, Story Rich 12.7%, Atmospheric 9.8%

Why You'll Like It: It provides a minimalist, atmospheric RPG experience that captures the classic feel of dark, lore-rich dungeon crawling.

A surreal post-life adventure

Why similar: RPG 26.6%, Story Rich 16%, Dark 14.3%, LGBTQ+ 12.2%, Indie 9.6%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a surreal, indie RPG experience that leans heavily into the strange and the unknown.

A classic survival horror experience set in a dystopian future where humanity has uncovered a dark secret. Unravel a cosmic mystery, escape terrifying creatures, and scavenge an off-world government facility as Elster, a technician Replika searching for her lost dreams.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 53.8%, Dark 16.2%, LGBTQ+ 14.7%, Atmospheric 10.9%, Singleplayer 2.4%

Why You'll Like It: It delivers a haunting, Lovecraftian-inspired horror experience with a heavy emphasis on atmosphere and cryptic lore.

Steam-powered mechs meet forbidden sorcery in this interactive steampunk novel, inspired by Sherlock Holmes, Dracula, Jekyll & Hyde, and Jack the Ripper!

Why similar: Steampunk 62.6% ★, RPG 12.7%, Interactive Fiction 10.1%, Text-Based 9.7%, Indie 4.9%

Why You'll Like It: A text-based RPG that captures the steampunk aesthetic and narrative-heavy focus of the seed game.

Auto-cannibalism. Demonic Seduction. Occult Rituals. Bloodfeasting Worms. This dark, horrific Twine-based dungeon crawler pairs edgy interactive fiction with grisly pixel art and light RPG elements. Navigate this sprawling narrative-driven labyrinth bristling with otherworldly doom.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 47.7%, Horror 32%, Indie 12.7%, Adventure 7.6%

Why You'll Like It: A text-based interactive fiction game that provides a claustrophobic, horror-filled exploration experience.

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 37.1%, Lore-Rich 28.8%, Horror 9.2%, Open World 8.8%, Dark 7.1%

Why You'll Like It: A survival-focused adventure game that brings Lovecraftian horror to life through its unique, lore-rich mechanics.

Your eldritch existence is threatened when another abomination tries to feast on you. You flee, trapping yourself in human flesh, but will that be enough?

Why similar: Lovecraftian 47.4%, Interactive Fiction 20.3%, Horror 15.4%, RPG 10.5%, Text-Based 3.7%

Why You'll Like It: A horror-themed interactive fiction game that explores supernatural themes through a deep, choice-driven narrative.

Trapped in a dark, Victorian city consumed by an ancient curse, you must plan your survival and daring escape using nothing but stealth, an arsenal of eccentric weapons, and your wit in this haunting adventure inspired by the immersive sims and survival horror greats of the late 90s and early 2000s.

Why similar: Steampunk 31.3% ★, Lovecraftian 24%, Gothic 22.1% ★, Dark 8%, Exploration 7.4%

Why You'll Like It: A steampunk-inspired horror game that emphasizes atmospheric exploration and stealth in a dark, Victorian-esque world.

A demon has possessed you and used your body to tear a swath of bloodshed through New York. You are now free, but life as you knew it is over. Your only path forward is joining the Unavowed - an ancient society dedicated to stopping evil. No matter what the cost.

Why similar: Gothic 27.7% ★, Story Rich 24.2%, Dark 15.7%, Atmospheric 9.1%, Indie 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: A choice-heavy urban fantasy RPG that focuses on character-driven narratives and supernatural mystery.

The Horror at Highrook is an occult card crafting narrative RPG. Explore a haunted mansion with your team of investigators, summon dark entities, craft powerful protections, uncover the fate of the missing family, and choose your own path through the darkness.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 44.4%, Gothic 19.5% ★, Horror 12.8%, Story Rich 8.8%, RPG 7.3%

You didn’t ask to lead this expedition, but here you are. Stuck in the ice, Captain missing, miles from civilisation. Someone has to take charge. Manage your meagre resources, balance safety and morale, make the hard calls, and head in the only direction you can - through The Pale Beyond.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.8%, Story Rich 20.6%, Dark 18.5%, Exploration 14.5%, Atmospheric 11.8%

Why You'll Like It: This survival-focused narrative game forces you to make difficult choices in a harsh, unforgiving environment.

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 60.9%, Horror 12.3%, Story Rich 8.3%, Atmospheric 5.8%, RPG 4.9%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a direct, narrative-focused investigation experience rooted in the core tenets of Lovecraftian horror.

A gritty dice-driven RPG, in a steampunk city. You escaped the War, but how to survive? Explore the city. Build up your skills. Decide who to trust. Choose carefully: you might just spark a revolution!

