- #1 The Alighieri Circle: Dante's Bloodline
97% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: ONE-O-ONE GAMESPub: Entalto Publishing
Windows
The world knows the Divine Comedy as a poem. For your family, it is a prison. As Gabriele Alighieri, you inherit a duty: reseal the gates of Hell. Burdened by fate, you descend into a psychological nightmare where the only escape is to uncover the dark secrets of your ancestors.
Why similar: Cult 38.4% ★, Lovecraftian 19.2%, Psychological Horror 8.7%, Investigation 7.2%, Story Rich 5.1%
- #2 Inquisitor Shepherd
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Narrowdeep
Windows
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 21.1%, Detective 15.6%, Investigation 11%, Psychological Horror 10%, Post-apocalyptic 9.5%
- #3 Cthulhu: The Cosmic Abyss
96% matchMixed60% of 272 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 25.1%, Detective 13.6%, Psychological Horror 11.1%, Investigation 9.7%, Choices Matter 6.9%
- #4 Eyes Wide Open
95% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Fallen Horse Entertainment
Windows
Work for a dystopian Inspection Bureau, Determine whether the subjects are humans or not, Uncover secrets, see if you can trust your AI assistant, Endure psychological horrors and reach your work quota - or else.
Why similar: Cult 40% ★, Detective 10.6%, Investigation 9.8%, Psychological Horror 8.2%, Choices Matter 6.2%
- #5 Amatsuko
94% matchVery Positive91% of 128 reviews2025
Dev: ArnauPub: Companyia Catalana d'Orient
Windows
A knowledge-based progression game. Explore and solve the strange misteries of the interconnected fantasy worlds trapped inside an esoteric book and discover the roots of a terrible evil. No stats, no log, no savefiles. Only pure knowledge is your progress.
Why similar: Nonlinear 16.4%, Mystery 12.9%, Lovecraftian 12.7%, Exploration 10%, Story Rich 8.2%
- #6 Sherlock Holmes The Awakened
94% matchVery Positive83% of 2,770 reviews2023
Dev: Frogwares
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 8.9 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Experience a nerve-racking Lovecraftian adventure, rebuilt from the ground up with modern graphics and gameplay. Become Sherlock Holmes, and find yourself at the heart of the terrifying Cthulhu Mythos as you investigate a series of mysterious disappearances in Europe and the US.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 23.1%, Detective 18.5%, Investigation 10.6%, Psychological Horror 9.1%, Mystery 7.9%
- #7 Necropolis Suite
92% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Freesphere
Windows
Necropolis Suite, is an immersive narrative-driven cosmic horror game about discovery, knowledge, and the meaning of transcendence. Can you escape the terror that lurks in the suite?
Why similar: Lovecraftian 25.2%, Detective 20.6%, Investigation 10%, Horror 9.1%, Psychological Horror 5.9%
- #8 Call of Cthulhu®
93% matchMostly Positive79% of 13,561 reviews2018
Dev: Cyanide StudioPub: Focus Entertainment
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 87%
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 36.6%, Detective 17.1%, Psychological Horror 11.1%, Horror 9.7%, Mystery 5.8%
- #9 Almanac: Detective Agency
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Bergamot Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A narrative detective game about solving mysteries through investigation, evidence, and conversation. Question suspects in your own words, photograph clues, and piece together the truth in a town full of secrets. Who is lying, and what are they hiding?
Why similar: Detective 20.1%, Dynamic Narration 17.2% ★, Investigation 14.7%, Nonlinear 11.7%, Mystery 8.9%
- #10 VOID PRIEST
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: KIB Games
Windows · Linux
You are the Void Priest, bound to an Elder God against your will. Guided only by relics, symbols and light, you must solve eldritch mysteries, perform forbidden rituals, and survive long enough to choose: remain faithful or betray.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 22.4%, Detective 16.1%, Investigation 11.7%, Nonlinear 10.8%, Psychological Horror 10.3%
- #11 Memories Loaming
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Snowy Plover Games
Windows
A game about becoming unbalanced. A single player horror adventure set in a forgotten stretch of Labrador, Canada. The environments change between visits, rewarding and punishing familiarity. Also, there's a bear. Eventually, you might be remembered too.
