- #1 Abject Abyss
97% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Anton Bezett
Windows
A horror adventure on a distant world. Explore Luminary Corporation’s most cutting-edge research facility, piece together what went wrong, and survive the horrors that lurk in the dark.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 27.6%, Horror 15.7%, Dark 8.4%, Psychological Horror 8.4%, Sci-fi 8.3%
- #2 Still Wakes the Deep
96% matchVery Positive88% of 10,965 reviews2024
Dev: The Chinese RoomPub: Secret Mode
Windows
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 84%
1975. Disaster strikes the Beira D oil rig off the coast of Scotland. Navigate the collapsing rig to save your crew from an otherworldly horror on the edge of all logic and reality in this 3x BAFTA Games Award-winning narrative horror experience.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 25.3%, Underwater 13.4% ★, Horror 11.6%, Dark 8.6%, Psychological Horror 6.7%
- #3 The Whisperer | Le murmureur
96% matchMixed68% of 121 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 29.9%, Horror 13.1%, Dark 9.5%, Mystery 8%, Atmospheric 7.4%
- #4 Mountains of Madness
95% matchMixed57% of 28 reviews2024
Dev: Deep Dive Project
Windows
A first person horror exploration game set in the frozen wastes of Antarctica. Use your tools to navigate the frozen galleries untouched by millennia and unearth evidence of a dreadful truth while you search for a madman whose ill fate lies somewhere beneath these Mountains of Madness
Why similar: Lovecraftian 30%, Horror 12.7%, Mystery 8.9%, Dark 8.8%, Exploration 7.7%
- #5 Myth of Valderit
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Loom Studios
Windows · Linux
Nil is trapped in a cursed village that appears only under the full moon. To escape, he must solve twisted puzzles and uncover hidden secrets. Myth of Valderit is a first-person psychological horror experience. The village is alive. It remembers. And it knows your deepest fears.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 21.9%, Horror 14%, Psychological Horror 9%, Narrative 8.9% ★, Exploration 8.5%
- #6 SOMA
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 50,500 reviews2015
Dev: Frictional Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 10.2 hrs≥1hr: 89%
From the creators of Amnesia: The Dark Descent comes SOMA, a sci-fi horror game set below the waves of the Atlantic ocean. Struggle to survive a hostile world that will make you question your very existence.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 24.3%, Horror 13.6%, Dark 9.6%, Psychological Horror 7.2%, Sci-fi 6.8%
- #7 Venus in Transit
93% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: Gear Flower Games
Windows
The mother vessel is adrift in space, out of fuel and doomed. Your mission is the colony’s only hope for survival. Will you be able to navigate the claustrophobic canyons when your ship begins to fail?
Why similar: Lovecraftian 32%, Horror 15.6%, Underwater 8.6% ★, Atmospheric 7.8%, Exploration 7.8%
- #8 Please Duology
92% matchPositive95% of 20 reviews2021
Dev: Somewhat Software
Windows
A compilation of two slow-paced, cosmic horror walking simulators, to be completed in under an hour. Please makes you maintain a power station and ignore the noises from the main engine, while Please Follow has you explore the trenches of a losing war, exposing your mind to visions of another world.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 33.3%, Horror 11.8%, Dark 9.2%, Exploration 9%, Mystery 8.6%
- #9 EMOTIONLESS : The Last Ticket
91% matchVery Positive82% of 136 reviews2025
Dev: X1 Games
Windows
Step into a liminal, cosmic horror experience set in an abandoned amusement park. Uncover the haunting narrative behind its twisted rides and empty tunnels to discover what lurks within a reality that shouldn't exist…
Why similar: Lovecraftian 33%, Horror 14.8%, Dark 11.8%, Psychological Horror 8.6%, Mystery 8.5%
- #10 Classified Stories: The Tome of Myrkah
91% matchMostly Positive76% of 55 reviews2021
Dev: RVL Games
Windows
Classified Stories: The Tome of Myrkah is a first-person, micro-adventure game that tells the story of P.I. Jim Morrison's encounters with the occult and the extraordinary. Explore your surroundings and solve puzzles in order to uncover the harrowing story of your friend's descent into insanity.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 26.2%, Horror 11.4%, Dark 10.2%, Mystery 9%, Adventure 7.4%
- #11 The Sleep Experiment
90% matchMostly Negative26% of 19 reviews2023
Dev: ClawsDev
Windows · Mac
Experience the horrors of one of the most infamous experiments that ever took place. As a test subject in a top-secret Soviet research facility, you must endure days without sleep while facing unimaginable terrors that lurk in the shadow.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 26%, Horror 15.6%, Dark 12.6%, Mystery 9.5%, Psychological Horror 9.2%
- #12 The Mariner
89% 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 40.1%, Horror 19.5%, Puzzle 6.8%, Dark 6.1%, Exploration 5.6%
- #13 Deepophobia
88% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Hassan Saeed KarimPub: Said Karim (my dad lol)
Windows
Swim deeper and deeper into this underwater horror game. Explore open worlds, save your friends, escape monstrous creatures....What are you waiting for? the depths are beckoning you to go deeper!
