- #1 TimeOut
97% matchNo user reviews
Dev: post_scriptum3
Windows
This world's time is inexorably running out, and with each day it grows more unstable. Thus, the Keeper of Time decides to take extreme measures and summon a savior from another world. However... Things didn't go entirely according to plan...
Why similar: Time Travel 35.5% ★, Lore-Rich 17.7%, Top-Down 11.7%, Puzzle 9.6%, Adventure 7%
- #2 Tangles 2 تشابك
96% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Hamad Al-HumaidanPub: Saham Studio
Windows
On the remote island of Scirine, Majed, a young biology intern, arrives at Al-Bayan Research Center, expecting scientific breakthroughs. But his journey turns into a descent into mystery as he uncovers terrifying truths, where reality blends with illusions, revealing more secrets with every step.
Why similar: Time Travel 39% ★, Lore-Rich 18.6%, Horror 11.5%, Sci-fi 8.9%, Mystery 8.9%
- #3 Tangles - تشابك
96% matchVery Positive90% of 245 reviews2024
Dev: Hamad Al-HumaidanPub: Saham Studio
Windows
Awakening from a long coma following a training injury, Soldier Basel finds himself alone in an isolated camp on a deserted island surrounded by questions and mystery. He begins to search for answers to uncover the secrets, and whether they are painful truths or terrifying illusions.
Why similar: Time Travel 40.2% ★, Lore-Rich 19%, Horror 11.2%, Mystery 9.4%, Story Rich 6.6%
- #4 Doctor Who: The Edge of Reality
95% matchMixed60% of 320 reviews2021
Dev: Maze Theory Ltd
Windows
Experience an unforgettable adventure in space and time. Explore new worlds, face Daleks, Cybermen and Weeping Angels and join two Doctors on an epic quest to save the universe from an unstoppable new threat in this first-person narrative adventure.
Why similar: Time Travel 38.9% ★, Sci-fi 10.6%, Horror 9.6%, Mystery 9.3%, Story Rich 8.3%
- #5 The Academy of the Cosmic Realm
94% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Blue Moss Games
Windows
The Academy of the Cosmic Realm is a short first-person horror game where you explore an old abandoned academy to discover what terrible event led to it's closure.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 44.5%, Lore-Rich 19.2%, Horror 15.2%, Mystery 9.7%, Story Rich 6.3%
- #6 The Coma 3: Bloodlines
94% matchVery Positive86% of 371 reviews2026
Dev: Dvora Studio Co., Ltd.Pub: Headup
Windows
Welcome to the world of The Coma 3: Bloodlines. In this realm of shadows rumors and urban legends become reality, and danger lurks around every corner. If a living intruder dies here, their body will be severed from their spirit and never wake again ...
Why similar: Lovecraftian 40.1%, Horror 17.3%, Lore-Rich 9%, Mystery 6.9%, Story Rich 5.5%
- #7 Cosmic Fear
93% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Alessandro Guzzo
Windows
You’ve discovered evidence of a cosmic presence influencing humanity since its origins. Now something born in the depths of the cosmos is calling again. Investigate, uncover forbidden knowledge and survive a disturbing first person Lovecraftian horror adventure.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 38.5%, Lore-Rich 14.9%, Horror 12.3%, Sci-fi 8.9%, Mystery 7.8%
- #8 Last Chance Market
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Dark Premonition Games
Windows
When a grocery list becomes a struggle to survive against cosmic horrors, will you make it through the door? Stay alive, solve the mystery and make your offerings - or end up on a missing person poster in this first-person, non-linear nightmare. But you'd better hurry, the store's closing soon.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 41.9%, Lore-Rich 17.1%, Horror 10.8%, Mystery 9.8%, Story Rich 8.4%
- #9 Time Travel Trainer
92% matchNo user reviews2019
Dev: Time Travel Trainer
Windows
It’s time for time travel! Master the complexities of fourth dimensional thinking to succeed in this indie 2d puzzle game.
