- #1 Shadows of Eldemir
97% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Arif Games
Windows
Shadows of Eldemir is a retro-inspired, Victorian cosmic-horror, point-and-click adventure RPG, where a London schoolmaster travels to a remote Eastern European village searching for his missing fiancée, only to discover the archaeological expedition she joined may have disturbed something ancient.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 26.6%, Point & Click 13.8%, Gothic 11.7% ★, Horror 8.8%, Supernatural 7.1%
- #2 The Whisperer | Le murmureur
96% matchMixed67% of 126 reviews2021
Dev: Studio Chien d'Or
Windows · Mac
Investigate an abandoned trading post, explore its surroundings and solve the terrible mystery it holds. The Whisperer is a short story-driven point & click game set in Lower Canada at the beginning of the 19th century.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 27.7%, Historical 13.2%, Horror 9.3%, Mystery 8.2%, Point & Click 7.8%
- #3 October Nightmares | Cauchemars d'octobre
96% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Studio Chien d'Or
Windows
Explore a Montréal neighborhood in the 70s, investigate a supernatural phenomenon that inflicts nightmares on its residents, and delve into the depths of the world of dreams to save their lives. October Nightmares is a point & click cosmic horror game where exploration mixes with puzzle solving.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 30.7%, Historical 17%, Point & Click 16%, Puzzle 7.7%, Horror 7.5%
- #4 An English Haunting
95% matchVery Positive96% of 457 reviews2024
Dev: Postmodern Adventures
Windows
While looking for the existence of the Great Beyond, Professor Patrick Moore, aided by a fake medium, will build a device to see the other side, embark on a search for a millenary artifact, and investigate the most haunted manor of 1907 England.
Why similar: Gothic 20% ★, Lovecraftian 15.1%, Point & Click 14.4%, Historical 9.8%, Supernatural 9.1%
- #5 Remains of Yith
94% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2025
Dev: Blackmoth Entertainment
Windows
Remains of Yith is a point and click adventure puzzle game inspired by The Shadow Out of Time by H.P Lovecraft, play as Sarah as she explores a mysterious island trying to recover a lost alien artifact
Why similar: Lovecraftian 33.6%, Point & Click 19.6%, Puzzle 8.5%, Mystery 8.4%, Horror 6.8%
- #6 Carnival
94% matchVery Positive100% of 79 reviews2025
Dev: Beyond Booleans
Windows
Carnival is an atmospheric folk horror point-&-click featuring low-resolution pixel art graphics, locations drawn from Venice itself, and developing relationships with NPCs, allowing the player to influence events in the game and achieve multiple different endings.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 23.8%, Historical 16.7%, Point & Click 15.9%, Mystery 7.3%, Horror 7.3%
- #7 Subversive Memories
93% matchVery Positive97% of 149 reviews2026
Dev: Southward Studio
Windows
Subversive Memories is a story driven survival horror set in Brazil during the last military dictatorship. Explore the backrooms of an oppressive regime, escape ominous presences and scavenge every corner of this land in search of your ██████.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 22.7%, Historical 12.1%, Old School 10.4%, Emotional 8.8%, Psychological Horror 8.1%
- #8 Blood On The Thames
92% matchPositive94% of 16 reviews2024
Dev: Team Firestorm
Windows · Mac · Linux
A murder mystery puzzle game with visual novel elements in a Gothic, Lovecraftian world. Collect clues, solve puzzles, interrogate suspects, and uncover the mystery surrounding the death of Mini’s husband.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 22.5%, Gothic 16.2% ★, Historical 14.2%, Point & Click 11.3%, Mystery 9.3%
- #9 The Whispering Valley | La vallée qui murmure
91% matchVery Positive88% of 179 reviews2022
Dev: Studio Chien d'Or
Windows · Mac
Explore a remote village and solve complex puzzles in The Whispering Valley, a folk horror point & click game. Delve into guilt and depression to investigate the village's deepest secret.
