- #1 ASYLUM
97% matchVery Positive84% of 496 reviews2025
Dev: Senscape
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 78%
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: Point & Click 18.3%, Lovecraftian 15%, Psychological Horror 13%, Horror 11.4%, Gothic 10.5% ★
- #2 Tormentum II
96% matchVery Positive95% of 228 reviews2026
Dev: OhNoo Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Wake up inside the nightmare world you created in this standalone, hand-drawn dark fantasy point-and-click adventure with psychological horror elements. Explore islands, solve puzzles, and make morally ambiguous choices that lead to multiple endings. Inspired by H.R. Giger and Zdzisław Beksiński.
Why similar: Gothic 22.7% ★, Point & Click 17.2%, Psychological Horror 14.1%, Dark 9.6%, Horror 9.5%
- #3 The Whisperer | Le murmureur
96% matchMixed68% of 124 reviews2021
Dev: Studio Chien d'Or
Windows · Mac
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 28.1%, Horror 10.6%, Point & Click 10.3%, Dark 9.8%, Psychological Horror 9.7%
- #4 The Hungry Fly
95% matchVery Positive92% of 123 reviews2024
Dev: Erupting AvocadoPub: indie.io
Windows
Once upon a time, there was a fly. A hungry fly. A fly with razor-sharp teeth, with a taste for dead things. This is the tale of its adventure to find something dead to devour, in a swamp where nothing dies, everything is grotesque, and every choice matters, no matter how surreal.
Why similar: Surreal 23.4%, Psychological Horror 16.3%, Horror 11.8%, Retro 11.6%, First-Person 6.6%
- #5 An English Haunting
94% matchVery Positive96% of 446 reviews2024
Dev: Postmodern Adventures
Windows
While looking for the existence of the Great Beyond, Professor Patrick Moore, aided by a fake medium, will build a device to see the other side, embark on a search for a millenary artifact, and investigate the most haunted manor of 1907 England.
Why similar: Gothic 28.8% ★, Point & Click 18.6%, Lovecraftian 15%, Psychological Horror 11.1%, Horror 8.1%
- #6 The Fridge is Red
94% matchMixed56% of 232 reviews2022
Dev: 5WORD TeamPub: tinyBuild
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 80%
What is inside the Red Fridge? Collection of six episodes of psychological analog horror. Tour through liminal spaces filled with surreal events and uncanny strangers. Inspired by retro horrors of the PSX era.
Why similar: Surreal 15.5%, Psychological Horror 12.1%, 1990's 10.9%, Retro 10.5%, Horror 9%
- #7 Helltown
93% matchMostly Positive79% of 112 reviews2017
Dev: WildArts Games
Windows
Deliver packages to the weirdly happy folk of Little Vale and discover the terrifying secrets they hide. Are you brave enough to face the many monsters and sinister locations of this first-person horror adventure game? There's only one way to find out...
Why similar: Lovecraftian 23.8%, Psychological Horror 13.3%, Surreal 12.2%, Retro 10.7%, Horror 9.5%
- #8 The Whispering Valley | La vallée qui murmure
92% matchVery Positive89% of 174 reviews2022
Dev: Studio Chien d'Or
Windows · Mac
Explore a remote village and solve complex puzzles in The Whispering Valley, a folk horror point & click game. Delve into guilt and depression to investigate the village's deepest secret.
Why similar: Point & Click 18.8%, Horror 13%, Dark 11.2%, Lovecraftian 9.9%, Psychological Horror 9.8%
- #9 Necrophosis
91% matchVery Positive90% of 875 reviews2025
Dev: Dragonis AresPub: Dragonis Games
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 2.8 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 28.2%, Surreal 19.6%, Psychological Horror 13.6%, Gothic 12.1% ★, Horror 8.7%
- #10 I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream
90% matchVery Positive89% of 4,003 reviews2013
Dev: The Dreamers GuildPub: Nightdive Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 79%
The adventure plunges you into the tortured and hidden past of five humans. Delve into their darkest fears. Outwit the Master Computer AM in a game of psychological warfare. Disturbing, compelling. An adventure you won't easily forget !!
