- #1 The Alighieri Circle: Dante's Bloodline
97% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: ONE-O-ONE GAMESPub: Entalto Publishing
Windows
The world knows the Divine Comedy as a poem. For your family, it is a prison. As Gabriele Alighieri, you inherit a duty: reseal the gates of Hell. Burdened by fate, you descend into a psychological nightmare where the only escape is to uncover the dark secrets of your ancestors.
Why similar: Cult 47.3% ★, Lovecraftian 21.1%, Thriller 6.5%, Psychological Horror 5.2%, Story Rich 5%
- #2 NAME OF THE WILL
96% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Zeitgeist Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
You are trapped in HOPE, a masked cult where pain is salvation. Every thought is tallied. Every smile is a lie. Conform for happiness, or face your guilt to escape.
Why similar: Cult 56.4% ★, Hand-drawn 9.9%, Thriller 7.2%, Psychological Horror 6.1%, Mystery 5.7%
- #3 Cult Vacui
96% matchPositive98% of 44 reviews2026
Dev: LBRTY gamesPub: Dionous Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Cult Vacui is a horror point-and-click adventure with survival and time management elements where your choices could keep you alive... or not.
Why similar: Cult 61.3% ★, Thriller 11.7%, Supernatural 8.1%, Mystery 5.5%, Story Rich 5%
- #4 Water of M: Beneath the School
94% matchPositive100% of 32 reviews2025
Dev: FangSealGames
Windows
A third-person psychological survival horror game set in a corpse-strewn school. Explore twisted halls, solve tense escape room puzzles, evade relentless pursuers, and uncover the truth behind a hidden paranormal research facility.
Why similar: Cult 59% ★, Thriller 9.1%, Supernatural 7.6%, Psychological Horror 5.9%, Mystery 5.1%
- #5 Saint Kotar: The Yellow Mask
95% matchMostly Positive73% of 341 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 25.6%, Gothic 22.6% ★, Hand-drawn 8.9%, Thriller 7.5%, Mystery 7.4%
- #6 Ambitious
94% matchMostly Negative20% of 10 reviews2022
Dev: Puhu
Windows
"Ambitious" is a third person puzzle solving game based on the myth system written by Lovecraft. It tells the story of the demise of a fictional border town in Britain in the last century, as well as a deeper mystery.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 32%, Thriller 17%, Cartoony 10.5%, Hand-drawn 10.5%, Exploration 7.7%
- #7 Dreadline Express
93% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: David Konecny
Windows
Dreadline Express is a 1st-person, psychological horror metroidbrainia set aboard the last human train. Unravel mysteries of the enigmatic train, face strange passengers, and shape your path using a unique card-based mechanic that gives you full narrative control. This is no longer our world.
Why similar: Cult 48.7% ★, Lovecraftian 19.4%, Psychological Horror 6%, Exploration 5.8%, Stylized 5.3%
- #8 Whispers of the Eyeless
91% matchMostly Positive78% of 246 reviews2026
Dev: VenrisPub: Anshar Publishing
Windows
Become a cult leader and unleash divine power in this dark fantasy strategy RPG. You are the villain - you command disciples, outwit enemies in combat, and shape the fate of the fallen city as you awaken the Dead Gods — Wrath, Desire, and Madness.
Why similar: Cult 73.9% ★, Lovecraftian 22.5%, Adventure 1.8%, 2D 1.7%
- #9 COLINA: Legacy
92% matchVery Positive81% of 209 reviews2018
Dev: Chance6 Studios, LLC
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Alex wakes up at his grandmother’s, left alone in a silent house. Unsure where his family is, he begins to uncover a dark mystery in an attempt to escape. Facing his fear in an endless nightmare, Alex must survive the dead of night, a cursed forest, and paranormal activities before daylight arrives.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 27.8%, Thriller 18%, Supernatural 8.6%, Psychological Horror 8%, Mystery 7.6%
- #10 The Coffin of Andy and Leyley
90% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 37,109 reviews2023
Dev: Kit9 Studio
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 12.6 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Walk-n-talk adventure with light puzzling. Brother and sister practice cannibalism after witnessing a botched satanic ritual.
