- #1 Cafe DReAMLAND
97% matchVery Positive93% of 85 reviews2025
Dev: めとこPub: Gotcha Gotcha Games
Windows
This is Cafe "DReAMLAND". Grant your "customers'" wishes by serving them drinks mixed with a hint of blasphemy! Cafe simulation x Exploration x Multiple endings Let your choices decide the final outcome.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 61.1%, Visual Novel 9.7%, RPGMaker 7.8% ★, Adventure 7.3%, 2D 5%
- #2 Sucker for Love: Date to Die For
96% matchVery Positive95% of 1,247 reviews2024
Dev: AkabakaPub: DreadXP
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 82%
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 55%, Visual Novel 19.3%, Horror 12.6%, Psychological Horror 5.4%, RPG 4%
- #3 Whisper of Y'Ryando
96% matchMixed68% of 90 reviews2025
Dev: IndieCain
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 62.7%, Visual Novel 17.1%, Mystery 12.2%, Adventure 3.1%, 2D 2.8%
- #4 Frail Hearts: Versicorae Domlion
95% matchVery Positive86% of 77 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 45.2%, Visual Novel 17%, Horror 10.4%, Mystery 9.9%, RPGMaker 8% ★
- #5 The Innsmouth Case
94% matchMixed66% of 197 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 45.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16%, Visual Novel 12.9%, Text-Based 7.7%, Horror 7.1%
- #6 Extra Case: My Girlfriend's Secrets
94% matchVery Positive86% of 173 reviews2022
Dev: Sounding Stone / 老奉毊
Windows
Your girlfriend seems to be hiding something. Will you respect her privacy or pry into her secrets? Don't worry, though. This is a horror dating sim with a time loop, so you can try again...and again...and again...
Why similar: Lovecraftian 41.8%, Visual Novel 14.5%, RPGMaker 10.9% ★, Mystery 10.9%, Psychological Horror 8%
- #7 寄居隅怪奇事件簿 Hermitage Strange Case Files
93% matchVery Positive81% of 1,992 reviews2018
Dev: Arrowiz
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 8.4 hrs≥1hr: 89%
都市的夜晚并不安宁。浮华背后,暗潮在阴影中涌动。旧书店『Hermitage』的店主不幸被卷入了种种神秘事件。越是接近答案,他见到的真相却愈发诡异。疑云之下,一切都指向了“那些”超越常理的——危机渐渐逼近,在谣言与谎言间劈开道路,追寻自己的“结局”吧!
Why similar: Lovecraftian 66.3%, Visual Novel 22%, Mystery 9.3%, Indie 2.4%
- #8 Sucker for Love: First Date
92% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 2,933 reviews2022
Dev: AkabakaPub: DreadXP
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 5.2 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 54.6%, Visual Novel 16.8%, Horror 12.4%, Psychological Horror 9.1%, RPG 3.6%
- #9 Disaster Detective Saiga: An Indescribable Mystery
91% matchPositive92% of 12 reviews2023
Dev: 株式会社雄プロダクションPub: D.H Inc.
Windows
This is an adventure game with a comical and mysterious story. Become the unluckiest detective in the universe and travel around Town with your buddy, a fortune teller, to solve crimes.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 47.8%, Visual Novel 18.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.1%, Adventure 8%, Horror 5.7%
- #10 破镜恐惧
91% matchMostly Positive73% of 62 reviews2020
Dev: 幻想理戈游戏开发工作室
Windows
In this game, you will play a policeman who is transferred to Nabos from out of town. The crime rate here remains high all the year round, and ancient gangs and cults are entrenched here. you will be close to the city's innermost and darkest secret. What choice should you make then?
Why similar: Lovecraftian 62.6%, Visual Novel 23.9%, RPG 5.8%, Adventure 4.8%, Indie 1.7%
- #11 Outlying Islands
89% matchVery Positive96% of 91 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 34.8%, Comic Book 14.8%, Visual Novel 13.9%, Horror 9.9%, Gore 9.9%
- #12 Cthulhu Mythos ADV Lunatic Whispers
90% matchMostly Positive73% of 99 reviews2022
Dev: Gotcha Gotcha Games
Windows
Immerse yourself in the captivating world of the Cthulhu Mythos with this 2D visual novel game featuring a thrilling TRPG-based experience! Roll the dice and use your skills and luck to escape the abandoned hospital, while experiencing the cosmic terror.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 37.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.4%, Visual Novel 11.8%, Mystery 8.1%, Horror 7.4%
- #13 Dagon: by H. P. Lovecraft
88% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 12,107 reviews2021
Dev: Bit Golem
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 29%
Face unspeakable horrors. Succumb to madness. Welcome to a free daemonic narrative experience inspired by H. P. Lovecraft.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 48.3%, Horror 11.5%, Visual Novel 11.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.7%, Text-Based 5.6%
- #14 Cure for Death
87% matchPositive93% of 46 reviews2025
Dev: U4P
Windows
A place where warmth is but a memory. The night echoes with strange sounds, and uncanny neighbors stir a lingering unease, all steeped in a stale, suffocating air. Yet one question remains—where does this chilling cold truly come from?
