- #1 Claire
97% matchVery Positive93% of 127 reviews2025
Dev: TS GAMES LLC
Windows
Beth returns to her estranged sister’s house in 1963. Explore chilling, richly detailed levels, solve puzzles, and uncover haunting family secrets. Face intense scares and heart-pounding chases, with your choice shaping multiple endings.
Why similar: Immersive 32% ★, Survival Horror 16.2%, Lore-Rich 14.9%, Dark 10.1%, Horror 8.6%
- #2 Hundred Acre Wood
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Gregg RahubaPub: Jared R. Bair
Windows
Explore and survive a twisted Hundred Acre Wood while being hunted by an old childhood friend, Winnie-the-Pooh. Rescue Christopher Robin with the help of Eldritch Beasts that were once familiar faces. Discover what took place and has changed a once beautiful land into something dark and dangerous.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 33.8%, Survival Horror 20%, Dark 13.3%, Horror 11.9%, Lore-Rich 9.3%
- #3 The Coma 3: Bloodlines
96% matchVery Positive86% of 371 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 31.1%, Survival Horror 22.8%, Horror 16.1%, Lore-Rich 8.8%, Dark 7.5%
- #4 ISO/2004
95% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Koniipinka GamesPub: Neuroticfly Games
Windows
ISO/2004 is a grounded psychological horror game about guilt, trauma, and disturbing memories rotting inside a decaying provincial home. Step into a suffocating, atmospheric nightmare where raw emotional tension slowly warps reality. Face what you left behind before the shadows consume you.
Why similar: Immersive 51.2% ★, Horror 17.3%, Survival Horror 11.3%, Dark 9.7%, 3D 4.5%
- #5 The Night Shift
94% matchMixed58% of 143 reviews2025
Dev: Red Spiral Studios
Windows
Trapped in a department store during a storm, survive with only a flashlight while completing tasks and evading a malevolent presence that only moves when you're not looking. Uncover secrets and face evolving horrors in this immersive first-person horror game.
Why similar: Immersive 37.7% ★, Survival Horror 24.1%, Horror 14.4%, Puzzle 5.6%, Dark 4.7%
- #6 Astrophobia
94% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: CosmicArcade
Windows
A PSX-style cosmic horror game where a classified mission to study alien architecture on the Moon leads two astronauts into the ruins of an ancient civilization that predates humanity.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 30.3%, Survival Horror 16.8%, Immersive 16.7% ★, Horror 11.9%, Retro 9.6%
- #7 Dreams in the Witch House
93% matchVery Positive92% of 442 reviews2023
Dev: Atom Brain GamesPub: Bonus Stage Publishing
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 51%
Navigate the eerie world of Dreams in the Witch House, a unique blend of point-and-click and RPG-adventure. Unravel occult mysteries in Arkham, maintain your sanity, and survive the May-Eve in this Lovecraftian horror game.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 26.5%, Lore-Rich 22.3%, Survival Horror 13.1%, Time Management 11.7%, Horror 8.7%
- #8 HORROR TALES: The Wine
92% matchMostly Positive78% of 481 reviews2021
Dev: Carlos Coronado
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Explore a post-pandemic fictional Mediterranean island and confront your fears! Immerse yourself in a seemingly abandoned city and struggle to find a precious Banydebosc red wine bottle to cure your loved ones. But be aware; your Nemesis is hunting you. Indie Jumpscares included! :D
Why similar: Immersive 34.4% ★, Survival Horror 19%, Lore-Rich 15%, Dark 11.3%, Horror 11%
- #9 Beneath Paris
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Red Spiral Studios
Windows
Descend into the forbidden French Catacombs in this atmospheric first person horror experience. Explore restricted tunnels, uncover hidden secrets, and venture deeper into forgotten passages where the further you go, the more it feels like something is down there with you.
Why similar: Immersive 34.7% ★, Survival Horror 26.5%, Horror 16.4%, Dark 7.2%, Puzzle 5.8%
- #10 Terror in the Corn
91% matchPositive89% of 19 reviews2024
Dev: FreakZone Games
Windows
The witch’s ominous chanting echoes through the corn field, a rogues' gallery of deranged monsters is out for your blood, an eerie mist rolls in from worlds unknown... and you don’t even remember how you got here. Can you escape the Terror in the Corn?
