60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Singleplayer, Time Management, Simulation, Resource Management.
Manage a hotel straddling the border between worlds. Use deduction to identify Eldritch guests, solve abstract puzzles, and manage staff to survive the weekly Chaos invasion. A dark humor management sim where you must keep the hotel running... and your sanity intact.
Queen Of The Hill
You are a Queen Ant who has taken her colony's survival into her own hands. By day, hatch swarms of (questionably intelligent) children to gather food. By night, fend off hoards of enemies. Uncover dark secrets, equip powerful artifacts, and defend your hive from the unknowable beyond.
Alder's Blood: Definitive Edition
Alder's Blood is a tactical strategy game with stealth-based combat, RPG elements, crafting, resources gathering, and management, exploration, and a rich storyline. Set in a grim world, where mankind killed their God and is facing extinction.
You are a Queen Ant who has taken her colony's survival into her own hands. By day, hatch swarms of (questionably intelligent) children to gather food. By night, fend off hoards of enemies. Uncover dark secrets, equip powerful artifacts, and defend your hive from the unknowable beyond.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 37.8%, Time Management 30.7%, Resource Management 14.5%, Hand-drawn 9.2%, Simulation 4.8%
Alder's Blood is a tactical strategy game with stealth-based combat, RPG elements, crafting, resources gathering, and management, exploration, and a rich storyline. Set in a grim world, where mankind killed their God and is facing extinction.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 32.4%, Gothic 18.6% ★, Dark Fantasy 16.1%, Resource Management 11.6%, Hand-drawn 9.8%
Survive 30 unforgiving days on the streets before a deadly blizzard hits. Hustle for change, dumpster dive, or risk it all by picking pockets and dodging cops. Balance your hunger, hygiene, and morale. The city doesn't care if you live or die, prove it wrong.
Why similar: Time Management 40.8%, Simulation 20.6%, Life Sim 17.8%, Resource Management 16.3%, Atmospheric 2.7%
Eatime is a hardcore time-management and logic puzzle game. Step into the role of a master chef and seamlessly weave together "active" hands-on prep with "passive" automated cooking. Optimize your timeline, eliminate idle seconds, and serve up culinary masterpieces in record time!
Why similar: Time Management 27.9%, Resource Management 24.1%, Simulation 13.4%, Life Sim 13.1%, Hand-drawn 10.6%
Coffee For Cthulhu is a Lovecraftian Comfy Coffee Shop Simulator. During the day, you serve customers, brew coffee, and keep the various coffee machines from exploding or attacking customers.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 34.8%, Time Management 22.4%, Dark Fantasy 9.6%, Life Sim 9.5%, Hand-drawn 8.1%
Sunken Engine Lovecraftian Ship Repair Simulation. Restore your father’s old shipyard. Each arriving ship carries a dark mystery to be solved. Keep your customers satisfied while dealing with the strange and eerie happenings on the island.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 42.1%, Time Management 27.4%, Life Sim 11.4%, Simulation 8.9%, Stylized 6.6%
This is a Lovecraftian-inspired tale of a man writing the horrors of the one night he visited his great uncle's mansion to remember what actually happened at 3 am during the visit.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 51.3%, Time Management 36.3%, Puzzle 5%, Atmospheric 4.1%, 2D 2.5%
Tend a Magical Lighthouse at the edge of the cosmos. Gather and refine resources, maintain and upgrade the Lighthouse Engine, and aid incoming ships while an unsettling fog closes in.
Why similar: Time Management 48.1%, Resource Management 23.8%, Simulation 13.2%, Stylized 8.7%, Atmospheric 5.1%
Swap dreams to more suitable, as sweet FOR PAID USERS.