Why similar: Underwater 25.2% ★, Lovecraftian 24.6%, Horror 10.4%, Exploration 7.4%, Dark 6.8%
- #14 Dark Lessons
87% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Tall Tide Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Can you survive your teacher in this psychological horror game? With only candles for light and trapped in her home, you have to uncover her family's dark secrets. Solve puzzles, connect the dots and escape. But beware: There is someone else playing games with you, and someone who needs your help.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 31.1%, Horror 13.9%, Dark 8.9%, Psychological Horror 8%, Exploration 7%
- #15 Cold Abyss
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Studio [notes.]Pub: Neon Doctrine
Windows
COLD ABYSS is a relaxing and atmospheric exploration game where you repair internet cables on the bottom of the ocean. There are no enemies or other forms of danger down there. Just you.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 22.3%, Underwater 21.5% ★, Horror 10.7%, Dark 7.5%, Exploration 7.3%
- #16 LoYuno - Horror Escape
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Maxim Soloha
Windows
You were kidnapped by a crazy girl. And your phone started predicting her future for a short time. It's up to you to find out who she is, why this day doesn't end, and how to get out of this house.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 30.7%, Horror 14.7%, Dark 10.3%, Mystery 9.3%, Psychological Horror 8.5%
- #17 Feed the Deep
85% matchVery Positive89% of 471 reviews2024
Dev: Luke Muscat
Windows · Mac
Median: 48 minMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 41%
A lovecraftian roguelike. Dive into procedurally generated undersea caves. Collect gold, upgrade your equipment, and Feed the Deep.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 30.5%, Underwater 19.7% ★, Horror 10.2%, Dark 9.6%, Exploration 7.3%
- #18 No one lives under the lighthouse Director's cut
84% matchVery Positive87% of 2,402 reviews2020
Dev: Marevo Collective
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 75%
A slow burn retro horror game, in which you arrive at the old lighthouse on a small island near the coast of the United States. After the previous keeper has gone missing, you need to take over his duties and watch after the light.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 33%, Horror 18.6%, Dark 9.4%, Mystery 7.6%, Psychological Horror 7.6%
- #19 Amnesia: Rebirth
84% matchMostly Positive77% of 9,173 reviews2020
Dev: Frictional Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 10.0 hrs≥1hr: 75%
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 29.4%, Horror 12.6%, Exploration 7.8%, Dark 7%, Atmospheric 6.7%
- #20 Static Dread: The Submarine
83% matchNo user reviews
Dev: solarsuit.gamesPub: Polden Publishing
Windows
Descend into Lovecraftian horror aboard a claustrophobic military submarine. Assign tasks as a captain’s right hand, analyze sonar signals, make hard decisions, and keep the crew from madness. Dark horrors lurk both within… and beyond the hull.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 25.5%, Underwater 14.2% ★, Horror 13%, Dark 9.8%, Psychological Horror 8.2%
- #21 The Coma 3: Bloodlines
82% matchNo user 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 34.4%, Horror 19%, Mystery 7.5%, Adventure 7.2%, Psychological Horror 6.8%
- #22 Ignis Dei
81% matchPositive96% of 46 reviews2025
Dev: Jam Bell Games
Windows
Heralded by a comet, seen as a harbinger of doom, the Black Death arrived in Florence in 1348. Wander through the woods to escape the plague, face various riddles and encounter mysterious creatures.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 26.1%, Horror 14.3%, Dark 12.7%, Psychological Horror 7.8%, Exploration 7.7%
- #23 Lighthouse of Madness
82% 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 35.8%, Mystery 8.9%, Psychological Horror 8.7%, Exploration 8%, Atmospheric 7.5%
- #24 The Night Is Long
79% 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 37.4%, Horror 15.1%, Exploration 10.2%, Psychological Horror 8.6%, Mystery 6.8%
- #25 ASYLUM
79% matchVery Positive85% of 468 reviews2025
Dev: Senscape
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 77%
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 20.3%, Horror 17.9%, Dark 9.2%, Mystery 8.9%, Psychological Horror 8.7%
- #26 Call of Cthulhu®
81% matchMostly Positive79% of 13,295 reviews2018
Dev: Cyanide StudioPub: Focus Entertainment
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 7.3 hrs≥1hr: 87%
1924. Private Investigator Pierce is sent to look into the tragic death of the Hawkins family. Plunge into a world of creeping madness and cosmic horror. Cryptic clues, shadowy figures, and pure terror bar your way as you fight to retain your sanity and solve an otherworldly mystery.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 48.2%, Horror 14.7%, Psychological Horror 7.8%, Mystery 6.8%, Atmospheric 6.3%
- #27 Backrooms: Exit from Supermarket
78% matchMixed70% of 56 reviews2025
Dev: CGI LAB GAMES
Windows
In the Backrooms: Exit from Supermarket, you find yourself trapped in a labyrinth of endless, flickering aisles. Unearth dark secrets behind every shelf while evading lurking apparitions and supernatural terrors. Can you survive the haunted corridors and escape before the nightmare consumes?
