60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Lovecraftian, Story Rich, Adventure, Singleplayer.
Miskatonic is a text-based strategy game where players take the role of an ancient god, determined to harvest fear for power. Incept your victims through dialogues with their psyche, study the limits of their mind by unlocking their stories, and manipulate the maze with powerful abilities.
Anchorhead
You take a deep breath of salty air as the first raindrops begin to spatter the pavement, and the swollen, slate-colored clouds that blanket the sky mutter ominous portents amongst themselves over the little coastal town of Anchorhead.
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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.
You take a deep breath of salty air as the first raindrops begin to spatter the pavement, and the swollen, slate-colored clouds that blanket the sky mutter ominous portents amongst themselves over the little coastal town of Anchorhead.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 46.1%, Text-Based 24.5%, Interactive Fiction 19.9%, Story Rich 7.5%, Indie 2%
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 60%, Interactive Fiction 17.9%, Story Rich 8.5%, Text-Based 6.6%, Choices Matter 5.3%
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 40.1%, Text-Based 14.5%, Interactive Fiction 14%, Point & Click 10.5%, Psychological Horror 9.7%
Face unspeakable horrors. Succumb to madness. Welcome to a free daemonic narrative experience inspired by H. P. Lovecraft.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 50.1%, Text-Based 12.4%, Interactive Fiction 10.5%, Point & Click 8.4%, Psychological Horror 7.2%
You are flesh, blood and bones. A fragile mortal, in a land of something far bigger than yourself.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 50.3%, Text-Based 27.8%, Story Rich 9.6%, Top-Down 7.7%, Stylized 4.1%
Chronicle of Innsmouth: Curse of Chaos is a Lovecraftian point-and-click adventure set in 500 AD Oman. Inspired by H.P. Lovecraft’s most enigmatic stories, including The Nameless City and Nyarlathotep, it pulls you into a chilling investigation of cosmic horror and creeping madness.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 63.5%, Point & Click 18.1%, Psychological Horror 10.7%, Story Rich 6.6%, Singleplayer 1.1%
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 36.6%, Interactive Fiction 18.4%, Point & Click 13.8%, Psychological Horror 10.8%, Story Rich 6.7%
Chronicle of Innsmouth is a point'n'click adventure inspired by Lucas' retro classics from the 90s and H.P. Lovecraft's works. Investigate, gather info and solve enigmas to unveil the secrets of the cursed town of Innsmouth, a forsaken place surrounded by horrifying rumors.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 83.9%, Point & Click 16.1%
Gadgets, conspiracy and conquest await you in this steampunk text adventure. An interactive romp through Victorian England and the British Empire.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 35.6%, Text-Based 29%, Interactive Fiction 23.7%, Story Rich 10.5%, Singleplayer 1.2%
Forces beyond human comprehension draw a macabre veil over the icy NY of 1927. A child has disappeared and you, a reporter with an unhappy past as an artist, become entangled in the drama. In this story, inspired by true events, you will investigate between reality, dreams and Lovecraftian horrors.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 39.6%, Text-Based 21.7%, Interactive Fiction 18.6%, Choices Matter 5.1%, Dark 5%
A place where warmth is but a memory. The night echoes with strange sounds, and uncanny neighbors stir a lingering unease, all steeped in a stale, suffocating air. Yet one question remains—where does this chilling cold truly come from?
Why similar: Lovecraftian 48.5%, Text-Based 20.4%, Point & Click 13.7%, Psychological Horror 10.2%, Stylized 4.9%
Nightmare Tale is an interactive horror novel with dark secrets and intricate puzzles. Take control of the fate of the main character named Tom, who inherited an old hotel. You will have to keep your sanity while discovering the horrifying secrets of the hotel.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 48.6%, Interactive Fiction 18.1%, Text-Based 14.8%, Psychological Horror 7.3%, Story Rich 5.1%
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 39.6%, Text-Based 18.4%, Interactive Fiction 14.8%, Psychological Horror 8.4%, Story Rich 8%
In this thrilling point-and-click adventure based on the works of H.P Lovecraft, you’ll traverse the haunting world of Gothic New England, solving puzzles and acquiring information to help Stanton solve the mystery of the Necronomicon.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 79.4%, Point & Click 20.6%
The game will center around two investigators who uncover a profound terror while delving into consecutive disappearances. A man with a dual-layered memory, a fragmented reality, an endless rainy night... What in the world is the Black Stone? Could it possibly mark the genesis of everything?
