- #1 Stars Die
97% matchVery Positive90% of 158 reviews2020
Dev: Eric Juvi
Windows
A giant cathedral of flesh has appeared in the middle of the ocean on a dying world. A small group of scientists are secretly investigating it when a mysterious woman appears, facing an impossible task.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 30.3%, Walking Simulator 15.9%, Psychological Horror 12.4%, Choices Matter 9%, Multiple Endings 7.3%
- #2 Mines Of Moritania
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Jofer's Games
Windows
Experimental, None Linear, Cosmic Horror Game.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 27.7%, Walking Simulator 14.4%, Psychological Horror 11%, Choices Matter 9.2%, Conversation 7.6%
- #3 Inner Voices
96% matchMixed53% of 93 reviews2017
Dev: Sigma GamesPub: No Gravity Games
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 77%
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 31.2%, Psychological Horror 12.3%, Choices Matter 10.7%, Walking Simulator 9.8%, Story Rich 7%
- #4 EMOTIONLESS : The Last Ticket
94% matchVery Positive82% of 136 reviews2025
Dev: X1 Games
Windows
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 34.9%, Walking Simulator 16.7%, Psychological Horror 13.9%, Horror 8%, Story Rich 5.9%
- #5 Conarium
95% 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 50.8%, Walking Simulator 16.2%, Psychological Horror 10.1%, Horror 8.1%, First-Person 5.1%
- #6 Backrooms: Levels of Fear
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: The M.E.G.
Windows
A first-person psychological and survival-horror experience. You are lost in the Backrooms and you have to find a way to survive in this dangerous universe. Explore the different levels, meet the Entities and other Explorers, and find clues to reveal the Backrooms’ secrets.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 19.5%, Walking Simulator 18.1%, Psychological Horror 11.9%, Choices Matter 10.1%, Exploration 7.1%
- #7 Lake Facade: Director's Cut
93% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Rexoto Games
Windows
Explore, Fish and discover the mysteries hidden within Lake Facade. A short narrative puzzle/adventure game with multiple endings and secrets to find.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 27.9%, Walking Simulator 15%, Psychological Horror 10.4%, Choices Matter 8%, Conversation 7.9%
- #8 Mourning Tide
92% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Liquid SquidPub: Black Lantern Collective
Windows
A guilt-ridden fisherman sails into forbidden waters. With every catch, the echoes of his life rise to the surface. Unravel the past, seek redemption’s light, or be consumed by the Mourning Tide. A fishing horror game.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 32.9%, Fishing 32.1% ★, Psychological Horror 11.6%, Horror 7.7%, First-Person 4%
- #9 Hell Dive
91% matchVery Positive94% of 67 reviews2025
Dev: Teacup Games
Windows
Hell Dive is a first-person horror game where you are a Maritime Operative alone aboard a submarine. Sent on a mission to revive an abandoned deep-sea colony, you uncover dark secrets as terrifying and deadly horrors await in its depths
Why similar: Lovecraftian 29.5%, Walking Simulator 16.3%, Psychological Horror 11.7%, Interactive Fiction 10.7%, Horror 6%
- #10 Lighthouse of Madness
90% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Flying Jack StudiosPub: Flying Jack Productions
Windows
Embark on this Lovecraft-inspired tale and discover the mysteries that await you in this island. Explore the enigmatic lighthouse, solve challenging puzzles and most importantly: try not to lose your sanity when facing the darkness of your mind.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 38.2%, Walking Simulator 15.5%, Psychological Horror 14.1%, Story Rich 8.2%, Exploration 6.4%
- #11 Call of Cthulhu®
91% matchMostly Positive79% of 13,295 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 51.2%, Psychological Horror 12.7%, Horror 8%, Story Rich 6.5%, Walking Simulator 6.4%
- #12 Plura Ingenia: Patient 16
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Oblique Interactive
Windows
A first-person psychological horror game where your personality shapes the experience. Answer unsettling questions, endure disturbing trials, and survive an evaluation that adapts to how you think and behave.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 28.1%, Psychological Horror 13%, Walking Simulator 12.8%, Choices Matter 10.3%, Story Rich 7.4%
