- #1 Claire
97% matchVery Positive94% of 101 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 31.7% ★, Survival Horror 16.1%, Lore-Rich 15.2%, Dark 10.2%, 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 33.7%, Survival Horror 19.9%, Dark 13.4%, Horror 11.9%, Lore-Rich 9.5%
- #3 The Coma 3: Bloodlines
96% 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 32%, Survival Horror 22.7%, Horror 15.8%, Lore-Rich 8.7%, Dark 7.3%
- #4 The Night Shift
95% 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 24.2%, Horror 14.5%, Puzzle 5.6%, Dark 4.7%
- #5 Dreams in the Witch House
94% matchVery Positive93% of 421 reviews2023
Dev: Atom Brain GamesPub: Bonus Stage Publishing
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 50%
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 26.2%, Lore-Rich 22.7%, Survival Horror 13%, Time Management 11.8%, Horror 8.7%
- #6 Terror in the Corn
94% 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 24.2%, Lore-Rich 21%, Immersive 16.8% ★, Horror 15.6%, Dark 14.8%
- #7 Dwelling on the Hill
93% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Apocrifa Labs Interactive
Windows
Sealed inside by a cosmic anomaly. In this house that defies the laws of physics, evade the Entity that manipulates your mind. Your only aid is an experimental device that reveals illusions. A 90-minute, intense, and Lovecraftian psychological horror experience.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 30.9%, Survival Horror 18.3%, Lore-Rich 15%, Horror 11.9%, Dark 9.7%
- #8 The Sleep Experiment
92% 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 27.2%, Survival Horror 24.2%, Dark 15.1%, Horror 14.5%, Story Rich 7%
- #9 The motel
91% matchVery Positive86% of 127 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 38.8% ★, Lore-Rich 21.7%, Horror 11.8%, Survival Horror 8.6%, Dark 7.5%
- #10 Leave a Light
91% 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 34.2%, Lore-Rich 16.1%, Dark 10.7%, Story Rich 10.2%, Horror 10%
- #11 HORROR TALES: The Wine
90% matchMostly Positive78% of 470 reviews2021
Dev: Carlos Coronado
Windows
Median: 3.3 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 34.1% ★, Survival Horror 18.9%, Lore-Rich 15.3%, Dark 11.3%, Horror 10.9%
- #12 The Dark Cowboy
89% 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%, Immersive 24.7% ★, Survival Horror 14.3%, Lore-Rich 12.3%, Horror 7.9%
- #13 Dunwich Horror
89% 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 34.3%, Lore-Rich 13%, Horror 12.1%, Survival Horror 8.8%, Time Management 8.5%
- #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 34.6%, Survival Horror 23.4%, Lore-Rich 18.2%, Horror 10.7%, Story Rich 7.3%
- #15 Sleepover at Sam’s
87% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 0XP Game Studios
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 25.4%, Lore-Rich 17.5%, Horror 16.8%, Demons 8.9%, Dark 8.8%
- #16 Souls Alive: Origins
86% 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%
- #17 3 O'clock Horror
86% matchMostly Positive71% of 48 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 38.1%, Time Management 20.5%, Horror 13.4%, Dark 10.1%, Pixel Graphics 5.5%
- #18 The Fractured Shimmer
85% 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 28.6%, Survival Horror 18%, Horror 11.3%, Dark 10.6%, Demons 10%
- #19 The Coma 2B: Catacomb
84% matchMostly Positive76% of 556 reviews2024
Dev: Dvora Studio Co., Ltd.Pub: Headup
Windows
Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 21.5 hrs≥1hr: 93%
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 24.9%, Survival Horror 18.2%, Lore-Rich 17.2%, Dark 13.1%, Horror 10.6%
- #20 Recurrence
84% 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 28.6%, Survival Horror 22.3%, Retro 10.1%, Horror 10.1%, Dark 8.3%
- #21 Harvest Hunt
83% matchVery Positive97% of 70 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 28.3%, Survival Horror 18.6%, Lore-Rich 17.5%, Dark 10.6%, Horror 10.4%
- #22 Plura Ingenia: Patient 16
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Oblique Interactive
Windows
A first-person psychological horror game where your personality shapes the experience. Answer unsettling questions, endure disturbing trials, and survive an evaluation that adapts to how you think and behave.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 27.9%, Survival Horror 19.3%, Dark 13.3%, Horror 12.9%, Demons 9.2%
- #23 Lovelace Case
82% 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 4.7%
- #24 Exogenesis: The Erebus Cycle
81% 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 27.8%, Retro 14.1%, Horror 9.5%, Pixel Graphics 7.2%
- #25 The Deadseat
79% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 593 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 26.5%, Dark 16.3%, Horror 14.2%, Lore-Rich 9.4%, Story Rich 9.2%
- #26 Feed The Pit
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Curious Fox Sox
Windows
JOIN THE SOCIETY. Avoid unpredictable horrors that will pursue you relentlessly. Play a vengeful soul's demented game in a haunted forest to find dead bodies. Feed these bodies to THE PIT, lest you be fed to it yourself.
