60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Adventure, Steampunk, Singleplayer, Story Rich.
Fictional short story set in the United Kingdom under a Gothic/Steampunk aesthetic, where a young woman contemplates a discovery that could potentially change the world.
Gahkthun of the Golden Lightning Steam Edition
Lightning crackles in the sky. A lone man hovers, overlooking The Academia. His name is Nikola Tesla, the one who will set this land right. With one assistant at his side, he shall face the council, overthrow the shadows in control, and rescue the unwitting students.
A House of Many Doors
Explore the House, a parasite dimension that steals from other worlds, in a train that scuttles on mechanical legs.
Lightning crackles in the sky. A lone man hovers, overlooking The Academia. His name is Nikola Tesla, the one who will set this land right. With one assistant at his side, he shall face the council, overthrow the shadows in control, and rescue the unwitting students.
Why similar: Steampunk 46% ★, Visual Novel 23.5%, Lovecraftian 22.1%, Female Protagonist 5.3%, Story Rich 2.5%
Explore the House, a parasite dimension that steals from other worlds, in a train that scuttles on mechanical legs.
Why similar: Steampunk 34.9% ★, Lovecraftian 30.4%, Gothic 23% ★, Horror 7%, Story Rich 3.1%
The player assumes the role of Mary Clarissa Christie. Mary has heterochromia eyes, her right eye is gold while her left eye is blue. She originally had blue eyes but her right eye changed colours one year prior to the game's events and she has been seeing strange visions since.
Why similar: Steampunk 38.3% ★, Gothic 26.5% ★, Visual Novel 15.7%, Lovecraftian 11.9%, Female Protagonist 3.7%
Revisit the case which made you a legend among your peers.
Why similar: Steampunk 38.5% ★, Gothic 25.6% ★, Lovecraftian 24%, Horror 8.4%, Supernatural 3.4%
Two worlds coexist, but one of them didn't exist yesterday. That's why you, an automaton, and your calculator sidekick, are looking for a way out of the Great Clock, searching for answers, but above all to find a way out of this place that's gathering dust.
Why similar: Steampunk 47.2% ★, Lovecraftian 31.3%, Supernatural 10.6%, Multiple Endings 6.1%, Casual 2.7%
Rumors resurface. Legends are resurrected. In this Lovecraftian visual novel, play as Alex N. Wilmarth, skeptic and professor at Miskatonic University, to unravel the hideous secrets centered at a secluded farm in the hills of Vermont, coming ever closer to mortal peril.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 52.1%, Visual Novel 26.2%, Horror 11.3%, Casual 7%, Indie 3.5%
Even if you bear no Grudge, your Grudge was surely born. Explore the abandoned house at 77 Oleander, search for your wallet, keys, and phone, and above all else... try not to forget again the next time she tells you to leave.
Why similar: Gothic 34.1% ★, Visual Novel 18.9%, Supernatural 16.8%, Horror 10.5%, Female Protagonist 7%
A horror lurks beneath the earth. Terror rises from the past.
Why similar: Gothic 27.9% ★, Steampunk 26.3% ★, Lovecraftian 24.3%, Supernatural 9.4%, Horror 7.3%
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 53% ★, Lovecraftian 38.5%, Choices Matter 3.7%, Story Rich 3.1%, Indie 1.1%
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 46%, Steampunk 30.3% ★, Gothic 11.3% ★, Horror 6.6%, Story Rich 3.9%
Matchmaking for Ghosts is an atmospheric visual novel with horror elements and themes of love and loss, built around a unique multi-protagonist system that lets players experience the afterlife through the eyes of every ghost. Match ghosts together for love, or for chaos. The choice is yours.
Why similar: Gothic 39.4% ★, Visual Novel 19.4%, Supernatural 11.7%, Horror 9.5%, Hand-drawn 5.6%
都市的夜晚并不安宁。浮华背后，暗潮在阴影中涌动。旧书店『Hermitage』的店主不幸被卷入了种种神秘事件。越是接近答案，他见到的真相却愈发诡异。疑云之下，一切都指向了“那些”超越常理的——危机渐渐逼近，在谣言与谎言间劈开道路，追寻自己的“结局”吧！
Why similar: Lovecraftian 66.1%, Visual Novel 31%, Indie 2.9%
From killer dolls to lethal furniture, nothing wooden can be trusted!