Why similar: Lovecraftian 63.9%, Text-Based 16.3%, Psychological Horror 11%, Story Rich 7%, Singleplayer 1%
A man wakes up in Heaven.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 49.8%, Text-Based 31.6%, Psychological Horror 12.2%, Story Rich 4.6%, Singleplayer 0.8%
In Season 2 of The Last Door, the search for his missing client will bring psychiatrist John Wakefield deeper into a conspiracy of darkness and closer to the heart of madness than ever before.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 66.2%, Point & Click 25.6%, Story Rich 6.6%, Indie 0.9%, Singleplayer 0.8%
You only have 21 days until this living city dies. The clock is ticking. You can’t be everywhere at once. Decide what to explore, who to meet and see every decision shape the curious stories and terrible secrets of this branching narrative game.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 58.2%, Text-Based 18.7%, Story Rich 11%, Choices Matter 7.7%, Indie 2.8%
It's a winter night. You are coming home by train. You have to change trains at a small train station in the middle of the forest.It's not the first time you've traveled this route. But now you feel like something is different.As if something was watching you.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 30.6%, Text-Based 19.6%, Interactive Fiction 18.3%, Point & Click 14.3%, Psychological Horror 9.5%
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 49.6%, Interactive Fiction 13%, Point & Click 11.5%, Psychological Horror 9.9%, Story Rich 8.9%
Set in a post-apocalyptic dystopian future, two young men set out on a journey to find The Great Appearance which manifests itself inside mankind's mind.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 47.7%, Text-Based 21.9%, Interactive Fiction 14.5%, Story Rich 7.9%, Choices Matter 3.8%
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 74.2%, Psychological Horror 10.9%, Story Rich 8.7%, Dark 2.5%, Choices Matter 2.2%
Crazy cultists. Cthulhu. A talking cat. Gibbous takes you on an expansive, traditionally animated, hand-painted adventure. Play as three protagonists and explore a lushly rendered Lovecraft-inspired world, unraveling ancient conspiracies. A comedy cosmic horror adventure made in Transylvania!
Why similar: Lovecraftian 48.8%, Point & Click 18.9%, Story Rich 12.7%, Interactive Fiction 8.3%, Dark 7.7%
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 40%, Interactive Fiction 15.9%, Point & Click 14.3%, Psychological Horror 9.5%, Story Rich 8.4%
Cthulhu style AVG. Main gameplay is exploration and selection.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 73.7%, Interactive Fiction 23.6%, Singleplayer 1.6%, Indie 1.1%
Explore disturbing corners of the human psyche. Delve into a dimension of nightmares, the occult and a tense psychological world created in classic Lovecraftian style. As police detective Howard E. Loreid, you are tasked to solve the murder of Clark Field, a wealthy man involved in the occult.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 65.9%, Point & Click 21.2%, Psychological Horror 11.3%, Indie 1.6%
《Mystery of the Past》is a detective puzzle game about time loop. You will play as detective Raymond, confronting fears unknown to many. Every time the shadow of death descends upon you, you have the chance to begin anew. Death is no longer the end but a new beginning.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 48.2%, Point & Click 20.8%, Story Rich 11.2%, Strategy 11%, Choices Matter 6.4%
Assassin at Crimson Keep is a short, point and click visual novel set in a dark, quasi-fantasy world. After a botched assassination attempt, you pursue the King into his lair known as the Crimson Keep. Your small choices can have great consequences, either for good or for evil.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 32.6%, Text-Based 20.5%, Interactive Fiction 16.4%, Point & Click 12.9%, Story Rich 8%
When the last thread becomes entangled, their song will be heard.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 39.7%, Text-Based 14.7%, Interactive Fiction 14.5%, Point & Click 10.5%, Story Rich 7.9%
Something ancient and evil is stirring in Victorian England. Only you can stop it. Journey to the brink of madness and beyond as you set forth alone into the dark.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 56.7%, Point & Click 23.9%, Story Rich 13.3%, Psychological Horror 3.7%, Singleplayer 1.9%
Sclera is a Lovecraftian turn-based strategy roguelike set in a dying, near-futuristic world. Through menu-style combat, text exploration and skill-check events, maintain your sanity and manage resources as you gather a dark essence needed to survive the inescapable eldritch horror now hunting you.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 41.9%, Text-Based 20.8%, Interactive Fiction 14.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.8%, Psychological Horror 8.6%
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 51.4%, Interactive Fiction 16.4%, Psychological Horror 10.9%, Story Rich 10.6%, Choices Matter 6.2%
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 97.1%, Indie 2.9%
Become Shepherd, an inquisitor sent to a suspicious village. Unveil the secrets of a world filled with fear, and make an inevitable choice. In this visual novel mystery, your decisions change the world. Can you survive the desperate horror?
