Games Like Daily Chthonicle: Editor's Edition

Your Excellency, in this short systems-management survival game, we prepare for the awakening of our Lord. He hungers for human sacrifice. Sinners try to hide their dark secrets, but all must be purged...

Why similar: Lovecraftian 65.2%, Noir 34.8%

Why You'll Like It: This management sim tasks you with running a cult-ridden island, forcing you to make difficult sacrifices to appease dark entities.

Congratulations. The October labor lottery is complete. Your name was pulled. For immediate placement, report to the Ministry of Admission at Grestin Border Checkpoint. An apartment will be provided for you and your family in East Grestin. Expect a Class-8 dwelling.

Why similar: Simulation 64.3%, Indie 25%, Casual 5.6%, Adventure 5.1%

Why You'll Like It: Like Daily Chthonicle, this game forces you to manage a high-stakes bureaucratic job where your decisions have dark, moral consequences.

Seize forbidden treasures. Summon alien gods. Feed on your disciples. Cultist Simulator is a game of apocalypse and yearning. Play as a seeker after unholy mysteries, in a 1920s-themed setting of hidden gods and secret histories.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 56.5%, Simulation 27.6%, RPG 15.9%

Why You'll Like It: This game captures the Lovecraftian dread and management-heavy gameplay of running a secret organization in a world of occult mysteries.

Strange Horticulture is an occult puzzle game in which you play as the proprietor of a local plant store. Find and identify new plants, pet your cat, speak to a coven, or join a cult. Use your collection of powerful plants to influence the story and unravel Undermere’s dark mysteries.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 46.5%, Simulation 40.8%, Adventure 12.7%

Why You'll Like It: You manage a shop while investigating occult mysteries, mirroring the investigative and management loop of the seed game.

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 76%, RPG 17.5%, Adventure 6.5%

Why You'll Like It: A roguelite horror game that perfectly captures the 1-bit Lovecraftian aesthetic and the feeling of managing limited resources against cosmic threats.

Take on the role of a private investigator in this immersive detective simulator. Solve murders and other crimes in a procedurally generated and persistent city where every NPC lives and breathes their own independent lives. Find the killer quickly… or they will kill again!

Why similar: Noir 58.8%, RPG 20.8%, Adventure 11.4%, Indie 9.1%

Why You'll Like It: A detective simulation game that emphasizes investigative work and noir atmosphere in a procedurally generated city.

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 73%, RPG 13.9%, Adventure 8%, Indie 5%

Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on exploration, resource management, and Lovecraftian narrative in a dark, atmospheric setting.

DREDGE is a single-player fishing adventure with a sinister undercurrent. Sell your catch, upgrade your boat, and dredge the depths for long-buried secrets. Explore a mysterious archipelago and discover why some things are best left forgotten.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 58.5%, Simulation 18.3%, RPG 11.1%, Adventure 8.5%, Indie 3.6%

Why You'll Like It: It combines relaxing management gameplay with a creeping sense of Lovecraftian horror as you uncover secrets from the sea.

If you don't sacrifice your neighbors, the world ends. Life Eater is a horror fantasy kidnapping simulator where you must become intimately familiar with your targets' lives one intrusive action at a time... and hope that the dark god you serve is even real.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 63.7%, Simulation 36.3%

Why You'll Like It: A horror-simulation game where you manage your time and resources to hunt targets, echoing the dark management themes of the seed game.

A new kind of detective game that allows you to think and investigate freely. Discover clues surrounding 12 strange and gruesome deaths and build your own theory. Pick your suspect, deduce the motive, unmask the awful truth.

Why similar: Adventure 100%

Why You'll Like It: A brilliant detective game that requires careful observation and deduction to solve complex, supernatural-adjacent mysteries.

Become a Secret Agent and investigate paranormal activities in this dark Lovecraftian universe. This Alternate Reality Game will have you explore complex puzzles in-game but also in real-life; interacting with real websites, companies, and NPCs that we created as part of our universe.

Why similar: RPG 52.7%, Indie 24.7%, Adventure 22.6%

Why You'll Like It: An immersive investigation game that requires real-world research and puzzle-solving to uncover occult conspiracies.