Why similar: Gothic 29.5% ★, Steampunk 27.5% ★, Lovecraftian 25.1%, Supernatural 8.9%, Horror 7.7%
Nevrosa 2025 is a meticulously crafted VR puzzle/escape room game where players must solve numerous puzzles, battle mysterious creatures, and uncover a new Misty World.
Why similar: Steampunk 38.5% ★, Lovecraftian 33.1%, Gothic 22.2% ★, Story Rich 3.3%, Casual 2.9%
In this game, you will play a policeman who is transferred to Nabos from out of town. The crime rate here remains high all the year round, and ancient gangs and cults are entrenched here. you will be close to the city's innermost and darkest secret. What choice should you make then?
Why similar: Lovecraftian 62.7%, Visual Novel 33.8%, Indie 2%, Singleplayer 1.4%
Assemble your crew, take to the skies in the premier PvP airship combat game. Guns of Icarus Online is all about flying massive airships, shooting big turret weapons, and working as a team for supremacy of the skies. Everyone as one, victory or death, together.
A Victorian Fantasy Halloween Robo-Otome
Why similar: Steampunk 58.9% ★, Visual Novel 24%, Female Protagonist 6.9%, Multiple Endings 5.3%, Casual 3.3%
In this dark fantasy yuri visual novel, follow the events that lead up to the fateful meeting of two young women. Accompany Sofia, a human revolutionary, and Vlatka, the vampire princess, as they navigate political upheaval, forbidden romance, and the ugliness of war.
Why similar: Steampunk 42.2% ★, Gothic 25.6% ★, Visual Novel 18.1%, Female Protagonist 7.2%, Story Rich 3.1%
When the Golden Sneeze is stolen from the Museum of Ancient History, it’s up to you, Detective Hank, to catch the thief. That will not be easy, as the culprit changes every new game. Puzzle your way through this steampunk themed, interactive whodunnit visual novel and bring the thief to justice!
Why similar: Steampunk 56.5% ★, Visual Novel 21.1%, Choices Matter 8.1%, Multiple Endings 7.4%, Indie 2.4%
Join our heroes in a world ravished by the wars of it's past in this exciting Visual Novel experience!
Why similar: Steampunk 45.4% ★, Visual Novel 38.6%, Casual 8%, Indie 4.9%, Story Rich 3.2%
A Gothic horror faerie tale.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 35.1%, Gothic 22.4% ★, Visual Novel 17.7%, Horror 9.9%, Choices Matter 7.6%
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 34.7%, Gothic 34.5% ★, Horror 10.2%, Supernatural 8.4%, Hand-drawn 6.9%
Take the role of a painter struggling to finish his masterpiece in this short Gothic horror visual novel about art, pain and love.
Why similar: Gothic 39.6% ★, Visual Novel 20.2%, Supernatural 13.4%, Horror 10.3%, Hand-drawn 8.7%
Explore the most prestigious occult school in North America, The Miskatonic University, in a hilarious dark comedy set after the Lovecraft canon, in which the greatest threat to mankind is its own ambitions.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 58.6%, Visual Novel 21.6%, Horror 7.6%, Female Protagonist 6.7%, Casual 3.4%
Welcome to Red Hives, a lovely Midwestern town infested with demons. You're a little spirit stuck in a time loop, your only way to interact with the world is by possessing people and whispering into their ears. Explore timelines, solve mysteries, and please, try to keep your hosts alive...
Why similar: Lovecraftian 36%, Visual Novel 15.6%, Supernatural 11.6%, Choices Matter 7.8%, Horror 7.7%
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 63.1%, Visual Novel 17.9%, Choices Matter 9.1%, Story Rich 4.1%, Casual 3.2%
This gripping paranormal horror adventure revolves around Hermitage, the sinister bookstore that attracts most unusual customers – all of whom seem to be involved in mysterious cases bordering on the paranormal.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 41.8%, Visual Novel 18.2%, Supernatural 15.4%, Horror 10.7%, Choices Matter 5.2%
Saint Kotar is a psychological horror detective game set in a cursed valley in rural Croatia. Investigate the disappearance of your relative in the occult-ridden town of Sveti Kotar as you switch between conflicting realities through the eyes of two godly men.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 34.2%, Gothic 21.5% ★, Visual Novel 13.2%, Horror 9.6%, Choices Matter 8%
The Crawling Horror is dead, but its legacy of madness lives on!
Why similar: Gothic 32.6% ★, Lovecraftian 25.9%, Steampunk 25.4% ★, Horror 8.4%, Supernatural 7.6%
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 36.4%, Gothic 30.9% ★, Visual Novel 18%, Hand-drawn 8.1%, Story Rich 3.7%
Gadgets, conspiracy and conquest await you in this steampunk text adventure. An interactive romp through Victorian England and the British Empire.