Why similar: Cult 52.7% ★, Hand-drawn 12.2%, Psychological Horror 6.6%, Exploration 6.4%, Story Rich 6.1%
- #11 YinYang Street Ultimate Edition
91% matchVery Positive80% of 110 reviews2023
Dev: 彼云工作室Pub: 方块游戏(CubeGame)
Windows
YinYang Street is an indie horror game set in Yunnan, China. Our protagonist Minglai Li finds his beloved wife missing when he comes home. All mysteries lead to a place called YinYang Street...
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 17.5%, Hand-drawn 16.1%, Thriller 10.7%, Exploration 9.3%, Stylized 8.5%
- #12 The Terrible Old Man
89% matchVery Positive89% of 662 reviews2019
Dev: Cloak and Dagger Games
Windows
Experience a bite-sized slice of Lovecraftian horror in this updated version of our cult freeware point and click adaptation of H.P. Lovecraft's classic short story.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 36%, Thriller 14.6%, Hand-drawn 13.6%, Horror 6.9%, Supernatural 6.6%
- #13 FILTHY US
89% matchMixed68% of 474 reviews2021
Dev: Game Logic Studio
Windows
《残秽的我们》是一款本土手绘写实风格的恐怖冒险游戏,以真实事件为蓝本改编。在游戏中,玩家将跟随女主“无者”的脚步,深入由亡者怨念而产生的“怨秽地”,利用“刻印”的力量,探究隐藏其中的一段真实往事。
Why similar: Hand-drawn 16.6%, Thriller 14.8%, Supernatural 10.9%, Stylized 9.6%, Mystery 8%
- #14 Hail the Devourer
87% matchMostly Positive77% of 30 reviews2026
Dev: Anchorhead Games
Windows
A short incremental game where you destroy cities to summon an ancient cosmic horror. Hover over buildings to demolish them. Spend currency on upgrades and relics with unique powers. Level up to unlock bigger maps. Relaxing apocalyptic vibes.
Why similar: Cult 67.9% ★, Lovecraftian 24.7%, Horror 4.1%, Stylized 3.2%
- #15 Age of the Sirens
88% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ArtSeaSiren
Windows
A story-driven horror game.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 25.2%, Gothic 24.9% ★, Cartoon 10.2%, Exploration 8.9%, Stylized 7.9%
- #16 The Island of Doctor Morose
86% matchPositive95% of 42 reviews2026
Dev: Square Butterfly InteractivePub: Caden Rogers
Windows · Linux
A horror adventure game inspired by the art of Theodor Geisel and the works of HP Lovecraft, featuring a mixture of point and click and survival horror elements.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 29.6%, Cartoon 10.5%, Hand-drawn 8.8%, Cartoony 8.8%, Stylized 7.4%
- #17 Gamebook Edgar A. Poe: The Oval Portrait
86% matchMostly Positive76% of 59 reviews2022
Dev: The Midworld
Windows
Put on your headphones, close your eyes and watch the story in your imagination. What seems like a game may be something more. Is it a story waiting to be told or... felt? Enter the universe of Edgar A. Poe, where reason, like the devil, says "Goodnight".
Why similar: Lovecraftian 23.3%, Gothic 22.9% ★, Hand-drawn 13.8%, Exploration 8.8%, Psychological Horror 8.3%
- #18 Still Warm
85% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Mark Molnar
Windows
Deep-fry lángos in a Budapest alleyway and serve the regulars from the apartment building across the courtyard while they slowly realize someone is picking them off, one by one.
Why similar: Cult 67.4% ★, Crafting 8.7%, Psychological Horror 6.2%, Horror 5.3%, Mystery 4.6%
- #19 Curse of Resthaven
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Hilltop StudiosPub: Digital Bandidos
Windows · Mac
In this single-player narrative roguelite, govern a cursed island as you investigate your niece’s mysterious disappearance. Interrogate, trade, upgrade, and embark upon card-based expeditions to uncover dark secrets – before the next cataclysm strikes.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 27.8%, Gothic 20.6% ★, Exploration 11.8%, Mystery 11%, Psychological Horror 6.9%
- #20 Trebishe
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Gravity shenanigans
Windows · Linux
Trebishe is survival horror immersive sim. You meddled with cult of Chernobog and were locked in within their sacrificial ground. You now must confront horror beyond your comprehension to escape.
