Games Like Lucius

CARRION is a reverse horror game in which you assume the role of an amorphous creature of unknown origins, stalking and consuming those that imprisoned you.

Why similar: Villain Protagonist 58.1% ★, Gore 17.1%, Horror 11.6%, Violent 3.4%, Puzzle 2.7%

Why You'll Like It: You play as an amorphous, tentacled monster stalking a facility, perfectly capturing the feeling of being the supernatural threat.

Lucius is taken to the psychiatric ward of St. Benedict’s Hospital by unsuspecting caretakers. The Book of Revelation predicts the birth of a child that would end up ruling the world with an iron rod. The first part of this prophecy has been fulfilled. It is time to take care of the rest.

Why similar: Villain Protagonist 38.8% ★, Horror 15.3%, Gore 13.8%, Nudity 6.6%, Psychological Horror 4.4%

Why You'll Like It: This direct sequel continues the story of the Antichrist with expanded supernatural powers and more open environments.

Lucius is back. In a whole new narrative experience, he now returns to his old neighborhood of Winter Hill. The path will be a difficult one, with trials and tribulations waiting ahead. Has he made the right choices? Is it finally time to end it all?

Why similar: Villain Protagonist 47.3% ★, Gore 13.7%, Horror 12.7%, Nudity 4.8%, Violent 4.3%

Why You'll Like It: The third installment further explores the dark narrative of Lucius with a focus on atmospheric storytelling and supernatural horror.

Hatred is a violent twin-stick shooter, in which you take the role of The Antagonist fighting against all of humanity.

Why similar: Villain Protagonist 42.8% ★, Gore 27%, Violent 8.8%, Dark 6.9%, Horror 5.7%

Why You'll Like It: This title embraces the villain-protagonist role, focusing on a dark, violent rampage through various locations.

It's 3:00 a.m. Your neighbours are having a loud party. Stop them. Party Hard is tinyBuild's award-winning stealth strategy game about ruining parties by any means.

Why similar: Villain Protagonist 52.2% ★, Stealth 14.8%, Gore 14%, Violent 6%, Horror 4.9%

Why You'll Like It: You play as a disgruntled individual systematically eliminating party-goers using environmental traps and stealth.

Hell is an experiment you can't survive in Outlast, a first-person survival horror game developed by veterans of some of the biggest game franchises in history. As investigative journalist Miles Upshur, explore Mount Massive Asylum and try to survive long enough to discover its terrible secret... if you dare.

Why similar: Horror 48.6%, Gore 16.4%, Psychological Horror 6.7%, Stealth 6.6%, Nudity 5.8%

Why You'll Like It: A definitive first-person horror experience that emphasizes vulnerability and stealth in a claustrophobic setting.

Scorn is an atmospheric first-person horror adventure game set in a nightmarish universe of odd forms and somber tapestry.

Why similar: Gore 25.9%, Horror 25.3%, Nudity 13.2%, Dark 7.5%, Puzzle 7.4%

Why You'll Like It: This atmospheric, gore-filled puzzle game shares the unsettling, otherworldly tone found in the darker moments of Lucius.

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: Horror 41.1%, Gore 16%, Nudity 9.6%, Psychological Horror 6.4%, Puzzle 6%

Why You'll Like It: A masterclass in atmospheric, psychological horror that relies on physics-based puzzles and environmental storytelling.

Try to survive through the night in a house that's trying its best to kill you and your family.

Why similar: Horror 41.9%, Gore 25.4%, Violent 6.4%, Adventure 6.1%, Psychological Horror 4.3%

Why You'll Like It: A dark, puzzle-heavy horror game where you must manipulate your environment to survive and change the fate of your family.

The era-defining first-person psychological horror in all its terrifying glory. All of the game’s chapters collected into one convenient package that allows you to plumb the depths of madness in pursuit of artistic revelation.

Why similar: Horror 40.3%, Psychological Horror 15.8%, Dark 12.8%, Puzzle 9.3%, Adventure 8.9%

Why You'll Like It: This psychological horror game focuses on a shifting, surreal environment that reflects the protagonist's deteriorating mental state.