Why similar: Steampunk 32.9% ★, Lore-Rich 16.6%, Gothic 14.2% ★, Story Rich 7.7%, Text-Based 7.2%

A short narrative-driven horror game made in RPGmaker featuring hand-drawn graphics and animated cutscenes. Players navigate the house and its backyard, interacting with the environment and collecting key items to progress the story.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 36.2%, Interactive Fiction 15.2%, RPG 13.4%, Lore-Rich 12.9%, Horror 7.6%

A mute little thing with borrowed magic. A house that murmurs back. Ask wrong, and you might wake something that remembers your name.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18%, Dark 14.7%, Horror 13.9%, Story Rich 13.1%, LGBTQ+ 11.9%

Curious Expedition is a roguelike expedition simulation set in the late 19th century. Together with famous personalities you will venture on unprecedented expeditions to regions never explored before for fame, science and treasures.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 57%, Exploration 13.9%, Story Rich 12.4%, RPG 11.4%, 2D 3.6%

A subway train plagued by strange occurrences. A part-time exorcist girl arrives to confront the supernatural chaos, with the unknown ahead.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 51.4%, Horror 15.7%, Exploration 12.1%, Story Rich 9%, RPG 8.1%

UnderRail is an old-school turn-based isometric role-playing game that features a large open post-apocalyptic world, deep and challenging combat and an intricate storyline.

Why similar: Turn-Based 35.3%, RPG 31.1%, Open World 11.8%, Atmospheric 6.9%, Exploration 5%

When your uncle Kent mysteriously disappears, you'll embark on a journey find out what really happened. What will you sacrifice when trapped in a haunted manor? Will you destroy this evil or claim its power? And can love bloom in a haunted house?

Why similar: RPG 38.9%, Text-Based 36.5%, Indie 14.7%, Adventure 9.9%

『Letters of Bernard Thorne』 is a story-driven psychological horror game about trauma. Take a seat in Bernard's motorized wheelchair. Roam around the old man's house. Discover his scarred past. Flee from his sins. Climb up the attic.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.4%, Horror 18.5%, Story Rich 16.4%, Text-Based 15.8%, Exploration 10.1%

This is a text-based adventure puzzle game, where you must struggle to survive in a world filled with ghosts and urban legends. While collecting clues, you'll uncover the truth behind the world and find the way out. The game features a wealth of levels, unconventional rules, and a touch of horror.

Why similar: Exploration 20.8%, Story Rich 20.5%, Lovecraftian 17.4%, Horror 17.2%, Text-Based 9.3%

Explore a surreal world inspired by Kowloon Walled city in this turn-based RPG inspired by Japanese dungeon crawlers from the late 1990s.

Why similar: RPG 26.2%, Dark 24.2%, Horror 19.3%, Atmospheric 15.1%, Adventure 7%

A gothic suspense tale set in a cursed mansion. "The House in Fata Morgana" is a full-length visual novel spanning nearly a millennium that deals in tragedy, human nature, and insanity.

Why similar: Gothic 37.9% ★, Dark 12.6%, Story Rich 12%, Horror 10.9%, LGBTQ+ 10.3%

Explore a beautiful and Enigmatic Victorian Manor with a dark secret, In this gothic horror story first person exploration puzzle game filled with fine art, secret passages and mysterious mechanical puzzles playing as the executor of the last will from the enigmatic Railroad Magnate Hadley Strange.

Why similar: Horror 26.1%, Exploration 24.8%, Story Rich 21.9%, Dark 12.7%, Atmospheric 10.8%

A Victorian Steampunk Roguelite Deckbuilder. Choose from four characters with unique cards and abilities. Customize your deck and character as you investigate a mysterious plague. Battle corrupted beasts and bosses in turn-based combat to unlock powerful relics and enchanted tarot cards.

Why similar: Steampunk 28.9% ★, Turn-Based 19.9%, Lovecraftian 15.7%, RPG 13.4%, Story Rich 11.2%

A turn-based horror RPG with retro 32-bit 3D graphics. Survive the horrors of the mansion that changes every time you enter.

Why similar: Horror 34.2%, RPG 27.5%, Dark 23%, Atmospheric 12.2%, Singleplayer 3.1%

Taking place in a single mansion in Candlewood, northeast USA, in the early 20th Century, House of Caravan is a sinister adventure filled with dark secrets and vexing puzzles.

Why similar: Horror 53.3%, Indie 17.4%, Exploration 15%, Adventure 10.1%, Singleplayer 4.2%

Doorways: Holy Mountains of Flesh is an Immersive Horror Adventure, featuring a Complex Story and Deep Atmosphere.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 52%, Horror 15.7%, Dark 14%, Story Rich 9.1%, Indie 4.1%

You are a monster under someone's house.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 27.6%, Horror 23.4%, Exploration 18.5%, RPG 14.3%, Story Rich 11%

Experience the quiet terror of this 1-bit love letter to Junji Ito and H.P. Lovecraft. Navigate a hellish roguelite reality with turn-based combat and unforgiving choices. Experiment with your deck of event cards to discover new forms of cosmic horror in every playthrough. The inevitable awaits...

