- #1 The Sleeping Sickness
97% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2024
Dev: Paper Scrap LLC
Windows
The Sleeping Sickness is an interactive short story that allows the player to guide the main character's actions. The player’s choices will lock and unlock future locations, change dialogue, and alter the story. Choices matter in The Sleeping Sickness. It is an excellent choice for horror fans.
Why similar: Narrative 16.1% ★, Lovecraftian 15.7%, Interactive Fiction 11.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.1%, Choices Matter 7%
- #2 Scarlet Hollow
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 4,864 reviews2021
Dev: Black Tabby Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 8.1 hrsMean: 14.0 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Your aunt’s dead, your cousin hates you, and you’re stuck in the dead-end town of Scarlet Hollow. Choose your path through a branching narrative so dense that you'll see less than 1/5 of the game on a single playthrough. You won't be able to save everyone. Good luck, and welcome home.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 17.6%, Interactive Fiction 11.7%, Narrative 11.3% ★, Psychological Horror 10.8%, Choices Matter 8.8%
- #3 The Casting of Frank Stone™
96% matchMixed62% of 5,709 reviews2024
Dev: Supermassive GamesPub: Behaviour Interactive Inc.
Windows
Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 9.2 hrs≥1hr: 83%
The shadow of Frank Stone looms over Cedar Hills, a town forever altered by his violent past. As a group of young friends are about to discover, Stone’s blood-soaked legacy cuts deep, leaving scars across families, generations, and the very fabric of reality itself.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 17.4%, Interactive Fiction 12.6%, Choices Matter 10.4%, Psychological Horror 9.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.5%
- #4 Flesh Blossom
95% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Crimson Pearl Games
Windows
Experience the horror of this narrative-driven medical RPG. As Doctor Parsnip Green, you’ll point-and-click your way through difficult choices as you investigate the disease’s origin, operate on patients, and fight to save those you love - all while managing your own dwindling sanity.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 18.7%, Psychological Horror 15.6%, Interactive Fiction 12%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10%, Choices Matter 9.2%
- #5 Dr. Emmerson's Nocturnes
94% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Bit Golem
Windows
Dive into the worlds of the best classic weird fiction and cosmic horror writers. Try out our original approach to bringing literature into the interactive medium. Relax and let Dr. Emmerson guide you through all the colors of dread.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 28%, Interactive Fiction 14.4%, Psychological Horror 12.8%, Narrative 8.3% ★, Mystery 6.9%
- #6 Choose Cthulhu Files: The Call of Cthulhu
93% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Wildspell Games
Windows · Linux
What if the choices you make during your investigation awaken ancient beings older than existence itself. Explore the official Choose Cthulhu gamebook adaptation, every decision you take seals the fate of mankind. Will the creeping madness consume you as you uncover the darkest secrets?
Why similar: Lovecraftian 26.6%, Interactive Fiction 13.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.9%, Choices Matter 8.1%, Mystery 6.1%
- #7 Omen Exitio: Plague
94% matchVery Positive85% of 627 reviews2018
Dev: Tiny Bull Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Investigate a paranormal disease that threatens to eradicate humanity in this unsettling Lovecraftian adventure, inspired by the choose-your-own-adventure gamebooks of the 80s and 90s. Your choices will determine the story, your character’s destiny… and the future of humanity.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 44.2%, Interactive Fiction 19.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.5%, Choices Matter 9.7%, Story Rich 6.4%
- #8 The Pigment
92% matchNo user reviews
Dev: PlayBook
Windows
Milan, 1963. Inherit your uncle's mysterious studio and discover a color that shouldn't exist. In this cosmic horror gamebook, you must balance your Sanity and Lucidity as you uncover the secret of the 12th canvas. Will you finish the work, or let the pigment consume your mind?