You’re a state-installed landlord in a totalitarian country. Place listening devices, steal and sneak into your tenants’ apartments. Use what you uncovered to report anyone capable of plotting against the state. You MUST! But WILL you?

Why similar: Simulation 63.7%, Indie 14.7%, RPG 12.1%, Adventure 9.5%

Why You'll Like It: You play as a state-appointed landlord tasked with spying on tenants, capturing the same feeling of surveillance and moral weight found in the seed game.

Disco Elysium - The Final Cut is a groundbreaking role playing game. You’re a detective with a unique skill system at your disposal and a whole city to carve your path across. Interrogate unforgettable characters, crack murders or take bribes. Become a hero or an absolute disaster of a human being.

Why similar: RPG 48%, Noir 35.5%, Adventure 9%, Indie 7.6%

Why You'll Like It: An unparalleled detective RPG that excels in noir storytelling, investigation, and exploring the darker side of the human condition.

This experience can be classified as a psychological and atmospheric horror game. However... This isn't a game... Remember all of the urban legends from your childhood? Imagine if it was all real, but we just weren't performing the right rituals to summon these beings from another realm... Well, now you can...

Why similar: Simulation 45.5%, RPG 22.5%, Adventure 12%, Casual 10.9%, Indie 9.2%

Why You'll Like It: A simulation-horror game that focuses on the psychological toll of interacting with the supernatural.

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 83.1%, RPG 9.3%, Adventure 7.6%

Why You'll Like It: An investigation-focused RPG that puts you in the shoes of a private investigator uncovering cosmic horrors.

Lost at sea 1803 ~ The good ship Obra Dinn.

Why similar: Noir 40.2%, Indie 37.3%, Adventure 22.4%

Why You'll Like It: A masterclass in investigative deduction that tasks you with piecing together a supernatural tragedy.

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 70.8%, RPG 18.6%, Adventure 10.7%

Why You'll Like It: A survival-adventure game that captures the specific dread of Lovecraft's stories through exploration and investigation.

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: Adventure 71.7%, RPG 28.3%

Why You'll Like It: A detective-focused visual novel that tasks you with solving supernatural cases through investigation.

Something ancient and evil is stirring in Victorian England. Only you can stop it. Journey to the brink of madness and beyond as you set forth alone into the dark.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 86.2%, Adventure 10%, Indie 3.8%

Why You'll Like It: A point-and-click adventure that leans heavily into Victorian-era Lovecraftian horror and atmospheric mystery.

One Late Night: Deadline continues the story of One Late Night, a horror/mystery game where you play the role of an office worker caught in the middle of the paranormal activity that has broken out in a seemingly ordinary office building. Freely explore the 5 story office complex that houses several different companies.

Why similar: Adventure 57.6%, Indie 42.4%

Why You'll Like It: A horror-adventure game that captures the feeling of being trapped in a mundane office environment while supernatural events unfold.

Working at a data entry job in the big city, you type up and transcribe the lost mail and letters that have nowhere else to go. But as the days carry on oddities in the mail start to emerge, and cracks begin to appear.

Why similar: Simulation 83.5%, Adventure 16.5%

Why You'll Like It: A typing-based simulation game that focuses on uncovering mysteries through documents and narrative investigation.

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 66.2%, Simulation 18.8%, RPG 15%

Why You'll Like It: A mystery-investigation game that uses card-based mechanics to explore Lovecraftian themes.

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 85.2%, Adventure 14.8%

Why You'll Like It: A point-and-click adventure that directly adapts Lovecraftian lore into a classic investigative format.

H.P. Lovecraft meets Cyberpunk. Delve deep into a dystopian world and investigate what is happening to you and your friends in a domed city. Solve puzzles, hack systems and plug in to explore other dimensions. Discover a truth that might tear apart your sanity and question your very existence.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 87.4%, Adventure 12.6%

Why You'll Like It: A cyberpunk-noir adventure that blends Lovecraftian themes with investigative gameplay.

One reporter, trying to survive nine days in an isolated village. Four demonesses who are out for blood. Several supernatural murders... Welcome to Hope Hill!

Why similar: RPG 65.1%, Adventure 34.9%

Why You'll Like It: A horror-mystery visual novel that requires deduction and investigation to identify a supernatural killer.