Why similar: Lovecraftian 43.5%, Visual Novel 17.5%, Horror 11.1%, Mystery 10.1%, Text-Based 8.6%
- #15 The Whisperer in Darkness
89% matchPositive82% of 45 reviews2016
Dev: NQNStudios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Rumors resurface. Legends are resurrected. In this Lovecraftian visual novel, play as Alex N. Wilmarth, skeptic and professor at Miskatonic University, to unravel the hideous secrets centered at a secluded farm in the hills of Vermont, coming ever closer to mortal peril.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 58%, Visual Novel 20.6%, Horror 10.4%, Adventure 7.7%, Indie 3.3%
- #16 At the Mount Leng of madness
86% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2025
Dev: 井頭。
Windows
Four female college students visit a mountain where spirits live. There had been a number of disappearances there in the past, and it was known as a dangerous place. This work is a visual novel that depicts the secrets of Mount Leng and the adventures of college students.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 34.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 26.9%, Visual Novel 19.9%, Horror 12.6%, Adventure 5.4%
- #17 Omen Exitio: Plague
86% matchVery Positive85% of 621 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 63%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.5%, Visual Novel 12.6%, Adventure 3.6%, Text-Based 3.2%
- #18 The Song Out of Space
85% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2022
Dev: Pixel Noire GamesPub: Ratalaika Games S.L.
Windows
Two federal agents investigate a strange homicide case in this Lovecraftian visual novel.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 43.4%, Visual Novel 14.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.7%, Horror 9.7%, Psychological Horror 7.4%
- #19 Call of Cthulhu®
84% 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 66.6%, Horror 11.3%, Psychological Horror 7.6%, Mystery 6.5%, Adventure 3.5%
- #20 Desert of Vice
84% matchPositive87% of 23 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 69.2%, Horror 16.9%, Adventure 9.9%, Indie 4%
- #21 Blackout: The Darkest Night
83% matchPositive88% of 25 reviews2021
Dev: MiniChimera Game Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
You have been part of something terrible, something so unspeakable that caused you to blackout and forget all the events from the past few days. Now you are faced with the choice of going after the truth, facing the shadows that hide within our world, or trying to forget and leave all this behind.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 37.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.7%, Text-Based 8.7%, RPG 7.3%, Mystery 7.3%
- #22 Dr. Emmerson's Nocturnes
82% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Bit Golem
Windows
Dive into the worlds of the best classic weird fiction and cosmic horror writers. Try out our original approach to bringing literature into the interactive medium. Relax and let Dr. Emmerson guide you through all the colors of dread.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 41.9%, Visual Novel 12.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.2%, Horror 9.2%, Psychological Horror 7.9%
- #23 Conarium
82% 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 72.2%, Horror 12.6%, Psychological Horror 6.7%, Adventure 6.5%, Indie 1.7%
- #24 克苏鲁异闻录
81% matchMixed66% of 249 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 84.4%, Adventure 6.6%, RPG 6.5%, Indie 2.6%
- #25 The Miskatonic
81% matchMostly Positive77% of 417 reviews2018
Dev: Rapscallion
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Explore the most prestigious occult school in North America, The Miskatonic University, in a hilarious dark comedy set after the Lovecraft canon, in which the greatest threat to mankind is its own ambitions.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 63.8%, Visual Novel 16.6%, Gore 8%, Horror 6.8%, Adventure 2.9%
- #26 MOOZ
79% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2024
Dev: motsuhouse
Windows
This is an adventure novel of suspense and horror in which the story diverges depending on the choices you make. An online drinking session with friends. A person with a knife is lurking in the background. What will you do to rescue your friend?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 26.1%, Visual Novel 24.1%, Horror 12.7%, Adventure 10.7%, Text-Based 10.2%
- #27 アカイロマンション完全版
78% match5 user reviews60% of 5 reviews2024
Dev: studio.praparat
Windows · Mac
A complete version of the well-received free game “Akairo Mansion - Horror Edition” is now available with additional episodes! A dramatic horror novel presented to sound novel lovers by the author who is a sound novel lover.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 22.6%, Visual Novel 17.4%, Horror 15.8%, Mystery 14.2%, Adventure 10.4%
- #28 Darkness Within 2: The Dark Lineage
80% matchMixed67% of 265 reviews2014
Dev: Stormling StudiosPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 53%
