
Dive into the worlds of the best classic weird fiction and cosmic horror writers. Try out our original approach to bringing literature into the interactive medium. Relax and let Dr. Emmerson guide you through all the colors of dread.
60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Horror, Lovecraftian, Story Rich, Psychological Horror.

Dive into the worlds of the best classic weird fiction and cosmic horror writers. Try out our original approach to bringing literature into the interactive medium. Relax and let Dr. Emmerson guide you through all the colors of dread.

Dagon: by H. P. Lovecraft
Face unspeakable horrors. Succumb to madness. Welcome to a free daemonic narrative experience inspired by H. P. Lovecraft.

Tisis
Tisis is a first-person psychological horror game focused on exploration, environmental storytelling, and sanity management as you navigate the thin boundary between light, darkness, and madness.
Face unspeakable horrors. Succumb to madness. Welcome to a free daemonic narrative experience inspired by H. P. Lovecraft.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 26.7%, Horror 8.7%, Psychological Horror 7.3%, Visual Novel 6.6%, Interactive Fiction 6.1%
Tisis is a first-person psychological horror game focused on exploration, environmental storytelling, and sanity management as you navigate the thin boundary between light, darkness, and madness.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 20.6%, Psychological Horror 19.4%, Walking Simulator 13.3%, Interactive Fiction 7.5%, Horror 7.5%
A place where warmth is but a memory. The night echoes with strange sounds, and uncanny neighbors stir a lingering unease, all steeped in a stale, suffocating air. Yet one question remains—where does this chilling cold truly come from?
Why similar: Lovecraftian 29.8%, Visual Novel 12.6%, Psychological Horror 11.9%, Horror 10.4%, Mystery 10%
Step into a liminal, cosmic horror experience set in an abandoned amusement park. Uncover the haunting narrative behind its twisted rides and empty tunnels to discover what lurks within a reality that shouldn't exist…
Why similar: Lovecraftian 31.9%, Psychological Horror 14.4%, Walking Simulator 12.6%, Horror 10.8%, Mystery 8.2%
DESOLATIUM: PROLOGUE is a first-person point & click Graphic Adventure based on Lovecraft Mythos. Live this horror story where you will have to visit mysterious locations, face lovecraftian creatures, find clues and combine objects to solve puzzles.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 23.7%, Point & Click 10.1%, VR 10%, Psychological Horror 9.4%, Mystery 9.3%
The Innsmouth Case is a text adventure game inspired by H.P. Lovecraft and the very first text-based adventure to combine horror and comedy in a fit and proper way.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 37.4%, Visual Novel 11.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.9%, Text-Based 10.7%, Mystery 8.4%
Conarium is a chilling Lovecraftian game, which follows a gripping story involving four scientists and their endeavor to challenge what we normally consider to be the ‘absolute’ limits of nature. Inspired by H.P. Lovecraft’s novella "At the Mountains of Madness", but largely set after the original story.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 48.2%, Walking Simulator 12.7%, Horror 11.4%, Psychological Horror 10.9%, First-Person 4.6%
You are Doctor Parsnip Green, the first and last line of defense against a grotesquely beautiful epidemic. Make difficult choices as you investigate the disease’s origin, operate on patients, and fight to save those you love - all while managing your own dwindling sanity.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 19.8%, Psychological Horror 16.6%, Visual Novel 11.5%, Interactive Fiction 9.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.1%
Earth's Center of Gravity is a mystic horror visual novel with multiple endings. The story revolves around Tower Antiques. "No one remembers how long Tower Antiques was there. But it remembers everyone. Even the ones who did not visit it yet." Tower Antiques is waiting for you to write your story.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 17.2%, Interactive Fiction 11.5%, Psychological Horror 11%, Visual Novel 9.4%, Mystery 9.4%
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 29.3%, Psychological Horror 15.3%, Horror 11.1%, Walking Simulator 10.7%, Story Rich 7.6%
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 47.1%, Psychological Horror 13%, Horror 10.9%, Mystery 6.6%, Story Rich 6.1%
DESOLATIUM is a first-person point & click Graphic Adventure based on Lovecraft Mythos. Live this horror story where you will have to visit mysterious locations, face lovecraftian creatures, find clues and combine objects to solve puzzles.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 22.2%, Point & Click 10.9%, Psychological Horror 10.5%, Mystery 9.9%, Visual Novel 8.9%
Trapped in your teacher's home, your only defense against the dark is a flickering candle. Unearth a family’s twisted history and solve puzzles in this Lovecraftian nightmare to find a way out. But be warned: Something else is lurking in the shadows ... and a voice is pleading for your help.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 31%, Psychological Horror 13.9%, Walking Simulator 12.3%, Horror 10.5%, Narrative 8% ★
It's a winter night. You are coming home by train. You have to change trains at a small train station in the middle of the forest.It's not the first time you've traveled this route. But now you feel like something is different.As if something was watching you.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 19.8%, Interactive Fiction 12.8%, Psychological Horror 11.7%, Point & Click 10.3%, Text-Based 10.1%
25 years ago your father climbed the mountain and never came back. Now he’s calling for you. Experience the award winning, narrative eldritch horror game like you haven’t before in the Director’s Cut. Can you unravel the mystery of your father who disappeared in the remote wilderness years ago?