MURDERED: SOUL SUSPECT™ takes players into a whole new realm of mystery where the case is personal and the clues just out of reach, challenging gamers to solve the hardest case of all… their own murder.

Why similar: Horror 39.4%, Adventure 12.6%, Third Person 11.6%, Stealth 8.2%, Puzzle 6.2%

Why You'll Like It: While you are a ghost rather than a villain, the supernatural detective mechanics and exploration of a haunted house setting are highly thematic.

You awake to the sound of your own panicked breath. In Manhunt, you must run, hide and fight to survive. If you can stay alive long enough, you may find out who did this to you. This is a brutal blood sport.

Why similar: Gore 32.1%, Horror 19%, Stealth 14.2%, Violent 8.9%, Dark 6.4%

Why You'll Like It: A gritty, stealth-focused game where you must execute enemies in increasingly brutal ways to survive.

Remothered: Tormented Fathers is the pure and realistic survival horror videogame

Why similar: Horror 31%, Gore 16.6%, Stealth 10.2%, Nudity 8.8%, Psychological Horror 7.7%

Why You'll Like It: A tense, stealth-based horror game that focuses on outsmarting persistent stalkers within a large, mysterious house.

Developed by Shinji Mikami -- creator of the seminal Resident Evil series -- and the talented team at Tango Gameworks, The Evil Within embodies the meaning of pure survival horror. Highly-crafted environments, horrifying anxiety, and an intricate story are combined to create an immersive world that will bring you to the height of tension.

Why similar: Horror 35.7%, Gore 22%, Psychological Horror 9%, Stealth 8.2%, Third Person 7.2%

Why You'll Like It: A intense survival-horror game that features grotesque enemy designs and a constant sense of being hunted.

London, 1918. You are newly-turned Vampyr Dr. Jonathan Reid. As a doctor, you must find a cure to save the city’s flu-ravaged citizens. As a Vampyr, you are cursed to feed on those you vowed to heal.

Why similar: Horror 23%, Gore 17.2%, Third Person 10.6%, Stealth 10.6%, Dark 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: This game forces you to balance your supernatural nature with the moral consequences of choosing who to prey upon in a dark, atmospheric city.

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: Horror 40.6%, Stealth 16.5%, Psychological Horror 9.6%, Adventure 6.8%, Dark 5.1%

Why You'll Like It: A physics-based horror game that emphasizes clever puzzle-solving and stealth over direct combat.

Take on the role of Six, a lone child lost in a massive metal vessel known as the Maw, surrounded by dangerous, distorted versions of adults. You’ll need to do your best to escape in one piece or your fate will be worse than you ever dared dream.

Why similar: Horror 38%, Stealth 12.2%, Dark 10.4%, Puzzle 8.6%, Adventure 7.1%

Why You'll Like It: A dark, puzzle-platformer that excels at creating a sense of dread and helplessness in a world designed to kill you.

DreadOut is a third person supernatural horror game where you play as Linda, a high school student trapped in an old abandoned town. Equipped with her trusty smart-phone, she will battle against terrifying encounters and solve mysterious puzzles which will ultimately determine her fate.

Why similar: Horror 66.9%, Third Person 9.4%, Adventure 7.3%, Indie 4%, Puzzle 3.7%

Why You'll Like It: A third-person horror game where you use a camera to interact with and defend yourself against supernatural entities.

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: Horror 30%, Gore 21.8%, Dark 10.1%, Psychological Horror 10.1%, Puzzle 8.1%

Why You'll Like It: A profound psychological horror game that explores existential themes through environmental puzzles and terrifying encounters.

Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?

Why similar: Gore 39.2%, Third Person 19%, Violent 17.9%, Adventure 5.6%, Open World 5.1%

Why You'll Like It: A chaotic, dark-humor-filled game that allows for total freedom in how you interact with the world and its inhabitants.

Visage is a first-person psychological horror game. Explore a mysterious ever-changing house in a slow-paced, atmospheric world that combines both uncannily comforting and horrifyingly realistic environments, and enjoy a genuinely terrifying experience.

Why similar: Horror 58%, Psychological Horror 16.7%, Dark 10.1%, Violent 3.6%, Adventure 3.4%

Why You'll Like It: An incredibly tense psychological horror game set in a massive, ever-changing house that is haunted by dark secrets.