Why similar: Lovecraftian 29.8%, Horror 15%, Dark 12.7%, Psychological Horror 9%, Atmospheric 8.1%
- #28 RebreatheR
77% match6 user reviews83% of 6 reviews2026
Dev: mc_try
Windows
Underwater, you're alone. Or almost alone. You're a diver doing routine work: cleaning the seabed, collecting waste, fixing pipes. But deep down there's always something wrong. Explore, repair, survive — and try not to lose your mind.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 27.5%, Underwater 21.6% ★, Horror 11.8%, Dark 9%, Mystery 8%
- #29 Inner Voices
80% matchMixed53% of 93 reviews2017
Dev: Sigma GamesPub: No Gravity Games
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Inner Voices is a dark, non-linear adventure game with a pinch of horror, inspired by works of H. P. Lovecraft and E. A. Poe. Find your way through a procedurally generated maze of rooms and solve the mystery of your past.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 31.8%, Horror 11.7%, Dark 10.4%, Psychological Horror 8.2%, Mystery 6.1%
- #30 Plura Ingenia: Patient 16
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Oblique Interactive
Windows
A first-person psychological horror game where your personality shapes the experience. Answer unsettling questions, endure disturbing trials, and survive an evaluation that adapts to how you think and behave.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 26.9%, Horror 14%, Dark 11.1%, Psychological Horror 8.1%, Atmospheric 7.3%
- #31 The Cave of Doubt
76% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: STT GamesPub: Navras Arena
Windows
Lovecraftian horror game with elements of psychological and survival horror genres. Where Allen is lost in a cave and is forced to face horrors beyond his imagination. Survive the cave, solve mysteries, reveal the lore lost in time.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 27.2%, Horror 12%, Dark 11.6%, Adventure 8.8%, Atmospheric 8.7%
- #32 Amnesia: The Dark Descent
77% matchVery Positive95% of 35,239 reviews2010
Dev: Frictional Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 10.2 hrs≥1hr: 54%
Amnesia: The Dark Descent, a first person survival horror. A game about immersion, discovery and living through a nightmare. An experience that will chill you to the core.
Why similar: Horror 30.6%, Lovecraftian 21.4%, Dark 8%, Psychological Horror 7.5%, Gore 7.2%
- #33 A Place, Forbidden
76% matchVery Positive85% of 442 reviews2020
Dev: Poison The Inkwell
Windows
A Place, Forbidden is a first-person, lo-fi horror-puzzle game set in the Library of Ouroboros, a seemingly innocuous library that, rumor has it, contains knowledge not meant for the eyes of mortal man. We hope you enjoy your visit.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 38.7%, Horror 18.5%, Dark 11.3%, Atmospheric 8.6%, Psychological Horror 6.8%
- #34 Clausum
75% match8 user reviews88% of 8 reviews2023
Dev: Marius Popa
Windows
Immerse yourself in the bone-chilling world of Clausum. With no means to defend yourself, solve puzzles, explore and uncover the true horrors that lurk within the house. Will you survive, or succumb to the malevolent forces that await you? Face your fears in this immersive psychological horror game.