Why similar: Lovecraftian 30%, Interactive Fiction 19%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.3%, Choices Matter 5.8%, RPG 5.5%
- #9 The Sculptor
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: AmenoRokkotsu
Windows
You only picked up a lost smartphone, yet you find yourself made an accomplice in an AI's criminal plot. The AI asks 20 questions to identify its "master." Will you meet the AI's expectations?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.4%, Psychological Horror 17.6%, Narrative 16.7% ★, Choices Matter 11.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10%
- #10 HPL: Nyarlathotep Rising
91% matchMixed50% of 10 reviews2025
Dev: Touched by GracePub: Plug In Digital
Windows · Mac
Dive deep into the twisted HP Lovecraft universe with this oversized narrative RPG. Slip into the intertwined souls of Mark, Anna, and Victor, surrounded by cult worshippers, as Nyarlathotep, the cosmic horror, strives to enslave humanity in 1929.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 25.9%, Interactive Fiction 14.2%, Psychological Horror 10.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.8%, Choices Matter 7.9%
- #11 The Passenger
90% matchVery Positive90% of 130 reviews2022
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Your eldritch existence is threatened when another abomination tries to feast on you. You flee, trapping yourself in human flesh, but will that be enough?
Why similar: Lovecraftian 34.2%, Interactive Fiction 23.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.3%, Horror 9.1%, Choices Matter 6.1%
- #12 Dagon: by H. P. Lovecraft
89% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 12,252 reviews2021
Dev: Bit Golem
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 29%
Face unspeakable horrors. Succumb to madness. Welcome to a free daemonic narrative experience inspired by H. P. Lovecraft.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 37.5%, Interactive Fiction 11.5%, Psychological Horror 10.1%, Horror 8.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 7.3%
- #13 NOITABIL
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Airgames
Windows
A first-person psychological horror game about identity and what you give up to keep going. You wake up somewhere you don't remember. You go through different rooms. Each one wants something from you. You make choices, and the game watches you back.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.6%, Lovecraftian 17.3%, Psychological Horror 13.8%, Choices Matter 8.6%, Story Rich 5.6%
- #14 Sub-Verge
88% matchMostly Positive71% of 58 reviews2025
Dev: Interactive Tragedy, LimitedPub: Pantaloon
Windows · Mac
Conversation is a dangerous game. Manipulate a fractured band of renegade divers to reach the depths of this short narrative puzzle. Uncover alliances and expose betrayals — before something horrific from the dark abyss silences you all. Don’t let the conversation get too deep.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 29.7%, Narrative 21.6% ★, Interactive Fiction 14.2%, Choices Matter 8.3%, Story Rich 6.6%
- #15 Casting Whispers
87% matchPositive90% of 41 reviews2025
Dev: Lantern Bay Entertainment
Windows
Sound is your only hope for survival in this first-person psychological horror game. Investigate the mysteries of an apartment block in 1960s America terrorized by a cosmic horror, as you try to save your lost mentor… and yourself.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 28.4%, Psychological Horror 12.8%, Interactive Fiction 11%, Investigation 9.3%, Mystery 7.6%
- #16 Dissociated Worth
86% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Felis Cassius
Windows
The narrative is the puzzle itself. You have no power, no resources, but a cryptic force sends you to face the impossible, where you have to see through your opponents lies before they see through yours, be they human or not.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 24.7%, Psychological Horror 13.8%, Interactive Fiction 12.4%, Investigation 10.1%, Choices Matter 9.3%
- #17 Evil Spirits
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: NVORON
Windows · Mac · Linux
Evil Spirits is a nonlinear psychological horror visual novel inspired by Slavic folklore. Uncover the secrets of a forgotten village, trust no one, and remember: true evil sometimes hides not in the shadows of a hut, but in the darkness of the human soul.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.1%, Psychological Horror 14.9%, Choices Matter 10.1%, Mystery 7.4%, Story Rich 7.4%
- #18 Snooze: A Choice
85% matchPositive91% of 11 reviews2025
Dev: Hungry Meat
Windows
Wake up. Get ready. Go to work. Wake up. Get ready. Go to work. Wake up. Get ready. Feed the demon? Go to work. Daily life might be getting to you, but your medication is taking care of that, right? Or maybe it's making things worse. Rise and grind or choose to snooze?