Why similar: Steampunk 40.3% ★, Lovecraftian 34.4%, Visual Novel 19.9%, Story Rich 4.7%, Singleplayer 0.7%
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 54%, Visual Novel 21.5%, Horror 10.2%, Multiple Endings 8.6%, Story Rich 4.1%
DEVIL'S LIMINAL is a branching slow-burn horror and yuri romance visual novel. In a life of poverty and violence, Margo Silva has one last summer in Arizona before college. Make choices to maintain a normal facade at work, romance an enigmatic new girl, and stop the occult plot to take Margo's life.
Why similar: Gothic 28.5% ★, Visual Novel 16.5%, Supernatural 14.8%, Horror 9.5%, Hand-drawn 7.8%
Award-winning steampunk puzzle game in which you spin the playfield to match the blocks in the box and solve Schrödinger's cat riddle.
Why similar: Steampunk 55.3% ★, Lovecraftian 25%, Science 16.1% ★, Casual 3.5%, Singleplayer 0.1%
William Bolt is a former pupil of Nikola Tesla, trained militarily to deal with hordes of various evil beings. In order to stop the world invasion, Bolt must use all his combat and intelligence capabilities. In a world with steam-based technology, Tesla’s electric weapons will make a difference.
Why similar: Steampunk 51.2% ★, Lovecraftian 38.8%, Horror 6.2%, Story Rich 2%, Indie 1.6%
Tentacle Typer is a Lovecraftian text editor RPG experience. You're a giant tentacle monster with a magic mechanical typewriter, and you're trapped in a steampunk mansion. Psychically rouse elaborate mechanisms by typing almost whatever you want.
Why similar: Steampunk 52.2% ★, Lovecraftian 47.8%
A gothic short story set in the most Blighted city of the North Kingdom.
Why similar: Gothic 31.5% ★, Lovecraftian 23.1%, Visual Novel 17.1%, Hand-drawn 7.8%, Horror 7.2%
Four female college students visit a mountain where spirits live. There had been a number of disappearances there in the past, and it was known as a dangerous place. This work is a visual novel that depicts the secrets of Mount Leng and the adventures of college students.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 35.7%, Visual Novel 29.1%, Horror 15.8%, Choices Matter 11%, Story Rich 4.7%
Art imitates life. Horrifying, unclean life.
Why similar: Steampunk 40.2% ★, Gothic 19% ★, Lovecraftian 17.3%, Horror 10.4%, Choices Matter 5.8%
Find your first love in the kingdom of Bellochia, use your skills to talk with our 4 main protagonists, invite them to dates and live a school life in a day-by-day gameplay.
Why similar: Steampunk 56.7% ★, Visual Novel 24.4%, Female Protagonist 12.1%, Casual 4.9%, Indie 1.2%
Use gravity, tension, and wind currents to get your hot air balloon to its destination, dropping off cargo on your way, in this ultra-challenging physics-based game. All art used in the Howler was meticulously created by classically-trained experienced painters.
Why similar: Steampunk 80.8% ★, Casual 7.9%, Hand-drawn 5.9%, Indie 4.7%, Singleplayer 0.7%
In a big city in the desert called Valcia, only young people called 'adept' are allowed to go out. The city used to be covered with a canopy, but people can see the sky and a lot of people visit the city through the canopy now. But this inflow of people gradually changes the city...
Why similar: Steampunk 47.8% ★, Gothic 24.7% ★, Visual Novel 21.9%, Story Rich 5.1%, Singleplayer 0.5%
Explore the meaning of memories in this mysterious fairytale where fantasy and reality intertwine. The story unfolds from the perspectives of two women: one who travels in the ruins of Engine City New York, and one who finds herself in an underground world with an eldritch, violet sky.
Why similar: Steampunk 42.7% ★, Lovecraftian 25.8%, Visual Novel 16.8%, Female Protagonist 5.7%, Multiple Endings 5%
Escape and maintain your humanity in this Horror/Dark Fantasy visual novel/Otome game.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 32.7%, Visual Novel 17.3%, Supernatural 12.2%, Horror 8%, Hand-drawn 7.4%
Explore a haunted mansion gallery filled with 3D animated art - and ghosts - to unlock a full-length illustrated audiobook
Why similar: Gothic 41.9% ★, Supernatural 18.9%, Visual Novel 16.5%, Horror 10.9%, Female Protagonist 5.3%
Put the ‘love’ in 'Lovecraftian horror!' Avoid the fanatical cultists and survive dangerous rituals to escape the Black Woods with your life in this 90’s anime inspired visual novel!