Why similar: Survival Horror 22.3%, Lore-Rich 18.7%, Horror 14.5%, Retro 12%, Story Rich 6.6%
- #27 사괴야행
80% 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 24.5%, Survival Horror 21.7%, Horror 13.7%, Dark 12.8%, Demons 11.5%
- #28 CANDLES
79% 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 48.6% ★, Survival Horror 23.9%, Dark 10.9%, Horror 10%, Puzzle 3.7%
- #29 Workplace Malice
78% 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 31.5%, Survival Horror 21%, Lore-Rich 15.7%, Horror 11.4%, Story Rich 6.2%
- #30 Deadlivery Night
77% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2025
Dev: Bucefalo Games
Windows · Mac
Deadlivery Night mixes a frenetic arcade gameplay with survival horror elements. Explore the city of Santa Monica while completing deliveries, escape the killer, meet colorful characters and unravel the truth in a world of conspiracies!
Why similar: Survival Horror 32.5%, Dark 20.3%, Retro 16.2%, Multiple Endings 7.9%, Horror 6.5%
- #31 The Remainer
77% 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 30.2%, Survival Horror 18.3%, Lore-Rich 17.1%, Demons 9.5%, Dark 8.4%
- #32 The Victor Initiative
76% matchPositive100% of 15 reviews2025
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 23.1%, Horror 14.3%, Dark 10.7%, Puzzle 5.8%
- #33 [Nightmare Files] Clap Clap
75% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 5,034 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 30.3% ★, Horror 21.8%, Lore-Rich 12.5%, Dark 10.6%, Retro 9.5%
- #34 The Consuming Shadow
78% 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 53.9%, Survival Horror 23.9%, Horror 9.8%, Dark 7.2%, Indie 2.8%
- #35 The Unbeatable Path
76% 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 41.2% ★, Horror 13.1%, Demons 11%, Dark 8.9%, Multiple Endings 6.4%
- #36 INANIMA
75% 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%, Survival Horror 23.1%, Horror 10.3%, Dark 8.7%, Pixel Graphics 6.6%
- #37 PERDITION VILLAGE
73% 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%, Lore-Rich 21.4%, Horror 11.7%, Dark 11.6%, Survival Horror 8%
- #38 RIP Party
72% 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 25.3%, Survival Horror 19.4%, Dark 14.8%, Horror 13.6%, Retro 7.4%
- #39 Canterz Paranormies
74% 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 25.5%, Horror 13.4%, Dark 13.4%, Demons 10.9%, Retro 10.6%
- #40 The Academy of the Cosmic Realm
73% 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 41.4%, Lore-Rich 23%, Horror 17%, Dark 6.7%, Story Rich 6.2%
- #41 Triage
71% 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 56.4% ★, Dark 14.7%, Retro 10%, Story Rich 8.4%, Multiple Endings 6.8%
- #42 Penumbra Overture
74% matchVery Positive91% of 4,061 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 28.8%, Survival Horror 23%, Lovecraftian 21.2%, Dark 10.9%, Story Rich 5.6%
- #43 Look Outside
69% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 11,497 reviews2025
Dev: Francis CoulombePub: Devolver Digital
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 14.9 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 33.8%, Survival Horror 27.3%, Horror 14.6%, Pixel Graphics 7.4%, Dark 7.2%
- #44 The Indoors
71% 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 25.5%, Dark 21.1%, Survival Horror 20.6%, Horror 15.4%, Puzzle 7.5%
- #45 Lust from Beyond: M Edition
72% matchMixed66% of 352 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%, Survival Horror 18.6%, Lore-Rich 17.3%, Dark 11.4%, Horror 11.2%
- #46 Astray
73% 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%, Horror 20.8%, Survival Horror 20.8%, Dark 14.3%, Puzzle 9%
- #47 99% - 残された被検体 -
70% 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 45.3% ★, Survival Horror 25.7%, Horror 14.9%, Indie 4.6%, 3D 4.3%
- #48 The Dark Between
70% 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 47.8% ★, Horror 15.7%, Dark 10.3%, Retro 9.9%, Pixel Graphics 5.3%
- #49 Toing's Pops
71% matchMixed67% of 48 reviews2023
Dev: Foamy
Windows
Toing's Pops is a singleplayer survival horror game, you must run and hide from Toing while uncovering the information needed for your escape. Amidst all the chaos, just remember why you came...