In "The Dark Lineage" you re-take the role of police detective Howard Loreid, a man tormented by the paranormal happenings around him. Howard discovers that his own terrible past has some connection to the madness that is about to swallow him, yet again.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 62.1%, Horror 13.6%, Psychological Horror 10.6%, Adventure 10.4%, Indie 3.3%
- #29 Wait - Extended
79% matchVery Positive89% of 57 reviews2015
Dev: rest.less Games
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 97%
"Wait" is a mystery horror game, inspired by the works of H.P Lovecraft and the Silent Hill series. The gameplay is put together by elements of exploration and riddle solving. Experience horror without jump scares or fighting monsters, but with the fear of the unknown and unimaginable.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 52%, RPGMaker 13.9% ★, Horror 13.3%, Mystery 10.2%, Adventure 6.6%
- #30 The Coma 3: Bloodlines
78% 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 50%, Horror 15.3%, Mystery 7.5%, Adventure 7.2%, Psychological Horror 7.1%
- #31 Choose Cthulhu Files: The Call of Cthulhu
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Wildspell Games
Windows · Linux
What if the choices you make during your investigation awaken ancient beings older than existence itself. Explore the official Choose Cthulhu gamebook adaptation, every decision you take seals the fate of mankind. Will the creeping madness consume you as you uncover the darkest secrets?
Why similar: Lovecraftian 47.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.6%, Horror 10.4%, Mystery 9.7%, Visual Novel 8.9%
- #32 Lost Sanity: Cthulhu
76% 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 62.1%, Horror 12.5%, Mystery 10.7%, Psychological Horror 9.2%, Adventure 4.1%
- #33 Innsmouth 22
75% matchPositive82% of 11 reviews2024
Dev: Raven Novels
Windows · Mac · Linux
In this visual novel the main character, Lorenzo Righi, an Italian Professor, is invited to a meeting of History Scholars held in Boston. Excited and flattered by the invitation, he discovers that something else, hidden and mysterious, awaits for him.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 29.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.6%, Visual Novel 17.5%, Text-Based 12%, Psychological Horror 8.1%
- #34 Forgotten Hill Disillusion
76% matchVery Positive88% of 213 reviews2019
Dev: FM Studio
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Welcome to Forgotten Hill Museum, a place where the past, the present, nature, art and the unknown are exhibited!
Why similar: Lovecraftian 65.9%, Gore 15%, Adventure 9%, Horror 6.9%, Indie 3.2%
- #35 At the Mountains of Madness
77% 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 89.1%, Adventure 7.9%, Indie 3%
- #36 Hermitage: Strange Case Files
74% matchPositive81% of 42 reviews2021
Dev: ArrowizPub: Giiku Games
Windows
This gripping paranormal horror adventure revolves around Hermitage, the sinister bookstore that attracts most unusual customers – all of whom seem to be involved in mysterious cases bordering on the paranormal.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 47.5%, Visual Novel 14.6%, Mystery 10.2%, Horror 10.1%, Text-Based 7.1%
- #37 Chronicle of Innsmouth
74% matchMostly Positive78% of 248 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 90.8%, Adventure 9.2%
- #38 Welcome to Levy
73% matchMostly Positive76% of 33 reviews2023
Dev: Sleepy Squids
Windows · Linux
All the women in Levy have disappeared. Why did they leave in bare feet? Discover their story along with 680 CGs and 11 unique endings in this apocalyptic visual novel.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 48.4%, Visual Novel 17.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.6%, Horror 11.4%, Psychological Horror 7.9%
- #39 Redemption: Under the Tide
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Dissociate Space
Windows
Redemption Under the Tide is a Lovecraftian visual novel. You play as a private detective investigating a missing person case—but the deeper you go, the more reality begins to fracture. Lost memories, ancient cults, and a stranger who claims to know you await beneath the surface.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 51.8%, Visual Novel 21.1%, Psychological Horror 9.9%, Gore 5.9%, Text-Based 5.8%
- #40 Necronomicon: The Dawning of Darkness
75% matchMixed44% of 205 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 80.1%, Horror 12.2%, Adventure 7.7%
- #41 The Travelyan Home
73% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2020
Dev: The Shepherd Moon
Windows
A text-based Lovecraftian adventure game combining role playing and survival horror dynamics, set in a Victorian Gothic environment. Explore the mysteries of the Travelyan home and unravel
Why similar: Lovecraftian 51%, Text-Based 11.7%, RPG 11.4%, Adventure 10.8%, Horror 10.7%
- #42 空野まなみの事件録 ― 空白のカルテ ―
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Rabbitly
Windows
Medical clerk Manami Sorano discovers a medical record of a non-existent patient. The next day at a hot spring inn, a murder occurs—the victim’s name matches the record. Coincidence or fate? Using her skills and medical records, she unravels the truth in this mystery adventure!
