- #1 CARGO:HUMAN
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ENDROLL
Windows
A dark delivery adventure through the slums as a state-licensed carrier. Load. Haul. Sell. ——Decide whether to look inside the unknown cargo.
Why similar: Mystery 27.6%, Lovecraftian 18.2%, Psychological Horror 16.9%, Adventure 12.3%, RPG 9.6%
- #2 Amatsuko
96% matchVery Positive91% of 158 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: Mystery 24%, Exploration 16.7%, Lovecraftian 15.2%, Adventure 11.3%, Story Rich 10.1%
- #3 ASYLUM
95% 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 17.9%, Mystery 13.7%, Psychological Horror 11.3%, Horror 11%, Adventure 10%
- #4 Shadows of Eldemir
94% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Arif Games
Windows
Shadows of Eldemir is a retro-inspired, Victorian cosmic-horror, point-and-click adventure RPG, where a London schoolmaster travels to a remote Eastern European village searching for his missing fiancée, only to discover the archaeological expedition she joined may have disturbed something ancient.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 28.6%, Gothic 14.1% ★, RPG 12.8%, Mystery 11.8%, Adventure 10.4%
- #5 Cthulhu: The Cosmic Abyss
93% 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 31.4%, Mystery 12.9%, Psychological Horror 10.8%, Exploration 9.4%, Investigation 8.4%
- #6 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 44.8%, Mystery 10.9%, Psychological Horror 10.5%, Horror 9.5%, RPG 6.7%
- #7 Apartment203:HongKong
91% matchMostly Negative43% of 13 reviews2026
Dev: Seasonbean Team
Windows
Apartment 203: HongKong is a first-person horror adventure game set in the urban landscape of Hong Kong. The story follows a young man who returns from abroad to investigate his sister's mysterious disappearance by moving into her former residence in an old tenement building.
Why similar: Mystery 21.6%, Psychological Horror 16.4%, RPG 15.9%, Horror 14.3%, Exploration 10.7%
- #8 The Alien Cube
92% matchVery Positive81% of 595 reviews2021
Dev: Alessandro Guzzo
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 87%
A cursed legacy awakens something ancient, revealing a terrifying reality never meant for human eyes. Follow your missing uncle’s trail, uncover forbidden secrets, and face a Lovecraftian cosmic horror in this first‑person adventure.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 30.7%, Mystery 13.2%, Investigation 11.7%, Exploration 10.5%, Psychological Horror 9%
- #9 The Horror at Highrook
91% matchVery Positive90% of 492 reviews2025
Dev: Nullpointer Games
Windows
The Horror at Highrook is an occult card crafting narrative RPG. Explore a haunted mansion with your team of investigators, summon dark entities, craft powerful protections, uncover the fate of the missing family, and choose your own path through the darkness.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 27.2%, Mystery 15.4%, Gothic 12.6% ★, Investigation 11.3%, Horror 8.1%
- #10 Ritual Tides
90% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Vertpaint
Windows
Ritual Tides is a story rich, psychological horror game set on the dark, atmospheric, isolated British island of Hortus. Explore the island, uncover its dark past, loot food, ammunition and supplies, evade the cult of the Fallow Parish, as you fight for survival against Lovecraftian horrors.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 28%, Mystery 14.3%, Psychological Horror 11.2%, Investigation 10.6%, Horror 8.9%
- #11 Subway Exorcist Girl
88% 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 26.8%, Roguelite 14.4%, Mystery 13.9%, Exploration 10.5%, Psychological Horror 8.7%
- #12 The Witches Pond
89% matchMostly Positive78% of 18 reviews2023
Dev: Street Art Studios
Windows
The Witches Pond is a horror-adventure game based on the real-life place with the same name. Enter a world of mystery and strange places where you will experience events that may or may not seem real.
