- #1 Souls Alive: Origins
97% 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 46.4%, Survival Horror 16%, Horror 10.8%, Psychological Horror 7.9%, Story Rich 4.7%
- #2 Venatrix
96% matchPositive81% of 43 reviews2024
Dev: Playstige Interactive
Windows
Venatrix is a unique hybrid of action-packed and stealth-based horror game. We choose to play as either Matthew or Della, resulting in two different play styles, either third-person action/horror or first-person stealth/horror.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 40%, Stealth 10.9%, Horror 10.6%, Survival Horror 10.3%, Psychological Horror 8.4%
- #3 The Coma 3: Bloodlines
96% matchNo user 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 36.7%, Survival Horror 15.7%, Horror 14.1%, Psychological Horror 9.9%, Mystery 7.5%
- #4 The Sleep Experiment
95% matchMostly Negative26% of 19 reviews2023
Dev: ClawsDev
Windows · Mac
Experience the horrors of one of the most infamous experiments that ever took place. As a test subject in a top-secret Soviet research facility, you must endure days without sleep while facing unimaginable terrors that lurk in the shadow.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 29.7%, Survival Horror 16%, Psychological Horror 14.3%, Horror 12.3%, Mystery 10.1%
- #5 Ritual Tides
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Vertpaint
Windows
Ritual Tides is a single-player, narrative-driven first-person psychological horror game set on the isolated British island of Hortus. Explore the island, uncover its dark past, loot food, ammunition and supplies, evade the cult of the Fallow Parish, and survive Lovecraftian horrors.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 32.9%, Survival Horror 15%, Psychological Horror 14%, Horror 13%, Mystery 8.5%
- #6 Amnesia: Rebirth
94% matchMostly Positive77% of 9,173 reviews2020
Dev: Frictional Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 10.0 hrs≥1hr: 75%
A first-person horror adventure. Uncover your past and survive the Algerian desert. Fear is your enemy; stay calm to not succumb to an illness threatening you and your loved one. Avoid darkness, hide from monsters and solve puzzles. Adventure Mode available for a less scary experience.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 33.3%, Stealth 10.8%, Horror 9.9%, Survival Horror 8.8%, Psychological Horror 7.2%
- #7 Call of Cthulhu®
93% matchMostly Positive79% of 13,295 reviews2018
Dev: Cyanide StudioPub: Focus Entertainment
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 7.3 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 54%, Psychological Horror 11.9%, Horror 11.4%, Mystery 7.1%, Story Rich 4%
- #8 Backrooms: Exit from Supermarket
92% matchMixed70% of 56 reviews2025
Dev: CGI LAB GAMES
Windows
In the Backrooms: Exit from Supermarket, you find yourself trapped in a labyrinth of endless, flickering aisles. Unearth dark secrets behind every shelf while evading lurking apparitions and supernatural terrors. Can you survive the haunted corridors and escape before the nightmare consumes?