Why similar: Cult 79.7% ★, Exploration 6.8%, Horror 6.4%, Stylized 3.1%, Psychological Horror 2.2%
- #21 STARCULT. Night: Twisted Age
83% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: NOT A CAT STUDIOS
Windows · Mac · Linux
Face your emotions in this dark fantasy visual novel with horror elements, set in a world on the brink of catastrophe. Will you take the Hedonistic path and indulge in pleasure until the bitter end, or will you try to save yourself and your loved ones?
Why similar: Cult 52.2% ★, Lovecraftian 24.4%, Psychological Horror 6.8%, Mystery 6.2%, Story Rich 3.6%
- #22 Hunt Grounds
82% matchMixed47% of 15 reviews2025
Dev: Bytale Games
Windows
Hunt Grounds is a co-op horror game playable solo or with up to 6 players. Control your fear, craft supernatural items, and survive relentless hunters in a deadly hunt, but don’t trust everyone.
Why similar: Cult 54% ★, Thriller 13.4%, Crafting 10.7%, Exploration 7.8%, Psychological Horror 6.8%
- #23 lily's world XD
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: SonderingEmilyPub: Kwalee
Windows
Lily was an ordinary teenager in 2004, and you just found her laptop. Read her diary, message her friends, and piece together what happened to her before it’s too late. But you're not the only one with access to her computer… A fourth wall-breaking psychological horror experience.
Why similar: Cult 64.5% ★, Thriller 12.6%, Psychological Horror 6.9%, Mystery 6.4%, Story Rich 5.2%
- #24 Dissociated Worth
81% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Felis Cassius
Windows
The narrative is the puzzle itself. You have no power, no resources, but a cryptic force sends you to face the impossible, where you have to see through your opponents lies before they see through yours, be they human or not.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 29.8%, Thriller 13.1%, Supernatural 11.1%, Psychological Horror 10.4%, Hand-drawn 8.4%
- #25 Black Sheep
81% matchMixed53% of 785 reviews2022
Dev: 完蛋了的国王Pub: Gamirror Games
Windows
Black Sheep" is a 2D story-driven adventure game, you will play a high school student who explores the flooded school ruins, trace the shadow of the past, and unveil the evil those buried in the bottom of the river to see the light of day.
Why similar: Thriller 22.3%, Psychological Horror 13.3%, Puzzle Platformer 12.9%, Horror 11.9%, Mystery 10.6%
- #26 DEAD UNIT
79% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Insane Grain
Windows
A titanic complex. An insignificant man. A grim horror thriller where you aren't the savior of the world — you are a prisoner, classified as a DEAD UNIT. Hide. Unearth the truth. Find a way out. Fight for every minute of life while you still breathe.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 38.2%, Thriller 24.5%, Exploration 8.7%, Horror 8.1%, Dark 7.9%
- #27 Funny Park Reawakening
77% matchMixed61% of 44 reviews2026
Dev: RightarDevPub: Ginichi
Windows
Dive into this terrifying adventure as you solve challenging puzzles that will put your skills to the test. Equip your charge crossbow and activate the colored buttons in time. Run and use your wits to survive Funnybear, who will be stalking you in every corner of the park.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 23.6%, Thriller 14.4%, Exploration 14.4%, Cartoony 9%, Psychological Horror 8.5%
- #28 Cursed Frontier
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Yanfer
Windows
A 2D platformer shooter with a somber linoleum-inspired art style, where you’ll face funeral creatures in a haunting Wild West setting.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 27%, Gothic 16.2% ★, Thriller 15.8%, Hand-drawn 14.9%, Stylized 5.4%
- #29 Ghostory
80% matchVery Positive93% of 72 reviews2017
Dev: RigidCore Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Puns, and puzzles. Horrible puns and devious puzzles actually, along with several incorporeal entities are what makes Ghostory a pixel art puzzle adventure brimming with humour and intrigue. Take on the role of a cursed traveler, master your ghostly form, find a cure, and escape a perilous cave system.