Why similar: Lovecraftian 28.5%, VR 11.8%, Psychological Horror 9.4%, Horror 9%, Walking Simulator 8.3%
Miskatonic is a text-based strategy game where players take the role of an ancient god, determined to harvest fear for power. Incept your victims through dialogues with their psyche, study the limits of their mind by unlocking their stories, and manipulate the maze with powerful abilities.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 40.3%, Text-Based 14.3%, Interactive Fiction 14%, Point & Click 10.5%, Psychological Horror 9.7%
Investigate a paranormal disease that threatens to eradicate humanity in this unsettling Lovecraftian adventure, inspired by the choose-your-own-adventure gamebooks of the 80s and 90s. Your choices will determine the story, your character’s destiny… and the future of humanity.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 48.1%, Interactive Fiction 15.5%, Visual Novel 10.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.8%, Story Rich 7.4%
Embark on this Lovecraft-inspired tale and discover the mysteries that await you in this island. Explore the enigmatic lighthouse, solve challenging puzzles and most importantly: try not to lose your sanity when facing the darkness of your mind.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 35.9%, Psychological Horror 15%, Walking Simulator 12.1%, Mystery 9%, Story Rich 7.7%
Your aunt’s dead, your cousin hates you, and you’re stuck in the dead-end town of Scarlet Hollow. Choose your path through a branching narrative so dense that you'll see less than 1/5 of the game on a single playthrough. You won't be able to save everyone. Good luck, and welcome home.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 20.7%, Psychological Horror 12.7%, Visual Novel 11.1%, Interactive Fiction 10.2%, Narrative 9.2% ★
A text-based psychological horror experience set inside a hospital where something is deeply wrong — and death may not be the end.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 13.5%, Interactive Fiction 12.5%, Text-Based 10.6%, Walking Simulator 9.9%, Horror 9.3%
You were kidnapped by a crazy girl. And your phone started predicting her future for a short time. It's up to you to find out who she is, why this day doesn't end, and how to get out of this house.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 30.8%, Psychological Horror 14.7%, Horror 11.1%, Mystery 9.3%, Walking Simulator 8.2%
A horror dice roll adventure inspired by the Cthulhu Mythos. Much like in a tabletop RPG, "abilities," "luck," and "dice rolls" influence the story's progression. The protagonist is cursed on an island in the Seto Inland Sea. Investigate the island, uncover the mysteries, and break the curse!