Why similar: Narrative 23.5% ★, Interactive Fiction 21.4%, Psychological Horror 18%, Horror 8.3%, Mystery 8%
- #19 Welcome to Levy
84% matchMostly Positive76% of 33 reviews2023
Dev: Sleepy Squids
Windows · Linux
All the women in Levy have disappeared. Why did they leave in bare feet? Discover their story along with 680 CGs and 11 unique endings in this apocalyptic visual novel.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 32.4%, Psychological Horror 12.8%, Interactive Fiction 9.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.2%, Horror 7.4%
- #20 Saint Kotar
83% matchMostly Positive75% of 283 reviews2021
Dev: The-Mark EntertainmentPub: SOEDESCO
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Saint Kotar is a psychological horror detective game set in a cursed valley in rural Croatia. Investigate the disappearance of your relative in the occult-ridden town of Sveti Kotar as you switch between conflicting realities through the eyes of two godly men.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 26.2%, Interactive Fiction 15.2%, Psychological Horror 11.8%, Choices Matter 9.3%, Mystery 7%
- #21 Cthulhu: The Cosmic Abyss
79% matchMixed58% of 303 reviews2026
Dev: Big Bad WolfPub: Nacon
Windows
A mining station in the Pacific abyss is no longer responding. As an investigator of the occult, unravel the mysteries of the deep. Test your wits and sanity in this lovecraftian thriller.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 35.4%, Psychological Horror 14.1%, Story Rich 7.9%, Choices Matter 7.8%, Mystery 7.5%
- #22 Call of Cthulhu®
82% matchMostly Positive79% of 13,663 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 49.9%, Psychological Horror 13.6%, Horror 8.3%, Mystery 6.4%, Story Rich 6.1%
- #23 Pentimento
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Fool Bloom Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Cast Into A Boundless White Void. Paintings Hunger For Your Story. What Will You Answer?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24.6%, Psychological Horror 10.6%, Narrative 9.6% ★, Mystery 8.5%, Horror 7%
- #24 The Infectious Madness of Doctor Dekker
82% matchVery Positive82% of 607 reviews2017
Dev: D'Avekki Studios Ltd
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 91%
YOU are a psychiatrist, trying to solve a murder whilst treating the unusual patients of the recently deceased Doctor Dekker. Type a question - patients reply in full screen video and have questions for you too but be careful what you say. Your words determine their eventual fates, and your own!
Why similar: Lovecraftian 29.5%, Psychological Horror 10.8%, Interactive Fiction 10.7%, Mystery 7.8%, Story Rich 6%
- #25 Blackthorn Witch
80% match9 user reviews100% of 9 reviews2024
Dev: BDOneArt
Windows · Mac · Linux
A psychological horror story set in the town of Blackthorn; a place that lives in constant fear of a witch. The two main suspects? Levi’s mom and sister! His only lifelines to the outside world. Can they live a peaceful life? Or will they be dragged down by the dying town?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.2%, Psychological Horror 15.1%, Choices Matter 10%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.8%, Horror 7.9%
- #26 Blackout: The Darkest Night
81% matchPositive88% of 25 reviews2021
Dev: MiniChimera Game Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
You have been part of something terrible, something so unspeakable that caused you to blackout and forget all the events from the past few days. Now you are faced with the choice of going after the truth, facing the shadows that hide within our world, or trying to forget and leave all this behind.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 28.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.6%, Psychological Horror 8.9%, RPG 8.7%, Choices Matter 7.8%
- #27 Care
78% matchVery Positive96% of 71 reviews2024
Dev: The Pocket Dimension
Windows
Care is an atmospheric first person horror game with puzzle elements, where your choices have consequences. Be observant with your surroundings and unravel the horrific secrets that hide within these walls.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 24.3%, Interactive Fiction 17.7%, Mystery 8.6%, Investigation 8.3%, Choices Matter 8.1%
- #28 Into Samomor
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Sang Hendrix
Windows
Into Samomor is a psychological horror RPG where your choices shape everything: storylines, quests, and intense boss battles. With a branching narrative and multiple endings, each playthrough offers a fresh experience.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 20.2%, Psychological Horror 17.2%, Choices Matter 12.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.8%, Story Rich 9.1%
- #29 The Lanterne of Light
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: skekpen
Windows · Linux
A Gothic horror faerie tale.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 28.3%, Interactive Fiction 14.4%, Psychological Horror 11.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.3%, Choices Matter 9.3%
- #30 Corpo Connections
77% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2024
Dev: Polias Games
Windows
Corpo Connections is a stylistic, narrative-driven, horror adventure game where you match anomalies and their descriptions. Uncover hidden secrets, solve scrambled messages, and piece together the mysterious workings of your new employer.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 28.3%, Interactive Fiction 20.9%, Psychological Horror 15.8%, Choices Matter 7.9%, Horror 6%
- #31 At Eve’s Wake Definitive Edition
78% matchPositive84% of 44 reviews2021
Dev: Sugar Rush Studios
Windows
An interactive Lovecraftian horror story about surviving a family you never knew and their servitude to a dark patron. True to the genre, you retain all knowledge from every play-through. Shape your fate and that of the family. Will you embrace this gift or rid humanity of their taint?