Why similar: Based On A Novel 40.6% ★, Point & Click 18.7%, Psychological Horror 7.3%, Horror 6.7%, Retro 6.4%
- #11 Hypnagogia 無限の夢 Boundless Dreams
89% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 752 reviews2021
Dev: sodaraptorPub: Raptorsoft Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 11.5 hrs≥1hr: 64%
Meet colorful characters, discover mysterious secrets, and reassemble the fractured remains of an ethereal crystal as you explore a series of abstract worlds based on dreams, nightmares, and the places in between.
Why similar: Surreal 21.2%, Abstract 13.8%, Retro 10.7%, 1990's 9.2%, Horror 9.1%
- #12 Nightmare Frames
89% matchVery Positive98% of 431 reviews2022
Dev: Postmodern Adventures
Windows
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Nightmare Frames is a supernatural thriller where you'll step into the shoes of Alan Goldberg, in the search for the scariest horror film of all time. An enthralling journey through the streets of the Hollywood of the 80s, a small haunted town, and even Hell itself.
Why similar: Point & Click 22.6%, Psychological Horror 17.1%, Horror 12.2%, Retro 9.5%, Dark 9.5%
- #13 Decarnation
88% matchVery Positive87% of 1,113 reviews2023
Dev: Atelier QDBPub: Shiro Unlimited
Windows
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Where do you run to when your demons reside within you? Decarnation is a pixel art adventure/action puzzle game with a horrific story inspired by some of the most influential films and novels in the genre. Dive into a breathtaking thriller where nightmares and dreams intertwine…
Why similar: Surreal 27.5%, Lovecraftian 24.1%, Psychological Horror 12.6%, Dark 10%, Horror 9.2%
- #14 THRESHOLD
86% matchVery Positive85% of 1,340 reviews2024
Dev: Julien EveilléPub: CRITICAL REFLEX
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 2.9 hrs≥1hr: 78%
In a lonely station atop a mountain, a train rumbles its precious cargo to places unknown. Now is your shift. Keep the pace. Uncover a mystery. Fight for your last breath. The air is thin up here.
Why similar: Surreal 17.8%, Psychological Horror 16.5%, Dark 12.3%, Horror 11.9%, Retro 9.4%
- #15 No one lives under the lighthouse Director's cut
86% matchVery Positive87% of 2,470 reviews2020
Dev: Marevo Collective
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 74%
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 25.7%, Surreal 12.6%, Horror 12.5%, Psychological Horror 12%, Retro 9.1%
- #16 Scratches - Director's Cut
87% matchVery Positive83% of 436 reviews2011
Dev: Nucleosys
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 40%
Dark Legends surround the old abandoned Blackwood house, secluded far away in the northern wastelands. For writer Michael Arthate, this cold, solitary atmosphere is fodder for his restless imagination. But Michael soon becomes distracted by the mysteries offered up, as he follows a trail exploring and delving into the secrets of the past.
Why similar: Point & Click 35.2%, Horror 20.6%, Atmospheric 7.2%, Psychological Horror 7%, Mystery 6.9%
- #17 Circadial
85% matchNo user reviews
Dev: undercoverworm
Windows · Linux
You've been invited to participate in a study for the newly developed Circadial pills, a medicine designed to remedy your life-long insomnia. Explore the empty halls of the facility and the landscapes of your dreams to uncover the source of your night terrors. You will never be the same.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 18.1%, Surreal 14.9%, Psychological Horror 12.5%, Abstract 11.3%, Lore-Rich 10.5%
- #18 Corpo Connections
84% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2024
Dev: Polias Games
Windows
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 20.1%, Point & Click 13.8%, Psychological Horror 13.3%, Surreal 13.1%, 1990's 11.3%
- #19 Last Round at the End of the World
82% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Ex Ignorantia
Windows
Dream the riddle. Question the village. Choose who drowns. A poetic folk-horror game about divine messages, guilty villagers, ritual games, and the terrible cost of keeping a place safe.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 20.1%, Surreal 16.4%, Psychological Horror 13.4%, Gothic 10.4% ★, Horror 9.9%
- #20 The Fog
84% matchMostly Negative33% of 12 reviews2017
Dev: Horizon Games
Windows
Open your way across a dark open world and fight against what lives within the fog and beyond. The Fog is a survival horror game inspired on the 1980 novella "The Mist" by Stephen King.
