- #1 Elder Sign: Omens
97% matchMostly Positive77% of 459 reviews2013
Dev: Fantasy Flight Publishing, Inc.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 9.1 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Elder Sign: Omens is a digital version of the popular board game by Fantasy Flight Games. Build a team of unique investigators and fight to keep an all-powerful Ancient One from invading our world! Explore museums, oceans, deserts and more for the arcane Elder Signs that will help seal the Ancient One away.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 49.2%, Board Game 37.2%, Tabletop 8.7%, Horror 4.1%, Indie 0.8%
- #2 Arkham Horror: Mother's Embrace
96% matchMixed63% of 706 reviews2021
Dev: Twin Sails Interactive
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 60%
Inspired by the award-winning board game franchise, Arkham Horror: Mother’s Embrace is an investigation game served with turn-based combat, set in the cult universe of H.P. Lovecraft.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 56.1%, Board Game 26.3%, Horror 7.4%, RPG 6.6%, Adventure 3.5%
- #3 Inkshade
96% matchVery Positive88% of 621 reviews2025
Dev: Studio Vezelle
Windows
Inkshade is a turn-based tactics game carved out of strange wooden miniatures, wrapped in a web of locked rooms, and orchestrated by an otherworldly game master. Victory is not guaranteed, and the only constant is the cruel black ink that flows within the pieces.
Why similar: Board Game 24.6%, Lovecraftian 17.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.5%, Tabletop 10.3%, Roguelike 9.9%
- #4 FLATHEAD
95% matchVery Positive94% of 408 reviews2024
Dev: Tim OxtonPub: DreadXP
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 2.2 hrs≥1hr: 53%
Over or Under? A simple game of gambling with your life.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 35.6%, Board Game 21.4%, Lore-Rich 11%, Tabletop 9.3%, Horror 7.9%
- #5 Copper Corrosion
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Quantum Ritual Games Studio
Windows
Copper Corrosion is a turn-based strategic RPG game inspired by Cthulhu mythology and set in a Victorian-era steampunk world infused with H.P. Lovecraft-inspired stories and a unique combat system.
Why similar: Board Game 28%, Lovecraftian 25.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.9%, Roguelike 12.4%, Tabletop 8%
- #6 Mansions of Madness
94% matchVery Positive93% of 1,291 reviews2016
Dev: Fantasy Flight Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 12.8 hrs≥1hr: 70%
A companion app for the Mansions of Madness Second Edition board game from Fantasy Flight Games. Mansions of Madness is a cooperative game of mystery and investigation inspired by the writings of H. P. Lovecraft. During each game, one to five players explore a location to unravel a mystery.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 47.6%, Board Game 37.2%, Horror 7.7%, Co-op 4.7%, Adventure 2.9%
- #7 Cultist Simulator
93% matchMostly Positive80% of 13,963 reviews2018
Dev: Weather Factory
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 11.6 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Seize forbidden treasures. Summon alien gods. Feed on your disciples. Cultist Simulator is a game of apocalypse and yearning. Play as a seeker after unholy mysteries, in a 1920s-themed setting of hidden gods and secret histories.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 29.7%, Board Game 19.8%, Lore-Rich 10.2%, Roguelike 9.3%, Tabletop 8.9%
- #8 The Horror at Highrook
91% matchVery Positive90% of 464 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 39.2%, Board Game 23.9%, Horror 11.2%, Investigation 6.2%, Story Rich 4.8%
- #9 Evil Cult
92% matchMostly Positive74% of 31 reviews2020
Dev: StarInfidel
Windows · Linux
This is a strategy board game of Lovecraftian macabre. Gain resources, grow your cult, stay hidden from the world, and when the stars are finally right summon the Elder God you worship. Alternatively, just eliminate the competition in an invisible war.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 30.4%, Board Game 25.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.5%, Tabletop 11.1%, Horror 7.8%
- #10 The Academy of the Cosmic Realm
91% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Blue Moss Games
Windows
The Academy of the Cosmic Realm is a short first-person horror game where you explore an old abandoned academy to discover what terrible event led to it's closure.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 51.1%, Horror 15.6%, Lore-Rich 14.2%, Atmospheric 5.7%, Story Rich 5.4%
- #11 Call of Cthulhu®
90% matchMostly Positive79% of 13,708 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 66.6%, Horror 13.6%, Story Rich 5.8%, Atmospheric 4.5%, RPG 3.8%
- #12 Lovecraft's Untold Stories
89% matchMostly Positive74% of 960 reviews2019
Dev: LLC Blini GamesPub: Fulqrum Publishing
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 89%
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 67%, Roguelite 9.4%, Horror 7.3%, RPG 6.5%, Roguelike 3.2%