Why similar: Time Travel 61% ★, Sci-fi 15%, Top-Down 13%, Puzzle 9.2%, Indie 1.4%
- #10 Chronoquartz
90% matchVery Positive98% of 498 reviews2025
Dev: Infinite Stairs
Windows
In Chronoquartz, every move matters! You have 10 turns per loop: explore, solve puzzles, and use your past knowledge to progress. Strategy, critical thinking, and time management will be your allies in this unique temporal adventure. Will you succeed in saving time?
Why similar: Time Travel 40.3% ★, Top-Down 11.9%, Sci-fi 10.8%, Mystery 9.2%, Puzzle 9.1%
- #11 Mountains of Madness
91% matchMixed57% of 28 reviews2024
Dev: Deep Dive Project
Windows
From H.P. Lovecraft's work, this walking simulator sends you to the frozen wastes of Antarctica. Use your tools to navigate the frozen galleries untouched by millennia. 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 37.8%, Lore-Rich 17.4%, Horror 10.1%, Sci-fi 8.1%, Story Rich 6.3%
- #12 Mato Fragments
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ArrowizPub: Soft Source
Windows
You are a photo shop owner moonlighting as an informant in the vibrant, but dangerous streets of Neo City. After harboring a strange fugitive, your skills as an informant are put to the test, as the fate of the entire city rests in your hands.
Why similar: Time Travel 41% ★, Lovecraftian 37.3%, Horror 8.3%, Story Rich 6%, Puzzle 5.9%
- #13 The Great Perhaps
89% matchVery Positive81% of 852 reviews2019
Dev: Caligari GamesPub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 71%
The Great Perhaps is a time travel puzzle game about an astronaut returning to Earth destroyed by natural cataclysms. There, among the ruins he finds an unusual artifact — an old lantern, in the light of which you can see glimpses of another time and travel to the past.
Why similar: Time Travel 45.8% ★, Horror 12.7%, Sci-fi 10.6%, Mystery 6.5%, Story Rich 6.3%
- #14 Souls Alive: Origins
88% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Souls Alive Development
Windows
Souls Alive: Origins is a Lovecraftian survival horror game set in a dark sci-fi future. Explore a world where reality bends, ancient cults return, and Cthulhu stirs once more. With a strong focus on story, atmosphere, and visual detail.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 55.5%, Horror 13.8%, Sci-fi 10%, Story Rich 8.7%, Adventure 3.8%
- #15 Crathos Deep
87% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Hitbox Games
Windows
Descend down the arctic depths in Crathos Deep, a cosmic horror narrative adventure. Explore the vast abyss with your submarine and utilize your expeditionary drone to reach the dark corners of the ocean. Investigate a lost research institute to unravel the unsettling mystery of its downfall.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 42.1%, Horror 16.3%, Sci-fi 10%, Mystery 8.6%, Puzzle 5.1%
- #16 KYRO
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: CHUVA Studio
Windows
KYRO is a top-down pixel art action-adventure. Play as Aiden, a boy with a trusty slingshot, exploring Ka'a on the edge of a black hole. Solve puzzles, uncover ruins, and help the people of Vila Carnaval face the apocalypse with laughter and party costumes!