Why similar: Cult 65.7% ★, Puzzle Platformer 17.1%, Supernatural 7.3%, 2D 3.7%, Mystery 3.6%
- #30 [Neolithic]To the End
79% matchPositive81% of 31 reviews2021
Dev: orochi2k
Windows
A modern-day open-world RPG about a secret world. With the help of your companions, some demons, some cats, and any supernatural entities you can bend to your will, all the different ways to solve problems, you may still fail to save the world. Life is simply unfair. But, will you stop trying?
Why similar: Cult 67.4% ★, Lovecraftian 15.1%, Supernatural 9.9%, Story Rich 4.2%, Mystery 3.3%
- #31 Embrace of the Downpour
78% match9 user reviews78% of 9 reviews2023
Dev: Jonathon Baroi
Windows
"Embrace of the Downpour" is a psychological horror experience set in a lonely apartment, where you face an unexpected series of events. Can you handle the unfolding madness?
Why similar: Lovecraftian 29.3%, Thriller 21.1%, Psychological Horror 11.2%, Mystery 9.3%, Horror 8.2%
- #32 Dwelling on the Hill
77% 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 33.7%, Thriller 13.2%, Supernatural 8.5%, Psychological Horror 8%, Mystery 7.7%
- #33 Abaddon
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Nice to meet studios LTD
Windows
Abaddon is a story driven first person psychological horror game. Descend into a suffocating, nightmarish world as Jimmy searches for his missing brother, Georgie. With only a flickering flashlight, solve chilling puzzles, face your past, and struggle to survive.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 34.3%, Thriller 17.4%, Psychological Horror 9.9%, Exploration 8.9%, Horror 7.8%
- #34 PrisonSoul:Reunion
76% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2024
Dev: AutomaticGrasshopper
Windows
An ancient castle with human-making technology.A human, a dummy...Unrelated brothers, imprisoned by time in a castle...When you unlock the secrets of time, can you escape from your predicament?
Why similar: Lovecraftian 32.3%, Gothic 24.4% ★, Hand-drawn 12.7%, Mystery 7.6%, Stylized 7.2%
- #35 The Horror at Highrook
73% matchVery Positive90% of 463 reviews2025
Dev: Nullpointer Games
Windows
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 34.1%, Gothic 16.3% ★, Crafting 10.4%, Hand-drawn 9.3%, Mystery 9.2%
- #36 The Mariner
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Flantastic Games
Windows
Enter into a Horror Adventure Lovecraftian-inspired story. As your sanity begins to erode, and armed with only a oil-lit lantern, work to unlock and uncover the secrets of the ship. Yet be aware, for something ancient and unknowable stirs within the suffocating darkness of the ship's maw...
Why similar: Lovecraftian 48.5%, Stylized 12.4%, Horror 11.5%, Hand-drawn 9.1%, Exploration 6.7%
- #37 Bible Puzzle: Christian Game
74% matchPositive96% of 23 reviews2024
Dev: Or Games
Windows · Mac
Bible Puzzle offers a relaxing and uplifting experience as you piece together beautiful biblical scenes. When you’re fully relaxed, it’s time to take on the challenge of ranked matches. Think you’ve got what it takes to beat other players?
Why similar: Cult 77.6% ★, Supernatural 6.3%, Cartoon 5.6%, Stylized 5.3%, Story Rich 5.1%
- #38 Extra Case: My Girlfriend's Secrets
75% matchVery Positive85% of 176 reviews2022
Dev: Sounding Stone / 老奉毊
Windows
Your girlfriend seems to be hiding something. Will you respect her privacy or pry into her secrets? Don't worry, though. This is a horror dating sim with a time loop, so you can try again...and again...and again...