- #13 Backrooms: Exit from Supermarket
88% matchMixed70% of 56 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 32.1%, Psychological Horror 14.8%, Walking Simulator 14.2%, Story Rich 8.3%, Horror 8.2%
- #14 HYPNOS
87% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Redlock Studio
Windows
HYPNOS is a first-person adventure and exploration game, set in a lovecraftian megastructure fever dream. Enter the Nameless City at the edge of Dreams. Follow the trail into the shadow of the Holy Mountain. Embrace your destiny.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 36.7%, Walking Simulator 18.2%, Choices Matter 9.2%, Interactive Fiction 8.3%, Exploration 7.4%
- #15 Marginalia
89% matchVery Positive82% of 60 reviews2019
Dev: Connor Sherlock
Windows
Marginalia is a first-person horror game that transports you to Kestlebrook, a secluded valley where history becomes enmeshed with a strange present. Weeks ago Eric left. Days ago you got a letter telling you to come to him. Now you're here, but precisely where is here? And better yet, when?
Why similar: Lovecraftian 30.3%, Walking Simulator 20.5%, Psychological Horror 12.2%, Story Rich 8.2%, Exploration 7.4%
- #16 Care
86% matchVery Positive96% of 68 reviews2024
Dev: The Pocket Dimension
Windows
Care is an atmospheric first person horror game with puzzle elements, where your choices have consequences. Be observant with your surroundings and unravel the horrific secrets that hide within these walls.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 25.6%, Walking Simulator 15%, Interactive Fiction 12.7%, Conversation 10.9%, Choices Matter 9.5%
- #17 The Black Pyramid
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: AlphaRedux
Windows
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 37.8%, Psychological Horror 13.4%, Choices Matter 11.1%, Story Rich 7.8%, Horror 6%
- #18 Dagon: by H. P. Lovecraft
85% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 12,107 reviews2021
Dev: Bit Golem
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 29%
Face unspeakable horrors. Succumb to madness. Welcome to a free daemonic narrative experience inspired by H. P. Lovecraft.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 41.2%, Psychological Horror 10%, Walking Simulator 9.9%, Horror 9.1%, Interactive Fiction 8.6%
- #19 Tower of Madness
84% matchPositive95% of 43 reviews2024
Dev: J6 Games
Windows
A cowboy named John is compelled by an insidious voice in his head to ascend an inverted floating tower. Encounter atmospheric horror, defy gravity, and make impossible choices in this third-person psychological horror game inspired by Stephen King's The Dark Tower.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 25%, Walking Simulator 11.8%, Psychological Horror 11.3%, Interactive Fiction 9.5%, Choices Matter 9.4%
- #20 The Company
84% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Crawler Games
Windows
The Company wants you productive. The Company wants you calm. The Company wants you compliant.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 21.2%, Psychological Horror 18.9%, Interactive Fiction 15.8%, Choices Matter 11%, Exploration 8.6%
- #21 The Lanterne of Light
83% matchNo user reviews
Dev: skekpen
Windows · Linux
A Gothic horror faerie tale.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 29.9%, Dark Fantasy 13.6%, Choices Matter 11%, Psychological Horror 10.5%, Interactive Fiction 10.3%
- #22 Dark Lessons
82% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Tall Tide Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Can you survive your teacher in this psychological horror game? With only candles for light and trapped in her home, you have to uncover her family's dark secrets. Solve puzzles, connect the dots and escape. But beware: There is someone else playing games with you, and someone who needs your help.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 35.2%, Walking Simulator 16.9%, Psychological Horror 13.9%, Horror 8%, Exploration 5.9%
- #23 Drowned Lake
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Monumental CollabPub: CRITICAL REFLEX
Windows
When Bento, an amateur documentarian vanishes, three strangers are drawn to the Drowned Lake to find him. As the lake’s dark past comes to light, so do the secrets buried deep within them. Explore, survive, and investigate the dark waters in this fishing survival horror game.