Agony is a first-person, survival horror set in hell. You will begin your journey as a tormented soul within the depths of hell without any memories about your past. The special ability to control people on your path, and possess demons, gives you the measures to survive.

Why similar: Horror 27.3%, Nudity 24.8%, Gore 22.2%, Violent 5%, Psychological Horror 4.9%

Why You'll Like It: A descent into a hellish landscape that focuses on gore, nudity, and surviving against demonic entities.

A first‑person cyberpunk horror detective story set in a decaying, neon‑scarred future. As an Observer who invades minds to hunt for clues, you will sift through corrupted memories to track down a mysterious killer and confront your own dark past.

Why similar: Horror 47.7%, Stealth 33.5%, Psychological Horror 14.4%, Story Rich 4.4%

Why You'll Like It: A dark, cyberpunk horror game that features deep, investigative gameplay and disturbing psychological sequences.

Fran Bow is a creepy adventure game that tells the story of Fran, a young girl struggling with a mental disorder and an unfair destiny.

Why similar: Horror 27.5%, Psychological Horror 16.3%, Gore 15.7%, Puzzle 11.3%, Dark 9.1%

Why You'll Like It: A surreal, dark point-and-click adventure that explores themes of trauma and horror through a child's perspective.

A serial killer is terrorizing the city, and Sara's deadbeat boyfriend hasn't done the laundry. Can Sara survive a late-night trip to the laundromat, or will the Womb Ripper perform an early delivery?

Why similar: Horror 35.2%, Gore 26.9%, Dark 12.3%, Psychological Horror 11.4%, Atmospheric 5.8%

Why You'll Like It: A retro-styled horror game that captures the low-budget, gritty aesthetic of 80s slasher films.

Wander through an interactive nightmare set within the confines of a once-happy household. Piece together the mystery behind a harrowing series of events while struggling to survive encounters with an entity that relentlessly stands in the way of finding absolution.

Why similar: Horror 31.8%, Gore 25.5%, Psychological Horror 11.1%, Dark 7.6%, Violent 7.2%

Why You'll Like It: A psychological horror game that takes place in a suburban home, focusing on uncovering a dark family history.

It is a misty evening in the year of our lord 1912. The Pattersons, a poor but proud aristocratic family of the British nobility, and some of their closest friends, arrive at the castle Malachi residence of a wealthy Romanian Count.

Why similar: Horror 77.5%, Adventure 6.3%, Action 5.1%, Atmospheric 4.1%, Dark 4%

Why You'll Like It: A gothic, first-person horror game that tasks you with saving family members from a castle filled with vampires.

The Cat Lady follows Susan Ashworth, a lonely 40-year old on the verge of suicide. She has no family, no friends and no hope for a better future. One day she discovers that five strangers will come along and change everything...

Why similar: Horror 42.5%, Psychological Horror 12.7%, Dark 10.8%, Adventure 9.1%, Puzzle 7.3%

Why You'll Like It: A dark, mature psychological horror adventure that deals with heavy themes and a unique, unsettling art style.

Take on the role of a merciless torturer. Earn money from video transmissions of your manhunts.

Why similar: Villain Protagonist 38% ★, Gore 15.9%, Horror 12.5%, Nudity 9.3%, Stealth 8.4%

Lucius game has been demade, and is now ready for mayhem. Enjoy all the gore now in fewer pixels and fewer colors. The original game has been fully demade to achieve the atmosphere of an 80's style gory adventure. Lucius is now killing all the pixels and there isn't a damn thing anyone can do about it.

Why similar: Villain Protagonist 40.9% ★, Gore 14.7%, Horror 12.8%, Stealth 6.3%, Nudity 4.7%

A psychological horror of seeking satisfaction on the border of two intertwining worlds. An intriguing plot with erotic and occult themes guides the player's character through the Yelvertons' Victorian mansion and a perverse land inspired by Lovecraft's works and paintings of Zdzisław Beksiński.

Why similar: Nudity 40%, Horror 24%, Gore 15.4%, Violent 5.9%, Psychological Horror 4.8%

A first-person psychological horror with a strong emphasis on atmosphere and storytelling. Explore an ever-shifting Victorian mansion as a painter seeking to complete his masterpiece, even at the cost of his own sanity.