Why similar: Lore-Rich 30.3%, Survival Horror 29.4%, Horror 17%, Dark 7.2%, Puzzle 5.9%
- #50 Backrooms: Exit from Supermarket
68% matchMixed70% of 56 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 32.9%, Survival Horror 22.9%, Dark 16.1%, Horror 14.7%, Story Rich 8.1%
- #51 Ryo The Haunted Office
69% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2023
Dev: Anamik Majumdar
Windows · Linux
Ryo The Haunted Office is a 2D Top-Down Survival Horror game where you play as a Paranormal enthusiast who have to investigate the haunted office for the proof of the paranormal.
Why similar: Survival Horror 27.6%, Horror 14.9%, Dark 12%, Retro 11.9%, Demons 8.8%
- #52 Static Dread: The Lighthouse
66% matchVery Positive91% of 1,290 reviews2025
Dev: solarsuit.gamesPub: Polden Publishing
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.9 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 87%
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 28.7%, Lore-Rich 16.7%, Survival Horror 15.4%, Dark 11.8%, Horror 10.8%
- #53 Just an Ordinary Maintenance Check
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: The Hemohscin Project
Windows · Mac · Linux
In this puzzle-survival horror game you must enter a sewer and fix the systems inside at a client's request. Navigate the large sewer quickly and quietly. Something stalks the tunnels, only God can save you if it hears you. Work fast, stay quiet, and get out.
Why similar: Survival Horror 24.9%, Lore-Rich 20.8%, Horror 14.6%, Demons 10.7%, Dark 9.9%
- #54 Fishing The Abyss
66% matchVery Positive95% of 420 reviews2024
Dev: umaaaaaa studio
Windows
This is a relaxing atmospheric game where you simply watch a robot catch creatures. Place it at the edge of your screen like a vertical desktop accessory and observe the ecosystem. It’s neither an idle game with mountains of stats nor an exciting fishing game.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 40.2%, Dark 15.6%, Horror 14.1%, Retro 8.7%, Story Rich 6.5%
- #55 Arata Haunted Asylum
69% match6 user reviews67% of 6 reviews2022
Dev: Anamik Majumdar
Windows · Linux
Arata Haunted Asylum is a 2D Top Down Survival horror game based on the story of a haunted asylum located in Japan. You will investigate the asylum for the proof of the paranormal.
Why similar: Survival Horror 26.1%, Demons 14.9%, Horror 14%, Retro 11.1%, Dark 10.6%
- #56 Doorways: Holy Mountains of Flesh
70% 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 18.3%, Horror 12.4%, Demons 11.7%, Dark 11.2%
- #57 Why's It Getting DARKER?!
67% 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 32.5% ★, Lovecraftian 23.4%, Survival Horror 18.8%, Lore-Rich 14.1%, Dark 8%
- #58 Evil Tonight
67% matchVery Positive87% of 518 reviews2021
Dev: DYA Games
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 57%
Silvia never runs from evil—she makes it her business. Eccentric yet warm-hearted, this seasoned modern exorcist has mastered the art of confronting the supernatural, turning haunted places into tangible nightmares. But on this fateful night, nothing goes as planned.
Why similar: Immersive 28.6% ★, Survival Horror 26.9%, Horror 12.5%, Dark 9.3%, Pixel Graphics 8.3%
- #59 Venatrix
67% matchPositive81% of 43 reviews2024
Dev: Playstige Interactive
Windows
Venatrix is a unique hybrid of action-packed and stealth-based horror game. We choose to play as either Matthew or Della, resulting in two different play styles, either third-person action/horror or first-person stealth/horror.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 42.5%, Survival Horror 18.1%, Horror 14.4%, Lore-Rich 14%, Story Rich 5.3%
- #60 Phantom Floor
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Hawaiian Shirt Games
Windows
You are trapped on the Phantom Floor. You must find a way to escape, but keep quiet, it's always listening.
Why similar: Survival Horror 34%, Horror 21.3%, Retro 14.5%, Dark 9.7%, Puzzle 5.8%