Why similar: Lovecraftian 44.8%, Visual Novel 22.2%, Horror 12.4%, Hand-drawn 11.7%, Story Rich 3.6%
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 36.5% ★, Lovecraftian 31.8%, Horror 11.3%, Hand-drawn 8.6%, Choices Matter 7.5%
As a future seer, you know exactly who you're going to spend the rest of your life with. Unfortunately, it seems convincing them on that matter might not be so simple. Come to enjoy the journey in this amusing, exciting, and touching Visual Novel.
Why similar: Steampunk 43.8% ★, Visual Novel 28.2%, Casual 7.5%, Multiple Endings 6.2%, Choices Matter 6%
Your bestie seems to be hiding something. There's something about your world that seems odd as well, like it has...secrets. Dive into the Cthulhu Mythos universe of this horror game and witness a "friendship" that rewrites the world.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 38.1%, Visual Novel 17.5%, Supernatural 9.3%, Horror 9.3%, Choices Matter 7.8%
A dark yuri horror romance set in a crumbling Gothic castle. When the enigmatic Carmilla arrives, Laura is swept into a fever dream of obsession. Is this stranger the cure for her loneliness or a herald of corruption? And what caused the mysterious deaths of two girls in the nearby village?
Why similar: Gothic 35.8% ★, Visual Novel 17.8%, Supernatural 13.8%, Horror 7.6%, Choices Matter 6.8%
Dance on the Edge of Death. A single counter turns the battlefield into your stage. High-Mobility Counter × Build-Oriented 3D Soulslike Action :Leave even your regrets behind.:
Why similar: Steampunk 48.8% ★, Gothic 40.9% ★, Choices Matter 4%, Story Rich 2.7%, Female Protagonist 2.5%
From tragic love stories to the tale of a girl born and raised within the maze! A mud-soaked drama of prisoners unfolding inside an inescapable labyrinth— the visual novel Twilight Eden.
Why similar: Steampunk 72.7% ★, Visual Novel 23.3%, Story Rich 3.2%, Indie 0.9%
Run a haunted theme park, defend it from a zombie overlord, and don't kill your co-workers in this park management/strategy RPG hybrid!
Why similar: Lovecraftian 32.5%, Visual Novel 20.2%, Supernatural 17.4%, Horror 11%, Choices Matter 7.2%
Put the ‘love’ in 'Lovecraftian horror!' When a captivating comet named Hheily crashes into your apartment, you are drawn into an interplanetary conflict between light and dark. Feed Hheily's fire to save the world in this horror-comedy visual novel… and maybe even win a smooch!
Why similar: Lovecraftian 38.4%, Visual Novel 23.7%, Horror 16.9%, Hand-drawn 8.5%, Multiple Endings 5%
A choice-rich, fantasy adventure visual novel in a steampunk victorian alternate reality, where coffee is all that matters.
Why similar: Steampunk 56.5% ★, Visual Novel 21.8%, Choices Matter 8.9%, Multiple Endings 6.1%, Casual 3.6%
Hermes Library is a puzzle game in which you play the new librarian Rainn Echo. Help students, faculty members, and alumni to borrow and return books, discover hidden messages in the books, meet new friends and unravel the mysteries behind strange incidents happening at the Hephaestus University.
Why similar: Steampunk 60.4% ★, Female Protagonist 7.3%, Choices Matter 6.8%, Multiple Endings 6.7%, Hand-drawn 6.6%
From hit writer Ryukishi07, the creator of When They Cry, comes a story on the theme of “curses.” Strike down the dark riddle of dolls and soot in this supernatural horror visual novel.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 27.7%, Visual Novel 25.5%, Supernatural 22.2%, Horror 11.1%, Hand-drawn 10.3%
Lead a cursed party through a ruined world in this grimdark side-scrolling RPG. Build your team, master tactical combat, and unleash forbidden powers to survive an endless parade of nightmares. Decide what, if anything, is worth salvaging from a world that has been reduced to ashes.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 29.4%, Gothic 28.8% ★, Supernatural 12.2%, Horror 11%, Hand-drawn 8.4%
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 34.7%, Gothic 32.4% ★, Visual Novel 14.3%, Horror 8.5%, Female Protagonist 6.4%
