- #1 Feed the Deep
97% matchVery Positive89% of 481 reviews2024
Dev: Luke Muscat
Windows · Mac
Median: 48 minMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 42%
A lovecraftian roguelike. Dive into procedurally generated undersea caves. Collect gold, upgrade your equipment, and Feed the Deep.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 31.9%, Underwater 29% ★, Roguelite 11.5%, Dark 7.6%, Psychological Horror 6.9%
- #2 DIVE or DIE - Children of Rain
96% matchVery Positive91% of 1,251 reviews2026
Dev: Drop Rate StudioPub: Dear Villagers
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Every descent is a deadly gamble. DIVE or DIE in the cursed abyss, face Eldritch horrors to uncover the mystery of the black rain. Scavenge and upgrade, recruit and sacrifice. Save your camp... The Flood is coming.
Why similar: Underwater 30.8% ★, Lovecraftian 27.5%, Roguelite 8.7%, Psychological Horror 7.3%, Survival Horror 7%
- #3 RebreatheR
95% matchMixed68% of 19 reviews2026
Dev: mc_try
Windows
Underwater, you're alone. Or almost alone. You're a diver doing routine work: cleaning the seabed, collecting waste, fixing pipes. But deep down there's always something wrong. Explore, repair, survive — and try not to lose your mind.
Why similar: Underwater 33.2% ★, Lovecraftian 29.9%, Survival Horror 8.1%, Dungeon Crawler 7.8%, Dark 7.4%
- #4 The Consuming Shadow
96% matchVery Positive95% of 428 reviews2015
Dev: Ben 'Yahtzee' Croshaw
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 88%
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 53.5%, Survival Horror 10.1%, Roguelite 9.3%, Violent 7.2%, Dark 4.8%
- #5 Deepophobia
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Hassan Saeed KarimPub: Said Karim (my dad lol)
Windows
Swim deeper and deeper into this underwater horror game. Explore open worlds, save your friends, escape monstrous creatures....What are you waiting for? the depths are beckoning you to go deeper!
Why similar: Underwater 41.5% ★, Lovecraftian 28.5%, Survival Horror 9.7%, Psychological Horror 7.3%, Dark 6%
- #6 To The Deep
94% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: kay56
Windows
Dive into a surreal deep sea dream. Survive by devouring and evolving, and encounter a cast of strange, mysterious companions. Explore, upgrade, and uncover the "truth" hidden beneath the beautiful waves. This is more than an adventure—it is a dimension-breaking dive to the deep.
Why similar: Underwater 49.6% ★, Lovecraftian 35.3%, Psychological Horror 6.6%, Adventure 4.4%, Atmospheric 4.3%
- #7 Open Waters
93% matchNo user reviews
Dev: FluffyGameDev
Windows
Open Waters is a first-person ocean survival horror game. Stranded in a small boat, you must navigate treacherous waters, evade creatures of the deep, and find your way back to safety before the ocean drags you into its depths.
Why similar: Underwater 43.4% ★, Lovecraftian 33.8%, Survival Horror 6.6%, Psychological Horror 5.6%, Action-Adventure 3.8%
- #8 Crathos Deep
92% 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 37.3%, Underwater 26.5% ★, Dark 9.9%, Psychological Horror 7%, Atmospheric 6.5%
- #9 Guilt Lurks Below
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: The Ambitious Game Dev
Windows
Explore the deepest depths of an under ground ocean as you survey the environment by recording audio and taking pictures. Collect fuel found in the caves of these depths. Be careful though, Some thing lurks in these waters.
Why similar: Underwater 48.4% ★, Psychological Horror 16.6%, Survival Horror 10.4%, Dark Fantasy 8.7%, Atmospheric 6.6%
- #10 Why's It Getting DARKER?!
91% 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: Underwater 31.8% ★, Lovecraftian 25%, Psychological Horror 10%, Investigation 9.3%, Survival Horror 8.3%
- #11 The Echo Paradox
90% 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 31.7%, Aliens 15.3%, Investigation 13.4%, Psychological Horror 13.4%, Survival Horror 7.7%
- #12 Abaddon's Veil
89% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2024
Dev: Scott H.F. Dunbar
Windows
A short horror game where you pilot a tiny spaceship through turbulent "waters" surrounding a supermassive blackhole. Retrieve and scan sites of interest while managing your noise footprint.