Why similar: Based On A Novel 67.4% ★, Dark 9.1%, Horror 8.1%, Psychological Horror 8%, First-Person 3.6%
- #21 Shadows of Eldemir
82% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Arif Games
Windows
Shadows of Eldemir is a retro-inspired, Victorian cosmic-horror, point-and-click adventure RPG, where a London schoolmaster travels to a remote Eastern European village searching for his missing fiancée, only to discover the archaeological expedition she joined may have disturbed something ancient.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 24.3%, Point & Click 16.4%, Gothic 15.5% ★, Horror 9.1%, Lore-Rich 6.6%
- #22 Nancy Drew®: Shadow at the Water's Edge
83% matchVery Positive82% of 425 reviews2011
Dev: HeR Interactive
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 8.5 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Confront Terrifying Secrets in a Haunted Japanese Inn!
Why similar: Based On A Novel 44.9% ★, Point & Click 13.9%, Dark 9%, Horror 6.9%, Mystery 6.2%
- #23 Chorus of Carcosa
81% matchMostly Positive77% of 203 reviews2025
Dev: Chameleon 42
Windows
Chorus of Carcosa is a first-person psychological horror game about an anxious sculptor who is trapped in a dark and ever-changing building. Stay silent, survive its twisted labyrinths and escape the monsters. Just don’t lose your way in the shadows or within your own mind.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 20.3%, Surreal 18.6%, Psychological Horror 15.6%, Dark 11.3%, Horror 10.2%
- #24 Call of Cthulhu®: Dark Corners of the Earth
81% matchMixed68% of 3,357 reviews2009
Dev: Headfirst ProductionsPub: Bethesda Softworks
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 57%
Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth is a first-person horror game that combines intense action and adventure elements.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 37.8%, Based On A Novel 34.3% ★, Horror 13.1%, First-Person 4.5%, Atmospheric 3.2%
- #25 The Nameless City
78% matchVery Positive88% of 57 reviews2024
Dev: Paradnight Studio
Windows · Mac
Narrative-driven first person horror adventure inspired by Lovecraft's short novel "The Nameless City". Explore the ruins of a city that some say they are older than humanity itself. While you delve deeper into the ancient buildings, reality and visions blend into an indistinct haze.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 29.3%, Surreal 16.6%, Psychological Horror 14.4%, Retro 8.9%, Dark 8.9%
- #26 Nancy Drew®: Secrets Can Kill REMASTERED
80% matchMostly Positive78% of 336 reviews2011
Dev: HeR Interactive
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Play the Game that Started the Award-Winning Series!
Why similar: Based On A Novel 58.4% ★, Point & Click 19.6%, Retro 8.9%, Adventure 4.4%, Story Rich 3.8%
- #27 Saint Kotar: The Yellow Mask
79% matchMostly Positive73% of 345 reviews2020
Dev: The-Mark Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Follow the fear of Benedek Dohnany and Nikolay Kalyakin and play the onset of a dark and chilling narrative adventure. Make decisions and affect the events that precede a macabre series of murders, allegedly related to devil worship and witchcraft.
Why similar: Gothic 23.5% ★, Lovecraftian 21.1%, Point & Click 14.2%, Dark 8.1%, Horror 8%
- #28 Nancy Drew®: The Captive Curse
79% matchVery Positive89% of 233 reviews2011
Dev: HeR Interactive
Windows · Mac
A terrifying myth comes alive in Germany!