Why similar: Lovecraftian 35.1%, Mystery 10.9%, Thriller 10.1%, Psychological Horror 9.9%, Exploration 8.8%
- #39 Gray Dawn
75% matchVery Positive84% of 1,179 reviews2018
Dev: Interactive Stone
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Embark on a terrifying adventure of a priest accused of murdering an altar boy. Gray Dawn is a psychological thriller infused with religious elements and combines story-driven quests with an artistic experience.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 35.6%, Thriller 20%, Psychological Horror 11.1%, Story Rich 8.2%, Horror 6.7%
- #40 The Season of the Warlock
73% 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: Gothic 27.6% ★, Lovecraftian 27.1%, Hand-drawn 12.8%, Mystery 7.6%, Horror 7%
- #41 Cthulhu: The Cosmic Abyss
71% matchMixed60% of 272 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 40.7%, Thriller 11.8%, Psychological Horror 9.9%, Story Rich 8.9%, Exploration 8.6%
- #42 The Shell Part I: Inferno
72% matchVery Positive91% of 1,368 reviews2023
Dev: Innocent GreyPub: Shiravune
Windows
Median: 10.9 hrsMean: 114.3 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Unravel a string of gruesome murders terrorizing Tokyo in this mystery-thriller visual novel. The secrets of a case from six years prior may just be the key to the current unending cycle of tragedy—and the thing that cracks this woeful world’s shell may be one girl’s smile.
Why similar: Cult 71.1% ★, Mystery 9.1%, Psychological Horror 8.4%, Dark 5.7%, Story Rich 2.6%
- #43 The Tape: Origins
73% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Alex XPub: Dangly Dango Studio
Windows
The clock is ticking. Investigate real found footage and solve escape-room puzzles to escape the hotel before the cult returns to sacrifice you.
Why similar: Cult 51.5% ★, Thriller 13.6%, Psychological Horror 8.5%, Mystery 7%, Horror 6.1%
- #44 The Night Is Long
71% matchPositive83% of 41 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 44.5%, Exploration 12.1%, Psychological Horror 10.7%, Horror 8.7%, Supernatural 8.3%
- #45 Scauage
70% matchVery Positive91% of 815 reviews2024
Dev: KREIDPIX
Windows
Scauage is a short horror experience where you play as a scavenger looting an abandoned house, uncovering its dark secrets and collecting hidden treasures while facing what lurks within.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 28.2%, Thriller 16.2%, Supernatural 11.6%, Psychological Horror 8.1%, Mystery 7.3%
- #46 Just a Lullaby
72% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2024
Dev: Maze Well Lab
Windows
Discover Just a Lullaby, a unique top-down shooter. Explore haunting 2D worlds, solve intricate puzzles, and uncover hidden secrets.
Why similar: Gothic 27.3% ★, Hand-drawn 16.9%, Cartoony 12.5%, Supernatural 11.2%, Mystery 8%
- #47 Filthy us 2
71% matchVery Positive88% of 456 reviews2023
Dev: Game Logic Studio
Windows
千禧年初西北某地,一起恶性杀人事件轰动一时,行凶者临死前紧紧握着半张佛脸,他强烈的怨念引起了“无者”的注意。随着探究的深入,竟又牵扯出十年前另一起纵火灭门案!相同的一尊佛像,背后暗藏的究竟是天灾还是人祸。在那片由怨念产生的怨秽地之中,种种诡异可怖的表象之下,深埋着未知的秘密。
Why similar: Thriller 16.5%, Hand-drawn 15.2%, Exploration 10.3%, Psychological Horror 9.5%, Stylized 8.9%
- #48 Guayota
70% matchVery Positive95% of 57 reviews2024
Dev: Team DelusionPub: Dear Villagers
Windows
Unveil the darkest secrets of Saint Brendan’s Island, the paradise on Earth, in this 3D Puzzle-Adventure game. Only equipped with a torch, walk through ancient gods’ temples and solve their enigmas.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 35.4%, Puzzle Platformer 20.3%, Stylized 10.2%, Exploration 9.3%, Psychological Horror 8%
- #49 The Shell Part II: Purgatorio
69% matchVery Positive95% of 625 reviews2024
Dev: Innocent GreyPub: Shiravune
Windows
Median: 21.6 hrsMean: 167.6 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Detective Reiji Tokisaka is back to face down a mystery that spans decades, if not centuries. With the aftermath of his last case weighing on his soul and a long-silent cult resurgent, can he solve the crime—or will it become his curse?
