- #1 Urban Myth Dissolution Center
97% matchVery Positive88% of 5,930 reviews2025
Dev: HakababunkoPub: SHUEISHA GAMES
Windows
Median: 8.0 hrsMean: 9.9 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Join forces with the psychic Director of the Urban Myth Dissolution Center and solve a variety of cases involving cursed relics, rental properties with shady histories, and dimensional anomalies. Monstrous oddities and otherworldly planes abound in this occult mystery adventure game!
Why similar: Visual Novel 16.3%, Psychological Horror 14.1%, Mystery 13.6%, Point & Click 8.2%, Horror 7.7%
- #2 WORLD OF HORROR
96% matchVery Positive90% of 9,764 reviews2023
Dev: panstaszPub: Ysbryd Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Experience the quiet terror of this 1-bit love letter to Junji Ito and H.P. Lovecraft. Navigate a hellish roguelite reality with turn-based combat and unforgiving choices. Experiment with your deck of event cards to discover new forms of cosmic horror in every playthrough. The inevitable awaits...
Why similar: Lovecraftian 35.6%, Horror 13.3%, Point & Click 13.1%, Psychological Horror 12.6%, Mystery 8.9%
- #3 Return to Shironagasu Island
96% matchVery Positive94% of 4,067 reviews2020
Dev: HYOGO ONIMUSHIPub: TABINOMICHI
Windows
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 14.1 hrs≥1hr: 92%
A mystery adventure game and visual novel set on solitary Shironagasu Island. Discover its secrets, solve its mysteries, and escape from the ominous island!
Why similar: Visual Novel 23%, Mystery 19.9%, Horror 12.5%, Anime 10.4%, Psychological Horror 10.4%
- #4 DESOLATIUM: Prologue
95% matchMostly Positive78% of 119 reviews2021
Dev: SUPERLUMEN
Windows · Mac
Median: 48 minMean: 10.7 hrs≥1hr: 41%
DESOLATIUM: PROLOGUE is a first-person point & click Graphic Adventure based on Lovecraft Mythos. Live this horror story where you will have to visit mysterious locations, face lovecraftian creatures, find clues and combine objects to solve puzzles.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 26.2%, Point & Click 12.1%, Mystery 12%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.8%, Psychological Horror 8.6%
- #5 Call of Cthulhu®
94% matchMostly Positive79% of 13,561 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 54.4%, Psychological Horror 12.5%, Horror 11.4%, Mystery 8.9%, Story Rich 6.3%
- #6 Cthulhu: The Cosmic Abyss
94% 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 45.4%, Psychological Horror 15.2%, Mystery 12.3%, Story Rich 9.6%, Exploration 7.8%
- #7 Dagon: by H. P. Lovecraft
93% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 12,215 reviews2021
Dev: Bit Golem
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 29%
Face unspeakable horrors. Succumb to madness. Welcome to a free daemonic narrative experience inspired by H. P. Lovecraft.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 37.8%, Horror 11.1%, Visual Novel 9.7%, Psychological Horror 8.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.5%
- #8 Dreams in the Witch House
91% matchVery Positive92% of 436 reviews2023
Dev: Atom Brain GamesPub: Bonus Stage Publishing
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 51%
Navigate the eerie world of Dreams in the Witch House, a unique blend of point-and-click and RPG-adventure. Unravel occult mysteries in Arkham, maintain your sanity, and survive the May-Eve in this Lovecraftian horror game.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 41%, Point & Click 16%, Mystery 13.9%, Horror 10.4%, Psychological Horror 10.4%
- #9 The Innsmouth Case
92% matchMixed65% of 199 reviews2020
Dev: RobotPumpkin GamesPub: Assemble Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 93%
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 40.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.8%, Visual Novel 12.5%, Mystery 10.5%, Horror 7.7%
- #10 Whisper of Y'Ryando
91% matchMixed68% of 94 reviews2025
Dev: IndieCainPub: Gamersky Games
Windows
Whisper of Y'Ryando is a Lovecraftian puzzle-solving game that showcases a layered papercraft aesthetic. In this game, players will uncover the ongoing stories of the town through a unique perspective, acquiring hundreds of clue fragments by rolling dice.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 51.3%, Mystery 16.9%, Visual Novel 15.4%, Exploration 7.9%, 2D 4%
- #11 Omen Exitio: Plague
90% matchVery Positive85% of 626 reviews2018
Dev: Tiny Bull Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 92%
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 57.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.9%, Visual Novel 12.7%, Story Rich 7.9%, Adventure 4.1%
- #12 PARANORMASIGHT: The Seven Mysteries of Honjo
86% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 6,838 reviews2023
Dev: Square Enix
Windows
Median: 8.7 hrsMean: 10.2 hrs≥1hr: 87%
How far would you go to bring someone back from the dead? Discover the depths that some will go to in this horror-adventure game.