Why similar: Underwater 54.8% ★, Psychological Horror 16%, Atmospheric 9.2%, Pixel Graphics 6.8%, Dark 5.1%
- #13 Delusion Out of Space
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Have a DreamPub: Two Cakes Studio
Windows
Delusion Out of Space is a Lovecraftian sci-fi horror adventure where you find yourself trapped after audacious experiments conducted by an alien race. As you explore a spaceship, you make choices at critical moments, decisions that will determine your fate and the lives of those around you.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 31.3%, Aliens 12.6%, Psychological Horror 9.6%, Dark 9.4%, Survival Horror 8.5%
- #14 Souls Alive: Origins
88% 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 53.4%, Survival Horror 13%, Psychological Horror 8.2%, Atmospheric 6.1%, Sci-fi 6%
- #15 Static Paradox
87% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Michael Richard Lannon
Windows
Your sight is limited in this first-person psychological horror game in the deep abyss. Use sound to your advantage, while you still have your mind in this experience of pure mind-numbing terror. Try to survive long enough to discover the terrible secrets... if you can...
Why similar: Underwater 31.8% ★, Lovecraftian 30.1%, Psychological Horror 11%, Survival Horror 9.6%, Atmospheric 5.7%
- #16 Lovecraft's Untold Stories
86% matchMostly Positive74% of 964 reviews2019
Dev: LLC Blini GamesPub: Fulqrum Publishing
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Lovecraft’s Untold Stories is an action roguelite with RPG elements. Explore randomly generated levels based in Lovecraft's stories, fight cultists and all kinds of monsters from the Mythos, improve your gear, solve puzzles, and find clues and knowledge to defeat the Great Old Ones.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 61.1%, Roguelite 14%, Dungeon Crawler 8%, Pixel Graphics 4%, Adventure 3.5%
- #17 Depths of Sanity
85% matchVery Positive88% of 94 reviews2022
Dev: Bomb Shelter Games
Windows
A mysterious signal. A missing crew. And the one man trying to piece it all together. As Abe Douglas, dive deep into a fully underwater metroidvania to explore massive oceanic biomes, battle monstrous bosses, and piece together a mystery that threatens not only your crew, but your own sanity.
Why similar: Underwater 36.7% ★, Lovecraftian 32.4%, Psychological Horror 8%, Dark 6%, Action-Adventure 4.3%
- #18 Scyla
84% matchPositive81% of 16 reviews2024
Dev: Belice StudiosPub: Voxel School
Windows
Dive into the waters of Scyla, a third-person 3D exploration adventure inspired by Lovecraft's universe. Discover the mysteries hidden into the depths as you pilot a submarine through a strange cave system. Run away from a criature that stalks you.
Why similar: Underwater 39.1% ★, Lovecraftian 31.5%, Investigation 11.2%, Survival Horror 6.3%, Action-Adventure 6.2%
- #19 The Trench
84% matchVery Positive86% of 167 reviews2022
Dev: Omar Chapa Hernandez
Windows
As captain of the Pandora sub, you must explore the Trench and retrieve data from the Neptune wreckage. But beware - the trench is home to unimaginable horrors that will test your courage. Can you survive the terrors of the deep and complete your mission, or will you become the next victim?
Why similar: Underwater 38.1% ★, Lovecraftian 33%, Survival Horror 9.4%, Atmospheric 5.1%, Investigation 4.5%
- #20 SOMA
83% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 52,486 reviews2015
Dev: Frictional Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 10.2 hrs≥1hr: 89%
From the creators of Amnesia: The Dark Descent comes SOMA, a sci-fi horror game set below the waves of the Atlantic ocean. Struggle to survive a hostile world that will make you question your very existence.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 32.2%, Underwater 21.5% ★, Psychological Horror 11.8%, Dark 9.8%, Survival Horror 9.5%
- #21 Remnants of R'lyeh
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Darktree Game StudioPub: Ultimate Games S.A.
Windows
Inspired by H.P. Lovecraft's Great Work. An ancient dark power is calling you and you need to find an exit. Face your greatest fear, fight, hide... you must escape before the underwater city rises...
Why similar: Underwater 29.3% ★, Lovecraftian 27.7%, Dungeon Crawler 13.2%, Investigation 11%, Survival Horror 7%
- #22 The Shore
82% matchMostly Positive72% of 1,989 reviews2021
Dev: Ares DragonisPub: Dragonis Games
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 68%
THE SHORE is a first person story driven game with an atmospheric environment and narrations, You will encounter mysterious creatures and unravel the secrets behind them. Strong elements of horror, struggle to survive an unknown world that will make you question your own sanity.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 46.9%, Underwater 28.1% ★, Psychological Horror 9.6%, Action-Adventure 6.4%, Dark Fantasy 5.5%
- #23 IN:DARK RECALL
81% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: ozumikanPub: room6
Windows
"I'm sure you'll find me." IN:DARK RECALL is a deep sea diving action game. You wake up at the bottom of the sea, as the target you'd been hired to eliminate.