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 33.8%, Visual Novel 24.8%, Text-Based 15.5%, Mystery 12.6%, Adventure 7.5%
- #43 アパシー学校であった怖い話 極
72% match9 user reviews67% of 9 reviews2023
Dev: 七転び八転がり
Windows
エンディング数140種類以上!縦横無尽に広がりを見せる選択肢が恐怖の世界へ誘います。
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 28.6%, Visual Novel 21.8%, Horror 19.3%, Text-Based 14.9%, Gore 9.3%
- #44 Flesh Blossom
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Crimson Pearl Games
Windows
You are Doctor Parsnip Green, the first and last line of defense against a grotesquely beautiful epidemic. Make difficult choices as you investigate the disease’s origin, operate on patients, and fight to save those you love - all while managing your own dwindling sanity.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 32%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.6%, Visual Novel 17.6%, Psychological Horror 11%, Horror 9%
- #45 Inquisitor Shepherd
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Narrowdeep
Windows
Become Shepherd, an inquisitor sent to a suspicious village. Unveil the secrets of a world filled with fear, and make an inevitable choice. In this visual novel mystery, your decisions change the world. Can you survive the desperate horror?
Why similar: Lovecraftian 45.3%, Visual Novel 15.7%, Mystery 9.8%, Text-Based 9.6%, Horror 8.2%
- #46 Arkham Horror: Mother's Embrace
71% matchMixed63% of 687 reviews2021
Dev: Twin Sails Interactive
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 59%
Inspired by the award-winning board game franchise, Arkham Horror: Mother’s Embrace is an investigation game served with turn-based combat, set in the cult universe of H.P. Lovecraft.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 74.9%, Adventure 11.5%, Horror 8.3%, RPG 5.3%
- #47 Chronicle of Innsmouth: Curse of Chaos
70% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: AtomicHorde
Windows · Mac · Linux
Chronicle of Innsmouth: Curse of Chaos is a Lovecraftian point-and-click adventure set in 500 AD Oman. Inspired by H.P. Lovecraft’s most enigmatic stories, including The Nameless City and Nyarlathotep, it pulls you into a chilling investigation of cosmic horror and creeping madness.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 72.5%, Psychological Horror 9.5%, Gore 7.7%, Adventure 6.3%, 2D 3.4%
- #48 怪話
70% matchVery Positive95% of 56 reviews2024
Dev: 法螺会
Windows · Mac
オムニバス形式で送る四章構成の心霊ホラーノベルゲーム
Why similar: Visual Novel 26.4%, Horror 15.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.1%, Mystery 13.1%, Psychological Horror 11.4%
- #49 アパシー学校であった怖い話1995特別編
70% match7 user reviews71% of 7 reviews2023
Dev: 七転び八転がり
Windows
怖すぎるにも ほどがある。新聞部は、夏休み前の学校新聞で「学校の七不思議」を特集することになった。七人の学生を集めて、彼らから怖い話を聞き、それを特集としてまとめるのだ。新聞部三年生の日野から命を受け、新入部員の坂上修一はその集会の聞き役を担当することになった。集会当日、放課後の新聞部部室に日野によって集められた七人の語り部と聞き役の坂上修一は初めて顔を合わせる。しかし、七人集められたはずの語り部は、何故か六人しかいなかった。七人目が姿を見せぬまま始まる七不思議の集会。七人目は、現れるのか。そして、この集会の終わりに待っているのは……。
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 25.9%, Visual Novel 24.7%, Text-Based 15.1%, Horror 13%, Adventure 10.8%
- #50 Hunt of Dusha
68% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2025
Dev: Demigrz
Windows
Explore a cursed residential area in this retro-inspired horror game. As a Hunter, track the entities that dwell within and cleanse the area.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 60.8%, Horror 15.5%, Psychological Horror 10.2%, Mystery 4.3%, RPG 3.9%
- #51 Stones of Flesh
68% match7 user reviews100% of 7 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 58.3%, Text-Based 15%, Mystery 12.3%, RPG 5.8%, Adventure 5%
- #52 HPL: Nyarlathotep Rising
67% match9 user reviews56% of 9 reviews2025
Dev: Touched by GracePub: Plug In Digital
Windows · Mac