Why similar: Visual Novel 15.9%, Mystery 12.6%, JRPG 11.9%, Anime 11.6%, Horror 10.8%
- #13 Enelia: Dawn of Madness
87% matchVery Positive95% of 129 reviews2024
Dev: Indra Studio
Windows
Immerse yourself in the enigmatic world of Nauris, where enchanting landscapes hide terrifying secrets: the strange behavior of elders, sinister rituals of priests, and the disappearance of citizens. Madness lurks everywhere – will you master it or become its victim? The choice is yours.
Why similar: Visual Novel 16.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.9%, Point & Click 12%, Horror 11.7%, Psychological Horror 11%
- #14 Lovecraft Quest - A Comix Game
89% matchMixed65% of 82 reviews2018
Dev: OGUREC APPS
Windows · Mac · Linux
🐙Original сomics style game inspired by the works of Howard Phillips Lovecraft - a recognized master of the horror genre. You have to avoid traps, solve puzzles and react very fast fleeing from Lovecraftian horrors which fill the labyrinth of the Temple of Nameless Cults.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 89.3%, Adventure 10.7%
- #15 Necronomicon: The Dawning of Darkness
89% matchMixed44% of 207 reviews2014
Dev: Cryo InteractivePub: Microids
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 43%
In this thrilling point-and-click adventure based on the works of H.P Lovecraft, you’ll traverse the haunting world of Gothic New England, solving puzzles and acquiring information to help Stanton solve the mystery of the Necronomicon.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 61.8%, Point & Click 19.1%, Horror 11.5%, Adventure 7.5%
- #16 Chronicle of Innsmouth
88% matchMostly Positive78% of 255 reviews2017
Dev: PsychoDevPub: AtomicHorde
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Chronicle of Innsmouth is a point'n'click adventure inspired by Lucas' retro classics from the 90s and H.P. Lovecraft's works. Investigate, gather info and solve enigmas to unveil the secrets of the cursed town of Innsmouth, a forsaken place surrounded by horrifying rumors.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 73.7%, Point & Click 17%, Adventure 9.3%
- #17 Deluge: Threnody of Crashing Waves
86% matchVery Positive86% of 257 reviews2022
Dev: leavesPub: socah
Windows · Mac · Linux
In the not so distant past, the Isle of Abbot underwent a mysterious evacuation event. Delve into the secrets of this unsettling place and elicit the girls' tragic fate. An interactive visual novel with psychological and lovecraftian undertones.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 32.7%, Visual Novel 13.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.7%, Mystery 11.6%, Anime 11.2%
- #18 Sucker for Love: First Date
84% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 2,966 reviews2022
Dev: AkabakaPub: DreadXP
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Put the 'love' in 'Lovecraftian horror'! Perform terrifying rituals to win the affections of eldritch horrors and smooch 'em... at any cost!
Why similar: Lovecraftian 33.9%, Psychological Horror 11.6%, Visual Novel 11.5%, Anime 10.7%, Point & Click 9.6%
- #19 Myths of Rules
84% matchVery Positive88% of 1,032 reviews2023
Dev: Sugarcane Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 2.8 hrs≥1hr: 53%
This is a text-based adventure puzzle game, where you must struggle to survive in a world filled with ghosts and urban legends. While collecting clues, you'll uncover the truth behind the world and find the way out. The game features a wealth of levels, unconventional rules, and a touch of horror.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 28.5%, Exploration 15%, Horror 13.4%, Lovecraftian 13.1%, Story Rich 13.1%
- #20 Frail Hearts: Versicorae Domlion
85% matchVery Positive84% of 79 reviews2022
Dev: SezhesPub: Ravenage Games
Windows
Frail Hearts: Versicorae Domlion is an old-school JRPG with a deep and mysterious storyline placed in a fictional dark city of Gris. Explore the story of four troubled souls and kill the abominations that threaten the existence of reality itself.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 30.5%, JRPG 19.7%, Visual Novel 12.6%, Mystery 11.3%, Horror 8.6%
- #21 Pocket Mirror ~ GoldenerTraum
83% matchVery Positive93% of 1,656 reviews2023
Dev: AstralShiftPub: KOMODO
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Delve into the enthralling world of Pocket Mirror ~ GoldenerTraum, the acclaimed RPG Maker gothic horror game that'll take you on a moving journey of self-discovery.