Why similar: Fishing 39.1% ★, Lovecraftian 23%, Psychological Horror 12.9%, Horror 8.4%, Exploration 6.7%
- #24 Mountains of Madness
81% 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 36.5%, Walking Simulator 14.2%, Psychological Horror 10.4%, Horror 7.9%, Story Rich 7.6%
- #25 The Nameless City
81% matchVery Positive87% of 55 reviews2024
Dev: Paradnight Studio
Windows · Mac
Narrative-driven first person horror adventure inspired by Lovecraft's short novel "The Nameless City". Explore the ruins of a city that some say they are older than humanity itself. While you delve deeper into the ancient buildings, reality and visions blend into an indistinct haze.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 41%, Walking Simulator 19.6%, Psychological Horror 15.1%, Horror 5.8%, Dark 4.5%
- #26 The Rite Holds
80% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2025
Dev: PV Development
Windows
In this concise first person horror experience, you are trapped in an infinite corridor with nothing but a flashlight. Explore this liminal space, survive the entities that lurk in the dark and complete the ritual to break the cycle.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 20.3%, Lovecraftian 19.8%, Walking Simulator 16.9%, Horror 9.9%, First-Person 6.9%
- #27 MY DAUGHTER IS A CULTIST! SE
79% matchMostly Positive75% of 28 reviews2023
Dev: VIRTUA WORLDS, LLC
Windows
YOU'RE JUST A NORMAL GUY TRYING TO GET SOME SLEEP. YOU HEAR A BUMP IN THE NIGHT. WHAT WAS THAT? WHY IS YOUR DAUGHTER ACTING SO WEIRD? IS IT PARENTHOOD OR A HORRIBLE CURIOSITY THAT COMPELS YOU TO FIND OUT? A Short horror experience.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 29.1%, Walking Simulator 15.9%, Interactive Fiction 12.8%, Psychological Horror 11.4%, Horror 6.7%
- #28 Enthralled
79% match6 user reviews71% of 7 reviews2024
Dev: Broncogame
Windows
"Enthralled" is a short game about a man possessed by a demon. It takes place in a desolate world where you balance between looking for a way out, stopping the demon from killing innocent people, and not being completely devoured yourself. Explore the world and find a way to deal with your curse.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 24.4%, Interactive Fiction 20.9%, Dark Fantasy 14.4%, Choices Matter 10%, First-Person 7.9%
- #29 Hotdog Butcher
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Crystal Shark Games
Windows
The colorful lights of the carnival, laughter, and the sound of music. Everything seems ordinary as you serve your customers from your hotdog truck. But as the night grows deeper… the crowd fades, the lights go out and something starts watching you.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 18.9%, Psychological Horror 15.9%, Interactive Fiction 10.6%, Choices Matter 10.5%, Horror 8.2%
- #30 Blind Hope
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: FalseHope Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A first-person survival horror with a cosmic twist, where you must blindly navigate a decayed historic manor swarming with warped children with only your vague memories and peripheral senses to guide you. Will your sanity hold? Or will blind hope turn to blind despair?