Why similar: Survival Horror 24.4%, Lore-Rich 20.6%, Immersive 17% ★, Horror 15.7%, Dark 14.8%
- #11 The motel
89% matchVery Positive85% of 128 reviews2025
Dev: Aura studios
Windows
Work the late-night shift at The Motel, an old roadside stop near Oakhill Grove. Complete simple tasks until a news broadcast reveals a dangerous killer is nearby. Can you survive the night?
Why similar: Immersive 39.2% ★, Lore-Rich 21.3%, Horror 11.8%, Survival Horror 8.7%, Dark 7.5%
- #12 The Sleep Experiment
90% 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 27.3%, Survival Horror 24.3%, Dark 15%, Horror 14.5%, Story Rich 7%
- #13 Leave a Light
89% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2022
Dev: Noah Dundas
Windows
Alone in the darkened manor, terrible secrets wait to be brought to light. Discover the clues to your family's past, and search for supplies that may help you survive what lurks in the shadows.
Why similar: Survival Horror 34.5%, Lore-Rich 15.8%, Dark 10.7%, Story Rich 10.2%, Horror 10.1%
- #14 Last Chance Market
88% 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 34.8%, Survival Horror 23.5%, Lore-Rich 17.8%, Horror 10.7%, Story Rich 7.3%
- #15 Look Outside
86% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 13,426 reviews2025
Dev: Francis CoulombePub: Devolver Digital
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 15.1 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Look Outside is a survival horror RPG set in a single apartment building. A mysterious event turns anyone who looks out the window into grotesque monsters, leaving the world in absolute chaos. Scavenge the building to seek food, supplies, and weapons while encountering strange characters.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 34.7%, Survival Horror 26.9%, Horror 14.6%, Pixel Graphics 7.5%, Dark 7%
- #16 The Dark Cowboy
87% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Valezart
Windows
Embark on a harrowing first-person horror adventure through untamed pine forests and deep caves. Track the Blackwood gang to avenge your family, but beware: outlaws aren't the only threat. Cling to the light, survive otherworldly nightmares, and keep your lantern burning.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 30.1%, Immersive 24.9% ★, Survival Horror 14.4%, Lore-Rich 12%, Horror 7.9%
- #17 Dunwich Horror
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Atom Brain Games
Windows
Explore the dreaded town of Dunwich, uncover the dark legacy of the Whateley family, and stop the Dunwich Horror if you can. A Lovecraftian monster hunt adventure with point-and-click gameplay and light RPG elements.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 34.6%, Lore-Rich 12.8%, Horror 12.2%, Survival Horror 8.9%, Time Management 8.4%
- #18 Sleepover at Sam’s
85% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 0xp Games
Windows
You’re invited to a birthday sleepover in May 1985. But when the laughter fades, the nightmare begins. Explore, solve puzzles, and survive the night in this psychological horror inspired by MADiSON and Stranger Things.