Why similar: Lovecraftian 29.3%, Interactive Fiction 16.2%, Psychological Horror 13.5%, Choices Matter 9.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.6%
- #32 Reborn
76% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Gecko Gaming
Windows
A visual novel written as a psychological horror RPG where your choices shape your life, leading to irreversible consequences and determining how your descent into darkness unfolds. The game can end in many different ways. Your choices determine how.
Why similar: Narrative 19.5% ★, Psychological Horror 17%, Choices Matter 12.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.6%, Multiple Endings 7.8%
- #33 Seals of Madness
76% 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 32.6%, Psychological Horror 15.5%, Interactive Fiction 13.5%, Horror 7.5%, Mystery 7.2%
- #34 Siren's Call: Second Wind
75% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: ThePenSword
Windows
A wedding where one of the guests arrives dead. A strange black hole eclipsing the Florida sun. And your best friend? Gone. Is all this a butterfly dream or is reality breaking? Is their story romance or mystery? Your choices will determine the genre of his soul. Welcome to the town of Siren's Call.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 13.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.1%, Interactive Fiction 12.5%, Mystery 10.7%, Choices Matter 9.3%
- #35 ESCAPE: Orphanage
74% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Brotherhood Studios
Windows
A psychological thriller set in Scarlet Orphanage, where every choice shapes the fate of the residents. Nothing is as it seems. Are you facing ghosts… or something far worse?
Why similar: Narrative 25.4% ★, Psychological Horror 23.3%, Choices Matter 12.8%, Horror 10.5%, Story Rich 9.5%
- #36 Dark Lessons
74% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Tall Tide Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Trapped in your teacher's home, your only defense against the dark is a flickering candle. Unearth a family’s twisted history and solve puzzles in this Lovecraftian nightmare to find a way out. But be warned: Something else is lurking in the shadows ... and a voice is pleading for your help.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 34%, Psychological Horror 15.1%, Narrative 12.6% ★, Horror 8.2%, Supernatural 8.2%
- #37 Lucidus Mortem
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Indigo Studios - Interactive Stories
Windows
In the 1930's, Samuel, a man with occult beliefs is contacted by S. Stenfield, an elderly man desperate for the suicide of Alice, his daughter. Through a voodoo ritual, Samuel enters a world that only the dead can access. There he will try to recover Alice's soul... But nothing is what it seems.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 26.3%, Interactive Fiction 22%, Investigation 9.3%, Mystery 7.1%, Psychological Horror 6.5%
- #38 The Innsmouth Case
75% matchMixed65% of 200 reviews2020
Dev: RobotPumpkin GamesPub: Assemble Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 93%
The Innsmouth Case is a text adventure game inspired by H.P. Lovecraft and the very first text-based adventure to combine horror and comedy in a fit and proper way.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 42.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.4%, Mystery 8.7%, Multiple Endings 7.9%, Story Rich 7.2%
- #39 Brood Year
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Wurm Fud
Windows
Stuck in a dead-end town with plans that go nowhere, Jackie feels as if her life is doomed to stagnancy forever. Getting by with her friends, she is resigned to her fate in a small town- until a chance encounter with a deadly life-form sets in motion a deadly chain of events
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.3%, Psychological Horror 13.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.9%, Choices Matter 9.4%, Investigation 8%
- #40 Myth of Valderit
73% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Loom Studios
Windows · Linux
Nil is trapped in a cursed village that appears only under the full moon. To escape, he must solve twisted puzzles and uncover hidden secrets. Myth of Valderit is a first-person psychological horror experience. The village is alive. It remembers. And it knows your deepest fears.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 25%, Narrative 20.9% ★, Psychological Horror 17.6%, Horror 8.6%, Story Rich 7%