Why similar: Based On A Novel 48.4% ★, Point & Click 13.9%, Dark 9.1%, Mystery 6.2%, Retro 5.3%
- #29 Marmorea
77% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Burning Farmhouse Studios
Windows
Venture into the Tuscan village of Pietralba to solve the mystery of your brother’s disappearance. Uncover the dark secrets buried within the marble quarries and your own family's past.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 15.5%, Surreal 13.5%, Psychological Horror 12.8%, Lore-Rich 10.1%, Horror 8.6%
- #30 Please Duology
78% matchPositive95% of 21 reviews2021
Dev: Somewhat Software
Windows
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 28.3%, Psychological Horror 12.8%, Surreal 9%, Horror 8.6%, Dark 8.5%
- #31 THE WELL IS NOT EMPTY
77% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: tweakEra
Windows
The well has gone dry. It's up to you to find out why. Traverse through abandoned tunnels. Discover remnants of a ritual never meant to be seen. Power dying machinery to bring light into darkness. Dig into broken earth and crawl your way out. Down here you’re not exploring... you're trespassing.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 16.6%, Psychological Horror 14.4%, Surreal 12.3%, Retro 10.1%, Horror 9.7%
- #32 The Dream Of A Cockspur
74% matchVery Positive93% of 331 reviews2026
Dev: roccayPub: PLAYISM
Windows
Stranded on a desolate island with Earth's remaining researchers, you investigate a strange celestial body. The day before departure, your only means of transportation gets mysteriously damaged, leaving you stranded. Is someone sabotaging the team, or is there something more sinister going on…
Why similar: Lovecraftian 19.5%, Surreal 13.6%, Point & Click 11.7%, Psychological Horror 10.7%, Abstract 9.4%
- #33 Deeply Dark: Found Footage
76% matchMixed67% of 209 reviews2023
Dev: DALESI
Windows
WARNING: This is not a game, this software was found on the Deep Web and contains interactive material about the phenomenon of backrooms, we have received numerous reports of fatal accidents after its use, many claim that it is cursed so we cannot guarantee your safety.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 14.7%, Surreal 13.2%, 1990's 13%, Lore-Rich 11%, Horror 9.8%
- #34 Vlad Circus: Descend Into Madness
75% matchVery Positive89% of 201 reviews2023
Dev: IndiesruptionPub: Blowfish Studios
Windows
Vlad Circus: Descend into Madness puts your sanity to the test, challenging you to escape a labyrinth of nightmares and torment. Test your mind against a slow burn of puzzles, light survival mechanics, and methodical action.
Why similar: Point & Click 20.1%, Surreal 18.7%, Psychological Horror 18.2%, Horror 10.7%, Retro 7.5%
- #35 Darkness Under My Bed
75% matchVery Positive91% of 96 reviews2021
Dev: Desert Fox
Windows
Wander through intricate maze under the bed, and discover the secrets hidden in the long, dark tunnels. Document the existence of monsters. Retrieve the stolen treasures and memories.
Why similar: Surreal 19.6%, Psychological Horror 15.8%, Point & Click 12.7%, Horror 11.5%, Dark 9.9%
- #36 BUTLER GUILLOTINE
73% matchPositive96% of 25 reviews2026
Dev: GOODBYE STATICPub: NECRONOMISOFT
Windows
Butler Guillotine is an absurdist point & click horror about flesh filled puppets in a mishapen hotel. Follow different characters' intertiwining paths and unearth forgotten events from a time long gone. Bring the ceremony to a halt.
Why similar: Surreal 17.7%, Point & Click 15.3%, Psychological Horror 14.3%, Retro 9.2%, Horror 9.2%
- #37 Nancy Drew®: Curse of Blackmoor Manor
76% matchVery Positive88% of 441 reviews2009
Dev: HeR Interactive
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 57%
Delve into Dark Legends Lurking in the Shadow of an Old English Mansion!