Why similar: Survival Horror 25.6%, Lore-Rich 17.1%, Horror 16.9%, Demons 9%, Dark 8.7%
- #19 Souls Alive: Origins
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Souls Alive Development
Windows
Souls Alive: Origins is a Lovecraftian survival horror game set in a dark sci-fi future. Explore a world where reality bends, ancient cults return, and Cthulhu stirs once more. With a strong focus on story, atmosphere, and visual detail.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 46%, Survival Horror 26.2%, Horror 13.7%, Story Rich 7.6%, Indie 2%
- #20 3 O'clock Horror
84% matchMostly Positive72% of 50 reviews2021
Dev: 3 O'clock grymlins TeamPub: Gabe Simao
Windows
This is a Lovecraftian-inspired tale of a man writing the horrors of the one night he visited his great uncle's mansion to remember what actually happened at 3 am during the visit.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 38.4%, Time Management 20.3%, Horror 13.4%, Dark 10%, Pixel Graphics 5.5%
- #21 The Fractured Shimmer
83% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Pendopo CreationsPub: Soft Source
Windows
The Fractured Shimmer is a 2.5D pixel-art survival horror adventure where you follow Eddy, a journalist investigating a string of unsettling murder cases.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 28.7%, Survival Horror 18.1%, Horror 11.3%, Dark 10.5%, Demons 10.1%
- #22 Recurrence
82% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Equinox Interactive
Windows
"Something is broken... and it keeps repeating."A classic survival horror set in a cyberpunk world corrupted by a strange signal. Solve puzzles, face terrifying creatures, and try to escape a nightmare that seems endless
Why similar: Lovecraftian 28.7%, Survival Horror 22.4%, Retro 10.1%, Horror 10.1%, Dark 8.3%
- #23 Evil Dark
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Jinnworks
Windows
The darkness isn't just atmosphere--it's alive. A co-op survival horror with psychological elements for 1-4 players set in 2030 with deep lore. Survive until dawn, or perform the ritual and leave early. Light is your only defense, but it is never guaranteed.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 23.6%, Survival Horror 19.2%, Lore-Rich 15.3%, Horror 10.5%, Dark 10.5%
- #24 PERDITION VILLAGE
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: QUIET TOWN STUDIO™
Windows · Mac
Survival horror adventure with 2D pixel graphics and scary story in an dark abandoned village.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 25.3%, Lore-Rich 21%, Horror 11.8%, Dark 11.6%, Survival Horror 8%
- #25 The Coma 2B: Catacomb
80% matchMostly Positive74% of 615 reviews2024
Dev: Dvora Studio Co., Ltd.Pub: Headup
Windows
Median: 5.7 hrsMean: 22.6 hrs≥1hr: 89%
The Coma 2B: Catacomb is a Korean survival horror adventure. It is the back story to the previous game, The Coma 2: Vicious Sisters, and a story bridge for the full series. You return as Youngho, the hero from The Coma 1, as you once again venture forth into the terrifying mirror dimension…
Why similar: Lovecraftian 25.1%, Survival Horror 18.3%, Lore-Rich 16.8%, Dark 13%, Horror 10.7%
- #26 Lovelace Case
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: BOK Studio
Windows
Lovelace Case is a Retro Lovecraftian Survival Horror set in the 1900s. Explore the nightmarish Mansion, manage scarce resources and face eldritch terrors where survival means choosing what parts of reality you are willing to lose.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 37%, Survival Horror 25.9%, Horror 15.9%, Pixel Graphics 5.1%, Puzzle 4.8%
- #27 The Deadseat
79% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 621 reviews2025
Dev: Curious Fox Sox
Windows
A horror game where you play a hand-held console in the backseat during a long drive home.
Why similar: Survival Horror 26.8%, Dark 16.2%, Horror 14.3%, Lore-Rich 9.3%, Story Rich 9.2%
- #28 Harvest Hunt
79% matchVery Positive97% of 71 reviews2024
Dev: Villainous Games StudioPub: CULT Games
Windows
You are the Warden. Enter the dense cornfields and gather the resources your village desperately needs. But beware: you are not alone. Build a deck of abilities and choose your weapons to face the growing dangers of the night. With a relentless monster after you, will you make it out alive?
Why similar: Lovecraftian 28.5%, Survival Horror 18.8%, Lore-Rich 17.2%, Dark 10.5%, Horror 10.4%
- #29 Feed The Pit
78% matchVery Positive99% of 152 reviews2026
Dev: Curious Fox Sox
Windows
JOIN THE SOCIETY in this story-driven, investigative horror game. Hunt down wealthy humans in a deadly forest in order to Feed The Pit. Act 1 is available at launch. Acts 2 & 3 will release as free updates in the coming months!
Why similar: Survival Horror 22.5%, Lore-Rich 18.3%, Horror 14.8%, Retro 12.1%, Story Rich 6.6%
- #30 Exogenesis: The Erebus Cycle
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Nostalgic Brains
Windows
A sci-fi survival horror with cosmic dread. A civilization on the verge of synthesizing human life is drawn to a planet that responds… and traps them like prey. Exploration, environmental puzzles, and heavy, clunky combat where every bullet counts.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 29.9%, Survival Horror 27.9%, Retro 14.1%, Horror 9.5%, Pixel Graphics 7.1%
- #31 CANDLES
77% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2024
Dev: Proppa
Windows
CANDLES is a top-down, atmospheric horror game where you collect candles scattered throughout a house to perform a sealing ritual on a demon before it gets to you first. Explore the house, find the candles, solve puzzles, and outmaneuver the demon to escape.