Why similar: Time Management 45.2%, Simulation 22.6%, Resource Management 18.1%, Puzzle 9.6%, 2D 3.4%
Master the clock, break the loop. Time is limited and is the ultimate resource in this hybrid Dungeon Crawler packed with phases of village defense. Each run is a fight to earn more time, or unlock new weapons and skills to build your escape.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 33.7%, Time Management 30.7%, Resource Management 17.1%, Dark Fantasy 17.1%, Singleplayer 0.9%
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 56.3%, Dark Fantasy 21.5%, Resource Management 17.4%, 2D 2.5%, Indie 1.1%
GARLAND FOR SALE! A game about a boy who earn his living by selling flower garlands to cars waiting in a traffic light at the intersection. Save enough money and follow his big dream. When the traffic light turns red, your job begins!
Why similar: Time Management 49.5%, Life Sim 16%, Resource Management 13.1%, Simulation 12.2%, Stylized 8.4%
Storage Finder is a trade and strategy-focused simulation game where you try to make a profit by bargaining and selling items. We buy and sell items found in the city or retrieved from storage units won at auctions — with every deal, some of us make money, while some of us lose.
Why similar: Time Management 41.4%, Resource Management 20.8%, Simulation 20.7%, Life Sim 15.4%, Indie 1%
The Cope is a 2D, point and click game that presents the fear of the unknown. Your night shift client service job as a janitor will start with you getting entangled in a series of strange stories in The Cope mansion. Work cleaning and serving your client and find the truth of this mansion of fear.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 50.7%, Hand-drawn 20.2%, Dark Fantasy 19.4%, Puzzle 6%, 2D 3.1%
Manage your own coffee shop and play together with your friends. Stock the counter with coffee beans, create your menu, set prices freely, take customer orders, and prepare delicious coffees. Decorate and expand your shop.
Why similar: Time Management 43.9%, Simulation 22%, Life Sim 19.1%, Stylized 13.1%, Indie 1%
Barnacles, Beers, and Brawls is a fast-paced bar management game. You are a tavern bar manager in a world filled with plundering pirates and tentacled monstrosities. This game was part of the University of Utah’s Division of Games program for the class of 2024’s Capstone Project!
Why similar: Time Management 37.4%, Lovecraftian 33.9%, Simulation 17.8%, Stylized 9.6%, Indie 0.9%
Take charge of airport operations. Manage aircraft maintenance, ground support, equipment, and taxiway movements, then leave the office to inspect aircraft, investigate damage, clear FOD, respond to emergencies, and keep flights moving safely and on schedule.
Why similar: Time Management 41.2%, Resource Management 22.7%, Simulation 21.8%, Life Sim 9.7%, Atmospheric 2.6%
Advance into the unknown territories full of secrets and dangers. Expand the famous road system to the far corners of mighty Roman Empire in this blend of casual strategy, sim and time management genres!
Why similar: Time Management 57.8%, Resource Management 25.2%, Simulation 16.9%
Darkest Dungeon II is a roguelike road trip of the damned. Form a party, equip your stagecoach, and set off across the decaying landscape on a last gasp quest to avert the apocalypse. The greatest dangers you face, however, may come from within...
Why similar: Lovecraftian 39.7%, Dark Fantasy 21%, Gothic 16.1% ★, Hand-drawn 8.3%, Roguelike 7.4%
Take charge of your own retail outlet. Stack shelves with products, hire staff, set prices, appease the customers, manage suppliers, expand your space. Grow from a little store into a massive supermarket.
Why similar: Time Management 39.7%, Simulation 20.5%, Life Sim 18.6%, Resource Management 10.7%, Stylized 10%
Daruma Observation Log is a roguelite observation sim where you breed darumas, harvest mysterious energy, and escape a collapsing facility ravaged by disasters to unlock permanent upgrades. Zero comfort, zero cuteness—just nonstop tension and brutal choices.