Why similar: Investigation 19.2%, Detective 18%, Lovecraftian 13.9%, Nonlinear 13.5%, Psychological Horror 13.3%
- #12 HeartFix Express
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Keur Collectif
Windows
Drive the train. Repair the station. Uncover the mystery. HeartFix Express is an adventure/puzzle game in which you pilot a locomotive, tasked with the repair of giant robot, in which you operate from the inside !
Why similar: Trains 50.6% ★, Exploration 8.9%, Mystery 8.8%, Investigation 8.8%, Puzzle 7.4%
- #13 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 27.1%, Nonlinear 13.1%, Psychological Horror 9.2%, Mystery 9.2%, Horror 8.1%
- #14 Mysterious Mystery, EP 1: The Duo Dilemma
87% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2025
Dev: Walker SheetsPub: GIGATANK 3000
Windows · Mac · Linux
Mysterious Mystery is a fully voiced mystery visual novel centered around the detective duo, Justin and Dakota. Solve multiple cases using Dakota's evidence gathering abilities and Justin's expert interrogation. Discover outlandish cases, meet unique characters, and become world class detectives.
Why similar: Trains 29% ★, Detective 18.4%, Investigation 14.4%, Psychological Horror 10.8%, Mystery 7.7%
- #15 Inspector Schmidt - The Ebbing
86% matchVery Positive90% of 91 reviews2025
Dev: Active Fungus Studios
Windows · Linux
In this detective RPG, you untangle a thick web of intrigues, lies, and secrets that surround a mysterious death. Find the origin of eerie telegraph signals, question the villagers, decipher the strange symbols that are suddenly appearing all over town - and hide from the danger lurking in the moor.
Why similar: Dynamic Narration 23.2% ★, Detective 16.9%, Nonlinear 13.4%, Investigation 12.7%, Choices Matter 7.9%
- #16 The Occultist
84% matchMostly Positive76% of 286 reviews2026
Dev: DALOARPub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows
The Occultist is a first-person narrative thriller. You play as Alan Rebels, a paranormal investigator who travels to an abandoned British island after his father's disappearance. Explore Godstone island, face supernatural entities, and uncover long-buried occult rituals.
Why similar: Detective 22.3%, Investigation 18.1%, Lovecraftian 15.7%, Psychological Horror 9.2%, Horror 7%
- #17 Apothecurse
85% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Lesser Key Studios
Windows
Faced with expulsion from his order, fledgling alchemist Leon must brave the seas and travel to Port Gelour, a plague-ridden city on the brink of revolution. Craft potent potions, befriend quirky locals, and uncover the dark secrets lurking beneath the waves in a quest for alchemy and discovery!
Why similar: Cult 48.7% ★, Lovecraftian 19.4%, Psychological Horror 6%, Exploration 5.8%, Stylized 5.3%
- #18 Classified Stories: The Tome of Myrkah
86% matchMostly Positive76% of 55 reviews2021
Dev: RVL Games
Windows
Classified Stories: The Tome of Myrkah is a first-person, micro-adventure game that tells the story of P.I. Jim Morrison's encounters with the occult and the extraordinary. Explore your surroundings and solve puzzles in order to uncover the harrowing story of your friend's descent into insanity.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 22.2%, Detective 18.2%, Psychological Horror 10%, Mystery 8.6%, Horror 8.3%
- #19 Arkham Detective
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Skellyboy Studios AS
Windows
Arkham Detective is an immersive and captivating psychological thriller that unfolds within the eerie and otherworldly universe crafted by the master of cosmic horror, H.P. Lovecraft.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 28.2%, Detective 21.3%, Investigation 7.1%, Story Rich 5.9%, Exploration 5.5%
- #20 The Promethean Project
83% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Alastair ForsythPub: Matt Desinics Designs
Windows
This is an multi-perspective detective story and you are the centerpiece. With a narrator watching everything you do, bending his story to what you've uncovered, and failed experimental creatures hunting for new meat, will you survive to find the truth of what happened to your brother?