Why similar: Immersive 48.9% ★, Survival Horror 23.9%, Dark 10.7%, Horror 9.9%, Puzzle 3.7%
- #32 DARKLING
77% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: SILI GAMES
Windows
DARKLING is a bite-sized first-person horror game. Locked inside a haunted house, use your wits to get out.
Why similar: Immersive 50.3% ★, Horror 16.4%, Dark 15.9%, Puzzle 6.9%, Indie 4.5%
- #33 Backrooms: Exit from Supermarket
75% matchMixed65% of 60 reviews2025
Dev: CGI LAB GAMES
Windows
In the Backrooms: Exit from Supermarket, you find yourself trapped in a labyrinth of endless, flickering aisles. Unearth dark secrets behind every shelf while evading lurking apparitions and supernatural terrors. Can you survive the haunted corridors and escape before the nightmare consumes?
Why similar: Lovecraftian 33%, Survival Horror 23%, Dark 15.9%, Horror 14.7%, Story Rich 8%
- #34 RIP Party
75% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: RewdanSprites
Windows
Throw a party at a maniac's mansion. RIP Party is a single player slasher horror game inspired by 80s & 90s horror movies where you and the NPCs are being hunted. Try and survive the micro sandbox experience.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 25.4%, Survival Horror 19.4%, Dark 14.7%, Horror 13.7%, Retro 7.4%
- #35 Workplace Malice
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Astrum Studio
Windows
A survival horror in striking HD-2D, Workplace Malice blends exploration, puzzles, and tense combat with scarce resources and grotesque threats, where every choice shapes Theo’s descent into a workplace nightmare.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 31.7%, Survival Horror 21.1%, Lore-Rich 15.3%, Horror 11.4%, Story Rich 6.2%
- #36 Deadlivery Night
74% match6 user reviews67% of 6 reviews2026
Dev: Bucefalo Games
Windows · Mac
Deliver food through a city hunted by a serial killer. Deadlivery Night blends fast-paced arcade driving with survival horror as you complete deliveries, escape danger, meet strange characters, and uncover a world of cosmic conspiracies!
Why similar: Survival Horror 32.7%, Dark 20.2%, Retro 16.2%, Multiple Endings 7.8%, Horror 6.7%
- #37 The Consuming Shadow
76% matchVery Positive95% of 425 reviews2015
Dev: Ben 'Yahtzee' Croshaw
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 87%
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 54%, Survival Horror 23.9%, Horror 9.8%, Dark 7.1%, Indie 2.7%
- #38 The Victor Initiative
73% matchPositive95% of 22 reviews2026
Dev: Spacepiano Games
Windows
The Initiative was a Welsh government facility that was mysteriously abandoned in the 60s, with rumours of terrifying supernatural threats lurking inside. Will you take the plunge?
Why similar: Lovecraftian 30.2%, Survival Horror 23.2%, Horror 14.3%, Dark 10.6%, Puzzle 5.9%
- #39 Thanks for the Soup
73% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Solshade Games
Windows · Linux
The job's simple: Go around town and satisfy your customers with some nice and hot soup. Hop on your bicycle and go around town, make some money, buy items, take care of your cat, and much more in this immersive horror simulator.
Why similar: Immersive 44.2% ★, Horror 12.5%, Dark 11.8%, Time Management 10.6%, Retro 9%
- #40 사괴야행
74% matchPositive92% of 38 reviews2022
Dev: GeuktePub: Dreamforest Entertainment
Windows
Let's escape from the shrine to find the five beads sealed in the red box to avoid various goblins.
Why similar: Lore-Rich 24.1%, Survival Horror 21.9%, Horror 13.8%, Dark 12.7%, Demons 11.6%
- #41 The Remainer
72% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2025
Dev: 20100
Windows
The Remainer is a survival horror game in which you must travel through a colossal abandoned spaceship. Traverse and adapt to this hostile environment, gather mementos of the past, survive the horrors of this universe and keep yourself together as you plunge deeper and deeper into the unknown.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 30.3%, Survival Horror 18.4%, Lore-Rich 16.7%, Demons 9.6%, Dark 8.4%
- #42 The Unbeatable Path
73% matchMostly Positive79% of 29 reviews2023
Dev: RecklessGames
Windows
In this realistic and immersive first-person horror adventure, you have to beat riddles and puzzles in a hellish environment. While doing so you will unveil the story of Mia and find out why she was finally driven to taking her own life. Will you change her story for the better?