Dive deep into the twisted HP Lovecraft universe with this oversized narrative RPG. Slip into the intertwined souls of Mark, Anna, and Victor, surrounded by cult worshippers, as Nyarlathotep, the cosmic horror, strives to enslave humanity in 1929.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 42.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.7%, Visual Novel 12.5%, Text-Based 9.1%, Mystery 7.7%
- #53 The Consuming Shadow
69% matchVery Positive95% of 419 reviews2015
Dev: Ben 'Yahtzee' Croshaw
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 86%
The Consuming Shadow is a procedural survival horror adventure in which you must explore the land, fight your way through randomly-generated dungeons and try to stay sane in your quest to save the world from the invading Ancients.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 77%, Horror 8.8%, Adventure 6.1%, Psychological Horror 4%, 2D 2.8%
- #54 Deluge: Sermon for the Dead
67% matchMostly Positive77% of 102 reviews2024
Dev: leavesPub: socah
Windows · Mac · Linux
High school girls have been disappearing from Abbotsford. Unravel the mystery before all things wash away in a tidal wave of deep despair. An interactive visual novel with psychological and lovecraftian undertones.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 49.8%, Visual Novel 16.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.1%, Mystery 10.5%, Adventure 4.1%
- #55 Anchorhead
69% matchPositive87% of 47 reviews2018
Dev: Michael Gentry
Windows · Mac
You take a deep breath of salty air as the first raindrops begin to spatter the pavement, and the swollen, slate-colored clouds that blanket the sky mutter ominous portents amongst themselves over the little coastal town of Anchorhead.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 59.9%, Text-Based 14.9%, Horror 14.4%, Adventure 7.8%, Indie 3%
- #56 Curse of the Old Gods
69% matchVery Positive84% of 63 reviews2017
Dev: Tim Rachor
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 10.7 hrs≥1hr: 69%
A mystery adventure game set in a present-day Lovecraftian universe.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 66.4%, Adventure 19.3%, Horror 12.6%, Indie 1.7%
- #57 キミが消えてしまう前に
65% matchPositive97% of 31 reviews2025
Dev: ニケ
Windows
A visual novel game where you spend an exciting school life in an abandoned school with ghost girls who have regrets and cannot rest in peace.
Why similar: Visual Novel 34.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 25.9%, Horror 20.2%, Adventure 11.6%, 2D 5.2%
- #58 The Song of Saya
67% matchVery Positive90% of 9,092 reviews2019
Dev: NitroplusPub: JAST
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 56.3 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Bear witness to a love that will change the world, in this classic horror romance visual novel from acclaimed writer Urobuchi Gen.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 41.3%, Visual Novel 23.6%, Gore 13.6%, Psychological Horror 11.6%, Horror 8.4%
- #59 Queen of Moths
66% matchPositive92% of 25 reviews2023
Dev: Tesseract Games
Windows
It's a winter night. You are coming home by train. You have to change trains at a small train station in the middle of the forest.It's not the first time you've traveled this route. But now you feel like something is different.As if something was watching you.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 31.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.3%, Visual Novel 15.2%, Text-Based 9.5%, Horror 8%
- #60 Echoes of Madness - The Hawthorne Case
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Dev: Mr.Bane Games
Windows
Detective Norman faces one of the longest nights of his career. Alone, he searches for the missing girl, Felicia, only to discover that this case runs far deeper than he ever imagined.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 36.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 23%, Visual Novel 21%, Adventure 8.8%, Text-Based 6.3%