Why similar: Historical 16.2%, Point & Click 14.8%, Horror 11.8%, Lovecraftian 10.2%, Mystery 9.7%
- #10 ASYLUM
90% matchVery Positive84% of 506 reviews2025
Dev: Senscape
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 79%
An epic supernatural horror adventure and the spiritual successor to cult classic Scratches set in a massive, decaying mental institute. Inspired by H. P. Lovecraft, Hammer Films and twisted Euro Horror from the 80s.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 19%, Point & Click 17.8%, Horror 12.8%, Psychological Horror 11%, Mystery 9.2%
- #11 Saint Kotar: The Yellow Mask
91% matchMostly Positive73% of 348 reviews2020
Dev: The-Mark Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Follow the fear of Benedek Dohnany and Nikolay Kalyakin and play the onset of a dark and chilling narrative adventure. Make decisions and affect the events that precede a macabre series of murders, allegedly related to devil worship and witchcraft.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 25%, Gothic 19.2% ★, Point & Click 13%, Mystery 9.8%, Horror 8.4%
- #12 Forgotten Hill Mementoes
89% matchVery Positive90% of 272 reviews2018
Dev: FM Studio
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Get ready for a puzzling journey through the memory of Forgotten Hill, can you survive?
Why similar: Lovecraftian 33.4%, Point & Click 26%, Horror 11.9%, Mystery 11.4%, Puzzle 10.2%
- #13 Sublustrum
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Brickworks Games
Windows
Enter a mysterious machine built to explore the human subconscious and complete your brother’s final experiment. Descend into a world where memories become places, solve sound-driven puzzles, and uncover a hidden truth in this first-person narrative adventure.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 25.8%, Psychological Horror 11.8%, Historical 10.9%, Mystery 9.8%, Puzzle 8.9%
- #14 Darkness Within 1: In Pursuit of Loath Nolder
88% matchMostly Positive73% of 637 reviews2014
Dev: Stormling StudiosPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 54%
Explore disturbing corners of the human psyche. Delve into a dimension of nightmares, the occult and a tense psychological world created in classic Lovecraftian style. As police detective Howard E. Loreid, you are tasked to solve the murder of Clark Field, a wealthy man involved in the occult.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 40.1%, Point & Click 18.6%, Horror 13.7%, Psychological Horror 10.2%, Puzzle 6.9%
- #15 Content
87% matchPositive94% of 49 reviews2022
Dev: UKZ ArtsPub: PsychoFlux Entertainment
Windows
Content is a point-and-click horror adventure game. Become Anthony, an influencer looking for content that will make his videos viral. Investigate the cases, combine and use tools to overcome the given challenges. The fate of the protagonist, Anthony, is in your hands.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 26.8%, Point & Click 17.4%, Horror 10.9%, Psychological Horror 10.6%, Mystery 9%
- #16 The Season of the Warlock
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: enComplot
Windows · Mac · Linux
The Season of the Warlock is a weird adventure game inspired by the gothic tale tradition, with two storylines to choose from. The soul of a warlock of yore, trapped in a portrait, will present Lord Alistair Ainsworth with an offer he will not be able to resist. Or will he? It’s your call...
Why similar: Lovecraftian 22.2%, Gothic 19.7% ★, Point & Click 15.5%, Dark Fantasy 9.9%, Horror 9%
- #17 Eldritch Hour
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: LiudnovArt
Windows
Manage a hotel straddling the border between worlds. Use deduction to identify Eldritch guests, solve abstract puzzles, and manage staff to survive the weekly Chaos invasion. A dark humor management sim where you must keep the hotel running... and your sanity intact.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 33.6%, Gothic 24.5% ★, Dark Fantasy 17.3%, Horror 12%, Puzzle 6.1%
- #18 Tormentum II
83% matchVery Positive94% of 274 reviews2026
Dev: OhNoo Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Wake up inside the nightmare world you created in this standalone, hand-drawn dark fantasy point-and-click adventure with psychological horror elements. Explore islands, solve puzzles, and make morally ambiguous choices that lead to multiple endings. Inspired by H.R. Giger and Zdzisław Beksiński.
Why similar: Gothic 19.2% ★, Point & Click 16.5%, Dark Fantasy 15.5%, Psychological Horror 11.4%, Horror 10.3%
- #19 Cassius
84% matchNo user reviews
Windows
Cassius is a first-person story-driven puzzle game exploring the mysteries of Blackhaven Hall, a sprawling historically accurate colonial estate evacuated at the height of the American Revolution. Journey back to the 1781 and decode the dark secrets lurking behind America's founding.
Why similar: Historical 21.8%, Gothic 21.6% ★, Mystery 12%, Psychological Horror 8.9%, Puzzle 8.2%
- #20 Goetia
85% matchMostly Positive77% of 790 reviews2016
Dev: SusheePub: Forever Entertainment S. A.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Goetia is a point & click adventure where you play the ghost of a young lady. You are Abigail. Abigail Blackwood.