Why similar: Horror 82.9%, Psychological Horror 6.7%, Dark 2.2%, Atmospheric 2.1%, Puzzle 1.7%

Outlast 2 introduces you to Sullivan Knoth and his followers, who left our wicked world behind to give birth to Temple Gate, a town, deep in the wilderness and hidden from civilization. Knoth and his flock are preparing for the tribulations of the end of times and you’re right in the thick of it.

Why similar: Horror 37.5%, Gore 20%, Psychological Horror 10.2%, Nudity 9%, Dark 7.6%

Doorways is an immersive horror adventure, featuring a complex story and deep atmosphere.

Why similar: Horror 50.3%, Gore 11.2%, Adventure 8.3%, Dark 7.4%, Puzzle 5.1%

Home Sweet Home is a first-person horror adventure game based on Thai myths and beliefs. The core gameplay focuses on storytelling and stealth to avoid perilous spirits hunting you. Moreover, few puzzles are added into the game, making gameplay more various.

Why similar: Horror 49.9%, Gore 16%, Psychological Horror 7.4%, Adventure 5.9%, Puzzle 4.5%

Doorways: The Underworld is an immersive horror adventure, featuring a complex story and deep atmosphere.

Why similar: Horror 26%, Gore 16.8%, Stealth 13.9%, Dark 9%, Psychological Horror 8%

A Victorian mansion. A cult worshipping an otherworldly erotic deity. Among all that - you. Explore a world inspired by the works of Lovecraft, Giger, and Beksiński. See for yourself that there are no limits to dark ecstasy.

Why similar: Nudity 39.4%, Horror 27.6%, Gore 17.5%, Psychological Horror 4.1%, Violent 3.3%

A single-player psychological horror game that will take you to the deepest and darkest secrets of the asylum.

Why similar: Horror 31.9%, Gore 16.1%, Nudity 13.4%, Psychological Horror 10.4%, Dark 7.9%

Take an exciting journey with Twisty, the floating brain monster, as he battles his way out of an insane asylum in this hilariously bizarre, action/adventure game.

Why similar: Villain Protagonist 33.3% ★, Gore 21.6%, Horror 10.5%, Violent 7.5%, Stealth 5.9%

George Dinescu kidnapped you in his home in Romania. Get out alive while utilizing a V.H.S camera to film everything that happens inside. Torture, murder, and dismemberment take place inside the house, exposing the frightening legacy of a serial killer's decade of terror.

Why similar: Villain Protagonist 54.7% ★, Horror 15.5%, Stealth 10.7%, Puzzle 6.1%, Psychological Horror 5.9%

Mists of Aiden is a first-person story driven horror game. You play as a thief trapped in an eerie mansion. Each choice can open a new mystery of the house and lead to a unique walkthrough and ending. Uncover final secret of the house. Uncover your own secrets.

Why similar: Horror 38.5%, Gore 14.3%, Violent 8.9%, Psychological Horror 8.5%, Adventure 7.7%

Doorways: Holy Mountains of Flesh is an Immersive Horror Adventure, featuring a Complex Story and Deep Atmosphere.

Why similar: Horror 24.9%, Gore 20.9%, Dark 8.3%, Psychological Horror 8.1%, Third Person 7.9%

Take control of The POSTAL Dude in his infamous first outing as he battles to survive in a world gone mad! POSTAL is a classic isometric shooter filled to the brim with fast-paced explosive action.

Why similar: Villain Protagonist 57% ★, Horror 16.8%, Gore 12.4%, Psychological Horror 6.5%, Difficult 3.4%

Agony UNRATED is a first-person, survival horror set in hell. You will begin your journey as a tormented soul within the depths of hell without any memories about your past. The special ability to control people on your path, and possess demons, gives you the measures to survive.

Why similar: Nudity 30.4%, Gore 28.5%, Horror 21.7%, Violent 8.1%, Adventure 3.2%

NoW YoU SEE is a story driven, first-person, point & click, horror adventure. You must escape!!! Explore the house, solve fiendish puzzles, uncover horrible secrets and get ready to meet the family. STORY. PUZZLES. GORE.

