- #1 Urban Myth Dissolution Center
97% matchVery Positive88% of 6,362 reviews2025
Dev: HakababunkoPub: SHUEISHA GAMES
Windows
Median: 5.9 hrsMean: 9.4 hrs≥1hr: 82%
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 16.6%, Psychological Horror 13.9%, Mystery 13.7%, Point & Click 8.2%, Horror 7.8%
- #2 WORLD OF HORROR
96% matchVery Positive90% of 9,862 reviews2023
Dev: panstaszPub: Ysbryd Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.6 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 35.7%, Horror 13.3%, Point & Click 13%, Psychological Horror 12.6%, Mystery 8.8%
- #3 Return to Shironagasu Island
96% matchVery Positive94% of 4,299 reviews2020
Dev: ONIMUSHI HyogoPub: TABINOMICHI
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 13.9 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 23.1%, Mystery 19.6%, Horror 12.5%, Anime 10.5%, Psychological Horror 10.3%
- #4 DESOLATIUM: Prologue
95% matchMostly Positive78% of 122 reviews2021
Dev: SUPERLUMEN
Windows · Mac
Median: 48 minMean: 10.1 hrs≥1hr: 40%
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 26.3%, Point & Click 12%, Mystery 11.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.8%, Psychological Horror 8.6%
- #5 Call of Cthulhu®
94% matchMostly Positive79% of 13,959 reviews2018
Dev: Cyanide StudioPub: Focus Entertainment
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 86%
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 54.7%, Psychological Horror 12.4%, Horror 11.4%, Mystery 8.8%, Story Rich 6.3%
- #6 Dreams in the Witch House
94% matchVery Positive91% of 468 reviews2023
Dev: Atom Brain GamesPub: Bonus Stage Publishing
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 49%
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 41.2%, Point & Click 15.9%, Mystery 13.7%, Horror 10.4%, Psychological Horror 10.3%
- #7 Dagon: by H. P. Lovecraft
93% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 12,383 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 38%, Horror 11.1%, Visual Novel 9.8%, Psychological Horror 8.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.5%
- #8 Cthulhu: The Cosmic Abyss
92% matchMixed57% of 372 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%, Mystery 12.3%, Story Rich 9.5%, Exploration 7.8%
- #9 The Innsmouth Case
91% matchMixed64% of 207 reviews2020
Dev: RobotPumpkin GamesPub: Assemble Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 92%
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 40.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.8%, Visual Novel 12.5%, Mystery 10.4%, Horror 7.7%
- #10 Omen Exitio: Plague
91% matchVery Positive85% of 641 reviews2018
Dev: Tiny Bull Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 93%
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 4.2%
- #11 Whisper of Y'Ryando
90% matchMixed68% of 106 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 51.6%, Mystery 16.7%, Visual Novel 15.4%, Exploration 7.9%, 2D 3.9%
- #12 PARANORMASIGHT: The Seven Mysteries of Honjo
87% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 7,313 reviews2023
Dev: Square Enix
Windows
Median: 8.8 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 16%, Mystery 12.4%, JRPG 11.9%, Anime 11.7%, Horror 10.8%
- #13 Lovecraft Quest - A Comix Game
89% matchMixed65% of 83 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 89.1%, Adventure 10.9%
- #14 Necronomicon: The Dawning of Darkness
89% matchMixed44% of 209 reviews2014
Dev: Cryo InteractivePub: Microids
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 6.4 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 61.9%, Point & Click 19%, Horror 11.5%, Adventure 7.7%
- #15 Chronicle of Innsmouth
88% matchMostly Positive77% of 262 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 72.9%, Point & Click 17.6%, Adventure 9.4%
- #16 Enelia: Dawn of Madness
86% 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 16.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.9%, Point & Click 12%, Horror 11.7%, Anime 10.9%
- #17 UNIVERSAL WEIRDNESS
85% matchVery Positive90% of 51 reviews2026
Dev: Cotton Game
Windows
A 2D hand-drawn puzzle adventure that spans multiple dimensions and universes. Encounter a diverse cast of characters and unravel mind-bending mysteries as you embark on unique adventures across different worlds.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 33.5%, Point & Click 18.6%, Psychological Horror 15.8%, Mystery 12%, Horror 9.5%
- #18 Case 02: Paranormal Evil
86% matchVery Positive96% of 52 reviews2021
Dev: Sounding Stone / 老奉毊
Windows
A survival horror puzzle RPG. Roll your dice to perform checks for elements such as Willpower or Firepower, and save a girl in a hospital full of evil spirits and zombies.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 50.6%, JRPG 26.8%, Anime 9%, RPG 5.5%, 2D 4.7%
- #19 Myths of Rules
84% matchVery Positive88% of 1,047 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 28.4%, Exploration 15%, Horror 13.5%, Lovecraftian 13.2%, Story Rich 13.2%
- #20 Sucker for Love: First Date
83% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 3,024 reviews2022
Dev: AkabakaPub: DreadXP
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 69%
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 34.1%, Visual Novel 11.6%, Psychological Horror 11.5%, Anime 10.8%, Point & Click 9.5%
- #21 Deluge: Threnody of Crashing Waves
84% matchVery Positive86% of 263 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 32.8%, Visual Novel 13.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.7%, Mystery 11.5%, Anime 11.3%
- #22 Midnight Syndrome
82% matchVery Positive99% of 107 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 14.7%, Point & Click 14.3%, Horror 11%, Anime 10.3%
- #23 Sucker for Love: Date to Die For
81% matchVery Positive95% of 1,353 reviews2024
Dev: AkabakaPub: DreadXP
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 78%
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 35.7%, Visual Novel 13.7%, Anime 11.1%, Horror 10.1%, Point & Click 9.8%
- #24 Frail Hearts: Versicorae Domlion
82% matchVery Positive83% of 82 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 30.8%, JRPG 20%, Visual Novel 12.7%, Mystery 11.2%, Horror 8.7%
- #25 Outlying Islands
80% matchVery Positive93% of 103 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 21.5%, Comic Book 10%, Visual Novel 9.4%, Point & Click 9.3%, Psychological Horror 8.9%
- #26 Stygian: Reign of the Old Ones
81% matchMixed66% of 2,528 reviews2019
Dev: Cultic GamesPub: Fulqrum Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 11.4 hrsMean: 12.1 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 65%, Horror 14.1%, RPG 9.3%, Story Rich 5%, 2D 3%
- #27 Pocket Mirror ~ GoldenerTraum
78% matchVery Positive93% of 1,769 reviews2023
Dev: AstralShiftPub: KOMODO
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 5.1 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 23.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20%, Anime 15.8%, Dark Fantasy 10.5%, Exploration 9.5%
- #28 Lunar Mirror:The Pavilion of Desire
79% matchVery Positive81% of 1,369 reviews2023
Dev: TUTGamePub: DSGame
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 78%
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 25.8%, Psychological Horror 14.9%, Mystery 13.9%, Visual Novel 11.9%, Exploration 10%
- #29 Cosmic Fear
77% matchVery Positive86% of 132 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 41.7%, Psychological Horror 14.5%, Mystery 12.5%, Horror 12.3%, Exploration 7.8%
- #30 Sherlock Holmes The Awakened
78% matchVery Positive82% of 3,016 reviews2023
Dev: Frogwares
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 8.5 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 42.2%, Mystery 14.9%, Psychological Horror 12.3%, Horror 10.8%, Story Rich 8.8%
- #31 PARANORMASIGHT: The Mermaid's Curse
73% matchVery Positive95% of 2,698 reviews2026
Dev: Square Enix
Windows
Median: 13.9 hrsMean: 15.3 hrs≥1hr: 94%
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 16.9%, Mystery 15.5%, Point & Click 12.1%, Horror 10.3%, JRPG 8.7%
- #32 Kowloon's Curse: Lost Report
76% matchVery Positive95% of 273 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 40.3%, Visual Novel 24.6%, Horror 13.1%, Adventure 9.9%, RPG 8.8%
- #33 Inner Voices
79% 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 43.9%, Psychological Horror 16.2%, Horror 11%, Mystery 9.6%, Story Rich 8.8%
- #34 Subway Exorcist Girl
74% matchVery Positive83% of 331 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 11.9%, Mystery 11%, Horror 10.3%, Psychological Horror 10.2%
- #35 Blackout Hospital
75% matchVery Positive97% of 184 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 26.1%, Mystery 19.5%, Horror 16.7%, Adventure 12%, RPG 11.1%
- #36 Gibbous - A Cthulhu Adventure
75% matchVery Positive90% of 2,304 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 41.4%, Point & Click 18.9%, Horror 11.1%, Story Rich 10.4%, Dark Fantasy 9.6%
- #37 Care
74% matchVery Positive95% of 74 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 34.3%, Mystery 15.2%, Horror 12.6%, Visual Novel 12.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.9%
- #38 Darkness Within 1: In Pursuit of Loath Nolder
77% matchMostly Positive73% of 637 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 47.6%, Point & Click 18.6%, Horror 14.4%, Psychological Horror 12.8%, Adventure 6.6%
- #39 Hearing Voices
72% matchVery Positive96% of 52 reviews2026
Dev: Fuupu
Windows
Hearing Voices is a unique indie short horror experience where you will need to put your listening and deduction skills to the test to solve puzzles. Mistakes have consequences.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 41.1%, Horror 12.9%, Adventure 12.6%, Mystery 10.7%, Story Rich 8.6%
- #40 克苏鲁异闻录
76% 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%, Adventure 8.5%, RPG 7.5%
- #41 RGB GlitchGazer
71% matchVery Positive96% of 97 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 23%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.6%, Mystery 20.6%, Anime 18.1%, 2D 7.2%
- #42 DIGITAL EXORCIST case_(0);