Why similar: Horror 23.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.1%, Anime 15.7%, Dark Fantasy 10.8%, Exploration 9.6%
- #22 Sucker for Love: Date to Die For
82% matchVery Positive95% of 1,287 reviews2024
Dev: AkabakaPub: DreadXP
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 81%
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 35.4%, Visual Novel 13.7%, Anime 11.1%, Horror 10%, Point & Click 9.9%
- #23 Outlying Islands
81% matchVery Positive96% of 92 reviews2025
Dev: 九指画尸Pub: 2P Games
Windows
A story about discovering anomalies, finding strange energy sources, and the intertwining of peculiar spaces. Get ready to uncover hidden stories, delve into a horrifying narrative and unveil the most fundamental truth!
Why similar: Lovecraftian 21.4%, Comic Book 10%, Point & Click 9.4%, Visual Novel 9.4%, Psychological Horror 8.9%
- #24 Midnight Syndrome
81% matchVery Positive99% of 93 reviews2024
Dev: ナツミカン
Windows
A summer night consumes the girls... Exploration type horror ADV game
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 16.6%, Visual Novel 14.6%, Point & Click 14.3%, Horror 11%, Anime 10.3%
- #25 Stygian: Reign of the Old Ones
82% matchMixed66% of 2,511 reviews2019
Dev: Cultic GamesPub: Fulqrum Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 11.4 hrsMean: 12.2 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Delve into a role-playing game of horror, loss and madness set in the strange worlds of HP Lovecraft. Stygian: Reign of the Old Ones offers a mix of rich role-playing and turn-based tactical combat, represented in an illustrative visual style. Can you find salvation in a dead world?
Why similar: Lovecraftian 64.8%, Horror 14.2%, RPG 9.2%, Story Rich 5.1%, 2D 3.1%
- #26 Lunar Mirror:The Pavilion of Desire
79% matchVery Positive81% of 1,326 reviews2023
Dev: TUTGamePub: DSGame
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 8.9 hrs≥1hr: 77%
This is a side-scrolling exploration and puzzle game with the background of the horror story of Cthulhu. You can move the character through A and D, talk to the character in the scene, press the F key to interact with the props in the scene, and complete the puzzle by collecting clues.
Why similar: JRPG 25.6%, Psychological Horror 15%, Mystery 14%, Visual Novel 11.8%, Exploration 10.1%
- #27 Sherlock Holmes The Awakened
79% matchVery Positive83% of 2,770 reviews2023
Dev: Frogwares
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 8.9 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 42%, Mystery 15%, Psychological Horror 12.5%, Horror 10.8%, Story Rich 8.6%
- #28 PARANORMASIGHT: The Mermaid's Curse
75% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 2,186 reviews2026
Dev: Square Enix
Windows
Median: 13.8 hrsMean: 15.1 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Will you survive the curse together this summer? A new supernatural mystery adventure begins, telling a bittersweet story of the passions of youth featuring new locations, new legends and a new cast of characters.
Why similar: Visual Novel 16%, Mystery 15.3%, Point & Click 12.8%, Horror 10%, JRPG 9.1%
- #29 Kowloon's Curse: Lost Report
78% matchVery Positive95% of 259 reviews2023
Dev: Studio [notes.]
Windows
Explore a surreal world inspired by Kowloon Walled city in this turn-based RPG inspired by Japanese dungeon crawlers from the late 1990s.
Why similar: JRPG 40.2%, Visual Novel 24.8%, Horror 13.2%, Adventure 9.7%, RPG 8.8%
- #30 The NOexistenceN of you AND me
74% matchVery Positive93% of 20,460 reviews2024
Dev: 0x0Real StudioPub: Nino Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 16.7 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Use "game" as a medium to showcase the world of "you/girl". Explore the truth of "you/girl/world" through the form of a "visual novel".