Why similar: Immersive 41.4% ★, Horror 13.1%, Demons 11.1%, Dark 8.8%, Puzzle 6.3%
- #43 Why's It Getting DARKER?!
72% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Kenan'sGames
Windows
The light is your only lifeline. Descend into a crushing, thalassophobic abyss where every photograph could be your last. Investigate unpredictable deep-sea horrors and explore the vast, dark unknown - all while being 'assisted' by a darkly sarcastic AI.
Why similar: Immersive 25.4% ★, Lovecraftian 22.9%, Survival Horror 17.7%, Lore-Rich 12.3%, Horror 10.3%
- #44 [Nightmare Files] Clap Clap
70% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 5,216 reviews2024
Dev: Raycastly
Windows
Clap Clap is a short indie horror game that puts you in the shoes of a house sitter, experiencing strange occurrences in a seemingly ordinary home.
Why similar: Immersive 30.1% ★, Horror 22.5%, Lore-Rich 12.1%, Dark 10.4%, Retro 9.5%
- #45 INANIMA
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Obscure Tales
Windows · Linux
A survival horror game set in the isolated facilities of a strange corporation. Search for limited supplies, and fight terrifying creatures to reveal the truth behind the Lazarus project. Be part of something that will change the future of humanity.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 32.1%, Survival Horror 23.2%, Horror 10.3%, Dark 8.7%, Pixel Graphics 6.6%
- #46 Ashes of Torment
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Frostfire Entertainment
Windows
Ashes of Torment is a harrowing psychological horror where reality fractures under a tragic past. Solve mind-bending puzzles and survive the darkness as the lines between memory and madness blur. Will you unearth the roots of this curse, or become just another pile of ashes?
Why similar: Immersive 40.5% ★, Survival Horror 19.4%, Horror 13.1%, Dark 10.6%, Story Rich 6.7%
- #47 Triage
69% matchPositive88% of 48 reviews2025
Dev: 5'DigitalPub: Champlain College
Windows
Step into the role of a doctor in the town of Stagmarch, where an otherworldly illness is mutating residents. Get to know your patients, diagnose their illnesses, and treat them. However, you have limited medicine, and every day your patients get worse. How far will you go to save others?
Why similar: Immersive 56.8% ★, Dark 14.5%, Retro 10%, Story Rich 8.3%, Multiple Endings 6.7%
- #48 Doorways: Holy Mountains of Flesh
71% matchMostly Positive79% of 460 reviews2016
Dev: Saibot Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 8.9 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Doorways: Holy Mountains of Flesh is an Immersive Horror Adventure, featuring a Complex Story and Deep Atmosphere.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 30.6%, Survival Horror 18.4%, Horror 12.4%, Demons 11.7%, Dark 11.1%
- #49 Subversive Memories
67% matchVery Positive98% of 121 reviews2026
Dev: Southward Studio
Windows
Subversive Memories is a story driven survival horror set in Brazil during the last military dictatorship. Explore the backrooms of an oppressive regime, escape ominous presences and scavenge every corner of this land in search of your ██████.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 27.7%, Survival Horror 19.2%, Dark 11.7%, Horror 9.3%, Retro 8.7%
- #50 99% - 残された被検体 -
69% matchMixed50% of 16 reviews2025
Dev: DCG Entertainment,Inc.
Windows
"99%" is a first-person survival horror puzzle game set in an eerie research facility. The protagonist, having lost all memories, explores the twisted and terrifying environment in a desperate attempt to escape.
Why similar: Immersive 45.5% ★, Survival Horror 25.7%, Horror 14.8%, Indie 4.5%, 3D 4.3%
- #51 Canterz Paranormies
70% match7 user reviews86% of 7 reviews2022
Dev: Anamik Majumdar
Windows · Linux
Canterz Paranormies is a 2D Top Down survival horror game based on the story of the most renowned paranormal investigation team of the US called "Canterz Paranormies" who got a request from the owner of the Texas Haunted house to investigate it for the paranormal evidence.