Why similar: Lovecraftian 33%, Survival Horror 13.9%, Psychological Horror 13.5%, Horror 11.6%, Mystery 7.5%
- #9 Lovelace Case
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: BOK Studio
Windows
Lovelace Case is a Retro Lovecraftian Survival Horror set in the 1900s. Explore the nightmarish Mansion, manage scarce resources and face eldritch terrors where survival means choosing what parts of reality you are willing to lose.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 39.8%, Survival Horror 16.8%, Horror 13.4%, Psychological Horror 8.7%, Female Protagonist 7.6%
- #10 The Designer's Curse
91% matchVery Positive88% of 808 reviews2019
Dev: CBGames
Windows · Mac
Chapter 2 is OUT NOW! The first chapter of an unforgettable survival horror experience. Solve puzzles and work your way through this terrifying place. You may be more familiar with it than you initially think.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 32.9%, Survival Horror 17.1%, Psychological Horror 14.1%, Horror 13.2%, Stealth 11.1%
- #11 Abject Abyss
90% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Anton Bezett
Windows
A horror adventure on a distant world. Explore Luminary Corporation’s most cutting-edge research facility, piece together what went wrong, and survive the horrors that lurk in the dark.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 36%, Psychological Horror 15%, Horror 14.2%, Linear 5.9%, Stealth 5.2%
- #12 Dwelling on the Hill
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Apocrifa Labs Interactive
Windows
Sealed inside by a cosmic anomaly. In this house that defies the laws of physics, evade the Entity that manipulates your mind. Your only aid is an experimental device that reveals illusions. A 90-minute, intense, and Lovecraftian psychological horror experience.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 35.8%, Survival Horror 12.8%, Psychological Horror 11.5%, Horror 10.8%, Mystery 8.6%
- #13 Penumbra: Black Plague Gold Edition
89% matchVery Positive94% of 2,897 reviews2009
Dev: Frictional Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 62%
Surrounded by enemies and assaulted by terror from all sides, Philip must collect clues and solve vexing puzzles while combating the gnawing psychological terrors that assail his mind and threaten to strip him of his sanity.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 23.6%, Horror 20.6%, Psychological Horror 15.1%, Stealth 12.1%, Survival Horror 10.5%
- #14 The Night Is Long
86% 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 44%, Psychological Horror 13.8%, Horror 12.3%, Mystery 7.5%, First-Person 4.4%
- #15 Call of Cthulhu®: Dark Corners of the Earth
88% matchMixed68% of 3,295 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 56.9%, Horror 15.8%, Survival Horror 11%, Stealth 5.6%, First-Person 4%
- #16 Penumbra Overture
87% matchVery Positive91% of 4,061 reviews2009
Dev: Frictional Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 58%
Penumbra: Overture is a first person survival horror game, emphasizing on survival and problem solving instead of mindless violence and gore.
Why similar: Horror 23.9%, Lovecraftian 22.5%, Survival Horror 14.8%, Psychological Horror 12.5%, Stealth 8.7%
- #17 Mountains of Madness
86% matchMixed57% of 28 reviews2024
Dev: Deep Dive Project
Windows
A first person horror exploration game set in the frozen wastes of Antarctica. Use your tools to navigate the frozen galleries untouched by millennia and unearth evidence of a dreadful truth while you search for a madman whose ill fate lies somewhere beneath these Mountains of Madness
Why similar: Lovecraftian 39%, Horror 11.5%, Mystery 10.8%, Survival Horror 10.6%, Psychological Horror 9.9%
- #18 Abaddon
85% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Nice to meet studios LTD
Windows
Abaddon is a first-person psychological horror game steeped in Lovecraftian elements. Descend into a haunting story as you take on the role of Jimmy, searching for his missing brother Georgie while confronting his past in a nightmarish world.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 34.6%, Survival Horror 14.6%, Psychological Horror 13%, Horror 11.2%, First-Person 5.1%
- #19 Underwater
84% matchMixed68% of 75 reviews2021
Dev: Andreev WorldsPub: Gamesforgames
Windows
Dive into a world of despair in the world of Underwater. Take the role of an unknown inmate entering the a deep sea prison where mutants roam and barely any traces of human life remain. You will have to use all your ingenuity to escape and avoid becoming the meal of the hideous denizens.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 29%, Survival Horror 16.4%, Psychological Horror 13.4%, Mystery 12.2%, Stealth 6.5%
- #20 Conarium
84% matchMostly Positive77% of 2,240 reviews2017
Dev: Stormling StudiosPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.7 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 61.4%, Horror 13.4%, Psychological Horror 10.9%, Adventure 5.4%, First-Person 4.6%