- #13 Fiat Less
88% matchNo user reviews
Dev: LunarEat Studio
Windows
In aurora-drenched Moria Bay, reality fractures. As the Matron’s Executor, reclaim the Holy Grail. Fiat Less blends deck-building with grid tactics. Build from 180+ cards, collect relics, and forge synergies to survive grotesque foes.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 34.5%, Board Game 25%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.1%, Roguelike 12%, Lore-Rich 9.3%
- #14 Desert of Vice
87% matchPositive83% of 24 reviews2018
Dev: Karolis Dikcius
Windows · Mac
Solve your own murder in this horror text adventure with choice dependent endings. Explore an isolated desert town to figure out who murdered you - and why.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 71.7%, Horror 21%, Adventure 4.2%, Indie 3.1%
- #15 克苏鲁异闻录
86% matchMixed66% of 250 reviews2019
Dev: LLC Blini GamesPub: Surefire.Games
Windows · Mac
基于“克苏鲁神话”世界观下的Roguelike动作冒险游戏作品。玩家将在游戏中身临其境地接触洛夫克拉夫特笔下那些不可名状之物。通过不同的选择调查世界的谜团,合理控制自己的san值让自己在残酷的走位-射击战斗中生存下去!获取装备,磨练技巧,挫败古神与外神们的邪恶计划!
Why similar: Lovecraftian 84.9%, RPG 10.4%, Adventure 2.7%, Indie 1.9%
- #16 Stygian: Reign of the Old Ones
86% matchMixed66% of 2,516 reviews2019
Dev: Cultic GamesPub: Fulqrum Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 11.5 hrsMean: 12.2 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Delve into a role-playing game of horror, loss and madness set in the strange worlds of HP Lovecraft. Stygian: Reign of the Old Ones offers a mix of rich role-playing and turn-based tactical combat, represented in an illustrative visual style. Can you find salvation in a dead world?
Why similar: Lovecraftian 62.7%, Horror 13.3%, RPG 12.2%, Story Rich 3.7%, Atmospheric 3.6%
- #17 Conarium
85% matchMostly Positive77% of 2,263 reviews2017
Dev: Stormling StudiosPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 85%
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 73%, Horror 15.2%, Story Rich 3.8%, Atmospheric 3.7%, Adventure 2.7%
- #18 Curious Expedition
84% matchVery Positive91% of 4,487 reviews2016
Dev: Maschinen-Mensch
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 9.3 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Curious Expedition is a roguelike expedition simulation set in the late 19th century. Together with famous personalities you will venture on unprecedented expeditions to regions never explored before for fame, science and treasures.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 31.2%, Board Game 20.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.5%, Roguelike 10.6%, Tabletop 8.9%
- #19 Eldritch
84% matchVery Positive88% of 2,216 reviews2013
Dev: Minor Key Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Eldritch is the original imsim roguelike: a first-person action game inspired by roguelikes, immersive sims, and H. P. Lovecraft.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 57.4%, Roguelike 18.8%, Horror 9.9%, Roguelite 7.2%, RPG 3.4%
- #20 October Night Games
83% matchMostly Positive70% of 91 reviews2020
Dev: Octobear Knight GamesPub: WhisperGames
Windows · Mac · Linux
Will you try to keep the world the way it is or fight for the changes? October Night Games is a digital board game where everyone is a cultist working for one of two different sides. Scour the town for cursed ingredients and make deals with inscrutable entities as something eldrich this way comes.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 37.1%, Board Game 25.2%, Tabletop 11.9%, Horror 8.7%, Roguelite 6.7%
- #21 SUNLESS SEA
82% matchVery Positive83% of 9,521 reviews2015
Dev: Failbetter Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 10.8 hrs≥1hr: 79%
LOSE YOUR MIND. EAT YOUR CREW. DIE. Take the helm of your steamship and set sail for the unknown! Sunless Sea is a game of discovery, loneliness and frequent death, set in the award-winning Victorian Gothic universe of Fallen London.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 56.2%, Roguelike 9.6%, Horror 8%, Story Rich 7.5%, RPG 5.4%
- #22 Arcana Noir
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Bret Kittle
Windows · Mac
Arcana Noir is an illustrated text-based Rogue-lite RPG using a D100 system, resource management, and decision trees inspired by adventure games and interactive fiction.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 42%, Tabletop 12.2%, Horror 9.7%, Roguelite 9.1%, Roguelike 8.7%
- #23 The Consuming Shadow
82% matchVery Positive95% of 425 reviews2015
Dev: Ben 'Yahtzee' Croshaw
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 87%
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 73.1%, Horror 9.9%, Roguelite 7.8%, Atmospheric 4.1%, Adventure 2.4%
- #24 Remnants of the Old Ones
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Handmade Dreams Studio
Windows
In the 1920s, build a clandestine network to push back against a cult devoted to awakening a Great Old One. Manage your resources, recruit agents, explore and uncover dark secrets to fight nightmarish horrors. Will you dare to cross the boundaries of the unspeakable?