Why similar: Time Travel 29.3% ★, Lore-Rich 16.6%, Sci-fi 10.4%, Top-Down 8.8%, Story Rich 7.9%
- #17 Moonfall Voyage
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Twenty Ninety CreativePub: N/A
Windows
In Moonfall Voyage, sailing is at the heart of exploration. Your goal is to free colossal guardians from a powerful curse. Each guardian you encounter offers unique sailing challenges and puzzles as you uncover the history of this world, and restore balance to the fragile realm.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 34%, Time Travel 32.3% ★, Lore-Rich 16.2%, Action-Adventure 5.6%, Exploration 3.6%
- #18 Awaken
84% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2026
Dev: Uku Tonsiver
Windows
Awaken brings Lovecraftian horror to the beloved 2D side scroller genre. Make your way through the strange forest while encountering inexcplicable forces and try to keep your sanity as you piece together the mystery of your sister's disappearance.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 42%, Horror 15%, Mystery 10.1%, Pixel Graphics 8.2%, Story Rich 6.8%
- #19 DEAD UNIT
84% 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 44%, Horror 14.1%, Lore-Rich 11.5%, Sci-fi 9.4%, Mystery 6.2%
- #20 Conarium
85% matchMostly Positive77% of 2,263 reviews2017
Dev: Stormling StudiosPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.6 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 66.3%, Horror 15.4%, Adventure 5.4%, Story Rich 4.6%, Sci-fi 3.5%
- #21 Wait: The Patient
83% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: rest.less Games
Windows
Wait: The Patient is a non-combat mystery horror game, that takes place in the 90s and follows the story of Dr. Alice Fincher. After a new patient arrives in the mental hospital she works in, strange events start to unfold.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 33%, Horror 13.7%, Top-Down 13%, Puzzle 9.4%, Story Rich 8.3%
- #22 FoldLoop
82% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Keyhole Studio
Windows
FoldLoop is a detective game that emphasizes logical reasoning. To escape the curse of endless cycles, you'll observe the sandbox from a higher dimension, analyze the rulebook, and deduce the secrets of the real world.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 35.5%, Time Travel 30.6% ★, Mystery 11.6%, Story Rich 8.7%, Puzzle 7.6%
- #23 The Mariner
82% 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 54.6%, Horror 19.6%, Puzzle 10%, Mystery 4.4%, Adventure 3.7%
- #24 INANIMA
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Obscure Tales
Windows · Linux
A survival horror game set in the isolated facilities of a strange corporation. Search for limited supplies, and fight terrifying creatures to reveal the truth behind the Lazarus project. Be part of something that will change the future of humanity.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 38.8%, Sci-fi 12.5%, Horror 10.4%, Mystery 8.1%, Story Rich 7.4%
- #25 Habilis
81% matchPositive88% of 49 reviews2024
Dev: ODale Studios
Windows
A first person / body cam, Lovecraft style horror experience not for the weak of heart. Descend into the T.R.P Facility while evading monsters by hide in lockers, and discover over 30 minutes of professionally recorded audio logs.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 45.5%, Horror 14.5%, Lore-Rich 10.9%, Sci-fi 8.8%, Story Rich 8.5%
- #26 At Eternity's Hatch
80% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Jardus Games
Windows
Stranded at sea in an alternate timeline, you must master a complex time travel system to find a way home while piecing together the mystery of an obsessed captain and his quest that led him to the Greenland Sea in search of a supernatural anomaly.
Why similar: Time Travel 44.4% ★, Lore-Rich 13.1%, Mystery 10.8%, Story Rich 8.2%, Puzzle 8.1%
- #27 Joyville 2
79% matchMostly Positive73% of 210 reviews2024
Dev: KudPlay Games
Windows
Joyville 2 is a first-person horror puzzle-adventure game set in an abandoned children's camp. Explore two parallel worlds where the joy of the past meets present horrors. Uncover the camp's dark secrets, face magical yet dangerous creatures, and discover the truth behind events from decades ago.