- #21 Last Chance Market
82% 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 40.3%, Survival Horror 16.4%, Mystery 11.4%, Psychological Horror 9.8%, Horror 9.7%
- #22 Underworld Dreams: The False King
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Drop of PixelPub: Drop Of Pixel
Windows
Underworld Dreams: The False King is the first game in the Underworld Dreams Anthology - the first-person horror series based in the Lovecraftian mythos. Inspired by the works of Lovecraft and Robert W Chambers and set in the 1980s, it sets the stage for the Underworld Dreams experience.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 46.7%, Psychological Horror 18%, Horror 17.1%, First-Person 5.6%, Action 3.3%
- #23 Darkness Within 2: The Dark Lineage
83% matchMixed67% of 265 reviews2014
Dev: Stormling StudiosPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 53%
In "The Dark Lineage" you re-take the role of police detective Howard Loreid, a man tormented by the paranormal happenings around him. Howard discovers that his own terrible past has some connection to the madness that is about to swallow him, yet again.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 52.7%, Psychological Horror 17.3%, Horror 14.4%, Adventure 8.6%, First-Person 4.3%
- #24 Dreaded Wunder
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Hunters Moon Games
Windows
Dreaded Wunder is a psychological horror game set in a twisted version of Norwich, Featuring local myths and legends with a hint of Eldritch horror. Navigate the contorted world that lies before you and find a way to escape fate by relying on a mobile phone to survive!
Why similar: Lovecraftian 40.4%, Psychological Horror 14.2%, Survival Horror 12%, Horror 9.3%, Stealth 9.2%
- #25 Claustrophobia
81% matchMixed67% of 24 reviews2022
Dev: Sentinel Studios
Windows
Claustrophobia offers a scary and dark horror experience filled with blood boiling moments, first you will have to silently move your way through the darkness, until you can pick up arms and discover the truth. Can you figure out what is hiding in this grueling subterranean facility?
Why similar: Lovecraftian 32.4%, Survival Horror 15.4%, Psychological Horror 14.3%, Horror 12.5%, Stealth 7.3%
- #26 Seals of Madness
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Evil Unicorn Games
Windows
After a car accident, you find yourself trapped in a dark, decaying basement, haunted by visions of a mysterious little girl and ancient entities. As you delve deeper into the twisted surroundings, you uncover terrifying secrets that threaten your sanity.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 37.9%, Psychological Horror 14.3%, Survival Horror 12.7%, Horror 11.2%, Mystery 8.5%
- #27 Their Navy Is Their Doom
78% matchPositive100% of 12 reviews2024
Dev: Press F
Windows
Command an advanced submarine in a heart-pounding horror experience as you hunt the last remnants of a defeated enemy beneath the Mariana Trench. Can be completed in under 50 minutes.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 34.5%, Psychological Horror 15.3%, Horror 13.3%, Linear 7.1%, Mystery 6.8%
- #28 Bring to Light
80% matchMixed65% of 43 reviews2018
Dev: Red Meat Games
Windows
Trapped in the city subway system due to a sudden disaster, you explore the depths of the tunnels to find your way out. The further you explore, the more you realize there is more to this disaster...and the lurking shadows are following your every move.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 29.2%, Survival Horror 15.4%, Psychological Horror 11%, Horror 10.8%, Mystery 8.2%
- #29 Horror of Minos
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Dgen Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Explore the mythical ancient ruins beneath the island of Minos. Piece together what happened to you and your team. Beware the spirits and beasts that lurk below! A single-player, first-person, horror game inspired by Penumbra and Amnesia.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 35%, Survival Horror 12.6%, Mystery 10.7%, Horror 10.3%, Psychological Horror 10%
- #30 Helltown
79% matchMostly Positive80% of 108 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 33.3%, Psychological Horror 12.4%, Survival Horror 12%, Horror 10.7%, Stealth 9.4%
- #31 Plura Ingenia: Patient 16
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Oblique Interactive
Windows
A first-person psychological horror game where your personality shapes the experience. Answer unsettling questions, endure disturbing trials, and survive an evaluation that adapts to how you think and behave.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 32.6%, Survival Horror 13.6%, Psychological Horror 13.4%, Horror 11.7%, Mystery 7.9%
- #32 Ice Eyes
77% match6 user reviews67% of 6 reviews2024
Dev: Luna Apps
Windows
Build a snowman to keep the monster at bay and throw snowballs to defend yourself in this Christmas horror game!