Why similar: Lovecraftian 35.3%, Walking Simulator 13.7%, Psychological Horror 11.3%, Story Rich 8%, Choices Matter 7.8%
- #31 HOLFACE
76% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Jonny's Games
Windows
Upon visiting his decrepit and dying grandfather, Isaac discovers an ancient evil that has parasitically dwelled within his ancestry for generations. Isaac must stop the parasite's symbiotic cycle from reoccurring or else become its new host.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 23.4%, Lovecraftian 19.4%, Psychological Horror 15.3%, Horror 11.5%, Multiple Endings 9.9%
- #32 Tribute
76% matchMostly Positive75% of 55 reviews2025
Dev: Titanzzz
Windows
A narrative-driven exploration game where your choices shape the outcome as you traverse an ancient temple and confront the fate of an Old God's eternal slumber.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 31.8%, Dark Fantasy 18%, Choices Matter 8.9%, Walking Simulator 8.4%, First-Person 7.2%
- #33 AEON DIRECTIVE: THE INTERVIEW
75% match6 user reviews83% of 6 reviews2025
Dev: KiesFiesDev
Windows
50 binary questions. Infinite consequences. Observe every detail... the environment could change. Fail to notice an anomaly, and you fail the test. The further you progress, the more rooms you have to remember. Permadeath.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 29.4%, Psychological Horror 12.3%, Choices Matter 10.4%, Exploration 10.4%, First-Person 8.9%
- #34 Please Duology
77% matchPositive95% of 20 reviews2021
Dev: Somewhat Software
Windows
A compilation of two slow-paced, cosmic horror walking simulators, to be completed in under an hour. Please makes you maintain a power station and ignore the noises from the main engine, while Please Follow has you explore the trenches of a losing war, exposing your mind to visions of another world.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 40.2%, Psychological Horror 13.7%, Interactive Fiction 10.1%, Exploration 8.1%, First-Person 7.4%
- #35 DREDGE
74% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 52,902 reviews2023
Dev: Black Salt GamesPub: Team17
Windows · Mac
Median: 7.5 hrsMean: 11.0 hrs≥1hr: 89%
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 33.6%, Fishing 33.4% ★, Psychological Horror 9.7%, Exploration 8.6%, Horror 5%
- #36 Dyer Expedition
73% matchPositive88% of 34 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 39.6%, Walking Simulator 16.6%, Dark Fantasy 12%, Exploration 7.4%, Horror 7%
- #37 Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs
78% matchMixed70% of 11,878 reviews2013
Dev: The Chinese RoomPub: Frictional Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 16.5 hrs≥1hr: 51%
From the creators of Amnesia: The Dark Descent and Dear Esther comes a new first-person horrorgame that will drag you to the depths of greed, power and madness. It will bury its snout into your ribs and it will eat your heart.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 36.4%, Horror 15%, Lovecraftian 12.1%, Psychological Horror 8.5%, Interactive Fiction 8.3%
- #38 lure
75% matchVery Positive91% of 449 reviews2022
Dev: Blue Moon Games
Windows · Mac
To make some money from an old man, you are asked to fish at the forbidden Shinto shrine.
Why similar: Fishing 30.3% ★, Walking Simulator 14.2%, Psychological Horror 13%, Interactive Fiction 11.7%, Story Rich 8.3%
- #39 IORETIN
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Hex Frog Games
Windows
IORETIN is a survival horror game inspired by PS2 classics. You are a young fisherman who must save your brother trapped at sea while facing abyssal monsters. Explore a city inspired by a real one and fight for survival using melee weapons.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 35.1%, Fishing 32.5% ★, Psychological Horror 11%, Horror 6.7%, Story Rich 6%
- #40 Dr. Emmerson's Nocturnes
73% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Bit Golem
Windows
Dive into the worlds of the best classic weird fiction and cosmic horror writers. Try out our original approach to bringing literature into the interactive medium. Relax and let Dr. Emmerson guide you through all the colors of dread.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 35.1%, Psychological Horror 14.3%, Walking Simulator 13.4%, Interactive Fiction 12.2%, Story Rich 7.9%
- #41 Cthulhu: The Cosmic Abyss
73% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Big Bad WolfPub: Nacon
Windows
A mining station in the Pacific abyss is no longer responding. As an investigator of the occult, unravel the mysteries of the deep. Test your wits and sanity in this lovecraftian thriller.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 38.6%, Psychological Horror 14%, Choices Matter 9.7%, Story Rich 9.2%, Exploration 6.3%