Why similar: Point & Click 25.4%, Gothic 23.3% ★, Puzzle 11.8%, Adventure 8%, Mystery 7.7%
- #21 The Chancellor's Plot
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: nLabs
Windows
After receiving a letter from a wealthy and powerful benefactor, you journey into the depths of an abandoned mansion to recover a mysterious artifact. But soon you will learn the reason this place has been abandoned.
Why similar: Gothic 19.7% ★, Lovecraftian 15.3%, Historical 15%, Horror 9%, Psychological Horror 7.4%
- #22 Into Arith
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: David L Roeske
Windows
Embark on a journey to unravel the mysteries of your past within the enchanting, dark world of Arith. Explore the depths of your own memories in this evocative point-and-click adventure.
Why similar: Point & Click 18.9%, Dark Fantasy 16.6%, Psychological Horror 10.9%, Emotional 10.7%, Puzzle 9.7%
- #23 Hunt of Dusha
82% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2025
Dev: Demigrz
Windows
A Hunter arrives in a small Polish city expecting a routine investigation. What she finds is anything but. Explore, make choices and confront the entities that have claimed this place before the curse spreads further.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 39.2%, Point & Click 14.6%, Horror 13.8%, Psychological Horror 12.5%, Mystery 4.4%
- #24 The Night Is Long
81% matchPositive85% of 48 reviews2025
Dev: TheGamerUrso
Windows
The Night Is Long is a short first-person horror game where a grieving man follows a ghostly vision into an abandoned mansion. Uncover dark secrets, survive atmospheric horrors, and face your past through exploration, puzzles, and subtle scares.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 38%, Horror 11.8%, Psychological Horror 11.8%, Puzzle 8%, Mystery 7.7%
- #25 Amnesia: Rebirth
81% matchMostly Positive77% of 9,356 reviews2020
Dev: Frictional Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 10.6 hrs≥1hr: 76%
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 30.3%, Gothic 13.2% ★, Horror 10%, Puzzle 8%, Emotional 7.3%
- #26 Ignis Dei
79% matchVery Positive94% of 51 reviews2025
Dev: Ghost Orchid
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 26.9%, Dark Fantasy 11.5%, Horror 11.4%, Psychological Horror 10.8%, Puzzle 8.4%
- #27 The Excavation of Hob's Barrow
79% matchVery Positive92% of 3,334 reviews2022
Dev: Cloak and Dagger GamesPub: Wadjet Eye Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 90%
The Excavation of Hob's Barrow is a folk horror narrative-driven adventure. Explore the isolated moors of rural Victorian England as you uncover the mysteries of Hob's Barrow. The answers lie in the soil...
Why similar: Point & Click 20.9%, Lovecraftian 17.4%, Horror 11.7%, Emotional 9.5%, Female Protagonist 8.7%
- #28 Haunting At Cliffhouse
80% matchPositive90% of 21 reviews2021
Dev: Cindy Pondillo
Windows
Untangle the story of the family that has occupied Cliffhouse for so many years. Search for clues, solve puzzles, talk to guests, get summoned to a chapel, discover a luscious Japanese garden and find your way through the rainforest. There is so much to discover about the family, the land and the lore.
Why similar: Point & Click 22%, Gothic 21.5% ★, Historical 14.3%, Puzzle 10.7%, Adventure 9.9%
- #29 Gibbous - A Cthulhu Adventure
78% matchVery Positive90% of 2,304 reviews2019
Dev: Stuck In Attic
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Crazy cultists. Cthulhu. A talking cat. Gibbous takes you on an expansive, traditionally animated, hand-painted adventure. Play as three protagonists and explore a lushly rendered Lovecraft-inspired world, unraveling ancient conspiracies. A comedy cosmic horror adventure made in Transylvania!