Why similar: Underwater 37.3% ★, Roguelite 16.5%, 2D Platformer 11.3%, Action-Adventure 9.3%, Dark Fantasy 8.9%
- #24 Stirring Abyss
81% matchVery Positive88% of 440 reviews2020
Dev: Sleepy SentryPub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 11.1 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Stirring Abyss is an indie tactical squad-based game with strong RPG elements in which you uncover the ancient mysteries of the depths depicted in the classic vein of Lovecraftian horror.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 44%, Underwater 43.7% ★, Psychological Horror 10.1%, Adventure 2.3%
- #25 Terminal Mass
79% matchPositive100% of 12 reviews2026
Dev: JIN
Windows
The “Domain” exists as a mass of cold concrete, twisted monsters, and chaotic anomalies. You are an “Agent” sent to ensure it does not reach “Terminal Mass”. Complete missions. Upgrade your weaponry. Access deeper and darker sectors of the Domain. Will you defeat the horrors that lie at its core?
Why similar: Lovecraftian 33%, Dungeon Crawler 19.9%, Psychological Horror 10.5%, Roguelite 10.1%, Survival Horror 8.7%
- #26 Scylla's Depths
79% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: PigeonPub: Pigeon Studios
Windows
Scylla's Depths Underwater Horror game, This game features detailed health and radiation systems you're managing more than just a health bar with the dynamic damage and Combat systems. Almost everything is procedural and physics based.
Why similar: Underwater 56.2% ★, Survival Horror 13.2%, Psychological Horror 6.3%, Violent 5.6%, Action-Adventure 5.2%
- #27 ABISMO
78% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Gatoli
Windows · Mac
ABISMO is a co-op deep-sea horror game set on the abyssal floor of an alien planet. Descend alone or with up to 4 players into shifting trenches, explore derelict facilities, and recover what you need to survive while uncovering an analog-horror mystery hidden in corrupted VHS tapes.
Why similar: Underwater 33.5% ★, Lovecraftian 29.2%, Dungeon Crawler 16%, Aliens 11%, Sci-fi 5.6%
- #28 Still Wakes the Deep
77% matchVery Positive88% of 12,881 reviews2024
Dev: The Chinese RoomPub: Secret Mode
Windows
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 84%
1975. Disaster strikes the Beira D oil rig off the coast of Scotland. Navigate the collapsing rig to save your crew from an otherworldly horror on the edge of all logic and reality in this 3x BAFTA Games Award-winning narrative horror experience.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 37.5%, Underwater 28% ★, Psychological Horror 12.4%, Dark 9.5%, Atmospheric 5.4%
- #29 Cold Abyss
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Studio [notes.]Pub: Neon Doctrine
Windows
COLD ABYSS is a relaxing and atmospheric exploration game where you repair internet cables on the bottom of the ocean. There are no enemies or other forms of danger down there. Just you.
Why similar: Underwater 40.2% ★, Lovecraftian 29.3%, Psychological Horror 10.3%, Dark 7.6%, Sci-fi 5.8%
- #30 Eldread: Horrors of a Dark Moon
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Peter Lin Jr.
Windows
Manage your oxygen levels and navigate a cosmic horror roguelite in a lunar colony. Confront nightmarish anomalies, survive unpredictable text-driven events, and endure the horrors waiting beneath the dark moon.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 43.9%, Roguelite 16.1%, Survival Horror 11%, Aliens 9.5%, Dark 6.7%
- #31 阴阳罗盘:秦陵
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Magyu Studio
Windows
A first-person adventure game. The Story continues from Lady in Tomb. Gu Jiuxun became the new Gulady. But since then, she has stepped into the curse of "die before 30 years old". In order to save her, Hu Nian determined to find the immortal medicine in the undersea tomb where Xu Fu is buried.
Why similar: Underwater 46% ★, Dungeon Crawler 23.9%, Underground 17.5% ★, Adventure 6.3%, Action-Adventure 6.3%
- #32 A Shadow in Space
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: GTOGG
Windows
A Shadow in Space is a narrative-driven third-person immersive sim that combines futuristic sci-fi with Lovecraftian cosmic horror. Discover the ancient secrets of a desolate space station and face the sanity-bending terrors that lurk within the deep void of space.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 34.2%, Aliens 13.8%, Investigation 10.9%, Dark Fantasy 10.2%, Psychological Horror 10%
- #33 Cthulhu: The Cosmic Abyss
73% matchMixed58% of 355 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 45.1%, Psychological Horror 12.7%, Investigation 12.5%, Dark 9.9%, Atmospheric 7.2%
- #34 Ritual Tides
75% matchNo user reviews
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 39%, Psychological Horror 14.9%, Investigation 13.8%, Survival Horror 12.6%, Atmospheric 6.8%
- #35 Lumara
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Fabrizio Spadaro
Windows · Mac
Descend into a corrupted abyss as a light-wielding anglerfish in this haunting deep-sea adventure. Evade deadly predators, solve physics-based puzzles, uncover forgotten knowledge, and use your light to push back shadows and restore what was lost.