Can you endure until morning Monitor Japan's stigmatized properties and report any paranormal activity If you miss a report or make repeated mistakes——

Why similar: Simulation 78.6%, Casual 21.4%

Why You'll Like It: An investigation-heavy horror game that tasks you with monitoring and researching supernatural properties.

Necrophosis is a first-person horror adventure, plunging you into a nightmarish realm teeming with grotesque forms and ominous visuals. Delve into eerie landscapes and uncover secrets in this atmospheric journey through the macabre.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 94.7%, Adventure 5.3%

Why You'll Like It: A surreal walking simulator that emphasizes Lovecraftian atmosphere and exploration of a dying world.

Person of European Heritage #112: Welcome to Relocation Block B, your new home. Your designated role is 'Bouncer'. Work hard, stay out of trouble, and we might let you stay in the UK.

Why similar: Simulation 62.2%, RPG 24.5%, Indie 5.6%, Adventure 5.4%, Casual 2.3%

Why You'll Like It: A management-heavy game set in a dystopian Britain that mirrors the bureaucratic pressure of the seed game.

You're hired to dig up graves at a local church, looting valuables while demonic activity escalates. You must find and return all the burnt bones to stop the demonic activity. Each night you will dig for valuables to find bones, fend off growing corruption, and survive to solve the mystery.

Why similar: Simulation 87.3%, Adventure 12.7%

Why You'll Like It: An immersive horror game that focuses on the grim, investigative aspects of dealing with the dead.

LEAD the CULT OF CTHULHU. Decide the fate of your followers, perform eldritch rituals, and master the art of city-building in a world where the line between sanity and madness blurs. Can you endure the horrors you unleash?

Why similar: Lovecraftian 71.2%, Simulation 28.8%

You are a body snatching creature. Capture the body, explore the environment, reproduce.

Why similar: Simulation 52.6%, RPG 27.8%, Adventure 19.6%

NEWSPAPER EDITING ADVENTURE. "In 1996, a congressman was murdered...The prime suspect is a congressman's aide. As the suspicious article was published the story begins" Play the role of editor-in-chief of a newspaper. You become the editor of a newspaper and write a front-page article every day.

Why similar: Simulation 39.9%, Noir 36.1%, Casual 12.2%, Adventure 11.9%

First-person horror game where you work the night shift at a Mexican convenience store, handling daily tasks while facing eerie and unexpected events.

Why similar: Simulation 53.1%, Casual 20.3%, Adventure 17.3%, Indie 9.3%

Take a night shift job in a place that runs on habit, not purpose. Restock shelves, take deliveries, clean the mess, and try to make it till morning. Not everything feels right and you’re never quite alone. Something waits in the dark.

Why similar: Simulation 77%, Adventure 23%

Manage a haunted funeral service as a priest in a cursed forest. Bury or cremate the dead, perform exorcisms, fend off demonic possessions, and quiet restless souls. Survive terrifying encounters, maintain sanity, and experience the pinnacle of horror simulation in The Unholy Priest!

Why similar: Simulation 88.2%, Casual 11.8%

In Newspaper Day, you take on the role of a newspaper delivery person in a seemingly quiet neighborhood. Every morning, you carry out your job, delivering the day's news to your neighbors' doors. However, you soon realize that things are not what they seem.

Why similar: Casual 62.5%, Adventure 37.5%

You are wetware, working a mysterious job.

Why similar: Simulation 77.8%, Adventure 22.2%

Bite Night: Dine or Die is a First-Person horror thriller where you play as a diner worker trying to solve the murders of your customers along side your best friend Vamp.

Why similar: Noir 57.7%, Casual 18.7%, Adventure 15.7%, Indie 8%

Congratulations, you've found Dingir OS — an operating system that lets you glimpse into the darkest corners of the internet. Browse forbidden websites, investigate lethal files, and immerse yourself in the world of digital legends. (We are not responsible for anything that may happen to you.)

Why similar: Simulation 52.6%, Noir 47.4%

You awaken in a cold unfamiliar building crawling with grotesque creatures. Stave off terror using your wits and anything you can find, then try to make it out alive in this highly atmospheric environmental horror game.

Why similar: Adventure 100%

CURSE is a point-and-click horror game that throws the player into the world of paranormal investigations.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 47.5%, Simulation 32.3%, Adventure 10.8%, Indie 9.4%

KILL YOUR GOD. BECOME WORTHY. Horripilant is a chilling idle incremental dungeon crawl through the horrors of a forgotten underworld.