Why similar: Dynamic Narration 23.3% ★, Nonlinear 15.5%, Psychological Horror 10.5%, Investigation 8.8%, Horror 7.9%
- #21 The Tartarus Key
82% matchVery Positive93% of 297 reviews2023
Dev: Vertical ReachPub: Armor Games Studios
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 89%
There’s no way out for Alex Young who wakes up to find herself locked in a strange mansion filled with puzzles, traps, and cameras following her every move. Whether she and her companions live or die, and find the truth behind their abduction, is up to you in this first-person mystery thriller.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 16.9%, Detective 13.8%, Psychological Horror 13.6%, Choices Matter 8%, Horror 7.1%
- #22 Infinitum: The Backrooms Story
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Sabito
Windows
INFINITUM is a horror open-world survival co-op story game for up to 4 players. Explore endless procedurally generated levels and uncover multiple endings, with every playthrough offering a unique experience.
Why similar: Dynamic Narration 24.8% ★, Nonlinear 15.2%, Psychological Horror 11.4%, Choices Matter 8.4%, Horror 8.3%
- #23 Dark Memories: Prologue
81% matchMixed65% of 46 reviews2025
Dev: visioxr_studio
Windows
Dark Memories is an episodic psychological horror game based on road thriller, slasher, and survival thriller genres. You are currently viewing the prologue episode of the Dark Memories anthology.
Why similar: Detective 16.7%, Investigation 13.8%, Nonlinear 12.3%, Psychological Horror 9.7%, Mystery 8.3%
- #24 Scrutator Tenebris
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Empty Die Studio
Windows
Become a pathologist in a sinister mansion filled with unsolved mysteries. Examine bodies and make decisions that alter the course of the investigation. Your choices shape multiple story endings in this narrative-driven psychological horror — where every secret could cost your sanity.
Why similar: Detective 20.8%, Investigation 14.8%, Psychological Horror 13.9%, Lovecraftian 13.3%, Horror 9.8%
- #25 The Shell Part I: Inferno
80% matchVery Positive91% of 1,368 reviews2023
Dev: Innocent GreyPub: Shiravune
Windows
Median: 10.9 hrsMean: 114.3 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Unravel a string of gruesome murders terrorizing Tokyo in this mystery-thriller visual novel. The secrets of a case from six years prior may just be the key to the current unending cycle of tragedy—and the thing that cracks this woeful world’s shell may be one girl’s smile.
Why similar: Cult 44.8% ★, Detective 19.1%, Psychological Horror 10.8%, Mystery 8.9%, Choices Matter 8.7%
- #26 Nowhere
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Midnight Forge LTD
Windows
Nowhere is a Nordic inspired Narrative Mystery/Horror game. Telling the tale of what happened to the Norse Gods after Ragnarok when their worship ended. Nowhere features a unique blend of realistic detective gameplay and survival horror in Nordic aesthetics.
Why similar: Detective 21.6%, Nonlinear 14.4%, Psychological Horror 11.3%, Investigation 11%, Mystery 9.3%
- #27 lily's world XD
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: SonderingEmilyPub: Kwalee
Windows
Lily was an ordinary teenager in 2004, and you just found her laptop. Read her diary, message her friends, and piece together what happened to her before it’s too late. But you're not the only one with access to her computer… A fourth wall-breaking psychological horror experience.
Why similar: Cult 44% ★, Detective 12.6%, Investigation 12.2%, Psychological Horror 9.6%, Mystery 6.8%
- #28 The Horror at Highrook
77% matchVery Positive90% of 463 reviews2025
Dev: Nullpointer Games
Windows
The Horror at Highrook is an occult card crafting narrative RPG. Explore a haunted mansion with your team of investigators, summon dark entities, craft powerful protections, uncover the fate of the missing family, and choose your own path through the darkness.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 24.3%, Card Game 15.9%, Nonlinear 15.3%, Investigation 14.8%, Horror 9.1%
- #29 Case 32
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: stork game
Windows
A series of mysterious murders takes place in a small provincial town. Detective Cooper must unravel a tangle of mystical, chilling events to get to the bottom of the mystery.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 18.5%, Detective 17.3%, Investigation 10.7%, Horror 10.7%, Psychological Horror 10.4%
- #30 MeiQi 2023
78% matchPositive82% of 38 reviews2023
Dev: QZQ Studio
Windows
This collection is the latest collection of the MeiQi Series, which will include the S09E06 and the 10thSeason.