Why similar: Underwater 51.6% ★, Lovecraftian 18%, Dark 10.5%, Atmospheric 8.2%, Psychological Horror 5.2%
- #36 The Shore VR
76% matchMostly Negative38% of 74 reviews2022
Dev: Ares Dragonis
Windows
The Shore VR is a first-person story-driven game with an atmospheric environment and narrations. You will play the role of a man who ends up on a mysterious island. Strong elements of Lovecraftian horror, struggle to survive in an unknown world.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 34%, Underwater 29.7% ★, Investigation 10.2%, Psychological Horror 10.1%, Action-Adventure 6.2%
- #37 Dead of Darkness
73% matchVery Positive88% of 224 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 36.8%, Survival Horror 12.3%, Psychological Horror 11.6%, Action-Adventure 8.3%, Dark 7.6%
- #38 Digger Beach
73% match8 user reviews75% of 8 reviews2026
Dev: Makatski
Windows
It's just you and the beach. Find out what this cute sand is hiding. Collect and sell treasures, upgrade your equipment. Will you be able to find out all the secrets of the beach in a small town?
Why similar: Underwater 50.2% ★, Dungeon Crawler 20.1%, Underground 15.6% ★, Action-Adventure 6.9%, Atmospheric 4.3%
- #39 DEORUM
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Joyhop Games
Windows
Descend into the forsaken dungeon and fight the horrors in the dark. Gather occult materials, craft nightmarish coins, and settle your debt to the cosmic powers. Obey the Divine Festival.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 29.8%, Dungeon Crawler 20.8%, Roguelite 12.2%, Dark Fantasy 10.7%, Psychological Horror 10%
- #40 Unchosen: Forsaken
74% match4 user reviews50% of 4 reviews2021
Dev: ArchDawn
Windows
VR horror rouge-like game where the player will need escape a purgatorial environment by completing a set of objectives and finding useful tools and equipment while avoiding and out-smarting hostile monsters and traps.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 23.2%, Dungeon Crawler 16%, Roguelite 13.3%, Psychological Horror 12.1%, Survival Horror 11.3%
- #41 Unknown Contact
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: laki
Windows
A short underwater horror game where you pilot a one-person submarine into a lightless trench, tracking a signal that has started answering back.
Why similar: Underwater 49.5% ★, Lovecraftian 17.2%, Psychological Horror 14.9%, Survival Horror 7.7%, Atmospheric 6.8%
- #42 Chronicle of Innsmouth: Curse of Chaos
71% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: AtomicHorde
Windows · Mac · Linux
Chronicle of Innsmouth: Curse of Chaos is a Lovecraftian point-and-click adventure set in 500 AD Oman. Inspired by H.P. Lovecraft’s most enigmatic stories, including The Nameless City and Nyarlathotep, it pulls you into a chilling investigation of cosmic horror and creeping madness.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 62.9%, Psychological Horror 14.2%, Pixel Graphics 7.2%, Violent 7.2%, Adventure 4.7%
- #43 Saltwater Bodies
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Semble Knights
Windows
A cave-diving body horror game
Why similar: Underwater 42% ★, Lovecraftian 32.6%, Dark 9.7%, Psychological Horror 9.6%, Survival Horror 3.9%
- #44 Permanent: Hope & Vacuum
71% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: DOgames
Windows
Psychological horror, puzzles, platforming, adventure, dungeons, action, intrigue and a terrifying story are all terms that should be used to try to define the essence of «Permanent: Hope & Vacuum».
Why similar: Lovecraftian 32%, Dungeon Crawler 19%, Psychological Horror 11.2%, Survival Horror 10.3%, Dark 9.8%
- #45 INANIMA
70% 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 39.3%, Survival Horror 12.2%, Psychological Horror 11.3%, Sci-fi 7.8%, Action-Adventure 7.6%
- #46 Venus in Transit
69% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2026
Dev: Gear Flower Games
Windows
The mother vessel is adrift in space, out of fuel and doomed. Your mission is the colony’s only hope for survival. Will you be able to navigate the claustrophobic canyons when your ship begins to fail?