Why similar: Gothic 31.6% ★, Adventure 24.8%, Mystery 20.2%, Exploration 13.2%, Horror 10.2%
- #13 SUNLESS SEA
89% matchVery Positive83% of 9,567 reviews2015
Dev: Failbetter Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 10.8 hrs≥1hr: 80%
LOSE YOUR MIND. EAT YOUR CREW. DIE. Take the helm of your steamship and set sail for the unknown! Sunless Sea is a game of discovery, loneliness and frequent death, set in the award-winning Victorian Gothic universe of Fallen London.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 36.2%, Exploration 16.1%, RPG 9.2%, Story Rich 7.8%, Gothic 7.8% ★
- #14 Fooling Dead
86% matchMixed60% of 30 reviews2026
Dev: Seasonbean Team
Windows
On April Fool’s Day, the protagonist is caught in eerie supernatural events! As you investigate, uncover the truth behind a past tragedy. Explore chilling scenes, solve mysteries, and face unknown fears—can you survive?
Why similar: Mystery 21.2%, Psychological Horror 16.4%, Adventure 15.9%, Horror 15.3%, Exploration 10.7%
- #15 Cosmic Fear
86% 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 30.4%, Mystery 13.9%, Psychological Horror 11%, Investigation 10.2%, Exploration 10%
- #16 The Whisperer | Le murmureur
87% matchMixed67% of 126 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 31.1%, Mystery 14.5%, Exploration 10.5%, Horror 9.4%, Story Rich 8.5%
- #17 Blight Doctors
85% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: The Planar Danse
Windows · Linux
DISCOVER, DIAGNOSE, EXORCISE. You are a plague doctor paranormal investigator living in a rotten, gothic city at the end of an apocalypse. Banish ghosts, cure plagues, treat with monsters... all in co-op and proximity chat!
Why similar: Lovecraftian 20.4%, Gothic 18.7% ★, Mystery 11.7%, Roguelite 10.7%, Investigation 9.6%
- #18 Restcue
84% match9 user reviews56% of 9 reviews2026
Dev: Seasonbean Team
Windows
You wake up in your familiar home, only to find yourself completely locked inside. Search for clues, evade an unknown presence, and piece together forgotten memories... In this confined space, the real terror is only just beginning. A intense 30-minute psychological horror experience.
Why similar: Mystery 18.8%, Adventure 18.6%, Psychological Horror 17.5%, Horror 14.4%, Exploration 10.6%
- #19 Blackout: The Darkest Night
84% matchPositive85% of 26 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 26.3%, RPG 21.7%, Mystery 12.8%, Adventure 12.5%, Psychological Horror 7.1%
- #20 3 AM Delivery
83% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: The Havock Labs
Windows
In 3 AM Delivery, you play as a sailor tasked with delivering a cursed shipment across a decaying maritime world, navigating shifting environments and uncovering multiple endings shaped by your choices.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 20.9%, Exploration 17.2%, Mystery 16.5%, Psychological Horror 15.5%, Horror 9.8%
- #21 The Night Is Long
82% matchPositive85% of 48 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 35.9%, Exploration 13.9%, Psychological Horror 12.2%, Mystery 11.4%, Horror 10.1%
- #22 Vespera_Hotel
82% matchVery Positive89% of 53 reviews2024
Dev: dolphinorz
Windows
Welcome to Vespera Hotel! Please orbserve the precautions on manager's letter and greet our dear guests with your smile.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 28.1%, Mystery 17%, Exploration 16.6%, Adventure 16.4%, RPG 14.7%
- #23 Last Round at the End of the World
81% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Ex Ignorantia
Windows
Dream the riddle. Question the village. Choose who drowns. A poetic folk-horror game about divine messages, guilty villagers, ritual games, and the terrible cost of keeping a place safe.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 25.3%, Mystery 15.6%, Psychological Horror 12.3%, Gothic 10.3% ★, Horror 10%
- #24 Crathos Deep
80% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Hitbox Games
Windows
Descend down the arctic depths in Crathos Deep, a cosmic horror narrative adventure. Explore the vast abyss with your submarine and utilize your expeditionary drone to reach the dark corners of the ocean. Investigate a lost research institute to unravel the unsettling mystery of its downfall.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 31.8%, Mystery 14.7%, Exploration 13.3%, Horror 11.5%, Adventure 8.2%
- #25 Classified Stories: The Tome of Myrkah
81% 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 26.5%, Mystery 15.8%, Adventure 13.3%, Exploration 9.7%, Psychological Horror 9.3%
- #26 This is Interesting
79% matchVery Positive99% of 81 reviews2025
Dev: Scott Jund
Windows
This is Interesting is a psychological horror mystery based game with roguelite elements. You are being watched, and you aren't really sure why. Delve through the depths of memory to uncover the mystery behind the gray purgatory you find yourself in.