Why similar: Lovecraftian 35.4%, Psychological Horror 16.8%, Horror 13.5%, Survival Horror 12.9%, Story Rich 6.1%
- #33 Blind Hope
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: FalseHope Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A first-person survival horror with a cosmic twist, where you must blindly navigate a decayed historic manor swarming with warped children with only your vague memories and peripheral senses to guide you. Will your sanity hold? Or will blind hope turn to blind despair?
Why similar: Lovecraftian 39%, Mystery 11.3%, Psychological Horror 11.2%, Survival Horror 11%, Horror 10.4%
- #34 Noctem
76% matchMostly Positive71% of 48 reviews2022
Dev: Dreamtale Studio
Windows
Noctem is a first-person psychological horror game with an element of some real life experiences. Dive in an immersive experience, with atmospheric, realistic environments and unravel the horrifying long-covered secrets and the mystery that spreads all over the Alaska Triangle.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 28.5%, Psychological Horror 11.5%, Survival Horror 11.1%, Horror 9.6%, Mystery 8.6%
- #35 The Consuming Shadow
76% matchVery Positive95% of 419 reviews2015
Dev: Ben 'Yahtzee' Croshaw
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 86%
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 62.4%, Survival Horror 16.7%, Horror 8.9%, Psychological Horror 6.2%, Adventure 4.8%
- #36 My Father's House
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: BadTaste Studio
Windows
My Father's House is a first-person indie survival horror game. The father’s old mansion becomes a maze of nightmares when the secrets of the past are released. Survive, save resources, solve puzzles and stay in the shadows. Ingenuity and tactics are your only way to escape.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 32.4%, Survival Horror 17%, Horror 11.7%, Stealth 11.2%, Psychological Horror 10.5%
- #37 Lighthouse of Madness
74% 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 45.2%, Psychological Horror 14.9%, Mystery 10.5%, Story Rich 5.5%, First-Person 5.5%
- #38 Bound Beyond
74% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Ananta Studio
Windows
A dark, mystical first-person adventure. Investigate the disappearance of a renowned archaeologist. Explore locations where shadows may hide a threat, and every sound can be your final mistake. Solve immersive puzzles and use sound, physics, and tools to survive before an ancient secret consumes you
Why similar: Survival Horror 16.5%, Psychological Horror 13.9%, Horror 13.5%, Stealth 12.4%, Mystery 11.2%
- #39 Hunt of Dusha
73% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2025
Dev: Demigrz
Windows
Explore a cursed residential area in this retro-inspired horror game. As a Hunter, track the entities that dwell within and cleanse the area.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 49.4%, Psychological Horror 15.9%, Horror 15.7%, Survival Horror 5.3%, Mystery 4.7%
- #40 The Alien Cube
73% matchVery Positive81% of 550 reviews2021
Dev: Alessandro Guzzo
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Worlds collide as your cursed inheritance throws you into the middle of a series of mysterious events. Discover terrifying secrets as you follow your uncle’s disappearance, and confront a terrible truth that will change your life forever in this cosmic horror first-person adventure.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 41.8%, Horror 11.5%, Psychological Horror 11.3%, Survival Horror 11.3%, Mystery 9.7%
- #41 Shadow Warren
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Juk Games StudioPub: Juk Games
Windows
You are a stranger, cast into the darkness of ancient mysteries. As a rabbit, you wander a world where nightmares lurk and rituals are part of an unfathomable game. Survive and follow the voice’s call—but remember: the true will of these powers is forever beyond your understanding.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 30.4%, Survival Horror 15.6%, Psychological Horror 14.1%, Horror 12.6%, Stealth 10.5%
- #42 The Echo Paradox
71% matchMostly Positive78% of 60 reviews2025
Dev: Virtuzilla
Windows
The Echo Paradox is a first-person psychological horror game. Humanity stands on the brink of an unsettling revelation – alternate dimensions are real, but eerily without signs of life.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 33.7%, Psychological Horror 15.8%, Horror 12.2%, Survival Horror 11.6%, Mystery 9.3%
- #43 Night Shift Dissonance
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Delightful Victory
Windows
Identify Clients, find out what they want, and deliver items in a timely manner. If you make it to the end of the week you won't live to see another day of work!