Why similar: Lovecraftian 42.1%, Visual Novel 12.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.2%, Horror 9.2%, Psychological Horror 7.9%
Investigate an abandoned trading post, explore its surroundings and solve the terrible mystery it holds. The Whisperer is a short story-driven point & click game set in Lower Canada at the beginning of the 19th century.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 33.1%, Horror 10.9%, Psychological Horror 9.7%, Mystery 8.9%, Story Rich 8.5%
Dive deep into the twisted HP Lovecraft universe with this oversized narrative RPG. Slip into the intertwined souls of Mark, Anna, and Victor, surrounded by cult worshippers, as Nyarlathotep, the cosmic horror, strives to enslave humanity in 1929.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 27.3%, Interactive Fiction 11%, Psychological Horror 10.9%, Text-Based 10.1%, Visual Novel 8.5%
Immerse yourself in the captivating world of the Cthulhu Mythos with this 2D visual novel game featuring a thrilling TRPG-based experience! Roll the dice and use your skills and luck to escape the abandoned hospital, while experiencing the cosmic terror.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 30.3%, Psychological Horror 11.7%, Visual Novel 10.1%, Mystery 9.5%, Point & Click 9.5%
After a car accident, you find yourself trapped in a dark, decaying basement, haunted by visions of a mysterious little girl and ancient entities. As you delve deeper into the twisted surroundings, you uncover terrifying secrets that threaten your sanity.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 31.3%, Psychological Horror 15%, Horror 10%, Interactive Fiction 9.6%, Mystery 7.5%
Embark on a an unforgettable narrative journey with NoSleep: Nightmare Chronicles, a chilling collection of interactive horror stories from the r/NoSleep subreddit. Explore immersive environments, face grotesque encounters, and fight to survive in this gripping anthology of terror.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 13.2%, Walking Simulator 11.9%, Interactive Fiction 11.9%, Horror 9.5%, VR 8.2%
Uncover the truth behind a broken ritual in Make Moku Proud... a psychological visual novel where guilt and obedience, and what it means to make Moku proud, shape the fate of a witness watching his companions disappear.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 18%, Visual Novel 16.2%, Interactive Fiction 13%, Horror 12.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.1%
All the women in Levy have disappeared. Why did they leave in bare feet? Discover their story along with 680 CGs and 11 unique endings in this apocalyptic visual novel.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 32.8%, Psychological Horror 13%, Visual Novel 12.4%, Horror 10.5%, Interactive Fiction 7.4%
Become Shepherd, an inquisitor sent to a suspicious village. Unveil the secrets of a world filled with fear, and make an inevitable choice. In this visual novel mystery, your decisions change the world. Can you survive the desperate horror?
Why similar: Lovecraftian 30.5%, Psychological Horror 13.1%, Visual Novel 11.1%, Text-Based 11%, Mystery 9.5%
You take a deep breath of salty air as the first raindrops begin to spatter the pavement, and the swollen, slate-colored clouds that blanket the sky mutter ominous portents amongst themselves over the little coastal town of Anchorhead.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 39.6%, Interactive Fiction 18.5%, Text-Based 16.7%, Horror 13%, Story Rich 7%
What if the choices you make during your investigation awaken ancient beings older than existence itself. Explore the official Choose Cthulhu gamebook adaptation, every decision you take seals the fate of mankind. Will the creeping madness consume you as you uncover the darkest secrets?
Why similar: Lovecraftian 30.1%, Interactive Fiction 11.2%, Point & Click 10.1%, Visual Novel 9.9%, Horror 9%
Underworld Dreams: The False King is the first game in the Underworld Dreams Anthology - the first-person horror series based in the Lovecraftian mythos. Inspired by the works of Lovecraft and Robert W Chambers and set in the 1980s, it sets the stage for the Underworld Dreams experience.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 40%, Psychological Horror 19.6%, Horror 15.9%, Narrative 7.4% ★, First-Person 6.1%
The system watches you, studies you, and adapts to who you are. Trapped in a hospital, you undergo a mysterious psychological evaluation. Answer unsettling questions, survive disturbing trials, and uncover the purpose behind the experiment in a psychological horror experience shaped by your choices.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 27.3%, Psychological Horror 14.2%, Horror 10.7%, Walking Simulator 10.3%, Story Rich 7.2%
Glitch is an intense and surreal narrative experience, drawn entirely by hand, that will make you question reality with every choice and each of the 26 endings that unlock the special and definitive conclusion!