Why similar: Horror 22.1%, Psychological Horror 11.9%, Dark 11.7%, Exploration 10.7%, Atmospheric 10.2%
- #35 Abaddon
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Nice to meet studios LTD
Windows
Abaddon is a first-person psychological horror game steeped in Lovecraftian elements. Descend into a haunting story as you take on the role of Jimmy, searching for his missing brother Georgie while confronting his past in a nightmarish world.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 30.4%, Horror 14.2%, Dark 10.8%, Psychological Horror 8.4%, Exploration 8%
- #36 Delusion Out of Space
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Have a DreamPub: Two Cakes Studio
Windows
Delusion Out of Space is a Lovecraftian sci-fi horror shooter where you find yourself trapped after audacious experiments conducted by an alien race. As you explore a spaceship, you make choices at critical moments, decisions that will determine your fate and the lives of those around you.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 26.9%, Horror 13.1%, Dark 10.5%, Sci-fi 8.2%, Exploration 7.6%
- #37 Lake Facade: Director's Cut
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Rexoto Games
Windows
Explore, Fish and discover the mysteries hidden within Lake Facade. A short narrative puzzle/adventure game with multiple endings and secrets to find.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 28.3%, Underwater 18.4% ★, Horror 11.9%, Exploration 7.9%, Mystery 7.1%
- #38 The Echo Paradox
72% matchMostly Positive78% of 60 reviews2025
Dev: Virtuzilla
Windows
The Echo Paradox is a first-person psychological horror game. Humanity stands on the brink of an unsettling revelation – alternate dimensions are real, but eerily without signs of life.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 27.6%, Horror 14.4%, Psychological Horror 9.5%, Dark 8.5%, Atmospheric 8.1%
- #39 Conarium
75% matchMostly Positive77% of 2,240 reviews2017
Dev: Stormling StudiosPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Conarium is a chilling Lovecraftian game, which follows a gripping story involving four scientists and their endeavor to challenge what we normally consider to be the ‘absolute’ limits of nature. Inspired by H.P. Lovecraft’s novella "At the Mountains of Madness", but largely set after the original story.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 53.2%, Horror 16.7%, Adventure 7%, Psychological Horror 6.9%, Atmospheric 5.2%
- #40 Last Chance Market
73% 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 35%, Horror 12.2%, Mystery 10.6%, Atmospheric 7.2%, Psychological Horror 6.3%
- #41 Ajgal
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Studio Echo
Windows
Your daughter vanished. You did nothing. In Ajgal, descend into a world shaped by guilt, memory, and flesh—where redemption costs more than blood, and silence always comes back.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 24.7%, Horror 12%, Dark 11.5%, Mystery 9.6%, Psychological Horror 8.4%
- #42 The Rite Holds
71% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2025
Dev: PV Development
Windows
In this concise first person horror experience, you are trapped in an infinite corridor with nothing but a flashlight. Explore this liminal space, survive the entities that lurk in the dark and complete the ritual to break the cycle.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 18.8%, Horror 18.4%, Dark 14.5%, Psychological Horror 12.6%, Atmospheric 9.7%
- #43 Cthulhu: The Cosmic Abyss
72% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Big Bad WolfPub: Nacon
Windows
A mining station in the Pacific abyss is no longer responding. As an investigator of the occult, unravel the mysteries of the deep. Test your wits and sanity in this lovecraftian thriller.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 34.8%, Dark 10.4%, Mystery 8.3%, Psychological Horror 8.3%, Atmospheric 8.1%
- #44 INANIMA
71% 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 30.8%, Horror 11.2%, Mystery 8.3%, Sci-fi 8.3%, Dark 7.3%
- #45 Ritual Tides
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Vertpaint
Windows
Ritual Tides is a single-player, narrative-driven first-person psychological horror game set on the isolated British island of Hortus. Explore the island, uncover its dark past, loot food, ammunition and supplies, evade the cult of the Fallow Parish, and survive Lovecraftian horrors.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 31.7%, Horror 18.1%, Psychological Horror 9.9%, Mystery 8.7%, Atmospheric 7.8%
- #46 Amatsuko
68% matchVery Positive100% of 77 reviews2025
Dev: ArnauPub: Companyia Catalana d'Orient
Windows
A knowledge-based progression game. Explore and solve the strange misteries of the interconnected fantasy worlds trapped inside an esoteric book and discover the roots of a terrible evil. No stats, no log, no savefiles. Only pure knowledge is your progress.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 18.4%, Mystery 16.6%, Exploration 14.3%, Horror 10.3%, Adventure 7.7%