Why similar: Lovecraftian 53.3%, Board Game 22.6%, Horror 11.3%, Resource Management 4.4%, Story Rich 4.3%
- #25 Neverwood
79% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2026
Dev: BellaInTheGame
Windows
You journey through the haunted forest of Neverwood in board game orchestrated by a dark and mysterious game master named Bella. The game blends grid based combat with deckbuilding roguelike mechanics in a dreary yet somewhat cozy Halloween themed atmosphere.
Why similar: Board Game 23.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 22.6%, Horror 13%, Roguelite 10.8%, Tabletop 9.9%
- #26 Depersonalization
78% matchVery Positive93% of 6,781 reviews2024
Dev: MeowNaturePub: Gamirror Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 14.2 hrs≥1hr: 73%
"May all stories find their best endings." "Depersonalization" is an anthology-style game featuring standalone chapters and diverse story genres. We continuously collect and create a wide variety of stories, ultimately housing them in a library that transcends the flow of time.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 49.2%, Board Game 23.4%, Investigation 7.5%, RPG 6.3%, Story Rich 5.6%
- #27 Necropolis Suite
79% 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 49.3%, Horror 13.7%, Lore-Rich 9.7%, Roguelite 8.9%, Story Rich 7.4%
- #28 Call of Cthulhu®: Dark Corners of the Earth
80% matchMixed68% of 3,337 reviews2009
Dev: Headfirst ProductionsPub: Bethesda Softworks
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 6.7 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 73.2%, Horror 19.3%, Atmospheric 3.3%, Story Rich 2.8%, Adventure 0.8%
- #29 Deeper
77% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: PbnjGuy
Windows
Deeper is a short horror management game focusing on stress and being stuck in a submarine
Why similar: Lovecraftian 68.6%, Horror 21.8%, Simulation 6.8%, Singleplayer 1.8%, Indie 1%
- #30 Necronomicon: The Dawning of Darkness
78% matchMixed44% of 209 reviews2014
Dev: Cryo InteractivePub: Microids
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 43%
In this thrilling point-and-click adventure based on the works of H.P Lovecraft, you’ll traverse the haunting world of Gothic New England, solving puzzles and acquiring information to help Stanton solve the mystery of the Necronomicon.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 81.9%, Horror 14.8%, Adventure 3.3%
- #31 Cosmic Fear
76% 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 49%, Horror 14%, Lore-Rich 12.3%, Story Rich 6.5%, Investigation 6.3%
- #32 Souls Alive: Origins
75% 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 67.9%, Horror 15.1%, Story Rich 8%, Atmospheric 5.6%, Adventure 2.1%
- #33 Dunwich Horror
75% 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 51.9%, Horror 13.6%, Lore-Rich 9.9%, Investigation 7.1%, Story Rich 6.7%
- #34 Heretic Operative
76% matchVery Positive81% of 91 reviews2019
Dev: C Prompt Games
Windows
A unique digital boardgame with strategy and narrative elements, inspired by games like Pandemic, Arkham Horror, and Talisman. As a Heretic Operative, a secret mage sworn to oppose the Cult, you must harness the arcane without becoming lost in its power.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 37.6%, Board Game 27.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.3%, Horror 6.6%, RPG 5.9%
- #35 At the Mountains of Madness
77% matchMostly Negative34% of 65 reviews2016
Dev: Team Clockworks
Windows
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Play the role of Professor Dyer, a geologist at Miskatonic University who travelled to Antarctica in 1930 as the leader of a research expedition, in this 3D first-person horror survival adventure game.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 94.2%, Adventure 3.4%, Indie 2.4%
- #36 Last Chance Market
74% 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 52.9%, Lore-Rich 13.9%, Horror 12.2%, Story Rich 7.9%, Atmospheric 5.6%
- #37 Soul Wargame
74% matchVery Positive84% of 134 reviews2023
Dev: 趣品堂(Hardcore Studio)
Windows
This is a dark style strategy game that combines Wargame and Rogulike. Everyone received a mysterious invitation after destroying the conspiracy of the cult. You will lead a group of undead warriors on an adventure journey to defeat invincible enemies one by one.