Why similar: Time Travel 47.6% ★, Horror 14.6%, Mystery 8.3%, Puzzle 7.7%, Story Rich 7.4%
- #28 MEGANAUT
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Rubeki Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A 3rd person narrative horror game with modernized retro 3D graphics, and unique floating mechanics. Travel past The Habitat walls into the deep megastructure in search of your missing friend Seija, and find out why he left.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 35.4%, Lore-Rich 19.2%, Sci-fi 11.7%, Horror 11.3%, Puzzle 5.9%
- #29 Call of Cthulhu®
78% matchMostly Positive79% of 13,708 reviews2018
Dev: Cyanide StudioPub: Focus Entertainment
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 7.2 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 65.2%, Horror 14.9%, Story Rich 7.6%, Mystery 7%, Adventure 3.1%
- #30 Abject Abyss
76% matchPositive95% of 20 reviews2026
Dev: Anton Bezett
Windows
A short, atmospheric sci-fi horror experience. Explore an isolated research facility on the edge of charted space, and survive the horrors that lurk there.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 42.1%, Horror 18.1%, Sci-fi 15.2%, Story Rich 8.2%, Adventure 4.4%
- #31 Lost Sanity: Cthulhu
77% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Manin StudiosPub: ZNT Productions
Windows
On Halloween night, a group of teens tells horror stories, and each one comes to life in Lost Sanity. In the first chapter, Call of the Sea, you play as Megan Claire, trapped in an underground prison while cultists awaken a marine entity; slip through shadows, follow clues, and guard your sanity.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 57.1%, Horror 15.3%, Mystery 10.9%, Story Rich 6.6%, Adventure 3.4%
- #32 Dunwich Horror
77% 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 44.9%, Lore-Rich 13.2%, Horror 13.2%, Story Rich 7.8%, Pixel Graphics 7.2%
- #33 Desert of Vice
78% matchPositive83% of 24 reviews2018
Dev: Karolis Dikcius
Windows · Mac
Solve your own murder in this horror text adventure with choice dependent endings. Explore an isolated desert town to figure out who murdered you - and why.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 67.9%, Horror 22.2%, Adventure 8.7%, Indie 1.1%
- #34 Venatrix
75% matchPositive82% of 43 reviews2024
Dev: Playstige Interactive
Windows
Venatrix is a unique hybrid of action-packed and stealth-based horror game. We choose to play as either Matthew or Della, resulting in two different play styles, either third-person action/horror or first-person stealth/horror.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 51.1%, Horror 14.4%, Lore-Rich 13%, Action-Adventure 8.3%, Story Rich 6%
- #35 Hundred Acre Wood
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Gregg RahubaPub: Jared R. Bair
Windows
Explore and survive a twisted Hundred Acre Wood while being hunted by an old childhood friend, Winnie-the-Pooh. Rescue Christopher Robin with the help of Eldritch Beasts that were once familiar faces. Discover what took place and has changed a once beautiful land into something dark and dangerous.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 50%, Horror 14.6%, Lore-Rich 11%, Story Rich 9.1%, Puzzle 4.3%
- #36 Stones of Flesh
74% match8 user reviews100% of 8 reviews2024
Dev: Joe Renwick
Windows
You are flesh, blood and bones. A fragile mortal, in a land of something far bigger than yourself.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 51.7%, Mystery 12.1%, Top-Down 9.7%, Story Rich 9.7%, Puzzle 7.2%
- #37 Auridia
73% matchVery Positive98% of 171 reviews2025
Dev: Reed Molbak
Windows · Mac
Explore an interconnected world full of platforming challenges in this short metroidvania. Reach new areas by swinging from ceilings, throwing bombs, bouncing off spikes, and more. Examine dozens of artifacts, commune with forgotten gods, and piece together what happened to Auridia.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 48.2%, Lore-Rich 12.9%, Story Rich 10.7%, Pixel Graphics 7.6%, Puzzle 6.4%
- #38 Magrunner: Dark Pulse
76% matchMostly Positive73% of 1,135 reviews2013
Dev: Frogwares
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 56%
Magrunner: Dark Pulse is an action-puzzle game in which technology confronts the Cthulhu Mythos, penned by H.P. Lovecraft. Equipped with your Magtech glove, you must harness the ability to magnetically polarize and manipulate objects in the environment to survive and surpass challenging puzzles.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 64%, Puzzle 12.9%, Sci-fi 9.6%, Adventure 4.8%, Action 4.5%
- #39 Monkey Valley
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Johannes Hornik
Windows
Explore the deep jungle in search of your grandpa, engage with the locals, discover dark secrets about the valley and choose its and subsequently your own fate...