- #42 HINGE
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Spheroom
Windows
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 30.1%, Walking Simulator 14.6%, Psychological Horror 14.6%, Horror 8.3%, Story Rich 7.6%
- #43 Grieving (Berduka)
71% matchPositive94% of 18 reviews2025
Dev: flycat.games
Windows
Mourning Ritual for a Haunted Boarding Room. Uncover the mystery behind the ghost through exploration, puzzles, and a psychological horror narrative.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 16.5%, Walking Simulator 16.4%, Interactive Fiction 13.4%, Choices Matter 10.2%, Horror 9.7%
- #44 DREADMOOR
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Dream DockPub: Digital Vortex Entertainment
Windows
DREADMOOR is a dark first-person fishing adventure game set in a submerged world, rotting from a past catastrophe. Fish in murky waters, upgrade your boat, craft survival gear, and fight monstrous creatures that lurk under the water and on the land.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 32.3%, Fishing 24.7% ★, Psychological Horror 10.9%, Exploration 6.8%, First-Person 6.5%
- #45 Necrophosis
70% matchVery Positive90% of 752 reviews2025
Dev: Dragonis AresPub: Dragonis Games
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 2.6 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Necrophosis is a first-person horror adventure, plunging you into a nightmarish realm teeming with grotesque forms and ominous visuals. Delve into eerie landscapes and uncover secrets in this atmospheric journey through the macabre.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 36.6%, Walking Simulator 17.9%, Psychological Horror 13.3%, Choices Matter 8.4%, Horror 6.7%
- #46 LoYuno - Horror Escape
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Maxim Soloha
Windows
You were kidnapped by a crazy girl. And your phone started predicting her future for a short time. It's up to you to find out who she is, why this day doesn't end, and how to get out of this house.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 36.5%, Psychological Horror 15.4%, Walking Simulator 11.7%, Horror 8.9%, Story Rich 7.1%
- #47 APT. 407
70% matchMostly Positive75% of 87 reviews2025
Dev: Jayhyeon Studio
Windows
A psychological horror game set in a Korean apartment building. Explore eerie occurrences throughout the complex and uncover the truth behind them.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 22%, Walking Simulator 20.5%, Choices Matter 11.3%, Horror 10.4%, Story Rich 7.8%
- #48 Love Letter to a Vampyr
70% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Andrew KendallPub: Anchorwatch Games
Windows
Love bites … especially when you’re in love with a Vampyr. In this survival horror game, travel to the ominous ruins of Castle Helenox in order to deliver your personal love letter to the monster who stole your heart. After all, who said that love has to be a pain in the neck?
Why similar: Walking Simulator 21.4%, Psychological Horror 17.2%, Dark Fantasy 14.3%, Horror 11.3%, Exploration 9.3%
- #49 Nightmare Tale
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Insanity Notes Studio
Windows
Nightmare Tale is an interactive horror novel with dark secrets and intricate puzzles. Take control of the fate of the main character named Tom, who inherited an old hotel. You will have to keep your sanity while discovering the horrifying secrets of the hotel.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 39.4%, Interactive Fiction 14.6%, Psychological Horror 10%, Horror 8.9%, Multiple Endings 7.1%
- #50 Despair Beneath the Sunless Sky
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Kyomotions
Windows
A psychological horror RPG blending dark fantasy and mystery. Explore a relentless open world, confront grotesque horrors in turnbased combat, and make irreversible choices. Uncover deep lore and mysteries visible only to those with discerning eyes.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 27.4%, Dark Fantasy 15.3%, Psychological Horror 13.2%, Choices Matter 10.2%, Conversation 9%
- #51 Ignis Dei
67% matchPositive96% of 46 reviews2025
Dev: Jam Bell Games
Windows
Heralded by a comet, seen as a harbinger of doom, the Black Death arrived in Florence in 1348. Wander through the woods to escape the plague, face various riddles and encounter mysterious creatures.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 30.8%, Psychological Horror 14%, Dark Fantasy 11.7%, Story Rich 9%, Horror 8.6%
- #52 The Casting of Frank Stone™
67% matchMixed62% of 5,541 reviews2024
Dev: Supermassive GamesPub: Behaviour Interactive Inc.