Why similar: Detective 16.5%, Nonlinear 14.6%, Investigation 12.9%, Psychological Horror 11.4%, Mystery 8.2%
- #31 UnSeen
77% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2024
Dev: Tenebos
Windows
UnSeen : you won't see death coming. A first person horror game about immersion, where truth and madness are never far away. Be careful... fear is on your feet.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 30.2%, Nonlinear 14.4%, Horror 12.8%, Mystery 10.3%, Exploration 8.5%
- #32 Epsylon - The Guardians of Xendron
76% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: DragonDreams GmbH
Windows · Linux
A private eye mystery game where you decide how to solve the case. Use your detective skills to solve the case or rely on the abilities of your little dragon partner to see things from a new angle.
Why similar: Dynamic Narration 26.1% ★, Detective 18.3%, Investigation 14.1%, Nonlinear 12.8%, Mystery 8.1%
- #33 Shadows on the Walls
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Bowl of Tentacles
Windows
Shadows on the Walls is an immersive game of psychological horror, exploration and puzzles that takes place in the Crystal Palace Museum of London. Put yourself in the shoes of a security guard in charge of watching the new and mysterious exhibit of the museum known as the “Cursed Loot”.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 22.1%, Detective 18.5%, Investigation 15.1%, Mystery 8.5%, Horror 8.3%
- #34 HEAVY AS STONE
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: jøyPub: CRITICAL REFLEX
Windows
You’re sick. So is the city. Explore a crumbling Terminal that loops when you die. Solve cursed investigations. Weaponize your symptoms. Find the truth, or spiral with it.
Why similar: Detective 18.6%, Nonlinear 15.7%, Investigation 14.4%, Choices Matter 8.4%, Horror 8.2%
- #35 DESOLATIUM
75% matchMostly Negative28% of 29 reviews2024
Dev: SUPERLUMENPub: SOEDESCO
Windows · Linux
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 19.5%, Detective 17.4%, Investigation 10.3%, Psychological Horror 10.2%, Mystery 9.8%
- #36 Hillthorn
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Finnegan MotorsPub: ManaVoid Entertainment
Windows
A disappearance in a secluded mountain. A village hiding its secrets. A detective running out of time. Hillthorn's investigation system encourages you to use logic and imagination. Combine actions, clues and characters to uncover the mystery.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 23.9%, Detective 18.9%, Investigation 15.8%, Card Game 12.8%, Horror 7.9%
- #37 Family curse
74% matchVery Positive91% of 236 reviews2023
Dev: Stork Game
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Family curse is a mystical horror from the first person with a frightening atmosphere. Immerse yourself in the intricate history of the Crouse family and find out the terrible secret of the people who died in the cursed house.
Why similar: Dynamic Narration 19% ★, Lovecraftian 14.7%, Detective 14.7%, Psychological Horror 11%, Horror 8.5%
- #38 Necrophosis
72% matchVery Positive91% of 791 reviews2025
Dev: Dragonis AresPub: Dragonis Games
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 2.7 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Necrophosis is a first-person horror adventure, plunging you into a nightmarish realm teeming with grotesque forms and ominous visuals. Delve into eerie landscapes and uncover secrets in this atmospheric journey through the macabre.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 27.3%, Post-apocalyptic 18.2%, Psychological Horror 12.4%, Mystery 8.8%, Horror 8.4%
- #39 Red Night
73% match9 user reviews33% of 9 reviews2025
Dev: ITBUNNIES
Windows
A 2.5D game immersing you in the atmosphere of Soviet perestroika. A grim mystery awaits in the city of M, where a terrifying incident has occurred. You’ll explore locations, solve puzzles, and uncover secrets hidden in the shadows of events that shook this world.