Why similar: Lovecraftian 46.7%, Lore-Rich 22.7%, Story Rich 9.3%, Action-Adventure 7%, Exploration 4.7%
- #40 The Night Is Long
72% matchPositive84% of 43 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 52%, Horror 15.5%, Puzzle 8%, Mystery 7.3%, Story Rich 6.9%
- #41 The Last Door: Season 2 - Collector's Edition
74% matchVery Positive94% of 979 reviews2016
Dev: The Game KitchenPub: Phoenix Online Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 92%
In Season 2 of The Last Door, the search for his missing client will bring psychiatrist John Wakefield deeper into a conspiracy of darkness and closer to the heart of madness than ever before.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 60.9%, Horror 15.7%, Pixel Graphics 10.3%, Story Rich 5.9%, Adventure 5.7%
- #42 In Tenebris
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Sleepless_Team
Windows
“In Tenebris: Prologue” is the first part of a dark sci-fi horror game in which echolocation is the only way to find your way out. You can “see” by making sounds, but at the same time, you’ll be heard by those you’d be better off avoiding. Explore a deserted research institute and try to survive.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 36.7%, Horror 13.8%, Sci-fi 12.2%, Story Rich 8.1%, Alternate History 6.6%
- #43 Astrolabus
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: sLyDesignPub: Stone Cassette
Windows
Alaska, 2000. You wake in a cabin in a winter that should have killed you already. Beneath the snow, a black-site laboratory is failing; something inside it has begun speaking your name.
Why similar: Time Travel 42.7% ★, Sci-fi 12.6%, Horror 9.7%, Mystery 9.5%, Story Rich 8.1%
- #44 Workplace Malice
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Astrum Studio
Windows
A survival horror in striking HD-2D, Workplace Malice blends exploration, puzzles, and tense combat with scarce resources and grotesque threats, where every choice shapes Theo’s descent into a workplace nightmare.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 40.8%, Lore-Rich 15.8%, Horror 12.2%, Story Rich 7.6%, Pixel Graphics 5.6%
- #45 Through Abandoned: The Forest
73% matchMostly Positive76% of 456 reviews2016
Dev: Igor KrutovPub: Conglomerate 5
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 96%
You continue your journey in worlds of Abandoned.
Why similar: Time Travel 54.6% ★, Mystery 11.4%, Story Rich 8.1%, Sci-fi 8%, Puzzle 7.6%
- #46 Pexet Inc.
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Thurayya Studio
Windows
A top-down 2D survival horror game where you shift between timelines, solve time-based puzzles, manage limited resources, and survive deadly encounters in a collapsing research facility.
Why similar: Time Travel 36.8% ★, Lore-Rich 16.8%, Top-Down 8.8%, Mystery 7.8%, Puzzle 6.4%
- #47 Lovelace Case
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: BOK Studio
Windows
Lovelace Case is a Retro Lovecraftian Survival Horror set in the 1900s. Explore the nightmarish Mansion, manage scarce resources and face eldritch terrors where survival means choosing what parts of reality you are willing to lose.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 48.8%, Horror 17.5%, Action-Adventure 6.6%, Puzzle 6.5%, Pixel Graphics 6%
- #48 UvsU: You vs You
70% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: dietzribi
Windows
Outsmart your past self in a battle of cause and effect. Explore an interconnected clay world, discover its hidden rules, and uncover the secrets it would rather keep buried.
Why similar: Time Travel 41.4% ★, Lovecraftian 24.3%, Horror 10%, Mystery 7.8%, Puzzle 7.1%
- #49 Shadows of Eldemir
69% 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 44.9%, Horror 14.3%, Lore-Rich 11.8%, Story Rich 8.8%, Mystery 8.2%
- #50 Alkurai
69% matchVery Positive85% of 75 reviews2023
Dev: RedHouse Studios LLC.