Why similar: Lovecraftian 34.9%, Survival Horror 15.4%, Psychological Horror 12.6%, Horror 11.8%, Mystery 11.7%
- #44 NEDRA
71% matchMixed68% of 97 reviews2025
Dev: Davit AndreasyanPub: indie.io
Windows
NEDRA is a story-driven, atmospheric action-adventure blending survival horror with cosmic terror. Set in a Soviet-era Antarctic station, all the explorers have vanished without a trace, leaving you to uncover the chilling truth.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 36%, Survival Horror 13.1%, Psychological Horror 11.5%, Horror 10.5%, Stealth 9.8%
- #45 Stygian: Outer Gods
70% matchVery Positive85% of 611 reviews2025
Dev: Misterial GamesPub: Fulqrum Publishing
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 59%
Dive into a hostile world that challenges your very existence, in this survival horror game with RPG elements. Unravel a thousand-year-old mystery, risk your sanity and face the Outer Gods with your skills. Every bullet and every decision counts now, are you up to the task?
Why similar: Lovecraftian 34.7%, Survival Horror 13.6%, Psychological Horror 11.4%, Horror 9.6%, Stealth 9.5%
- #46 Outfield
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Mathis Debaussart
Windows
Outfield is a horror/puzzle game in which you get trapped in a mysterious field of tall grass. Solve the puzzles, discover the secrets of the tall grass and survive the danger around you to hope to survive.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 29.7%, Survival Horror 18%, Psychological Horror 14.7%, Horror 14.2%, Mystery 9.1%
- #47 EMOTIONLESS : The Last Ticket
68% matchVery Positive82% of 136 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 45.1%, Psychological Horror 16%, Horror 14%, Mystery 10.8%, Story Rich 4.4%
- #48 Please Duology
71% matchPositive95% of 20 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 45.7%, Psychological Horror 13.9%, Horror 11.2%, Mystery 11%, First-Person 6.2%
- #49 SOMA
70% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 50,500 reviews2015
Dev: Frictional Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 10.2 hrs≥1hr: 89%
From the creators of Amnesia: The Dark Descent comes SOMA, a sci-fi horror game set below the waves of the Atlantic ocean. Struggle to survive a hostile world that will make you question your very existence.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 33.7%, Survival Horror 13.9%, Psychological Horror 13.6%, Horror 13.1%, Mystery 6.9%
- #50 Amnesia: The Dark Descent
70% matchVery Positive95% of 35,239 reviews2010
Dev: Frictional Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 10.2 hrs≥1hr: 54%
Amnesia: The Dark Descent, a first person survival horror. A game about immersion, discovery and living through a nightmare. An experience that will chill you to the core.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 27.1%, Horror 26.8%, Survival Horror 14.7%, Psychological Horror 13%, Stealth 5.4%
- #51 The Sinking City 2
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Frogwares
Windows
The Sinking City 2 is a terrifying Lovecraftian journey, powered by Unreal Engine 5. Experience a heart-pounding survival horror as you explore the flooded city of Arkham and fight eldritch monsters beyond human comprehension.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 50.8%, Horror 13.4%, Mystery 13.2%, Survival Horror 8.3%, Story Rich 5.1%
- #52 Mr. Grin's Final Act
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: LARAKI Interactive
Windows
Thirty years ago, a tragedy silenced the studio. Now you're back... and so is Mr. Grin. In this first-person survival horror, scavenge badges, rewire circuits, crack safes. Stay out of sight. One sound and you die. He's not hunting you. He's directing you. His script. Your survival.