Why similar: Board Game 30.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 17.8%, Roguelike 17.7%, Tabletop 12.9%, RPG 8%
- #38 Shadows of Eldemir
73% 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 49.9%, Horror 14.3%, Lore-Rich 8.4%, RPG 8.4%, Story Rich 7.3%
- #39 Dice Dice Dice
73% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2024
Dev: WuYiWoYi
Windows
This is a casual deck-building game based on dice rolling. Players will rely on their choices and some luck to achieve victory.
Why similar: Board Game 32.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 24.1%, Roguelike 17.5%, Roguelite 9.1%, Tabletop 8.2%
- #40 The Carcass
73% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: PiqFocus Interactive
Windows
A typing-driven Lovecraftian colony sim. You wake inside the corpse of a dead god, adrift in space. Carve a roguelike colony from procedurally generated anatomy — negotiate with rival alien factions, evolve occult mutations, find your ending. The carcass remembers.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 35.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.7%, Roguelike 12.5%, Horror 9.8%, Lore-Rich 9.7%
- #41 Steampunk Jigsaw Puzzles
72% matchVery Positive82% of 73 reviews2023
Dev: Dr. Cyril Splutterworth
Windows
Dive into a world of Victorian elegance and mechanical marvels. Discover steam-powered wonders while testing the limits of your puzzle-solving skills.
Why similar: Board Game 39.2%, Lovecraftian 26.8%, Tabletop 20.3%, Simulation 5.1%, Atmospheric 4.5%
- #42 Mind Lure
71% matchMostly Positive79% of 61 reviews2025
Dev: Little Tiger Game
Windows
A Lovecraftian deck-building roguelike. Collect eerie cards and twisted creatures. Strengthen your deck while battling sanity loss in waters haunted by unspeakable entities.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 49.8%, Roguelike 15.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.1%, Roguelite 8.5%, Horror 6.3%
- #43 Blade and Madness
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Crimson Birds Studio
Windows
Blade and Madness, a roguelite deckbuilder where turns play out simultaneously and every choice matters. As madness creeps in, your cards change, the battlefield twists, and enemies grow more unpredictable. Adaptation isn’t optional, it’s the only way to survive… or give in to the dark.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 38.2%, Board Game 23.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.4%, Roguelike 10.5%, Roguelite 8.2%
- #44 Descent: Road to Legend
72% matchVery Positive89% of 390 reviews2016
Dev: Fantasy Flight Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 42.9 hrs≥1hr: 50%
Road to Legend is a companion app for the Descent: Journeys in the Dark 2nd edition board game. When you play with Road to Legend, the app assumes the role of the overlord player, controlling monsters and inviting you to explore the dungeon in entirely new and unexpected ways.
Why similar: Board Game 53.1%, RPG 17%, Tabletop 14.7%, Co-op 11.1%, Adventure 4.2%
- #45 Multiverse Escape
70% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: AAA独游开发韩师傅
Windows
This is a light rogue-like turn-based strategy game. Choose unique characters, battle across countless distinct small worlds, upgrade skills, equipment and attributes to strengthen yourself, and finally break free from the bondage of endless realms.
Why similar: Board Game 44.7%, Roguelike 23.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 21.5%, Roguelite 8.5%, Indie 0.9%
- #46 The Last Door: Season 2 - Collector's Edition
71% matchVery Positive94% of 979 reviews2016
Dev: The Game KitchenPub: Phoenix Online Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 92%
In Season 2 of The Last Door, the search for his missing client will bring psychiatrist John Wakefield deeper into a conspiracy of darkness and closer to the heart of madness than ever before.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 70.1%, Horror 16.2%, Story Rich 5.1%, Atmospheric 4.1%, Adventure 3%
- #47 LEAK
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Guillaume Collignon
Windows
A precision one-button roguelite. Master the rhythm-based combat, collect reality-warping stickers, and survive a dungeon built to monetize a catastrophe. In LEAK, the horror is curated—but the rot is real. Can you break the system and uncover the truth?