Why similar: Simulation 54.5%, RPG 26.3%, Casual 19.2%

Prepare to be assigned to help investigate and identify anomalous creatures called the LONGEYED.

Why similar: Simulation 61.7%, Adventure 26.3%, Indie 12%

You are a monster under someone's house.

Why similar: Noir 55.5%, RPG 34.7%, Casual 9.7%

This is a first-person Chinese horror game, players will go to a murder building, uncover the truth of the murder, find the missing people..

Why similar: Simulation 50.2%, RPG 28.4%, Adventure 21.4%

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: Lovecraftian 41.5%, Casual 23.9%, Adventure 22%, RPG 8.7%, Indie 3.8%

There is a monster living in your apartment.

Why similar: Noir 58.6%, RPG 41.4%

Mason is assigned a new job from the big boss when strange things start happening and he discovers the true meaning of fear... Horror in Da Hood is a gripping first-person horror game set in the hood, where the supernatural lurks around every corner. Are you brave enough to face the real terror?

Why similar: Casual 77%, Adventure 23%

Alone with the dead... Embalm corpses, banish demons, save your soul.

Why similar: Simulation 67.8%, Adventure 17.4%, Indie 14.7%

Discover a world unknown to you, becoming the figure before whom the universe itself shudders, the one unacquainted with the confines of time and space, experiencing the lives of different individuals. Transform into someone who fears only one thing: the creature trailing closely behind.

Why similar: Adventure 53.1%, Indie 46.9%

Octave is a point 'n click horror-adventure game with elements of action. Dark woods, monsters, paranormal activity, nice puzzles - all this is present in the game.

Why similar: Indie 64%, Adventure 36%

You're working overtime again in your dead-end job, whilst your boss is on vacation. However, strange things are happening throughout the office. Complete your daily work tasks, explore your office, report any anomalies you may find, and you may just find yourself getting a promotion...

Why similar: Adventure 100%

Sunken Engine Lovecraftian Ship Repair Simulation. Restore your father’s old shipyard. Each arriving ship carries a dark mystery to be solved. Keep your customers satisfied while dealing with the strange and eerie happenings on the island.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 66.5%, Simulation 33.5%

Every time you die, a new story begins. You are the nighttime security guard at a hospital. Your job is to monitor the hospital and fix problems when they happen. Every night, a new horror tale will unfold. If you can survive enough nights, you will learn the truth behind all the horror!

Why similar: Casual 100%

Become a mad scientist! Conduct crazy experiments, mix mutagens, breed abominable creatures, and attach monstrous body parts to them. Manage your inventory, expand your lab, and make sure your hideout is safe. Send your creations into the city to obtain salvage and test subjects!

Why similar: Simulation 79.8%, Indie 20.2%

Welcome to Red Hives, a lovely Midwestern town infested with demons. You're a little spirit stuck in a time loop, your only way to interact with the world is by possessing people and whispering into their ears. Explore timelines, solve mysteries, and please, try to keep your hosts alive...

Why similar: Lovecraftian 72.7%, RPG 18.4%, Indie 8.9%

You've accepted a shady job offer at a doll factory. Inspect dolls for defects and anomalies. Follow strange protocols. Don't get fired and stay alive.

Why similar: Simulation 86.5%, Adventure 10.5%, Indie 3%

I made this first-person single player ghost hunting simulation game, trying to take an authentic approach at investigating ghosts. Use essential paranormal tools to help your community alleviate their concerns and put their minds at ease.

Why similar: Simulation 100%

You are an observer tasked with monitoring surveillance footage for suspicious activity. This innocuous job soon takes a turn for the creepy, as anomalies begin to appear, from moving furniture... to them. Experience a real-time horror straight from horror-filled creepypastas!

Why similar: Simulation 78.3%, Casual 21.7%

Social welfare survival horror based on real events. Endure emotional pain and societal pressure. Stay entertained. Survive the routine and become the hero of your studio apartment—battle inner demons, hide skeletons in the closet, and most importantly… keep the bathroom clean.

Why similar: Simulation 68.4%, Adventure 16.2%, Indie 15.4%