Why similar: Psychological Horror 16.7%, Visual Novel 15.6%, Point & Click 12.7%, Horror 12.5%, Text-Based 12.4%
From the creators of Amnesia: The Dark Descent and Dear Esther comes a new first-person horrorgame that will drag you to the depths of greed, power and madness. It will bury its snout into your ribs and it will eat your heart.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 27.9%, Horror 20.5%, Lovecraftian 11.2%, Psychological Horror 8.9%, Interactive Fiction 8.4%
A devout man built his house on top of something older than scripture. He tried to seal the passage. He failed. Now you are inside, and the door is locked.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 30.4%, Walking Simulator 13.3%, Psychological Horror 12%, Horror 10%, Mystery 8.5%
A cursed legacy awakens something ancient, revealing a terrifying reality never meant for human eyes. Follow your missing uncle’s trail, uncover forbidden secrets, and face a Lovecraftian cosmic horror in this first‑person adventure.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 34.5%, Psychological Horror 11.8%, Walking Simulator 10.8%, Horror 10.4%, Mystery 8.5%
Drive inside a dream, explore one of Saturn's moons, and discover the afterlife. John's Tombstone is a walking simulator; a story split in three chapters, each chapter very different from the other. It's a sci-fi story with some emotional overtones.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 18.9%, Walking Simulator 15.6%, Psychological Horror 14.7%, Visual Novel 12.3%, Story Rich 9.4%
Explore disturbing corners of the human psyche. Delve into a dimension of nightmares, the occult and a tense psychological world created in classic Lovecraftian style. As police detective Howard E. Loreid, you are tasked to solve the murder of Clark Field, a wealthy man involved in the occult.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 43.7%, Point & Click 15.6%, Horror 14.5%, Psychological Horror 14.2%, Adventure 4.7%
A compilation of two slow-paced, cosmic horror walking simulators, to be completed in under an hour. Please makes you maintain a power station and ignore the noises from the main engine, while Please Follow has you explore the trenches of a losing war, exposing your mind to visions of another world.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 37.3%, Psychological Horror 14.4%, Interactive Fiction 10.2%, Horror 9.9%, Mystery 9.6%
An epic supernatural horror adventure and the spiritual successor to cult classic Scratches set in a massive, decaying mental institute. Inspired by H. P. Lovecraft, Hammer Films and twisted Euro Horror from the 80s.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 21.5%, Psychological Horror 16%, Point & Click 15.7%, Horror 14.3%, Mystery 9.4%
From H.P. Lovecraft's work, this walking simulator sends you to the frozen wastes of Antarctica. Use your tools to navigate the frozen galleries untouched by millennia. Unearth evidence of a dreadful truth while you search for a madman whose ill fate lies somewhere beneath these Mountains of Madness
Why similar: Lovecraftian 31.9%, Walking Simulator 14.3%, Psychological Horror 11.8%, Horror 8.7%, Mystery 6.1%
Late at night, a teacher shares two bizarre tales: a corpse stuffed in a sheet, and an abnormal presence in the mountains. It was just a ghost story, but a creepy "sense of unease" lurks within. A short psychological horror visual novel offering a dense, terrifying experience in about an hour.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 20.3%, Visual Novel 17.8%, Text-Based 17.3%, Interactive Fiction 15.7%, Horror 13.9%
On Halloween night, a group of teens tells horror stories, and each one comes to life in Lost Sanity. In the first chapter, Call of the Sea, you play as Megan Claire, trapped in an underground prison while cultists awaken a marine entity; slip through shadows, follow clues, and guard your sanity.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 45.1%, Psychological Horror 16.2%, Horror 12.4%, Mystery 11.2%, Story Rich 5.8%
You're driving away on a forest road, late at night, under a heavy storm. Your car breaks down. Luckily, there might be a gas station nearby. But a misfortune never comes alone. The storm has brought something else, something otherworldly that oddly smells of spilled diesel oil.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 21.8%, Psychological Horror 16%, Walking Simulator 12.9%, Horror 11.9%, Mystery 7.2%
Saint Kotar is a psychological horror detective game set in a cursed valley in rural Croatia. Investigate the disappearance of your relative in the occult-ridden town of Sveti Kotar as you switch between conflicting realities through the eyes of two godly men.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 27.2%, Psychological Horror 12.3%, Interactive Fiction 11.7%, Point & Click 10.7%, Horror 8.6%
Your girlfriend seems to be hiding something. Will you respect her privacy or pry into her secrets? Don't worry, though. This is a horror dating sim with a time loop, so you can try again...and again...and again...