Why similar: Lovecraftian 32.8%, Point & Click 17.8%, Dark Fantasy 15.7%, Horror 10%, Puzzle 9.1%
- #30 Dark Spawn: Infestation
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ving
Windows
Dark Spawn: Infestation is a horror adventure game set in a Victorian-era inspired research facility. The protagonist got abducted by evil scientists, and has to solve puzzles and avoid strange creatures to escape.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 19.9%, Gothic 18.6% ★, Dark Fantasy 12.6%, Old School 12.6%, Puzzle 10.3%
- #31 MY FATHER LIED
76% matchPositive81% of 21 reviews2025
Dev: LUNAR GAMES LTD
Windows
“My Father Lied” is a Story-rich Mystery Lovecraftian game that tells the story of Huda, who finds herself following an unfathomable secret regarding her father’s 20 years disappearance.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 31.6%, Historical 16.1%, Point & Click 14.3%, Mystery 11.6%, Emotional 7.3%
- #32 Quest room: Hanon
78% matchMixed65% of 144 reviews2018
Dev: BURRIK
Windows
After 20 years in search of the mysterious Egyptian artifact of Hanon, you managed to find the entrance, but to get inside you need to solve more than one puzzle. You do not have much time, you are locked in 4 walls and oxygen is running out.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 23.5%, Point & Click 17.4%, Mystery 12.6%, Adventure 10.3%, Psychological Horror 10.3%
- #33 Lighthouse of Madness
76% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Flying Jack StudiosPub: Flying Jack Productions
Windows
Embark on this Lovecraft-inspired tale and discover the mysteries that await you on this island. Explore the island, solve challenging puzzles, and most importantly: try not to lose your sanity.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 41.3%, Psychological Horror 12.4%, Puzzle 10.5%, Mystery 10.1%, Horror 9.5%
- #34 Arkhangel: The House of the Seven Stars
77% matchVery Positive84% of 87 reviews2018
Dev: Winter Night GamesPub: ZQ SFX LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Michael struggles with dreams of dark waters and an unknown ancient evil resting beneath the cold waves. Are these simply dreams or are they a premonition of things to come?
Why similar: Lovecraftian 28.3%, Point & Click 14.6%, Emotional 11.5%, Mystery 11.1%, Horror 9.6%
- #35 Call of the Sea
75% matchVery Positive88% of 6,422 reviews2020
Dev: Out of the Blue GamesPub: Raw Fury
Windows
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Join Norah, a woman plagued by a mysterious illness, in her search for her missing husband in this adventure puzzle game set on a lush island paradise. Immerse yourself in stunning visuals and unlock forbidden secrets in a moving tale of mystery and love.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 35.8%, Historical 12%, Puzzle 10.1%, Mystery 10%, Female Protagonist 8.6%
- #36 Sombre
74% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2025
Dev: Studios Nouk
Windows
Dare to enter SOMBRE, a narrative escape game where you must explore a very ancient manor built upon Roman ruins. There, you will solve puzzles rooted in forgotten rituals and unravel the secrets of a place that defies reason—if you hope to escape.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 17.4%, Gothic 15.8% ★, Point & Click 14.8%, Historical 12.2%, Puzzle 7.9%
- #37 The Dark Rites of Arkham
73% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 686 reviews2026
Dev: Postmodern AdventuresPub: enComplot
Windows
A macabre ritual murder puts Arkham PD detectives Jack Foster and Harvey Whitman to the test. As the investigation progresses, they will unveil a disturbing connection between the Salem witch trials of the 17th century and the end of humankind.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 33.5%, Point & Click 16%, Dark Fantasy 14%, Mystery 9.7%, Old School 9.3%
- #38 Dagon: by H. P. Lovecraft
73% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 12,383 reviews2021
Dev: Bit Golem
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 29%
Face unspeakable horrors. Succumb to madness. Welcome to a free daemonic narrative experience inspired by H. P. Lovecraft.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 40.9%, Horror 13.5%, Point & Click 9.6%, Psychological Horror 8.7%, Emotional 7.4%
- #39 Golden Gear
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Lajong
Windows · Mac · Linux
First-person atmospheric horror mystery with retro-inspired visuals. Spend several days on a small isolated island in the North Atlantic, settle in an old cabin, explore an abandoned observatory, and operate rustic equipment to do one final reading and uncover what lurks in the dark... and beyond.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 31.1%, Old School 12.7%, Psychological Horror 12.6%, Horror 8.4%, Retro 7.4%
- #40 Oknytt
75% matchVery Positive91% of 607 reviews2014
Dev: Nemoria Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Oknytt is an old school point-and-click adventure game where the player takes the role of a small, seemingly insignificant creature, leading it through a dark world filled with beings and areas inspired by Swedish folklore, in search of a place to belong.