Why similar: Survival Horror 25.6%, Horror 13.4%, Dark 13.3%, Demons 11%, Retro 10.6%
- #52 Penumbra Overture
71% matchVery Positive91% of 4,128 reviews2009
Dev: Frictional Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 58%
Penumbra: Overture is a first person survival horror game, emphasizing on survival and problem solving instead of mindless violence and gore.
Why similar: Horror 28.9%, Survival Horror 23%, Lovecraftian 21.2%, Dark 10.8%, Story Rich 5.6%
- #53 RESIDUUM
68% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Will Nightingale
Windows
RESIDUUM is a first-person psychological horror game set in a decaying research facility. Armed with only a dwindling flashlight and a faulty heartbeat sensor, manage your power, uncover the truth, and escape what hides in the dark.
Why similar: Immersive 40.4% ★, Survival Horror 25.8%, Dark 14.9%, Horror 6.5%, 3D 3.8%
- #54 The Dark Between
67% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2025
Dev: RedRooms
Windows
BETWEEN LIFE AND DEATH. Survive within surreal mazes in this retro first-person horror, where only by reassembling your soul can you escape.
Why similar: Immersive 48.1% ★, Horror 15.7%, Dark 10.2%, Retro 9.9%, Pixel Graphics 5.3%
- #55 Dead of Darkness
67% matchVery Positive87% of 214 reviews2025
Dev: Retrofiction Games
Windows
Dead of Darkness is a 2D survival-horror action-adventure. Investigate a mysterious island and unravel its disturbing secret. You’ll have to face grotesque creatures, hurdle deadly traps, solve puzzles, and most importantly, survive.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 31.2%, Survival Horror 24.1%, Horror 13.2%, Dark 9.4%, Story Rich 7.7%
- #56 The Academy of the Cosmic Realm
68% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Blue Moss Games
Windows
The Academy of the Cosmic Realm is a short first-person horror game where you explore an old abandoned academy to discover what terrible event led to it's closure.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 41.8%, Lore-Rich 22.6%, Horror 17.1%, Dark 6.7%, Story Rich 6.2%
- #57 Lust from Beyond: M Edition
68% matchMixed65% of 356 reviews2022
Dev: Movie Games LunariumPub: Movie Games S.A.
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 7.0 hrs≥1hr: 64%
Descend into madness in a first-person survival horror inspired by Lovecraft and Giger. Solve the mystery of esoteric cults. Cross the gate to the blasphemous land of Lusst’ghaa. Play the new M-rated cut of the fan-favorite Lust from Beyond.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 30.3%, Survival Horror 18.8%, Lore-Rich 17%, Dark 11.4%, Horror 11.3%
- #58 The Indoors
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: RLStudios
Windows
Days after your daughter vanishes, an anonymous note says she’s trapped in an abandoned indoor playground. You break in. It’s dark, rotten, silent. As you search the ruins, something watches you. You’re not alone and it knows you’re there.
Why similar: Lore-Rich 25%, Dark 21.1%, Survival Horror 20.8%, Horror 15.5%, Puzzle 7.7%
- #59 Astray
69% matchMixed69% of 230 reviews2015
Dev: Aegon Games Ltd
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 56%
Astray is a first-person horror/puzzle game set in an abandoned museum based on unusual cultures, legends, and supernatural themes. But something more sinister lurks beneath the surface..
Why similar: Lovecraftian 25.1%, Survival Horror 20.9%, Horror 20.8%, Dark 14.2%, Puzzle 9.1%
- #60 Static Dread: The Lighthouse
63% matchVery Positive91% of 1,410 reviews2025
Dev: solarsuit.gamesPub: Polden Publishing
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.9 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Lovecraft meets Papers, Please. Play as a lighthouse keeper and guide ships safely into the harbor using your radio. Survive the presence of something impossible, and don’t let the shadows consume you!
Why similar: Lovecraftian 29.2%, Lore-Rich 16.3%, Survival Horror 15.5%, Dark 11.7%, Horror 10.8%