Windows
Median: 6.8 hrsMean: 9.3 hrs≥1hr: 84%
The shadow of Frank Stone looms over Cedar Hills, a town forever altered by his violent past. As a group of young friends are about to discover, Stone’s blood-soaked legacy cuts deep, leaving scars across families, generations, and the very fabric of reality itself.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 23.3%, Choices Matter 15.2%, Psychological Horror 11.7%, Interactive Fiction 11.4%, Multiple Endings 9.2%
- #53 Jung's Labyrinth
71% matchMostly Positive71% of 70 reviews2020
Dev: Jan Jileček
Windows · Mac
Jung's Labyrinth is a psychological exploration game that uses Jungian psychology, mythology, alchemical and dream symbolism in a series of active imaginations to map the process of individuation. Confront your inner archetypes, collect messages that other travelers left behind and reach your Self.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 27.7%, Walking Simulator 19.5%, Conversation 10.6%, Story Rich 7.9%, Interactive Fiction 7.5%
- #54 Sasaeng | 사생
66% matchVery Positive83% of 102 reviews2025
Dev: Jayhyeon Studio
Windows
A first-person psychological horror game about the life of a K-pop idol. Explore a luxury apartment, Korean streets, and your agency building as you confront the unsettling truth hidden beneath the surface.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 23.6%, Psychological Horror 21.3%, Horror 10.3%, Choices Matter 10.2%, Multiple Endings 10%
- #55 The Lunar Effect
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Negative EntitiesPub: N/A
Windows
Help solve the mystery of the moonlit mansion in this classic fixed camera horror puzzle game inspired by the art styles of Resident Evil and Silent Hill. The Lunar Effect takes its protagonist on a dark and unfamiliar path but be warned, sometimes when one stares into the moon, the moon stares back
Why similar: Walking Simulator 20%, Lovecraftian 19.6%, Interactive Fiction 16.9%, Psychological Horror 14.6%, Exploration 8.6%
- #56 Deadly Rehearsal
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Kaigan Games
Windows
The rehearsal must be flawless. Every sound, every light timed perfectly. You are one of the best stage manager's after all. Failure is not an option. The play is cursed... and it demands perfection.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 25.8%, Walking Simulator 15.9%, Psychological Horror 13.1%, Interactive Fiction 9.4%, Conversation 8.4%
- #57 No one lives under the lighthouse Director's cut
68% matchVery Positive87% of 2,402 reviews2020
Dev: Marevo Collective
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 75%
A slow burn retro horror game, in which you arrive at the old lighthouse on a small island near the coast of the United States. After the previous keeper has gone missing, you need to take over his duties and watch after the light.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 39.5%, Psychological Horror 13.9%, Walking Simulator 13.8%, Horror 11.3%, First-Person 5.1%
- #58 Lying Souls
68% matchMostly Positive73% of 11 reviews2022
Dev: Troxy Studios
Windows
Lying Souls is an atmospheric, mysterious single player story horror game. You'll dive into a story in which nothing is as it seems. Find out the reasons behind what happened to your family back then. Your decisions will guide the course of the story.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 21.9%, Interactive Fiction 15.3%, Psychological Horror 13.5%, Horror 8.8%, Choices Matter 7.8%
- #59 Choose Cthulhu Files: The Call of Cthulhu
66% 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 38.6%, Choices Matter 14.3%, Psychological Horror 12.9%, Interactive Fiction 10.1%, Horror 7.8%
- #60 Embers of the Evening
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Praenaris
Windows
The oil is running out. The expedition is doomed. You will never reach the lighthouse. But something worse than death awaits you if you give up. Operate the engine. Explore the ship. Unveil the truth that lies beyond your reality.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 28.2%, Interactive Fiction 11.1%, Conversation 10.1%, Psychological Horror 10%, Choices Matter 9%