Why similar: Point & Click 18.6%, Old School 17.6%, Dark Fantasy 14.6%, Emotional 14.4%, Supernatural 11.9%
- #41 Gospodar's Tales
70% matchVery Positive94% of 180 reviews2026
Dev: Street Art Studios
Windows
Gospodar's Tales is a Romanian folk horror game set in 2009. Explore a rural village, uncover a dark story of greed, guilt, and betrayal, and face the consequences of a past that refuses to stay buried.
Why similar: Historical 25.2%, Gothic 18.7% ★, Puzzle 12.1%, Horror 11.5%, Psychological Horror 10.4%
- #42 Dwelling on the Hill
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Apocrifa Labs Interactive
Windows
A devout man built his house on top of something older than scripture. He tried to seal the passage. He failed. Now you are inside, and the door is locked.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 31.4%, Psychological Horror 11.2%, Mystery 10.9%, Horror 8.5%, Emotional 7.4%
- #43 Chronicle of Innsmouth: Mountains of Madness
73% matchMostly Positive74% of 122 reviews2021
Dev: PsychoDevPub: AtomicHorde
Windows · Mac · Linux
After an encounter with a dreadful horror, detective Lone Carter’s investigation leads him to fateful places as Innsmouth, Arkham and the Antarctic, investigating a series of deaths and mysteries. Play also as Abdul Alhazred and H.P. Lovecraft himself in this Lovecraftian point’n’click adventure.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 35.1%, Point & Click 17.2%, Old School 13.7%, Horror 8.2%, Atmospheric 6.1%
- #44 The Vaults Below Durn: A Field Study
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Gongylus Games
Windows
Three Doors. One Safe Path. Observe the signs, learn the patterns, and uncover the fate of the explorer who ventured before you.
Why similar: Gothic 20.1% ★, Dark Fantasy 13.9%, Emotional 12.1%, Mystery 11.2%, Point & Click 10.4%
- #45 Alpha Polaris : A Horror Adventure Game
72% matchVery Positive81% of 618 reviews2015
Dev: Turmoil Games
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Alpha Polaris is an oldschool adventure game focusing on slow-burning character driven horror and environmental themes. It draws inspiration from such sources as Inuit legends and Cthulhu mythos.
Why similar: Point & Click 29.1%, Lovecraftian 21.7%, Psychological Horror 14.3%, Horror 14%, Adventure 11.6%
- #46 A Mirror, Darkly
70% match5 user reviews60% of 5 reviews2025
Dev: tombasche
Windows
Explore your surrounds in this short narrative using a novel mechanic to find objects in a mirror's reflection
Why similar: Historical 19.4%, Gothic 17.3% ★, Dark Fantasy 10.9%, Psychological Horror 10%, Horror 9.6%
- #47 Casting Whispers
69% matchPositive90% of 41 reviews2025
Dev: Lantern Bay Entertainment
Windows
Sound is your only hope for survival in this first-person psychological horror game. Investigate the mysteries of an apartment block in 1960s America terrorized by a cosmic horror, as you try to save your lost mentor… and yourself.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 30.9%, Psychological Horror 11%, Supernatural 10.9%, Mystery 10.1%, Horror 9.2%
- #48 Dunwich Horror
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Atom Brain Games
Windows
Explore the dreaded town of Dunwich, uncover the dark legacy of the Whateley family, and stop the Dunwich Horror if you can. A Lovecraftian monster hunt adventure with point-and-click gameplay and light RPG elements.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 36%, Point & Click 18.2%, Horror 11%, Old School 10.5%, Mystery 6.7%
- #49 Necronomicon: The Dawning of Darkness
71% matchMixed44% of 209 reviews2014
Dev: Cryo InteractivePub: Microids
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 43%
In this thrilling point-and-click adventure based on the works of H.P Lovecraft, you’ll traverse the haunting world of Gothic New England, solving puzzles and acquiring information to help Stanton solve the mystery of the Necronomicon.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 58.3%, Point & Click 21.3%, Horror 12.2%, Adventure 8.2%
- #50 Whispers from Below
69% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Furnarius Games
Windows
Trapped in a mysterious mansion, two detectives investigate their mentor's disappearance. With different visions of their surroundings and a shell as their only tool and bond between them, they must cooperate to solve the puzzles, unravel the cult's story, and make it out alive.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 38.3%, Puzzle 10.8%, Psychological Horror 9.5%, Dark Fantasy 9.3%, Realistic 6.4%
- #51 Small Town Terrors: Pilgrim's Hook Collector's Edition
71% matchMostly Positive79% of 147 reviews2014
Dev: Gunnar Games
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 60%
Save your twin brother from the sinister sea menace that overtakes everything and everyone on the troubled island of Pilgrim's Hook.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 28.5%, Point & Click 20.2%, Horror 9.8%, Puzzle 9.7%, Mystery 9.6%
- #52 Please Duology
69% matchPositive95% of 22 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 38.4%, Psychological Horror 11.6%, Mystery 11%, Horror 10.4%, Atmospheric 6.7%
- #53 Sanitarium Enhanced
68% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: QUByte InteractivePub: Ziggurat Interactive
Windows
The timeless psychological horror point-and-click adventure Sanitarium™ returns with new enhancements. Originally released in 1998 and named Adventure Game of the Year, Sanitarium Enhanced adds full controller support, quality of life improvements, and never-before-seen bonus materials.