Why similar: Dynamic Narration 29% ★, Detective 16.9%, Investigation 13.7%, Horror 9%, Choices Matter 8.9%
- #40 Hoton
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: AvvAG
Windows
Hoton is a horror game with various mechanics that will make you feel fear. Run, hide, survive.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 19.8%, Detective 18.5%, Psychological Horror 11%, Investigation 10.7%, Horror 7.8%
- #41 Ivayami - Cradle of Fog
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Hestios
Windows
Trapped in a ghost town consumed by fog, Cynthia must outwit the horrors hiding within as she searches for her missing friends. With no weapons nor combat experience, survival depends on stealth, perceptiveness, and puzzles-solving.
Why similar: Trains 39% ★, Lovecraftian 21.1%, Psychological Horror 8.9%, Stylized 8.4%, Horror 6.7%
- #42 Dunwich Horror
71% 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 28.6%, Investigation 15%, Nonlinear 10.7%, Horror 9.8%, Choices Matter 8%
- #43 CATAFALQUE™
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: STUDIO ANNOLUCE™
Windows
Stranded alone in an unfamiliar place, with only a lugubrious coffin at your side. Dive deep into this melancholic and macabre tale of death, grief and despair as you try to piece together the intricate lore while facing entities far beyond human comprehension. A love letter to games of yore.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 25.7%, Nonlinear 16.8%, Psychological Horror 12%, First-Person 7.5%, Horror 7.4%
- #44 HINGE VR
73% matchMostly Positive70% of 202 reviews2020
Dev: Arcadia
Windows
HINGE is a psychological horror VR adventure. You suddenly find yourself in an abandoned skyscraper, devoid of all your senses and memories. The laws of physics are distorted, and time has collapsed. The only way out is to step into the terrifying unknown and piece together the fragmented clues
Why similar: Lovecraftian 21.3%, Detective 14.6%, Investigation 12.8%, Psychological Horror 11.4%, Horror 8.5%
- #45 Arkham Mysteries: Chapter One
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Squidbit Works
Windows
Uncover the secrets of Arkham in a dark cosmic horror adventure. Solve puzzles, cross hidden dimensions, and use the Eye of Kadath to reveal the impossible. Knowledge comes at a price... are you willing to pay it?
Why similar: Lovecraftian 25.1%, Detective 15.1%, Investigation 11.9%, Choices Matter 8.3%, Stylized 6.9%
- #46 Cult Vacui
68% matchPositive98% of 44 reviews2026
Dev: LBRTY gamesPub: Dionous Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Cult Vacui is a horror point-and-click adventure with survival and time management elements where your choices could keep you alive... or not.
Why similar: Cult 50.4% ★, Investigation 11.7%, Choices Matter 8.1%, Mystery 7%, Horror 6.5%
- #47 Black Layer
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Montego
Windows
You take part in testing a next-generation experimental android on a restricted floor of a research complex. But soon it becomes clear that the experiment is far more complicated, and you'll have to uncover what’s really happening here.
Why similar: Detective 25.3%, Investigation 22.1%, Story Rich 9.9%, Choices Matter 9.1%, Puzzle 8.9%
- #48 HINGE
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Spheroom
Windows
HINGE is a psychological horror game that draws inspiration from Lovecraft and Bioshock. Delve into atmospheric environments, uncover clues, navigate the chilling nightmare, and find a way out of the time loop.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 22.5%, Psychological Horror 13.6%, Detective 13.2%, Horror 10.4%, Investigation 9.5%
- #49 Heaven Does Not Respond
67% matchVery Positive91% of 438 reviews2026
Dev: Rise Studios
Windows
Heaven Does Not Respond is a psychological and analog horror game set in an alternate 2005 timeline. Play as an intelligence agent, exploring a retro computer interface to decipher secret files, watch mysterious videos, and uncover the dark secrets behind a young man's death.