Why similar: Lovecraftian 46.3%, Underwater 17.7% ★, Psychological Horror 9%, Atmospheric 8%, Dark 7.8%
- #47 Silent Wreckage|寂靜沉輪
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: DeepEcho
Windows
Dive into a sunken ocean liner lost in the deep sea. In this narrative-driven 3D survival horror puzzle game, explore a claustrophobic environment while managing limited air resources, solving puzzles, evading unknown horrors, and uncovering the truth behind a distortion of time and space.
Why similar: Underwater 50.4% ★, Psychological Horror 18.2%, Survival Horror 13.6%, Atmospheric 8.5%, Action-Adventure 5.1%
- #48 Hold My Torch
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Crunchy Bits
Windows
A co-op horror-adventure in early development. Explore a hand-build dungeon and uncover it's secrets with your friends.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 40.4%, Dungeon Crawler 24.1%, Survival Horror 11.9%, Dark 8.8%, Action-Adventure 8.1%
- #49 The Coma 3: Bloodlines
67% matchVery Positive87% of 406 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 45.9%, Survival Horror 14.4%, Psychological Horror 11.6%, Action-Adventure 8.9%, Dark 7.5%
- #50 Pharos Light
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Alice Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Pharos Light is a survival horror game inspired by “The Lighthouse” and Lovecraft. Upgrade the Lighthouse with unique equipment, develop the island, and survive the night.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 41.4%, Survival Horror 12.6%, Dark 12.1%, Psychological Horror 10.4%, Dark Fantasy 8.3%
- #51 Deadpact
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Low Health Games
Windows
Sentenced to death, you're sent into the dark for one last chance at freedom. The things hunting you are not mindless monsters. Each one hunts you, learns your every move, and never forgets. Outsmart them, or die. Every choice you make changes how your story ends.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 42.3%, Dungeon Crawler 21.3%, Survival Horror 15.3%, Pixel Graphics 6.6%, Violent 4.9%
- #52 Cosmic Fear
68% matchNo user 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 43.8%, Investigation 15.2%, Psychological Horror 13%, Aliens 12.8%, Atmospheric 6.7%
- #53 The Mound: Omen of Cthulhu
65% matchMixed69% of 3,815 reviews2026
Dev: ACE TeamPub: Nacon
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 90%
In up to four player co-op, form a group of explorers searching for treasure. In this cursed jungle, danger is everywhere and monstrous creatures alter reality. Stay clear-headed and tame the jungle before it devours you…
Why similar: Lovecraftian 48.1%, Roguelite 15.6%, Psychological Horror 14.6%, Violent 8.7%, Dark 7.7%
- #54 Gray
68% match8 user reviews63% of 8 reviews2022
Dev: 4886 Studios
Windows
"Gray" is a first person, survival horror set around a Lunar prison colony, with a focus on story telling. Your oxygen is depleting as your mind is breaking. Can you smell the burning?
Why similar: Lovecraftian 39.2%, Aliens 13.8%, Psychological Horror 11.8%, Dark 9.5%, Action-Adventure 8.4%
- #55 Blackmere
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Najaf Ali JokhioPub: Casayona Studio
Windows
People went down. None came back. Descend into Blackmere, a dark, ever-changing dungeon that responds to your presence. Carry the Black Sun artifact to reveal hidden paths, face the remnants of lost explorers, and open the ancient iron gate holding back a long-forgotten secret.
Why similar: Dungeon Crawler 26.3%, 2D Platformer 18.5%, Action-Adventure 11.9%, Dark 8.3%, Dark Fantasy 7.5%
- #56 Static Dread: The Submarine
64% matchVery Positive84% of 275 reviews2026
Dev: solarsuit.gamesPub: Polden Publishing
Windows
Descend into Lovecraftian horror aboard a claustrophobic military submarine. Assign tasks as a captain’s right hand, analyze sonar signals, make hard decisions, and keep the crew from madness. Dark horrors lurk both within… and beyond the hull.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 39%, Underwater 28.1% ★, Psychological Horror 14%, Dark 10.4%, Atmospheric 6.8%
- #57 Claustrophobia
68% matchMixed67% of 24 reviews2022
Dev: Sentinel Studios
Windows
Claustrophobia offers a scary and dark horror experience filled with blood boiling moments, first you will have to silently move your way through the darkness, until you can pick up arms and discover the truth. Can you figure out what is hiding in this grueling subterranean facility?
Why similar: Lovecraftian 36.9%, Psychological Horror 14.6%, Survival Horror 12.4%, Dark 12.4%, Violent 9.7%