Why similar: Cult 74.8% ★, Hand-drawn 8.8%, Mystery 6.4%, Horror 4.5%, Dark 3%
- #50 Dark Lessons
70% 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 38.2%, Supernatural 12.5%, Psychological Horror 10.3%, Exploration 8.5%, Horror 8.3%
- #51 An English Haunting
68% matchVery Positive96% of 413 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 34.2% ★, Supernatural 13.5%, Lovecraftian 13%, Mystery 9.8%, Psychological Horror 8.4%
- #52 Casting Whispers
67% 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 34.7%, Thriller 12.4%, Supernatural 12.2%, Psychological Horror 9.6%, Mystery 8.4%
- #53 The Curse We Made
67% matchVery Positive93% of 57 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 34.8% ★, Hand-drawn 18.2%, Mystery 12.2%, Dark 8.8%, Supernatural 6.1%
- #54 Eyes Wide Open
69% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Fallen Horse Entertainment
Windows
Work for a dystopian Inspection Bureau, Determine whether the subjects are humans or not, Uncover secrets, see if you can trust your AI assistant, Endure psychological horrors and reach your work quota - or else.
Why similar: Cult 72.6% ★, Psychological Horror 7.3%, Mystery 7.1%, Story Rich 5.8%, Horror 5.5%
- #55 The Shell Part III: Paradiso
66% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 613 reviews2025
Dev: Innocent GreyPub: Shiravune
Windows
Median: 13.5 hrsMean: 193.8 hrs≥1hr: 79%
The coiling chains of obsession that began with The Shell now threaten to strangle Detective Reiji Tokisaka in the third and final entry in the trilogy. As old friends and foes rise up for one last confrontation, can anyone break the cycle—and can Reiji's heart ever be set free?
Why similar: Cult 69.2% ★, Hand-drawn 11.2%, Mystery 7.4%, Horror 4.9%, Dark 4.3%
- #56 Penance
66% matchPositive93% of 14 reviews2026
Dev: Scriptorium Artis
Windows
A contemplative narrative horror experience. Purify cursed objects through rhythmic prayers. Your Faith protects you, your Guilt consumes you. 50 objects will unveil the truth hidden behind the abbey's walls. In the darkness of the Middle Ages, will you find redemption or damnation?
Why similar: Lovecraftian 29.5%, Gothic 22.1% ★, Psychological Horror 8.9%, Hand-drawn 8.5%, Exploration 7%
- #57 The Land of Crows
69% matchPositive88% of 48 reviews2019
Dev: Gemlore
Windows
"The Land of Crows" is a side-scroller gothic story adventure game, inspired by the literary works of the Masters of pre-romantic, romantic and gothic literature (E.A. Poe, J.W. Goethe, A. Mickiewicz, J. Slowacki) and lovecraftian mythos.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 31.3%, Gothic 31% ★, Thriller 10.8%, Adventure 8.1%, Mystery 6.1%
- #58 HENPRI
65% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 3,774 reviews2025
Dev: QruppoPub: Shiravune
Windows
Median: 22.8 hrsMean: 37.9 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Thrown into prison for an act of self-expression, protagonist Shuichiro must confront both a violent system and his own actions—or else try to find happiness on the inside in this visual novel from the makers of NUKITASHI.
Why similar: Cult 66.7% ★, Gothic 21.6% ★, Mystery 5.4%, Story Rich 4.8%, Adventure 1.5%
- #59 Amnesia: Rebirth
68% matchMostly Positive77% of 9,236 reviews2020
Dev: Frictional Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 10.5 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 36.3%, Gothic 18.3% ★, Exploration 9.5%, Story Rich 8.5%, Horror 7.6%
- #60 Lighthouse of Madness
67% 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 44.1%, Psychological Horror 11.2%, Exploration 9.8%, Mystery 9.1%, Story Rich 8.8%