Why similar: Point & Click 19.5%, Gothic 13.3% ★, Psychological Horror 11.4%, Horror 10%, Dialogue Heavy 9.2%
- #54 Blight Doctors
68% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: The Planar Danse
Windows · Linux
DISCOVER, DIAGNOSE, EXORCISE. You are a plague doctor paranormal investigator living in a rotten, gothic city at the end of an apocalypse. Banish ghosts, cure plagues, treat with monsters... all in co-op and proximity chat!
Why similar: Lovecraftian 23.1%, Gothic 18.8% ★, Dark Fantasy 12.3%, Supernatural 9.9%, Mystery 8.4%
- #55 Marshland Hollow
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Warm Kitten
Windows
He used to feel so inspired, writing about the supernatural corners of the Marshlands. But these days every word rings hollow, and he needs your help to write his next long‑delayed book... A cozy narrative adventure, steeped in gentle gothic spookiness.
Why similar: Point & Click 18.8%, Dark Fantasy 13.9%, Gothic 13.3% ★, Psychological Horror 12.3%, Horror 12.1%
- #56 Dark Lessons
67% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Tall Tide Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Trapped in your teacher's home, your only defense against the dark is a flickering candle. Unearth a family’s twisted history and solve puzzles in this Lovecraftian nightmare to find a way out. But be warned: Something else is lurking in the shadows ... and a voice is pleading for your help.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 34.7%, Psychological Horror 12.1%, Horror 11.9%, Supernatural 11.4%, Puzzle 8%
- #57 The Curse We Made
65% matchVery Positive89% of 65 reviews2025
Dev: Potion Pixel
Windows · Mac
A short 70–90 minute hand-drawn cozy-gothic puzzle adventure with easy, relaxing puzzles, where color slowly returns to a cursed town as you uncover its secrets.
Why similar: Gothic 27.2% ★, Point & Click 20.1%, Mystery 14.8%, Puzzle 11%, Atmospheric 7.3%
- #58 Karakam: Call of The Dark Manor
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 146 Production
Windows
Karakam: Call of the Dark Manor is a first person psychological horror game where you explore a cursed manor of a long forgotten bloodline. Solve riddles, explore the grounds and discover the horror stories hidden within the horror story. Dark Manor summons you, how will you answer it?
Why similar: Lovecraftian 27.4%, Gothic 12.4% ★, Mystery 11.5%, Psychological Horror 11.1%, Horror 10.6%
- #59 The Room 4: Old Sins
66% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 18,391 reviews2021
Dev: Fireproof Games
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 93%
The disappearance of an ambitious engineer and his high-society wife provokes a hunt for a precious artefact. The trail leads you to the attic of their home, and the discovery of an old, peculiar dollhouse. What secrets lie within these walls?
Why similar: Lovecraftian 28.8%, Puzzle 18.3%, Point & Click 17.7%, Mystery 17.4%, Horror 6.8%
- #60 In Vino Veritas
66% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Lesson Not Learned Games
Windows
Explore a desecrated cathedral to find your missing wife in this psychological horror adventure. Uncover the dark truth behind the Elohim, solve ancient puzzles, and survive a chilling journey where faith and reality collide. The Bible was mistranslated; the truth is much darker
Why similar: Lovecraftian 23.3%, Psychological Horror 12.3%, Horror 12%, Mystery 11.2%, Supernatural 10.9%