- #41 Sherlock Holmes The Awakened
72% matchVery Positive82% of 2,829 reviews2023
Dev: Frogwares
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 8.9 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Experience a nerve-racking Lovecraftian adventure, rebuilt from the ground up with modern graphics and gameplay. Become Sherlock Holmes, and find yourself at the heart of the terrifying Cthulhu Mythos as you investigate a series of mysterious disappearances in Europe and the US.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 32.9%, Psychological Horror 11.7%, Mystery 9.3%, Choices Matter 8.8%, Investigation 8.2%
- #42 The Call of Darkness
71% matchPositive88% of 17 reviews2025
Dev: Ace_Games_
Windows · Mac · Linux
A war veteran and newly minted starship captain faces ancient cosmic horrors as his dreams become reality. Navigate romance, mystery, and sacrifice in this sci-fi adult visual novel where every choice echoes beyond the stars. Optional graphic adult content via free DLC.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 22%, Interactive Fiction 19.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.2%, Choices Matter 8.6%, Mystery 6.7%
- #43 Contra Spem Spero
71% matchPositive92% of 25 reviews2025
Dev: DADZINGO
Windows · Linux
Contra Spem Spero is a text-based horror adventure with visual novel elements. Not every road leads out. You are lost deep in a twisted place — a forest one can only hope to escape.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 17.5%, Interactive Fiction 15.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.7%, Choices Matter 11.9%, Horror 10%
- #44 Nippon Island: The Flight
71% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Meow Arts
Windows · Mac
Nippon Island is a first-person story adventure that begins on a flight to Japan. What starts as a peaceful trip slowly turns surreal. Reality shifts, memories stir... and somewhere, a cat begins to care. The journey is just beginning.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24.7%, Psychological Horror 21.5%, Mystery 13.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.8%, Story Rich 8.4%
- #45 Extra Case: My Girlfriend's Secrets
72% matchVery Positive85% of 176 reviews2022
Dev: Sounding Stone / 老奉毊
Windows
Your girlfriend seems to be hiding something. Will you respect her privacy or pry into her secrets? Don't worry, though. This is a horror dating sim with a time loop, so you can try again...and again...and again...
Why similar: Lovecraftian 32.1%, Psychological Horror 15.4%, Interactive Fiction 14.3%, Mystery 9.7%, Story Rich 5.9%
- #46 Parasite in Love
70% matchVery Positive95% of 57 reviews2025
Dev: Night Asobu
Windows
Infected with the parasite commonly known as the “brain eating amoeba”, you have 10 days left before your death. One of the symptoms is hallucinations. And through that, “he” starts to talk and confesses his love to you. Can you convince the parasite to leave your body before it’s too late?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 27.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.6%, Psychological Horror 13.4%, Visual Novel 7.7%, Choices Matter 6.9%
- #47 Marginalia
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Worn Spine Studio
Windows
Marginalia is an atmospheric narrative anthology. Seven stories, one for each deadly sin. Enter the library. Choose your tale. Your choices will not save you. But they will define you.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 26.5%, Narrative 26.3% ★, Choices Matter 13.1%, Story Rich 11%, Multiple Endings 7.5%
- #48 Creepy Support
69% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Squirrel Melting
Windows
Save people from terrible paranormal dangers as a support operator of a secret SCP-like organization! Ask questions, give advice and watch the consequences of your choices... multiple endings in each story ;-)
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.8%, Psychological Horror 12%, Narrative 11.9% ★, Choices Matter 8.5%
- #49 Welcome To The Survey
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Peanut Dev
Windows
A psychological horror game, where you answer a survey for a chance to win a cash prize
Why similar: Psychological Horror 18.2%, Interactive Fiction 18.1%, Mystery 11.3%, Investigation 11.3%, Choices Matter 10.2%
- #50 Room 337
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Spud Coding, LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