Why similar: Dynamic Narration 21.5% ★, Detective 16.8%, Investigation 14.4%, Psychological Horror 11%, Choices Matter 8.4%
- #50 Mines Of Moritania
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Jofer's Games
Windows
Experimental, None Linear, Cosmic Horror Game.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 24.3%, Nonlinear 17.4%, Psychological Horror 12.1%, Choices Matter 9%, Mystery 7.9%
- #51 Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened (2008)
73% matchMostly Positive74% of 888 reviews2009
Dev: Frogwares
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 73%
The Sherlock Holmes series returns with this updated version of The Awakened, which brings a whole new dimension to the original title developed by Frogwares. The game puts the player into an investigation of the Cthulhu Mythos - as imagined by Father of modern horror, H.P. Lovecraft.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 38.4%, Detective 27.3%, Investigation 8.6%, Adventure 7.4%, Mystery 6.9%
- #52 Stars Die
70% matchVery Positive90% of 159 reviews2020
Dev: Eric Juvi
Windows
A giant cathedral of flesh has appeared in the middle of the ocean on a dying world. A small group of scientists are secretly investigating it when a mysterious woman appears, facing an impossible task.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 26.8%, Nonlinear 17.7%, Psychological Horror 13.7%, Choices Matter 8.9%, Mystery 7.9%
- #53 Lighthouse of Madness
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Flying Jack StudiosPub: Flying Jack Productions
Windows
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 31.4%, Psychological Horror 14.5%, Mystery 8.8%, First-Person 8.2%, Puzzle 7.7%
- #54 Athanasy
69% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 529 reviews2022
Dev: WirionPub: 7DOTS
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 11.2 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Deep beneath the surface of the dead Earth, the City, the last refuge of humanity, hides. Engineering genius and efforts of all mankind; a giant structure of steel, concrete, and biopolymers. It keeps the remnants of civilization one step away from total extinction.
Why similar: Dynamic Narration 21.9% ★, Lovecraftian 16.1%, Post-apocalyptic 15.4%, Detective 14.7%, Psychological Horror 9.9%
- #55 Single Malt Apocalypse
69% match6 user reviews83% of 6 reviews2023
Dev: wilpuriarts
Windows
Save the sleepy mining town from a cosmic threat in this late 80s-style adventure with RPG elements. Retro to the core!
Why similar: Detective 20.1%, Lovecraftian 18.6%, Nonlinear 14.9%, Investigation 11.2%, Mystery 9.1%
- #56 NAME OF THE WILL
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Zeitgeist Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
You are trapped in HOPE, a masked cult where pain is salvation. Every thought is tallied. Every smile is a lie. Conform for happiness, or face your guilt to escape.
Why similar: Cult 55.2% ★, Psychological Horror 12.2%, Mystery 8.6%, Choices Matter 8.4%, Story Rich 5.9%
- #57 The Night Is Long
66% matchPositive83% of 41 reviews2025
Dev: TheGamerUrso
Windows
The Night Is Long is a short first-person horror game where a grieving man follows a ghostly vision into an abandoned mansion. Uncover dark secrets, survive atmospheric horrors, and face your past through exploration, puzzles, and subtle scares.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 32.9%, Psychological Horror 14.4%, Horror 11.4%, Exploration 9.1%, First-Person 7.1%
- #58 Saturnalia
66% matchVery Positive90% of 111 reviews2023
Dev: Santa Ragione
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 74%
A Single-Player Survival Horror Adventure: play as a cast of characters exploring an isolated village haunted by an ancient ritual—but beware, its labyrinthine roads will change each time you lose all your characters.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 18.7%, Dynamic Narration 17.8% ★, Detective 16.3%, Investigation 12.2%, Stylized 7.6%
- #59 SANITY
65% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Skorpion Interactive
Windows
A psychological horror where your mind is your worst enemy and reality can’t be trusted. Focus or Doubt what you see, reshape the truth, and decide what’s real before your sanity collapses.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 18.1%, Nonlinear 13.8%, Choices Matter 12.2%, Horror 10.5%, First-Person 10.1%