Why similar: Visual Novel 29.9%, Psychological Horror 23.4%, Anime 16.7%, Story Rich 11%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10%
- #31 Subway Exorcist Girl
76% matchVery Positive83% of 307 reviews2025
Dev: 纤指游戏Pub: Delicate Fingers
Windows
A subway train plagued by strange occurrences. A part-time exorcist girl arrives to confront the supernatural chaos, with the unknown ahead.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 32.4%, Visual Novel 11.7%, Mystery 11.2%, Psychological Horror 10.3%, Horror 10.2%
- #32 Gibbous - A Cthulhu Adventure
77% matchVery Positive90% of 2,288 reviews2019
Dev: Stuck In Attic
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Crazy cultists. Cthulhu. A talking cat. Gibbous takes you on an expansive, traditionally animated, hand-painted adventure. Play as three protagonists and explore a lushly rendered Lovecraft-inspired world, unraveling ancient conspiracies. A comedy cosmic horror adventure made in Transylvania!
Why similar: Lovecraftian 41.2%, Point & Click 19%, Horror 11.2%, Story Rich 10.4%, Dark Fantasy 9.8%
- #33 Blackout Hospital
76% matchVery Positive97% of 174 reviews2023
Dev: arcadekitten
Windows
When the power goes out while working night shift in the hospital, the emergency lights come on with an eerie glow...
Why similar: Anime 25.9%, Mystery 19.8%, Horror 16.7%, Adventure 11.7%, 2D 11.1%
- #34 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 43.7%, Psychological Horror 16.3%, Horror 10.9%, Mystery 9.7%, Story Rich 8.8%
- #35 Care
75% matchVery Positive96% of 69 reviews2024
Dev: The Pocket Dimension
Windows
Care is an atmospheric first person horror game with puzzle elements, where your choices have consequences. Be observant with your surroundings and unravel the horrific secrets that hide within these walls.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 34.1%, Mystery 15.4%, Horror 12.6%, Visual Novel 12.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.9%
- #36 Darkness Within 1: In Pursuit of Loath Nolder
78% matchMostly Positive73% of 624 reviews2014
Dev: Stormling StudiosPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 54%
Explore disturbing corners of the human psyche. Delve into a dimension of nightmares, the occult and a tense psychological world created in classic Lovecraftian style. As police detective Howard E. Loreid, you are tasked to solve the murder of Clark Field, a wealthy man involved in the occult.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 47.8%, Point & Click 18.4%, Horror 14.3%, Psychological Horror 13%, Adventure 6.5%
- #37 克苏鲁异闻录
77% matchMixed66% of 250 reviews2019
Dev: LLC Blini GamesPub: Surefire.Games
Windows · Mac
基于“克苏鲁神话”世界观下的Roguelike动作冒险游戏作品。玩家将在游戏中身临其境地接触洛夫克拉夫特笔下那些不可名状之物。通过不同的选择调查世界的谜团,合理控制自己的san值让自己在残酷的走位-射击战斗中生存下去!获取装备,磨练技巧,挫败古神与外神们的邪恶计划!
Why similar: Lovecraftian 84.2%, Adventure 8.3%, RPG 7.5%
- #38 DIGITAL EXORCIST case_(0);
74% matchVery Positive94% of 162 reviews2023
Dev: COOL BEANS PRODUCTIONSPub: HYPER REAL
Windows
Step into a dark world where cyberdemons haunt humankind. When mutilated bodies start appearing all over this sleepy town in the Mississippi inaka, Sawyer, ex-AGENCY operative; now unemployed shut-in, must exorcise the demon perpetrator in this story-rich, PC-98 style adventure game.
Why similar: Visual Novel 19.5%, Point & Click 17.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.7%, Anime 12.7%, Story Rich 10.5%
- #39 RGB GlitchGazer
72% matchVery Positive98% of 94 reviews2026
Dev: 群星闪耀时Pub: 群星闪耀时
Windows
A mad and romantic ADV. Unravel a strange world of science and philosophy with a mecha girl, zombie girl, or beastfolk. Some paths may disturb you... or thrill you.
Why similar: Visual Novel 22.9%, Mystery 20.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.6%, Anime 17.9%, 2D 7.4%
- #40 Saihate Station
70% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 8,976 reviews2025
Dev: びぶ/viv
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 68%
An exploration/horror/adventure game about the codependent, love-hate relationship between two men.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 17.9%, Visual Novel 16.4%, JRPG 13.2%, Modern 9.8%, Horror 9.6%
- #41 MAMIYA
73% matchVery Positive92% of 473 reviews2021
Dev: Kenkou LandPub: Fruitbat Factory
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 11.8 hrs≥1hr: 87%
MAMIYA is a captivating, dark mystery visual novel in which a group of young men struggle against existential dread before the end of the world.