Why similar: Lovecraftian 31.9%, Psychological Horror 14.9%, Mystery 12%, Visual Novel 11.7%, Interactive Fiction 10.8%
N.E.R.D is a story-driven escape room puzzle game, brought to life as a gripping interactive movie. Inspired by cult classic thrillers, this is an experience that will pull you in - and won’t let go. Dark, intense, and deeply unsettling, every moment pushes you further into the unknown.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.6%, Visual Novel 14%, Point & Click 13.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.1%, Mystery 8%
An ordinary commute becomes a moral crucible in Monar Station, a short psychological horror visual novel. Navigate an extreme situation, make value-defining choices... Discover what lingers after the train moves on...
Why similar: Psychological Horror 18.5%, Visual Novel 16.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13%, Interactive Fiction 12.6%, Horror 11.9%
A story about a girl named Lizzy living in a miserable world and her journey to its darkest depths. A free atmospheric horror visual novel where you navigate life-or-death situations. SEEK PARADISE OR DIE TRYING
Why similar: Psychological Horror 17.5%, Interactive Fiction 17.1%, Visual Novel 14.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.5%, Horror 10.6%
Frog Telephone (蛙电话 / 蛙電話) is a folklore mystery adventure game rooted in computer science concepts. You play as an amnesiac phone operator at a Tokyo travel agency, reconstructing shattered reality through the spin of a dial, exploring the terrifying truth hidden behind Gero City's mystery.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 24.1%, Visual Novel 17%, Point & Click 13.5%, Text-Based 11.3%, Story Rich 10.4%
Upon visiting his decrepit and dying grandfather, Isaac discovers an ancient evil that has parasitically dwelled within his ancestry for generations. Isaac must stop the parasite's symbiotic cycle from reoccurring or else become its new host.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 18.6%, Lovecraftian 18.6%, Psychological Horror 16.5%, Horror 16.3%, First-Person 8%
In this concise first person horror experience, you are trapped in an infinite corridor with nothing but a flashlight. Explore this liminal space, survive the entities that lurk in the dark and complete the ritual to break the cycle.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 22.5%, Lovecraftian 19.4%, Horror 14.3%, Walking Simulator 13.7%, Atmospheric 7.8%
Corpo Connections is a stylistic, narrative-driven, horror adventure game where you match anomalies and their descriptions. Uncover hidden secrets, solve scrambled messages, and piece together the mysterious workings of your new employer.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 29.3%, Psychological Horror 16.5%, Interactive Fiction 16%, Point & Click 12.2%, Horror 8.7%
『Letters of Bernard Thorne』 is a story-driven psychological horror game about trauma. Take a seat in Bernard's motorized wheelchair. Roam around the old man's house. Discover his scarred past. Flee from his sins. Climb up the attic.
Why similar: Narrative 18.1% ★, Psychological Horror 17.9%, Text-Based 15.3%, Interactive Fiction 13.4%, Horror 12.3%
Return to a town that never changed… and a friend who's supposed to be dead. A psychological horror visual novel about memory and the cost of refusing to move forward.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 18.1%, Visual Novel 16.1%, Interactive Fiction 15.3%, Point & Click 14%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12%
A slow burn retro horror game, in which you arrive at the old lighthouse on a small island near the coast of the United States. After the previous keeper has gone missing, you need to take over his duties and watch after the light.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 36.3%, Horror 15.2%, Psychological Horror 14.4%, Walking Simulator 10.5%, Mystery 8.4%
Sound is your only hope for survival in this first-person psychological horror game. Investigate the mysteries of an apartment block in 1960s America terrorized by a cosmic horror, as you try to save your lost mentor… and yourself.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 31.1%, Psychological Horror 14.2%, Horror 9.1%, Mystery 9.1%, Interactive Fiction 8.9%