Why similar: Gore 33.7%, Horror 17.6%, Violent 11.7%, Adventure 8.7%, Dark 6.2%

An intense first person shooter that delivers a twisted and gripping narrative of tragedy, modern crime drama, and supernatural horror.

Why similar: Gore 39.1%, Horror 22.2%, Dark 11.6%, Nudity 6.5%, Action 5.7%

In this first-person horror mystery game, you set out to bury the horrible past of a tyrannical government. Retrieve and destroy the documents that unravel the secrets that lie beneath Oack Grove. Will you discover the terrifying truth and find your way out?

Why similar: Horror 21%, Gore 14.8%, Dark 11.5%, Puzzle 10.9%, Psychological Horror 9.1%

Immerse yourself in the terrifying world of Circus of Pain, where you become the main participant in a deadly circus show. Solve dangerous puzzles to survive.

Why similar: Horror 30.4%, Gore 22.2%, Psychological Horror 12.6%, Dark 11.7%, Adventure 6.9%

Penumbra: Overture is a first person survival horror game, emphasizing on survival and problem solving instead of mindless violence and gore.

Why similar: Horror 48.8%, Stealth 12.2%, Psychological Horror 8.2%, Adventure 7.3%, Dark 6.8%

Horns of Fear is a third-person psychological horror game set in a mysterious mansion...

Why similar: Horror 24.6%, Gore 22.1%, Psychological Horror 9.9%, Dark 7.9%, Puzzle 7.7%

Goat Simulator is the latest in high-tech Goat Simulation technology.

Why similar: Third Person 25%, Funny 20.9%, Open World 17.7%, Indie 15.3%, Action 12.6%

Slender Man returns more terrifying than ever. You're on your own. No one to help you. No one to hear you scream. Relive the horror all over again with cutting edge visuals for the 10th Anniversary Update and experience survival horror at its finest.

Why similar: Horror 66.9%, Dark 9%, Psychological Horror 7.9%, Adventure 3.8%, Atmospheric 3.1%

Frantic, multiplayer action involving Nazis and dinosaurs! What are you waiting for? This is World War II as it should have been!

Why similar: Action 25.4%, Third Person 25.2%, Gore 24.8%, Indie 17%, Funny 5.8%

Paranormal first-person horror, which takes place in an abandoned orphanage. Walk through the corridors of your childhood, but do remember that you're not only one here.

Why similar: Horror 31.7%, Gore 15.5%, Violent 9.1%, Stealth 8.7%, Psychological Horror 8.1%

Among the Sleep: Enhanced Edition is a new and improved version of the award winning first person horror adventure. In the game you play as a small child trapped in a weird nightmare where you go looking for your mom.

Why similar: Horror 63.6%, Adventure 6.4%, Dark 5.1%, Atmospheric 4.5%, Stealth 4.3%

MADiSON is a first person psychological horror game that delivers an immersive and terrifying experience. With the help of an instant camera, connect the human world with the beyond, take pictures and develop them by yourself. Solve puzzles, explore your surroundings and most importantly, survive.

Why similar: Horror 34.3%, Psychological Horror 11.6%, Gore 11.5%, Dark 9.8%, Puzzle 7.5%

The Executioner puts you in the shoes of a man who tortures people for a living while trying to retain his own sanity. In this game the monster isn’t lurking behind you. You are the monster, if you choose to become one.

Why similar: Gore 24.8%, Horror 19.9%, Violent 8.7%, Psychological Horror 8%, Third Person 7.1%

Surgeon Simulator is an over-the-top operation sim, stitching together pitch-black humour with life-saving surgery. Become Dr. Burke, a would-be surgeon with a less than conventional toolkit, as he performs procedures on patients including the Heavy from TF2! ...is that a hammer?

Why similar: Gore 23%, Puzzle 22.6%, Dark 16.6%, Difficult 14.3%, Indie 8.2%

Experience terrors only madness can conjure in HEKTOR, a psychological horror game set in a world that literally moves with your every twist and turn.

Why similar: Horror 64.3%, Psychological Horror 14.1%, Adventure 10%, Indie 5.8%, Action 5.7%