Why similar: Time Management 49.9%, Simulation 25.9%, Resource Management 19.4%, 2D 3.8%, Singleplayer 1%
Rescue corrupted books from your library, harness their power and rally their forces to fight for you in this hexgrid tactics deckbuilder! Combine cards to create uniquely powerful spells. With thousands of permutations to explore every turn, no two battles will ever be the same.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 39.3%, Gothic 22.7% ★, Dark Fantasy 20%, Hand-drawn 7.6%, Roguelike 6.5%
Enter into a Horror Adventure Lovecraftian-inspired story. As your sanity begins to erode, and armed with only a oil-lit lantern, work to unlock and uncover the secrets of the ship. Yet be aware, for something ancient and unknowable stirs within the suffocating darkness of the ship's maw...
Why similar: Lovecraftian 63%, Stylized 15.8%, Puzzle 9.5%, Hand-drawn 8%, Atmospheric 2.9%
The Season of the Warlock is a weird adventure game inspired by the gothic tale tradition, with two storylines to choose from. The soul of a warlock of yore, trapped in a portrait, will present Lord Alistair Ainsworth with an offer he will not be able to resist. Or will he? It’s your call...
Why similar: Lovecraftian 35.1%, Gothic 24.6% ★, Dark Fantasy 15.9%, Hand-drawn 11.3%, Puzzle 6.8%
A Point & Click Management game of Incomprehensible Entities, Survival and Discovery. Inspired by SCP and Cultist Simulator, with Cosmic Horror elements.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 44.6%, Resource Management 25.5%, Dark Fantasy 15.8%, Simulation 5.8%, 2D 3.7%
A strange kitchen. Endless orders. Limited minutes. Serve, grow, survive. Bon Appétit!
Why similar: Time Management 29.7%, Gothic 21.7% ★, Resource Management 16.8%, Hand-drawn 9.9%, Stylized 8.1%
As The Light Goes Out is a simulation game utilizing Emergency and Rescue services from across the globe as its background. Become the Emergency Services Commander and take charge of the Fire, Police, and Paramedic departments! Instruct your teams and ensure public safety！
Why similar: Time Management 41.5%, Resource Management 30.2%, Simulation 26.1%, Indie 1.2%, Singleplayer 1%
Welcome to Anomaly Control Division, the best workplace imaginable! You are now a proud member of a division dedicated to protecting humanity and studying the unknown. Monitor, manage, and survive the contained anomalies! Good luck.
Why similar: Time Management 59.2%, Simulation 15.5%, Resource Management 13.6%, Puzzle 10%, Indie 1%
Quinn is back on a new whirlwind adventure, joined by Flo® and Joe Wright, wedding photographer. Help Quinn become the world's top wedding planner in this hilarious sequel to the hit game Wedding Dash®. Visit beautiful, exotic locations while managing new guests, fulfilling bride and groom requests, and tackling comedic disasters.
Why similar: Time Management 60.8%, Simulation 39.2%
Apes Ticker is a real-feel simulation game built on virtual data inspired by the atmosphere of historical markets. Experience the ups and downs of market fluctuations firsthand and enjoy crafting your own investment strategies.
Why similar: Time Management 39.5%, Simulation 23.5%, Life Sim 19%, Resource Management 16%, Indie 1.1%
Strange Tales of Tieshan is a text adventure inspired by Chinese records of anomalies. As a traveler in a dark land of monsters, you make elixirs, choose paths, and negotiate with supernatural beings to survive and collect bizarre stories to appease a possessed book and escape.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 37.6%, Gothic 20.8% ★, Dark Fantasy 18.4%, Hand-drawn 11.4%, Stylized 9.5%
Choose a little horror to raise then unleash it upon the world.
Why similar: Time Management 30.7%, Lovecraftian 24%, Resource Management 16.7%, Life Sim 15.2%, Simulation 11.1%
The city is full of trash… but what secrets lie hidden among the garbage? Hit the streets at sunrise, collect waste, and uncover the city’s forgotten mysteries! Upgrade your tools over time, collect faster, and progress on your trash-collecting journey!