- #47 Quiet is the Eyes
69% matchVery Positive96% of 217 reviews2023
Dev: Rachel PerryPub: USC Games
Windows
All your coworkers are gone and the halls are quiet, except for the pitter-patter of rain on the window. Explore a desolate laboratory as a creature stalks you, always watching. Run and hide as you solve puzzles and learn more about what happened to the facility and its secrets.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 34.9%, Horror 15.2%, Mystery 10.9%, Dark 10.8%, Atmospheric 8.7%
- #48 The Whispering Valley | La vallée qui murmure
70% matchVery Positive90% of 167 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: Horror 17.6%, Dark 12.1%, Lovecraftian 11.8%, Atmospheric 10.1%, Mystery 10.1%
- #49 Expired Meds
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Sinister Cinema Studios
Windows
A first-person psychological horror game where you play as a female protagonist, traversing creepy & atmospheric liminal spaces, solving mind-bending puzzles and ever shifting maze environments to uncover the truth about who you are and how you came to be here
Why similar: Horror 24.9%, Lovecraftian 22.4%, Psychological Horror 13.2%, Dark 12.1%, Puzzle 7.2%
- #50 The Shore
70% matchMostly Positive72% of 1,945 reviews2021
Dev: Ares DragonisPub: Dragonis Games
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 67%
THE SHORE is a first person story driven game with an atmospheric environment and narrations, You will encounter mysterious creatures and unravel the secrets behind them. Strong elements of horror, struggle to survive an unknown world that will make you question your own sanity.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 38.2%, Underwater 16.2% ★, Horror 14%, Exploration 8.1%, Psychological Horror 6.4%
- #51 Engraving
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Raffaele Picca
Windows · Linux
In this horror adventure, your only weapons are ink, paper, and will. Explore shifting paths, chart them by hand, and uncover ancient secrets buried beneath root and stone. Every step takes its toll.
Why similar: Horror 30.9%, Psychological Horror 11.5%, Dark 10.6%, Exploration 10.2%, Adventure 8.9%
- #52 Dwelling on the Hill
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Apocrifa Labs Interactive
Windows
Sealed inside by a cosmic anomaly. In this house that defies the laws of physics, evade the Entity that manipulates your mind. Your only aid is an experimental device that reveals illusions. A 90-minute, intense, and Lovecraftian psychological horror experience.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 33.3%, Horror 14.4%, Dark 9.1%, Mystery 8.6%, Psychological Horror 7.9%
- #53 To The Deep
68% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: kay56
Windows
Dive into a surreal deep sea dream. Survive by devouring and evolving, and encounter a cast of strange, mysterious companions. Explore, upgrade, and uncover the "truth" hidden beneath the beautiful waves. This is more than an adventure—it is a dimension-breaking dive to the deep.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 34.2%, Underwater 33.8% ★, Exploration 9.5%, Atmospheric 5.8%, Psychological Horror 5.2%
- #54 Souls Alive: Origins
67% 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 47.1%, Horror 15.9%, Atmospheric 7.6%, Sci-fi 7.1%, Psychological Horror 5.9%
- #55 UnSeen
67% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2024
Dev: Tenebos
Windows
UnSeen : you won't see death coming. A first person horror game about immersion, where truth and madness are never far away. Be careful... fear is on your feet.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 39.5%, Horror 19.6%, Mystery 11.9%, Exploration 10.9%, Atmospheric 7.8%
- #56 Lost Sanity: Cthulhu
66% 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 46.1%, Horror 16.7%, Mystery 11.4%, Psychological Horror 9.6%, Adventure 4.5%
- #57 Sherlock Holmes The Awakened
66% matchVery Positive83% of 2,656 reviews2023
Dev: Frogwares
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 9.1 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Experience a nerve-racking Lovecraftian adventure, rebuilt from the ground up with modern graphics and gameplay. Become Sherlock Holmes, and find yourself at the heart of the terrifying Cthulhu Mythos as you investigate a series of mysterious disappearances in Europe and the US.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 32.4%, Horror 12.3%, Mystery 9.9%, Dark 7.5%, Exploration 7.1%
- #58 AUTO-CRISIS
64% matchVery Positive88% of 84 reviews2025
Dev: The Otherworldly Studios
Windows
You're driving away on a forest road, late at night, under a heavy storm. Your car breaks down. Luckily, there might be a gas station nearby. But a misfortune never comes alone. The storm has brought something else, something otherworldly that oddly smells of spilled diesel oil.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 22.2%, Horror 16.1%, Dark 13.6%, Psychological Horror 9.4%, Exploration 8.5%