Why similar: Survival Horror 23.6%, Psychological Horror 19.1%, Stealth 17%, Horror 14.7%, Mystery 6.6%
- #53 Habilis
67% matchPositive87% of 47 reviews2024
Dev: ODale Studios
Windows
A first person / body cam, Lovecraft style horror experience not for the weak of heart. Descend into the T.R.P Facility while evading monsters by hide in lockers, and discover over 30 minutes of professionally recorded audio logs.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 45%, Psychological Horror 15%, Horror 13.5%, Stealth 8.5%, Story Rich 5.4%
- #54 Into The Light
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 2L Games
Windows
Stay in the light, beware of the dark. Survive as Damien in a strange world with new rules and horrific residents. Each new step might lead you to madness but your path to salvation has a cost.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 33.7%, Psychological Horror 12.8%, Survival Horror 11.4%, Stealth 9.9%, Mystery 9.7%
- #55 Expired Meds
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Sinister Cinema Studios
Windows
A first-person psychological horror game where you play as a female protagonist, traversing creepy & atmospheric liminal spaces, solving mind-bending puzzles and ever shifting maze environments to uncover the truth about who you are and how you came to be here
Why similar: Lovecraftian 27.6%, Psychological Horror 22.2%, Horror 21.3%, Female Protagonist 11%, First-Person 8%
- #56 The Land of Pain
69% matchMostly Positive75% of 737 reviews2017
Dev: Alessandro Guzzo
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 92%
The Land of Pain is a Lovecraftian horror adventure. After something strange appears in the woods, you'll have to learn how to survive as you fend off a dark and disturbing evil. Flee from an unrelenting enemy, solve puzzles, and unravel the ancient mystery that's befallen this land.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 37.2%, Survival Horror 13.6%, Psychological Horror 11.6%, Horror 11%, Mystery 10.4%
- #57 The 9th Charnel
66% matchMixed59% of 41 reviews2026
Dev: Saikat DebPub: SOEDESCO
Windows
A first-person psychological survival horror game, The 9th Charnel is filled with a rich and frightening atmosphere. While exploring the many mysteries of this world, you must survive- whether you do it through stealth or by using weapons.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 28.8%, Survival Horror 15.8%, Psychological Horror 12.2%, Stealth 11.4%, Horror 11.2%
- #58 Awaken
66% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2026
Dev: Uku Tonsiver
Windows
Awaken brings Lovecraftian horror to the beloved 2D side scroller genre. Make your way through the strange forest while encountering inexcplicable forces and try to keep your sanity as you piece together the mystery of your sister's disappearance.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 41.5%, Psychological Horror 14.6%, Horror 13.9%, Mystery 12%, Adventure 4.3%
- #59 Workplace Malice
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Astrum Studio
Windows
A survival horror in striking HD-2D, Workplace Malice blends exploration, puzzles, and tense combat with scarce resources and grotesque threats, where every choice shapes Theo’s descent into a workplace nightmare.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 38.3%, Survival Horror 15.4%, Psychological Horror 13.2%, Stealth 11.2%, Horror 10.8%
- #60 Pneumata
66% matchMixed53% of 85 reviews2024
Dev: Deadbolt InteractivePub: Perp Games
Windows
Prepare to question what is reality, and what is insanity in one of the scariest psychological horrors in years. The tenants are going missing, screams echo and blood seeps through the walls of Clover Hill.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 35.1%, Survival Horror 16.4%, Psychological Horror 13.2%, Horror 12.4%, Stealth 8.1%