Why similar: Lovecraftian 56.9%, Horror 20.6%, RPG 9.4%, Atmospheric 6.3%, 2D 3.6%

VOID SAILS is a single-player adventure where you captain a flying ship across uncharted space. Sail through mysterious worlds, battle powerful foes, and make story-defining choices. Uncover dark secrets in a game where every discovery could bring you closer to the truth—or to madness.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 33.3%, Lore-Rich 17.8%, Steampunk 16.4% ★, Exploration 8.1%, RPG 7.2%

Stirring Abyss is an indie tactical squad-based game with strong RPG elements in which you uncover the ancient mysteries of the depths depicted in the classic vein of Lovecraftian horror.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 64%, RPG 11.6%, Turn-Based 11.4%, Horror 6.5%, Indie 3%

Torment: Tides of Numenera is the thematic successor to Planescape: Torment, one of the most critically acclaimed role-playing games of all time. Immerse yourself in a single-player, isometric, story-driven RPG set in Monte Cook’s Numenera universe. What does one life matter? Find your answer.

Why similar: RPG 39.7%, Story Rich 24%, Turn-Based 16%, Atmospheric 7.5%, Indie 5.2%

Extend your roots, imbibe fresh blood, and expand without end. Roots Devour is a strategic exploration game centered around a card-connecting mechanism. Drive your frenzied roots through swamps and over frozen mountains, invading human cities until the darkness... descends.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 43.1%, Dark 12.7%, Horror 11.6%, Exploration 10%, Atmospheric 7.4%

Dark Train is an award-winning steampunk train adventure made of paper. Assume the role of mechanical squid Ann 2.35f that is tied to the railroad machine and deliver the mysterious order for deceased D. W. Tagrezbung, the famous inventor from the Border City.

Why similar: Steampunk 68.9% ★, Dark 17.7%, Indie 7.1%, Adventure 6.3%

Something ancient and evil is stirring in Victorian England. Only you can stop it. Journey to the brink of madness and beyond as you set forth alone into the dark.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 59.7%, Story Rich 16.2%, Horror 16.2%, Adventure 2.4%, Singleplayer 2.4%

Journey across a dying world. Manage your resources. Build relationships with anthropomorphic characters. Find a new home or become a fuel drinking madman.

Why similar: Lore-Rich 32.7%, Dark 15.3%, Story Rich 14.9%, RPG 14.1%, LGBTQ+ 13.3%

Cyclopean: The Great Abyss is a small scale, mechanics driven CRPG/Roguelike in a retro, monochromatic style, that takes place in the underworld of H.P. Lovecraft's Dreamlands.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 58.3%, Dark 13.2%, RPG 12.2%, Exploration 7.4%, Atmospheric 3.8%

A branching-path narrative horror RPG set in Vienna, Austria. Guide the Unnamed through the worst night of their life: Harass your neighbours. Debate with birds. Smoke to survive.

Why similar: Dark 18.9%, Story Rich 17.1%, RPG 14.8%, Text-Based 14.7%, Atmospheric 9.3%

Wander through intricate maze under the bed, and discover the secrets hidden in the long, dark tunnels. Document the existence of monsters. Retrieve the stolen treasures and memories.

Why similar: Horror 23.4%, Dark 20.4%, Exploration 17.2%, Story Rich 15.1%, Atmospheric 10.5%

YOU are a psychiatrist, trying to solve a murder whilst treating the unusual patients of the recently deceased Doctor Dekker. Type a question - patients reply in full screen video and have questions for you too but be careful what you say. Your words determine their eventual fates, and your own!

Why similar: Lovecraftian 43.9%, Dark 13.3%, Story Rich 10%, Interactive Fiction 9.9%, Horror 9%

The Doors of Trithius is an open-world RPG roguelike. Engage in tactical turn-based combat in a living world of warring factions, wandering behemoths, and ancient magic. Level your skills, cook, craft, and explore dungeons. Will you follow the story, or let adventure be your guide?

Why similar: Lore-Rich 34.5%, Turn-Based 24.3%, Open World 21.1%, RPG 10.7%, 2D 4.1%

Step into a liminal, cosmic horror experience set in an abandoned amusement park. Uncover the haunting narrative behind its twisted rides and empty tunnels to discover what lurks within a reality that shouldn't exist…

Why similar: Lovecraftian 47.8%, Dark 14.5%, Horror 14.2%, Story Rich 8.6%, Atmospheric 6.9%