Why similar: Time Management 32.5%, Simulation 27.2%, Resource Management 19.5%, Life Sim 13.1%, Atmospheric 3.9%
You are a vampiric Mayor of a town on the brink of financial collapse. You must listen to the town and choose what is right for them, while maintaining a constant craving for blood. How will you choose to get it? How does the town feel about it? Balance your double life in Town at Stake!
Why similar: Time Management 37.6%, Gothic 19% ★, Life Sim 17.7%, Hand-drawn 13%, Stylized 9.6%
Run the internet your way. Build infrastructure, control traffic, stop outages, and grow a basement hosting startup into a global powerhouse.
Why similar: Time Management 41.2%, Resource Management 26.8%, Simulation 22.1%, Stylized 9.1%, Singleplayer 0.7%
Survive the horrors of the unknown as you expand your lands to keep from being dragged into the darkness; and devoured by that which lurks inside. Every time you make an action, the world around moves forward too. So be strategic in your choices, and be sure they are worth it.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 35.7%, Time Management 26.7%, Dark Fantasy 15.9%, Simulation 8.5%, Roguelike 8.3%
An ancient castle with human-making technology.A human, a dummy...Unrelated brothers, imprisoned by time in a castle...When you unlock the secrets of time, can you escape from your predicament?
Why similar: Lovecraftian 44%, Gothic 22.8% ★, Hand-drawn 11.7%, Stylized 9.5%, Puzzle 5.6%
Vacation towns are looking to upgrade their local attractions and your skills are needed! Can you get the gondola working at the ski resort? Will the fairgrounds get constructed in time for the festival? Find out in Build-a-lot: On Vacation!
Why similar: Time Management 43.4%, Simulation 25.9%, Resource Management 17.6%, Puzzle 9.2%, 2D 2.9%
Kooeh: A Timeless Delight is a heartwarming cosy narrative-driven restaurant management game about rediscovering lost family recipes and reviving the family restaurant.
Why similar: Resource Management 22.1%, Hand-drawn 18.2%, Time Management 16.8%, Life Sim 13.9%, Stylized 11.5%
A spot-the-difference-horror game; you use a camera system to locate and report disturbances and thieves, but you can't stay in the cameras the whole night. Getting up from your office to patrol is necessary to keep thieves at bay.
Why similar: Time Management 43.6%, Simulation 27.5%, Roguelike 15.8%, Puzzle 11.2%, Indie 1.9%
Dyer Expedition is a puzzle adventure game with light Lovecraftian horror elements and a story inspired by Lovecraft's 1931 novella At the Mountains of Madness.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 56.5%, Dark Fantasy 19.6%, Stylized 11%, Puzzle 7.1%, Atmospheric 5%
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 46.7%, Gothic 15.2% ★, Dark Fantasy 12.6%, Hand-drawn 8.6%, Stylized 6.8%
Survive through Lapland's frozen beauty in this Sámi-inspired survival strategy game. Don't conquer nature, listen to it. Master the seasons in a fragile ecosystem where sustainability is the only way to endure.
Why similar: Time Management 43.2%, Resource Management 28%, Simulation 17.6%, Stylized 8.2%, Singleplayer 2%
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 97.2%, Indie 2.8%
Assist clients in matters of Ritomancy. Devise powerful esoteric rituals by scouring forgotten tomes and unearthing forgotten grimoires in this uniquely text-based and lore-driven lovecraftian mystery game.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 46.2%, Gothic 30.8% ★, Simulation 9.5%, Stylized 8%, Puzzle 5.2%
Join the Incas on their exciting journey, fight against demons and mystical monsters and experience exciting adventures!
Why similar: Time Management 66.8%, Resource Management 28.5%, 2D 3.6%, Singleplayer 1.1%
Welcome to E-TECH Simulator, the ultimate simulation game where your entrepreneurial skills will be put to the test!