Windows
Alkurai is a 4 player online co-op fantasy horror game. An infamous Alchemist has murdered the king and seized Alkurai's throne. It is up to you and your party to evade his horrid miscreations and restore the kingdom to what it once was.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 36.2%, Lore-Rich 20.1%, Horror 13.6%, Alternate History 7.9%, Puzzle 7.1%
- #51 Dyer Expedition
67% matchPositive86% of 36 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 50.2%, Horror 12.9%, Pixel Graphics 8%, Puzzle 7.7%, Story Rich 6.3%
- #52 Five Nights at Freddy's: Into the Pit
66% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 10,851 reviews2024
Dev: Mega Cat Studios
Windows
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 21.7 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Survive five nights of terror in this chilling adventure game. Travel between time periods to solve puzzles, gather clues, and outrun the threat relentlessly pursuing you. Move swiftly and stay hidden, and you may just survive. But be careful—it's not just your own life that’s on the line this time.
Why similar: Time Travel 36.8% ★, Horror 31.6%, Pixel Graphics 14.5%, Adventure 4.4%, Alternate History 4.1%
- #53 火起雪中寺
67% matchVery Positive81% of 75 reviews2025
Dev: 江湖奇事录
Windows
Huoqi Xuezhong Temple is a 3D suspense exploration game. The ancient temple covered in heavy snow suddenly caught fire. A mysterious shadow transported you back three hours before the fire started. Faced with six people gathered at this temple with different purposes.
Why similar: Time Travel 54.6% ★, Lore-Rich 12.3%, Mystery 9.1%, Story Rich 8.4%, Puzzle 7.7%
- #54 At the Mountains of Madness
71% matchMostly Negative34% of 65 reviews2016
Dev: Team Clockworks
Windows
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Play the role of Professor Dyer, a geologist at Miskatonic University who travelled to Antarctica in 1930 as the leader of a research expedition, in this 3D first-person horror survival adventure game.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 85.8%, Adventure 6.8%, Action 6.5%, Indie 0.8%
- #55 Dead of Darkness
66% matchVery Positive87% of 214 reviews2025
Dev: Retrofiction Games
Windows
Dead of Darkness is a 2D survival-horror action-adventure. Investigate a mysterious island and unravel its disturbing secret. You’ll have to face grotesque creatures, hurdle deadly traps, solve puzzles, and most importantly, survive.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 39.9%, Horror 14.1%, Story Rich 9.5%, Top-Down 9.4%, Pixel Graphics 6.7%
- #56 Tormenta do Tempo
69% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2021
Dev: Andre Themistocles
Windows
Tormenta do Tempo is an Hack N Slash Action RPG about Time Travel. Find out all about the origin of time travel, annihilate hordes of enemies, choose from 3 types of classes, grow your talent tree, loots, and try to save the Past, Present and Future, from a cruel fate.
Why similar: Time Travel 50.1% ★, Sci-fi 14.2%, Top-Down 9.9%, Story Rich 7.4%, Action-Adventure 5.5%
- #57 Cyrano Story
68% matchMixed67% of 1,061 reviews2020
Dev: Alice & Smith
Windows · Mac
Median: 36 minMean: 1.7 hrs≥1hr: 32%
Born from an Alternate Reality Game experience created by Alice & Smith in 2019, Cyrano Story is a complex puzzle game designed to ascend to intergalactic forces and give insight into the backstory of Funcom’s cosmic horror game Moons of Madness.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 49%, Horror 14.9%, Sci-fi 13.7%, Adventure 12%, Puzzle 8.9%
- #58 Conflux
68% matchNo user reviews2024
Dev: Rafael LopesPub: DashingVision
Windows · Mac · Linux
A horror game where you can interact with your surroundings to find clues, fight monsters and solve puzzles as you uncover new areas in search for a mysterious artifact.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 42.8%, Horror 12.8%, Sci-fi 9.7%, Puzzle 7.3%, Pixel Graphics 6.7%
- #59 Through Abandoned: The Underground City
68% matchMostly Positive77% of 1,014 reviews2015
Dev: Igor KrutovPub: Conglomerate 5
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 95%
It’s the first game of Through Abandoned series, classical point and click game. You try to find your twin-brother who disappeared in a huge and mysterious place called Abandoned.
Why similar: Time Travel 43.9% ★, Sci-fi 12.5%, Mystery 11.9%, Puzzle 10.3%, Story Rich 7.5%