Why similar: Roguelite 18.7%, Mystery 17.1%, Exploration 13.9%, RPG 13.6%, Psychological Horror 12.6%
- #27 Stones of Flesh
79% match9 user reviews100% of 9 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 36.5%, Mystery 19.3%, RPG 15.5%, Exploration 8.4%, Story Rich 8.1%
- #28 Lost Sanity: Cthulhu
78% matchPositive92% of 24 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 41.3%, Mystery 17.9%, Psychological Horror 12.6%, Horror 10.4%, Adventure 7.1%
- #29 Lighthouse of Madness
78% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Flying Jack StudiosPub: Flying Jack Productions
Windows
Embark on this Lovecraft-inspired tale and discover the mysteries that await you on this island. Explore the island, solve challenging puzzles, and most importantly: try not to lose your sanity.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 38.5%, Mystery 14.7%, Psychological Horror 12.6%, Horror 8%, Story Rich 7.9%
- #30 Awaken
77% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2026
Dev: Uku Tonsiver
Windows
Awaken brings Lovecraftian horror to the beloved 2D side scroller genre. Make your way through the strange forest while encountering inexcplicable forces and try to keep your sanity as you piece together the mystery of your sister's disappearance.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 31.4%, Mystery 17%, Psychological Horror 12%, Horror 10.5%, Exploration 10.1%
- #31 The Coma 3: Bloodlines
75% matchVery Positive87% of 421 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 32.9%, Horror 13.3%, Mystery 12.7%, Adventure 12.5%, Psychological Horror 10%
- #32 UnSeen
76% 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 34.8%, Mystery 18.2%, Exploration 13.6%, Horror 11.9%, Adventure 6.2%
- #33 The Sinkhole
76% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: SolitaryStudios
Windows
Experience claustrophobic cave horror powered by your webcam. In this psychological nightmare, a massive underground sinkhole hides a sinister entity. Ditch the mouse—your real head movements control your view, and your actual hands are used to climb, grab, and scramble through the dark.
Why similar: Mystery 37.6%, Exploration 16.2%, Horror 15.1%, Adventure 13.3%, Psychological Horror 12.9%
- #34 Westmark Manor
77% matchMixed69% of 78 reviews2020
Dev: Nodbrim Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 87%
What lurks in the darkest corners of the mansion? Westmark Manor is a journey into the occult, a mind-bending survival horror game, with a heavy focus on solving puzzles and exploration, inspired by the formidable H.P. Lovecraft.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 31.1%, Adventure 27.8%, Mystery 16%, Gothic 13.7% ★, Horror 5.2%
- #35 The Season of the Warlock
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: enComplot
Windows · Mac · Linux
The Season of the Warlock is a weird adventure game inspired by the gothic tale tradition, with two storylines to choose from. The soul of a warlock of yore, trapped in a portrait, will present Lord Alistair Ainsworth with an offer he will not be able to resist. Or will he? It’s your call...
Why similar: Gothic 22.7% ★, Lovecraftian 22.7%, Mystery 13.5%, Investigation 10%, Horror 8.3%
- #36 Necropolis Suite
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Freesphere
Windows
Necropolis Suite, is an immersive narrative-driven cosmic horror game about discovery, knowledge, and the meaning of transcendence. Can you escape the terror that lurks in the suite?