73% matchVery Positive94% of 171 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 19.6%, Point & Click 17.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.7%, Anime 12.8%, Story Rich 10.5%
- #43 MAMIYA
73% matchVery Positive90% of 534 reviews2021
Dev: Kenkou LandPub: Fruitbat Factory
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 11.9 hrs≥1hr: 88%
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 20%, Psychological Horror 19.6%, Mystery 12.4%, Horror 10.8%, Anime 10.7%
- #44 The Old Flesh of Nuraga
69% matchVery Positive96% of 144 reviews2026
Dev: Studio Ortica
Windows
Your Grandpa descends into madness in a family cosmic horror. Dig cursed relics, meet eldritch beings, and awaken a forgotten God.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 42.3%, Psychological Horror 16.2%, Horror 10.8%, Dark Fantasy 8.5%, Story Rich 7.2%
- #45 The NOexistenceN of you AND me
67% matchVery Positive93% of 22,293 reviews2024
Dev: 0x0Real StudioPub: Nino Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 18.7 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 30.3%, Psychological Horror 23.4%, Anime 17.2%, Story Rich 10.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.5%
- #46 Ghost in the pool
72% matchMostly Positive78% of 358 reviews2021
Dev: CASCHA GAMES
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 71%
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 17.5%, Comic Book 16.1%, Anime 14%, Psychological Horror 10.5%, Modern 8.6%
- #47 Mothmen 1966
71% matchVery Positive91% of 329 reviews2022
Dev: LCB Game StudioPub: Chorus Worldwide Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 2.1 hrs≥1hr: 62%
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 24%, Visual Novel 18.8%, Mystery 15.2%, Horror 13.4%, Story Rich 10.2%
- #48 The Occult Detective
70% matchMostly Positive71% of 332 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 24.1%, Anime 18.5%, Mystery 17.3%, Story Rich 14.4%, Exploration 9.2%
- #49 and yet, we dream
69% matchVery Positive92% of 52 reviews2026
Dev: arda bolat
Windows · Mac · Linux
a psychological visual novel where you investigate the souls of the dead. spend time with them, analyze their past, file reports to decide their eternal fate.
Why similar: Visual Novel 29.6%, Mystery 27.4%, Story Rich 11%, Exploration 9.2%, Adventure 7.1%
- #50 Stygian: Outer Gods
68% matchVery Positive82% of 693 reviews2025
Dev: Misterial GamesPub: Fulqrum Publishing
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 56%
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 45.3%, Psychological Horror 15.4%, Mystery 13.7%, Horror 12.2%, Story Rich 9.1%
- #51 ASYLUM
68% matchVery Positive84% of 506 reviews2025
Dev: Senscape
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 79%
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 23.7%, Point & Click 18.7%, Psychological Horror 14.4%, Horror 14.1%, Mystery 11.9%
- #52 The Simen Rumors
67% matchVery Positive79% of 441 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 29.2%, Visual Novel 29.1%, Mystery 27.7%, Psychological Horror 4%, Adventure 3%
- #53 Curse of the Old Gods
71% matchVery Positive86% of 68 reviews2017
Dev: Tim Rachor
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 10.3 hrs≥1hr: 70%
A mystery adventure game set in a present-day Lovecraftian universe.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 62.3%, Adventure 23.2%, Horror 14.5%
- #54 Nightmare Zapping
68% 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 16.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.3%, Psychological Horror 11.7%, Horror 11.5%, Mystery 11%
- #55 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 17%, Psychological Horror 16.2%, Mystery 14.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.8%, Horror 12.6%
- #56 SkullX: Aibohphobia
66% matchVery Positive92% of 85 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 20.8%, Visual Novel 19.2%, Comic Book 15.2%, Psychological Horror 13%, Modern 8.4%
- #57 EMOTIONLESS : The Last Ticket
66% matchVery Positive81% of 138 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 43.2%, Psychological Horror 16%, Horror 13.2%, Mystery 12.8%, Story Rich 6.5%
- #58 The Island: Into The Mist
70% matchMixed66% of 225 reviews2019
Dev: BADA Games
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.0 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 15.3%, Mystery 12.4%, Point & Click 11.8%, Visual Novel 11.1%, Psychological Horror 11.1%
- #59 Stirring Abyss
67% matchVery Positive88% of 445 reviews2020
Dev: Sleepy SentryPub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 11.0 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 62.7%, Psychological Horror 16.8%, Horror 6.5%, RPG 5.8%, Adventure 4.7%
- #60 白昼梦 · 心象病院
65% matchVery Positive84% of 256 reviews2024
Dev: 林檎树Pub: Eternal Dream
Windows
This is a pixel style puzzle game, including a certain micro-horror elements. Truth is blind love. Retrieve your memory and escape from this horrible hospital.
Why similar: JRPG 22.4%, Psychological Horror 21.6%, Mystery 17.6%, Horror 12.1%, Story Rich 11.2%