Why similar: Lovecraftian 53.6%, Roguelike 22.3%, RPG 17.1%, Atmospheric 4.6%, Singleplayer 1.3%
- #48 UnSeen
69% 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 57.3%, Horror 18.7%, Story Rich 6%, Atmospheric 5.9%, Mystery 5.8%
- #49 The Coma 3: Bloodlines
67% matchVery Positive86% of 371 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 54.3%, Horror 21%, Lore-Rich 7.9%, Story Rich 5.6%, Mystery 4.1%
- #50 WORLD OF HORROR
68% matchVery Positive90% of 9,794 reviews2023
Dev: panstaszPub: Ysbryd Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Experience the quiet terror of this 1-bit love letter to Junji Ito and H.P. Lovecraft. Navigate a hellish roguelite reality with turn-based combat and unforgiving choices. Experiment with your deck of event cards to discover new forms of cosmic horror in every playthrough. The inevitable awaits...
Why similar: Lovecraftian 46.7%, Horror 16.8%, Roguelike 11.5%, Roguelite 9.2%, RPG 5.3%
- #51 Infinite Arcana
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Kier Works
Windows
Push deeper into an endless dark-fantasy roguelite of random battles, shops, events, and cursed regions. Build with arcane stones and record 500+ monsters and 20+ regions in a persistent archive.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 63.8%, Roguelite 14.3%, Resource Management 8.6%, RPG 8.6%, 2D 2.1%
- #52 That Abysmal Place
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Black Void Media
Windows
A nightmarish 2D roguelite that will leave you questioning your sanity.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 49.4%, Roguelike 14.4%, Horror 14.1%, Roguelite 10.8%, Atmospheric 4.8%
- #53 Chronicle of Innsmouth
70% matchMostly Positive78% of 255 reviews2017
Dev: PsychoDevPub: AtomicHorde
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Chronicle of Innsmouth is a point'n'click adventure inspired by Lucas' retro classics from the 90s and H.P. Lovecraft's works. Investigate, gather info and solve enigmas to unveil the secrets of the cursed town of Innsmouth, a forsaken place surrounded by horrifying rumors.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 96%, Adventure 4%
- #54 PawnKingChess
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: xisongGame
Windows · Mac
'Pawn King Chess' is a roguelike game themed around Chinese chess. The core mechanic of transforming soldier pieces into king pieces, combined with various weapons and 'unique per game' strategy combinations, ensures that each match is a completely new battle!
Why similar: Board Game 47.1%, Roguelike 23.4%, Tabletop 20.2%, Roguelite 6%, Indie 1.5%
- #55 Lost Sanity: Cthulhu
68% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Manin StudiosPub: ZNT Productions
Windows
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 68.5%, Horror 16.4%, Story Rich 5.9%, Mystery 5.7%, Adventure 1.9%
- #56 CHRONOPHOBIA
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: The Crew
Windows
You play as a father who has recently lost his son. Driven by grief, you embark on a time-bending journey in order to revive him back from the dead. But by the end of your journey, the horrors that you witness will make you question the credibility of your actions.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 55.2%, Lore-Rich 15.7%, Horror 14.1%, Story Rich 7.5%, Mystery 3.9%
- #57 Eldritch Archives
66% matchPositive92% of 25 reviews2025
Dev: Ol' Chums Gaming
Windows
Nightmares of awful creatures and twisted worlds have haunted you since you received a letter from a prospective client. Delving into the mystery behind this cursed page may be the only chance you have of ever sleeping again. Nobody ever said being a paranormal investigator was easy...
Why similar: Lovecraftian 60.3%, Horror 20.3%, Investigation 7.9%, Atmospheric 6.4%, Adventure 2.4%
- #58 Yorvik's Game
66% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Firewake///Trails
Windows
Play a game of luck and strategy against an entity claiming to be a tribal god. Toss tokens, use voodoo magic, ask questions and try to keep your life away from getting snuffed out...
Why similar: Board Game 37.3%, Horror 16.8%, Roguelike 14.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.5%, Tabletop 8%
- #59 Abyssal Lapidary
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Light WormPub: XD
Windows
A gothic management sim set in a Victorian-inspired underground metropolis. Appraise raw ores, cut exquisite gems, and craft unique jewelry for strange clients. Some stones are worth a fortune. Others stare back.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 68.1%, RPG 16.3%, Simulation 7.5%, Mystery 6.3%, Singleplayer 1%