You are a father. You wake in a hallway that hums. Empty pools. Dead malls. Your four daughters are here. Voice acted by a real father and his daughters. Two endings. No right answer.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.9%, Narrative 16.3% ★, Psychological Horror 15%, Choices Matter 8.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.2%
- #51 Rootless
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: White Guardian Studios LLC
Windows
Guide Trask, a young seedling born into a cave-dwelling family that fears the outside world. Uncover the secrets of a mysterious tree and fight to save everyone trapped in their isolated home. Explore strange environments, absorb animal traits, and overcome dangers in this adventure.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 22.6%, Interactive Fiction 16.4%, Psychological Horror 11.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.2%, Mystery 8.7%
- #52 The Black Pyramid
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: AlphaRedux
Windows
A Black Pyramid materializes across the globe. Dr. Mehdi Algun must decipher why, before its hunger for death and suffering consumes everything. An ancient cycle of cleansing has begun. As madness spreads and humanity tears itself apart, choose: become the destroyer, or join the cleansed.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 37.6%, Psychological Horror 15%, Choices Matter 9.9%, Story Rich 7.4%, Dark 6.6%
- #53 A Long Dark Night
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Chris MonteferrantePub: Scarlet Tanager Games
Windows · Mac
A Long Dark Night is a Lovecraftian narrative-driven game. Navigate the stormy Gulf of Maine, unraveling the truth behind your family's past. Explore a beautiful seaside, shape the narrative with your choices, and confront shocking revelations in this gripping story, taking place at sea.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 35.3%, Interactive Fiction 16.5%, Psychological Horror 14.1%, Choices Matter 10.7%, Story Rich 7.5%
- #54 Thorner
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Snoring Dog Games
Windows
Thorner is a horror visual novel with multiple endings. You attempt to escape your past by fleeing to the wilderness, but spilled blood can never be forgiven. The land knows what you did. The land judges. Thorner awaits.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 20.1%, Interactive Fiction 14.9%, Choices Matter 8.9%, Multiple Endings 8.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.8%
- #55 RUNT
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Grimtaste StudiosPub: DreadXP
Windows
RUNT is a rural gothic visual novel mystery where you play as Runt, the youngest of five brothers, surviving a monstrous post-apocalypse.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.9%, Psychological Horror 12.8%, Choices Matter 10.7%, Investigation 8.5%, Story Rich 7.3%
- #56 Inner Voices
70% matchMixed53% of 93 reviews2017
Dev: Sigma GamesPub: No Gravity Games
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Inner Voices is a dark, non-linear adventure game with a pinch of horror, inspired by works of H. P. Lovecraft and E. A. Poe. Find your way through a procedurally generated maze of rooms and solve the mystery of your past.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 34.4%, Psychological Horror 15.2%, Choices Matter 10.6%, Story Rich 7.3%, Horror 6.8%
- #57 Before They Catch Us
65% matchPositive90% of 20 reviews2025
Dev: ANTertainment
Windows · Linux
A dark text-based RPG set in a world gripped by a restless race for survival against a merciless mushroom Forest. As a prophet’s apprentice, guide your clan along the knife-edge between life and oblivion. Decipher misty visions, make critical decisions, and do whatever it takes to survive.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21%, Narrative 19% ★, Choices Matter 10.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.8%, Story Rich 7.2%
- #58 Tisis
66% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Dimitris Risis
Windows
Tisis is a first-person psychological horror game focused on exploration, environmental storytelling, and sanity management as you navigate the thin boundary between light, darkness, and madness.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 26.1%, Psychological Horror 24.5%, Interactive Fiction 12.9%, Mystery 8.4%, Story Rich 7.2%