Why similar: Based On A Novel 53.3% ★, Point & Click 15%, Mystery 6.6%, Retro 4.9%, Dark 4.6%
- #38 Primordial Genesis
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: MMM
Windows
THIS GAME IS CANCELED.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 18.8%, Point & Click 14.2%, Surreal 10.9%, Lore-Rich 10.7%, Psychological Horror 9.2%
- #39 EMOTIONLESS : The Last Ticket
73% matchVery Positive81% of 138 reviews2025
Dev: X1 Games
Windows
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 28.6%, Psychological Horror 15.1%, Dark 11.1%, Horror 11.1%, Surreal 10%
- #40 Static Dread: The Submarine
70% 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 23.5%, Psychological Horror 14%, Surreal 11.9%, Retro 10.3%, Horror 9.4%
- #41 Sanitarium
73% matchVery Positive93% of 1,364 reviews2014
Dev: DotemuPub: Ziggurat
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 61%
Originally released in 1998 on PC, and awarded as the Adventure Game of the Year, The timeless horror point-and-click, Sanitarium, is returning to frighten the bravest adventure game fans.
Why similar: Point & Click 24.1%, Psychological Horror 15%, Horror 13.1%, Surreal 9.5%, 1990's 9.2%
- #42 Eclipsium
70% matchVery Positive91% of 3,488 reviews2025
Dev: HousefirePub: CRITICAL REFLEX
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Longing for light, a sunless world begins devouring itself. Every step shifts the landscape beneath you as you search for what remains of her.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 20%, Surreal 17.6%, Psychological Horror 12.4%, Retro 9.2%, Horror 8%
- #43 Chronicle of Innsmouth: Mountains of Madness
72% matchMostly Positive74% of 122 reviews2021
Dev: PsychoDevPub: AtomicHorde
Windows · Mac · Linux
After an encounter with a dreadful horror, detective Lone Carter’s investigation leads him to fateful places as Innsmouth, Arkham and the Antarctic, investigating a series of deaths and mysteries. Play also as Abdul Alhazred and H.P. Lovecraft himself in this Lovecraftian point’n’click adventure.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 34.2%, Point & Click 21.8%, Dark 9.4%, Retro 9.2%, Horror 9%
- #44 Hunt of Dusha
70% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2025
Dev: Demigrz
Windows
A Hunter arrives in a small Polish city expecting a routine investigation. What she finds is anything but. Explore, make choices and confront the entities that have claimed this place before the curse spreads further.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 32.6%, Point & Click 15.7%, Psychological Horror 15.7%, Horror 12.9%, Dark 7.2%
- #45 Saint Kotar
71% matchMostly Positive74% of 289 reviews2021
Dev: The-Mark EntertainmentPub: SOEDESCO
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 89%
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 21.4%, Gothic 15.1% ★, Point & Click 14%, Psychological Horror 11.4%, Horror 7.7%
- #46 Iter Noctis
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ENTHECA studiosPub: Foundate Inc.
Windows
Dishonored in death, a pathless soul not worth of an afterlife seeks escape from the eternal commute.
Why similar: Gothic 34.7% ★, Lovecraftian 30.6%, Lore-Rich 16.8%, Horror 10.9%, First-Person 7%
- #47 Nancy Drew®: Legend of the Crystal Skull
72% matchVery Positive91% of 220 reviews2009
Dev: HeR Interactive
Windows
The Search is on for an Unearthly Artifact in New Orleans!
Why similar: Based On A Novel 50.2% ★, Point & Click 14.5%, Mystery 6.4%, Dark 6%, Retro 6%
- #48 6 Floors
68% matchMostly Positive73% of 52 reviews2026
Dev: Ghoul World
Windows
You find yourself in a strange place and the only way out is within. Navigate liminal corridors and rooms filled with psychological terrors as you traverse all six floors of this mysterious place in order to save your soul.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 26.9%, Surreal 21.7%, Psychological Horror 17.4%, Horror 13%, First-Person 9.4%
- #49 Everliving Town
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Vivid Void Studio
Windows
In a town of exactly 245 residents, every breath is a subtraction. A narrative experience blending Gothic hand-drawn art and natural history puzzles. Waking into a world of "domestic bliss" as thick as a fungal bloom, will you submit to the morbid order, or shatter the balance?