Why similar: Lovecraftian 32.5%, Roguelite 14.3%, Exploration 10.6%, Horror 9.4%, Investigation 8.9%
- #37 Saint Kotar: The Yellow Mask
75% matchMostly Positive73% of 348 reviews2020
Dev: The-Mark Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Follow the fear of Benedek Dohnany and Nikolay Kalyakin and play the onset of a dark and chilling narrative adventure. Make decisions and affect the events that precede a macabre series of murders, allegedly related to devil worship and witchcraft.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 26.1%, Gothic 22.7% ★, Mystery 16.1%, Horror 8%, Adventure 7%
- #38 Amnesia: Rebirth
74% matchMostly Positive77% of 9,356 reviews2020
Dev: Frictional Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 10.6 hrs≥1hr: 76%
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%, Gothic 14.5% ★, Exploration 11%, Mystery 10%, Horror 8.7%
- #39 The Echo Paradox
71% matchMostly Positive79% of 67 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 26.3%, Mystery 13.5%, Psychological Horror 13.4%, Investigation 10.5%, Exploration 10.2%
- #40 Sublustrum
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Brickworks Games
Windows
Enter a mysterious machine built to explore the human subconscious and complete your brother’s final experiment. Descend into a world where memories become places, solve sound-driven puzzles, and uncover a hidden truth in this first-person narrative adventure.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 26.9%, Mystery 15.9%, Psychological Horror 13.5%, Story Rich 9.2%, Exploration 9.1%
- #41 Embrace of the Downpour
73% match9 user reviews78% of 9 reviews2023
Dev: Jonathon Baroi
Windows
"Embrace of the Downpour" is a psychological horror experience set in a lonely apartment, where you face an unexpected series of events. Can you handle the unfolding madness?
Why similar: Lovecraftian 25.7%, Mystery 17.2%, Investigation 14.9%, Psychological Horror 13.7%, Horror 10.2%
- #42 Please Duology
73% matchPositive95% of 22 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 35.2%, Mystery 15.8%, Exploration 13.5%, Psychological Horror 11.6%, Adventure 9.8%
- #43 Sherlock Holmes The Awakened
71% 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 30.9%, Mystery 16.5%, Investigation 9.8%, Exploration 9.5%, Psychological Horror 9.3%
- #44 Abject Abyss
69% matchPositive95% of 22 reviews2026
Dev: Anton Bezett
Windows
A short, atmospheric sci-fi horror experience. Explore an isolated research facility on the edge of charted space, and survive the horrors that lurk there.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 31.5%, Psychological Horror 14.2%, Horror 12.7%, Exploration 10.1%, Adventure 9.5%
- #45 Arkham Horror: Mother's Embrace
72% matchMixed63% of 718 reviews2021
Dev: Twin Sails Interactive
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 5.5 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 48.8%, Adventure 19.5%, RPG 15.3%, Exploration 9.7%, Horror 6.8%
- #46 The Colour Beyond: A Zeroth Kind
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Infigo Games
Windows
After foreseeing your own death, an unknown colour grants you ten more days to live and the power of Mind-Intrusion. Investigate mysteries and intrude into the minds of locals. When the ten days are up, will you hold on to your sanity and humanity, or become a living mutation?