Why similar: Visual Novel 19.8%, Psychological Horror 19.6%, Mystery 12.5%, Horror 10.7%, Anime 10.5%
- #42 The Occult Detective
72% matchMostly Positive71% of 326 reviews2025
Dev: Battlecry Studio
Windows
A narrative detective game blended with supernatural elements. Play as a rookie investigator, discover vital clues in every case, dive into unscripted interrogations and uncover truths that break minds. But with each revelation, the world feels... less human.
Why similar: Visual Novel 24%, Anime 18.3%, Mystery 17.5%, Story Rich 14.4%, Exploration 9.2%
- #43 Mothmen 1966
73% matchVery Positive91% of 320 reviews2022
Dev: LCB Game StudioPub: Chorus Worldwide Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 2.1 hrs≥1hr: 63%
Mothmen 1966 is a 'Pixel Pulp' - a visual novel fusing exceptional writing and stunning illustration, inspired by mid-20th century pulp fiction and 80s home computer graphics - set amongst the strange occurrences of the Leonid meteor shower of 1966.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 23.9%, Visual Novel 18.7%, Mystery 15.4%, Horror 13.4%, Story Rich 10.2%
- #44 Stygian: Outer Gods
70% matchVery Positive84% of 662 reviews2025
Dev: Misterial GamesPub: Fulqrum Publishing
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 58%
Dive into a hostile world that challenges your very existence, in this survival horror game with RPG elements. Unravel a thousand-year-old mystery, risk your sanity and face the Outer Gods with your skills. Every bullet and every decision counts now, are you up to the task?
Why similar: Lovecraftian 45.2%, Psychological Horror 15.6%, Mystery 13.8%, Horror 12.2%, Story Rich 9%
- #45 Ghost in the pool
73% matchMostly Positive78% of 352 reviews2021
Dev: CASCHA GAMES
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 70%
A bizarre campus legend, take you into the traditional Japanese black-and-white comic horror story. Witness the familiar scenes and contemplate the terrifying moments.
Why similar: Visual Novel 17.4%, Comic Book 16%, Anime 13.8%, Psychological Horror 10.5%, Modern 8.7%
- #46 ASYLUM
68% matchVery Positive85% of 479 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 23.6%, Point & Click 18.5%, Psychological Horror 14.6%, Horror 14.2%, Mystery 12%
- #47 The Simen Rumors
67% matchVery Positive82% of 317 reviews2026
Dev: 羊之口
Windows
本游戏以视觉小说的形式,收录了十四个奇幻恐怖的短篇故事。从网站专栏的投稿、社团的恐怖故事分享会、到某座设施中的秘密实验……你将以不同的视角,探索发生在鸶门市周边的种种奇妙传闻。
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 29.1%, Visual Novel 28.9%, Mystery 27.9%, Psychological Horror 4%, Adventure 2.9%
- #48 Nightmare Zapping
69% matchVery Positive99% of 76 reviews2023
Dev: Maldo19
Windows
A horror channel browsing game where each channel holds a different nightmare to experience, explore them and find out the truth about what has happened in a small town where the inhabitants have disappeared.
Why similar: Visual Novel 16.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.3%, Psychological Horror 11.7%, Horror 11.5%, Mystery 11.1%
- #49 SkullX: Aibohphobia
68% matchVery Positive92% of 84 reviews2025
Dev: SkullX
Windows · Mac · Linux
You were hired to extract a bioengineer. Now your team is cut off, your comms are dead, and you're surrounded by something wearing human skin. Hold the line, make the calls, and survive the night in this choice-driven visual novel with turn-based combat.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 20.9%, Visual Novel 19.1%, Comic Book 15.2%, Psychological Horror 13.1%, Modern 8.4%
- #50 EMOTIONLESS : The Last Ticket
67% matchVery Positive83% of 137 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 43%, Psychological Horror 16.1%, Horror 13.1%, Mystery 12.9%, Story Rich 6.5%
- #51 Unforgotten
70% matchMostly Positive78% of 51 reviews2020
Dev: ScoreboardGames
Windows · Mac
UNFORGOTTEN – a story-driven, non-linear visual novel, where you can immerse in the ethnic ambience of Northern myths and horrors. Can you solve the riddles of the past - without ever losing yourself in the present? Your fate is in your hands!