Why similar: Time Management 44.4%, Simulation 21.2%, Life Sim 19.2%, Resource Management 13.6%, Indie 0.9%
The game doesn't copy real life, it surpasses real life. Player is free to do whatever he wants: play on the stock exchange, get an academic degree, blogger, musician, traveler, boxing champion, create a business, find love, make real friends, or get a job for a five-day week, drink and sleep.
Why similar: Time Management 45.8%, Simulation 24.9%, Life Sim 22.3%, 2D 3.7%, Indie 2.3%
Cthulhu style AVG. Main gameplay is exploration and selection.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 75.8%, Hand-drawn 22%, Indie 1.2%, Singleplayer 1%
A Lovecraftian, psychological co-op horror where the powers from above are tormenting you and your co-workers, warping reality with anomalies and using any means necessary to stop you from leaving or finding out the truth: Can you do it? (co-op not included in demo version)
Why similar: Lovecraftian 43.6%, Time Management 29.8%, Roguelike 10.3%, Stylized 8.4%, Resource Management 5.6%
A grim medieval deckbuilder where you use your dubious healing methods to protect bizarre villagers from the corrupting influence of ancient evils.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 44.8%, Dark Fantasy 21%, Hand-drawn 13.3%, Stylized 9.6%, Simulation 8%
"Don't Click in The Dark" is a unique strategy game with clicker elements, set in a dark world inspired by Lovecraft's mythology. The player assumes the role of an enlightened cultist striving to build a powerful cult worshipping the ancient gods.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 45.5%, Resource Management 19.7%, Dark Fantasy 16.3%, Stylized 10%, Simulation 4.5%
Hallow maze is a soulslike metroidvania set in a gothic world in 2D. Use transformations into different creatures to open your way, as well as incredible tools of energy. Discover the origin of the scourge that is infecting the lands of the Evernight Valley and venture into The Hallow Maze...
Why similar: Lovecraftian 42.1%, Dark Fantasy 19.7%, Gothic 17% ★, Hand-drawn 12.1%, Stylized 9.2%
Three jobs. One life. Zero savings. A satirical British life sim, spiritual successor to Jones in the Fast Lane. Move your marble token around a city of 16 buildings. Take jobs, study, eat, save, and dodge the weekly Algorithm. See how far you can climb!
Why similar: Time Management 41.3%, Simulation 19.7%, Life Sim 17.9%, Resource Management 17.5%, 2D 2.1%
Dishonored in death, a pathless soul not worth of an afterlife seeks escape from the eternal commute.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 59.7%, Gothic 36.7% ★, Indie 3.6%
Sea Salt is a dark fantasy reverse horror action-strategy game where you play as the nightmarish force of Dagon by controlling and growing a horde of minions.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 62.8%, Dark Fantasy 17.5%, Gothic 15.9% ★, Indie 2%, Atmospheric 1.1%
Alicia Quatermain, a well-known adventurer and adrenaline junkie, is invited by sir Gringray to a charity ball – a common social event where no surprises can happen.
Why similar: Time Management 61.7%, Resource Management 30.6%, Puzzle 5.7%, Indie 1.1%, Singleplayer 0.9%
Mawang: Dark Lord Defense is a real-time tactical tower defense game. As Princess Lua, defend the demon realm against the hero alliance. Build unique towers, manage unit morale, and use tactical pauses to repel invasions. Your strategy decides the demon realm's fate.
Why similar: Time Management 30.2%, Gothic 23.7% ★, Dark Fantasy 19.6%, Resource Management 17.9%, Simulation 7.3%
A hyper-stressful, strictly manual elevator simulation! You're the corporation's new "control system" (a human). Drag and drop sticky notes to transport employees. Amidst massive clock-out rushes and blaring complaints, can you survive this extreme one-man shift?!
Why similar: Time Management 54.9%, Simulation 16.6%, Resource Management 13.1%, Puzzle 9.6%, 2D 4.3%