Why similar: Gothic 21.2% ★, Surreal 18%, Lore-Rich 12.5%, Psychological Horror 12.1%, Point & Click 10.9%
- #50 Nancy Drew®: The Haunted Carousel
71% matchVery Positive93% of 254 reviews2009
Dev: HeR Interactive
Windows
Take a Spin with Danger to Unravel the Mystery of a Ghostly Merry-go-Round!
Why similar: Based On A Novel 55.6% ★, Point & Click 14.7%, Mystery 6.4%, First-Person 5.1%, Retro 5%
- #51 A Spider to A Fly
69% matchPositive86% of 42 reviews2023
Dev: SyineWave
Windows
90's Horror inspired Point & Click — a Dark and Emotional journey of a man looking for his missing son while facing his hidden demons. Enjoy an Atmospheric & stylized world, haunting and memorable audio, and piece together a story that will stay with you long after it ends.
Why similar: Surreal 16.7%, Point & Click 16%, Psychological Horror 14.1%, Abstract 11.5%, Horror 8.6%
- #52 Kitchen Gore
68% matchPositive89% of 38 reviews2025
Dev: xoblins
Windows
You voluntarily keep a monster in your basement. For some reason, you keep feeding her. Cook gruesome meals, keep her distracted by scrolling her phone, calm her down when things go wrong, and uncover the truth behind your unsettling circumstances.
Why similar: Gothic 16.3% ★, Surreal 15.4%, Psychological Horror 13%, Lovecraftian 12.2%, Horror 9.9%
- #53 Cold Abyss
67% 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: Lovecraftian 21%, Surreal 17.2%, Psychological Horror 12.3%, Abstract 11.3%, Horror 8.7%
- #54 AUTO-CRISIS
66% matchVery Positive88% of 94 reviews2025
Dev: The Otherworldly Studios
Windows
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: Surreal 19.4%, Lovecraftian 17.3%, Psychological Horror 14.9%, Dark 11.4%, Horror 10.8%
- #55 A Place, Forbidden
68% matchVery Positive85% of 456 reviews2020
Dev: Poison The Inkwell
Windows
A Place, Forbidden is a first-person, lo-fi horror-puzzle game set in the Library of Ouroboros, a seemingly innocuous library that, rumor has it, contains knowledge not meant for the eyes of mortal man. We hope you enjoy your visit.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 31.7%, Horror 13.1%, Surreal 12%, Psychological Horror 11.4%, Dark 10.1%
- #56 PERDITION VILLAGE
67% 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 20.1%, Point & Click 16.6%, Lore-Rich 13.7%, Psychological Horror 12.5%, Horror 9.2%
- #57 Dead Stop - No Vacancy
65% matchPositive81% of 37 reviews2026
Dev: Camel 101
Windows
One night at the Paradise Motel. One reporter who took a wrong turn. One thing certain: nobody checks out clean. A short retro horror inspired by 80s slasher films.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 17.8%, 1990's 17%, Retro 14.3%, Horror 13.3%, Surreal 10.4%
- #58 Dead Tapes: Fading Father
66% matchPositive89% of 46 reviews2025
Dev: Nektogone
Windows
Fading father is a man consumed by addiction and memories
Why similar: Psychological Horror 21.2%, Horror 16.8%, Retro 14.8%, Dark 12.9%, 1990's 12.7%
- #59 Darkness Within 1: In Pursuit of Loath Nolder
69% matchMostly Positive73% of 633 reviews2014
Dev: Stormling StudiosPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 54%
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 36.3%, Point & Click 21.8%, Horror 14%, Psychological Horror 13.9%, Atmospheric 4.7%