Why similar: Lovecraftian 47.1%, Text-Based 21.4%, Psychological Horror 10.6%, Story Rich 8.8%, Point & Click 6.8%
Typing Ritual is a first-person psychological horror game where players perform a summoning ritual by typing ancient texts. As the ritual progresses, the environment changes, and tension builds. Mistakes have consequences, and time is limited.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 40.6%, Text-Based 22%, Interactive Fiction 14.6%, Psychological Horror 9.1%, Story Rich 8.3%
Experience a bite-sized slice of Lovecraftian horror in this updated version of our cult freeware point and click adaptation of H.P. Lovecraft's classic short story.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 51.2%, Interactive Fiction 18.7%, Point & Click 15.8%, Story Rich 8.7%, Dark 4.6%
Immersed yourself in an interactive story with multiples choices, in the style of "choose your own Adventure book" (CYOA).Will you be able to survive ?Probably not!
Why similar: Lovecraftian 40.9%, Text-Based 23%, Interactive Fiction 16.5%, Story Rich 9%, Choices Matter 5.4%
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 62.9%, Point & Click 16.6%, Psychological Horror 13.6%, Dark 5.1%, Singleplayer 1%
Investigate your grandfather’s mysterious disappearance in Shadows Over Lighthouse, a Lovecraftian survival horror adventure. Explore eerie 1912 America, solve puzzles, and face horrors as reality twists around you. Can you uncover the truth, or will you lose yourself to madness?
Why similar: Lovecraftian 58%, Interactive Fiction 19.8%, Psychological Horror 12.7%, Dark 4.2%, 3D 2.7%
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 82.1%, Psychological Horror 9.8%, Story Rich 5.9%, Indie 1.7%, Singleplayer 0.5%
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 55.9%, Psychological Horror 11.8%, Story Rich 10.6%, Dark 7.8%, Choices Matter 5.9%
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 64.5%, Text-Based 23.2%, Story Rich 10.5%, Indie 1.1%, Singleplayer 0.6%
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 57.7%, Interactive Fiction 27.1%, Text-Based 9.3%, Choices Matter 4.1%, Singleplayer 0.9%
Otherworld Chronicles is a Lovecraftian narrative puzzle game set in a dark fantasy world. In a forgotten land where power and war never ceased, you are chosen as a savior, unraveling mysteries, ascending the tower, and drawing closer to a long-buried truth that has waited to be revealed.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 47.6%, Interactive Fiction 20.5%, Text-Based 17.1%, Story Rich 8.5%, Stylized 5.1%
Narrative RPG inspired by works of H.P. Lovecraft, celtic myths, rapiers and gunpowder. World awaits the Arrival of unknown creatures. It needs a hero who would stop the menace. Or he won't. He may even join them. Only you shall decide who would Morar become.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 48.1%, Text-Based 19%, Story Rich 11.4%, Psychological Horror 7.3%, Interactive Fiction 7.3%
Explore a Montréal neighborhood in the 70s, investigate a supernatural phenomenon that inflicts nightmares on its residents, and delve into the depths of the world of dreams to save their lives. October Nightmares is a point & click cosmic horror game where exploration mixes with puzzle solving.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 58.2%, Point & Click 21.5%, Psychological Horror 7%, Dark 4.9%, Story Rich 4.6%
Piece together your memories. Reveal the truth. A minimalistic Lovecraftian tale of symbols, sentences, and quiet discovery.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 46.6%, Text-Based 23.6%, Interactive Fiction 12.3%, Story Rich 7.7%, Choices Matter 5.1%
Escape the shady brackwater swamp together with the Professor and the Captn in a small Cutter, in a short, text-heavy, linear Horror-Adventure (without Jumpscares).