Why similar: Visual Novel 16.8%, Psychological Horror 16.2%, Mystery 14.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.7%, Horror 12.6%
- #52 Cradle of Nightmare : Flowers to you
66% matchVery Positive93% of 662 reviews2025
Dev: 红锈雨
Windows
Cradle of Nightmare: Flowers to You is an adventure game featuring a turn-based ATB system. Step into the shoes of Yue Qing, an ordinary high schooler thrust into a world of darkness as an otherworldly force tears reality asunder. Navigate a ruined world and end the filth festering within humanity.
Why similar: JRPG 29.2%, Dark Fantasy 16.8%, Story Rich 13.7%, Exploration 9.9%, Anime 8.9%
- #53 The Island: Into The Mist
71% matchMixed66% of 225 reviews2019
Dev: BADA Games
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 86%
'The Island: In To The Mist' is an adventure game. It includes basic features of adventure genre and add some new systems to interest you. You have been given a chance to experience a group of university students, who confined in the island. There is a terrific but interesting story you will see.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 15.9%, Mystery 12.7%, Point & Click 11.5%, Anime 11.3%, Psychological Horror 11.2%
- #54 Curse of the Old Gods
71% matchVery Positive85% of 66 reviews2017
Dev: Tim Rachor
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 10.5 hrs≥1hr: 69%
A mystery adventure game set in a present-day Lovecraftian universe.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 62.6%, Adventure 22.8%, Horror 14.6%
- #55 Stirring Abyss
68% matchVery Positive88% of 435 reviews2020
Dev: Sleepy SentryPub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 11.2 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Stirring Abyss is an indie tactical squad-based game with strong RPG elements in which you uncover the ancient mysteries of the depths depicted in the classic vein of Lovecraftian horror.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 62.6%, Psychological Horror 16.9%, Horror 6.6%, RPG 5.7%, Adventure 4.7%
- #56 Mythos: The Beginning - Director's Cut
71% matchMixed68% of 75 reviews2014
Dev: Dark Gaia StudiosPub: KOMODO
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Mythos: The Beginning is a survival horror/adventure rpg based on the pulp-horror and monster movies of the 1930s. Set in London in 1934, Mythos tasks you with creating your own paranormal investigator from scratch and guiding them through an exploration of the infamous Harborough Asylum.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 61.4%, Horror 13.4%, Adventure 13.3%, RPG 11.9%
- #57 Fateweaver: The Alchemist's Quandary
66% matchVery Positive98% of 99 reviews2023
Dev: Randumb Studios
Windows
You are The Fateweaver; an ancient beast of legendary status. It is your job to determine which way Fate will unravel as you dig deep into the psyche of those who beckon. Decide whether to help those who beg for your mercy, or invoke the wrath of the Gods upon those you deem unworthy of existence...
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 16.9%, Visual Novel 15%, Mystery 13.9%, Psychological Horror 12%, JRPG 11.4%
- #58 The Shadow Over Cyberspace
65% matchVery Positive90% of 114 reviews2025
Dev: Fiction Factory Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Dread whispers echo across the Information Superhighway. Y2K is coming, heralding the rise of the Old Ones. With your meatspace mind unraveling, time is running out -- barter with gods, embrace the deathless aeons, or go offline permanently in this modempunk horror story.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 39.2%, Visual Novel 14.7%, Horror 10.5%, Psychological Horror 10.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.2%
- #59 KAKUSANKIBOU / 扩散希望
69% matchVery Positive83% of 160 reviews2018
Dev: あみそ組Pub: Pujia8 Studio
Windows
Basically the story goes as visual novel form. Sometimes, the system switches into dot part, and you can control the character to continue the story.
Why similar: Anime 18.8%, Visual Novel 15.9%, Psychological Horror 15.7%, Mystery 14%, Horror 13.9%
- #60 Cursed Mansion
67% matchVery Positive90% of 68 reviews2023
Dev: Dragon Emperors
Windows
Rose must escape the Cursed Mansion - a demonic space that preys and feeds on fear and despair. In this horror RPG you'll solve puzzles and learn the mansion’s history. Mystery, malignant spirits, and misery everywhere. Cursed Mansion brings an eerie atmosphere which leaves one with goosebumps.
Why similar: Mystery 18.7%, Psychological Horror 18.6%, Horror 15.8%, Anime 11.1%, Story Rich 9.7%