Why similar: Mystery 24.5%, Investigation 17.4%, Psychological Horror 14%, Story Rich 12.2%, Exploration 10.8%
- #47 The Unluckiest Man
70% matchVery Positive92% of 271 reviews2022
Dev: Darkania Works
Windows
After his wife draws her last breath, Dragomir is devastated. As a poor man with a drinking habit, he must not only manage to hold a decent funeral, but also stand for himself in a small town that doesn't see him with good eyes.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 30.3%, Mystery 16.9%, Exploration 10.7%, Investigation 10.7%, Trading 9.9%
- #48 Tisis
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Dimitris Risis
Windows
Tisis is a first-person psychological horror game focused on exploration, environmental storytelling, and sanity management as you navigate the thin boundary between light, darkness, and madness.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 24.2%, Psychological Horror 19.5%, Mystery 14.8%, Exploration 14.7%, Horror 8.1%
- #49 Last Chance Market
69% 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 34.3%, Mystery 18.1%, Psychological Horror 9%, Exploration 8.4%, Horror 8.3%
- #50 The Dark Rites of Arkham
66% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 686 reviews2026
Dev: Postmodern AdventuresPub: enComplot
Windows
A macabre ritual murder puts Arkham PD detectives Jack Foster and Harvey Whitman to the test. As the investigation progresses, they will unveil a disturbing connection between the Salem witch trials of the 17th century and the end of humankind.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 32.8%, Mystery 15%, Exploration 11.7%, Investigation 11.7%, Adventure 8.1%
- #51 Horror of Minos
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Dgen Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Explore the mythical ancient ruins beneath the island of Minos. Piece together what happened to you and your team. Beware the spirits and beasts that lurk below! A single-player, first-person, horror game inspired by Penumbra and Amnesia.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 29.3%, Mystery 16.8%, Investigation 11.2%, Exploration 10.6%, Psychological Horror 9.1%
- #52 Hunt of Dusha
67% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2025
Dev: Demigrz
Windows
A Hunter arrives in a small Polish city expecting a routine investigation. What she finds is anything but. Explore, make choices and confront the entities that have claimed this place before the curse spreads further.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 39.8%, Psychological Horror 13.9%, Horror 12.7%, RPG 10.9%, Exploration 9.7%
- #53 COLINA: Legacy
71% matchVery Positive81% of 211 reviews2018
Dev: Chance6 Studios, LLC
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Alex wakes up at his grandmother’s, left alone in a silent house. Unsure where his family is, he begins to uncover a dark mystery in an attempt to escape. Facing his fear in an endless nightmare, Alex must survive the dead of night, a cursed forest, and paranormal activities before daylight arrives.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 27.1%, Mystery 15.7%, Psychological Horror 11%, Horror 9.8%, Exploration 9.6%
- #54 Who Killed The Streamer?
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Bozhidar Petrov ValchevPub: BossyFi
Windows
Investigate the murder of a famous streamer and find out who the killer is, but beware of people who don't like you meddling.
Why similar: Mystery 29.1%, Psychological Horror 22%, Exploration 17.5%, Adventure 11.6%, Investigation 11.6%
- #55 The Alighieri Circle: Dante's Bloodline
66% matchMostly Positive80% of 44 reviews2026
Dev: ONE-O-ONE GAMESPub: Entalto Publishing
Windows
The world knows the Divine Comedy as a poem. For your family, it is a prison. As Gabriele Alighieri, you inherit a duty: reseal the gates of Hell. Burdened by fate, you descend into a psychological nightmare where the only escape is to uncover the dark secrets of your ancestors.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 30.7%, Mystery 11.3%, Adventure 10.9%, Psychological Horror 9.9%, Story Rich 8.8%
- #56 Maximilien — A Psychological Horror Interactive Novel
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Yohan Dupuy
Windows · Linux
A psychological horror interactive novel, Boston 1926. Explore, investigate, lose your footing. Your choices shape a branching story where your mental state governs what you see and which paths open to you. 4 intersecting routes, 12 possible endings, 15 to 20 hours of play.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 33.7%, Mystery 14.5%, Psychological Horror 13.2%, RPG 8.5%, Story Rich 7.7%
- #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 35.9%, Mystery 16.1%, Psychological Horror 13.8%, Horror 11.2%, Exploration 7.2%
- #58 The Sleep Experiment
68% 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 27.7%, Mystery 17.6%, Psychological Horror 14.5%, Horror 11.5%, Exploration 8.6%
- #59 Backrooms: Levels of Fear
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: The M.E.G.
Windows
A first-person psychological and survival-horror experience. You are lost in the Backrooms and you have to find a way to survive in this dangerous universe. Explore the different levels, meet the Entities and other Explorers, and find clues to reveal the Backrooms’ secrets.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 20%, Mystery 15.4%, Exploration 13.8%, RPG 13.6%, Psychological Horror 11.8%