Why similar: Lovecraftian 35.3%, Interactive Fiction 28.8%, Top-Down 12.6%, Story Rich 8.7%, Stylized 4.7%
Stir up a fresh take on iconic Disney Villains in this rich visual novel.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 31.6%, Point & Click 26.8%, Text-Based 23.2%, Story Rich 10.1%, Choices Matter 6.5%
Redemption Under the Tide is a Lovecraftian visual novel. You play as a private detective investigating a missing person case—but the deeper you go, the more reality begins to fracture. Lost memories, ancient cults, and a stranger who claims to know you await beneath the surface.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 56.5%, Psychological Horror 13.9%, Text-Based 13.5%, Choices Matter 6.6%, Strategy 5%
基于“克苏鲁神话”世界观下的Roguelike动作冒险游戏作品。玩家将在游戏中身临其境地接触洛夫克拉夫特笔下那些不可名状之物。通过不同的选择调查世界的谜团，合理控制自己的san值让自己在残酷的走位-射击战斗中生存下去！获取装备，磨练技巧，挫败古神与外神们的邪恶计划！
Why similar: Lovecraftian 97.4%, Indie 2.6%
A visual novel strategy game where your floral fragrances determine the fate of your mysterious shop and its patrons. Make choices, talk to customers, and shape the story. Get ready for a journey of heartfelt connections and strategic decision-making.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 26.9%, Text-Based 25%, Story Rich 17.3%, Point & Click 12.4%, Choices Matter 7.7%
Explore the abandoned Signal Creek Shopping Mall in this dialogue-rich pixel art RPG. Playing as college student Nour, you must guide your companions through encounters with the past.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 38.3%, Text-Based 20.5%, Interactive Fiction 16.6%, Top-Down 8.8%, Story Rich 8.2%
Nui, Rumi, and Gu are about to embark on the Giggle Train to Tickle Town! Explore Gigglesville and help your pals in this cute adventure game where not everything is as it seems.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 42.1%, Interactive Fiction 24.2%, Psychological Horror 15.7%, Story Rich 7.6%, Dark 6.6%
Step into the role of a faceless detective investigating creatures from Slavic folklore. Explore dialogue-driven mysteries, solve puzzles, and uncover post-Soviet occult secrets in a pixel art housing block full of bizarre residents and hidden truths
Why similar: Lovecraftian 51.4%, Text-Based 21.2%, Story Rich 11.4%, Psychological Horror 9.3%, Dark 6.8%
A text-based cosmic horror adventure game
Why similar: Lovecraftian 35.7%, Interactive Fiction 28.5%, Text-Based 26.1%, Story Rich 8.8%, Singleplayer 0.9%
Stay is a narrative roguelike where you will have to survive a post-apocalyptic world from your cabin. Choose well who you let into your home, manage the available resources, and look for the best strategy to go ahead at the end of the world. Survive with your team, or die along the way.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 38.8%, Text-Based 15%, Point & Click 12.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.8%, Story Rich 6.8%
You are Doctor Parsnip Green, the first and last line of defense against a grotesquely beautiful epidemic. Make 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 35.2%, Psychological Horror 15.5%, Interactive Fiction 15.3%, Point & Click 13.2%, Story Rich 13.1%
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 52%, Interactive Fiction 14.7%, Psychological Horror 13.2%, Story Rich 10.2%, Dark 4.4%
