- #1 Anchorhead
97% matchPositive88% of 48 reviews2018
Dev: Michael Gentry
Windows · Mac
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 46.4%, Text-Based 24.3%, Interactive Fiction 19.9%, Story Rich 7.5%, Indie 2%
- #2 Omen Exitio: Plague
96% matchVery Positive85% of 626 reviews2018
Dev: Tiny Bull Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 92%
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 60.3%, Interactive Fiction 17.8%, Story Rich 8.4%, Text-Based 6.5%, Choices Matter 5.2%
- #3 Dagon: by H. P. Lovecraft
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 12,215 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 50.4%, Text-Based 12.2%, Interactive Fiction 10.5%, Point & Click 8.4%, Psychological Horror 7.2%
- #4 Dr. Emmerson's Nocturnes
95% 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 40.3%, Text-Based 14.3%, Interactive Fiction 14%, Point & Click 10.5%, Psychological Horror 9.7%
- #5 Stones of Flesh
94% match8 user reviews100% of 8 reviews2024
Dev: Joe Renwick
Windows
You are flesh, blood and bones. A fragile mortal, in a land of something far bigger than yourself.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 50.6%, Text-Based 27.5%, Story Rich 9.6%, Top-Down 7.6%, Stylized 4.1%
- #6 Chronicle of Innsmouth: Curse of Chaos
94% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: AtomicHorde
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 63.7%, Point & Click 18%, Psychological Horror 10.6%, Story Rich 6.5%, Singleplayer 1.1%
- #7 Unfree Freesia
93% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Spiral Stair Studio
Windows · Mac
A narrative-driven game where Deduction meets the Dark Arts. Invest crime scenes for evidence and navigate the razor's edge between "Rationality" and "Inspiration." Unlock branching paths through your choices, forge fragile alliances, and decide who survives the encroaching shadows.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 43.2%, Interactive Fiction 22.7%, Text-Based 15.3%, Story Rich 9.8%, Psychological Horror 7.6%
- #8 Corpo Connections
92% 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 36.8%, Interactive Fiction 18.4%, Point & Click 13.8%, Psychological Horror 10.8%, Story Rich 6.7%
- #9 Chronicle of Innsmouth
91% matchMostly Positive78% of 255 reviews2017
Dev: PsychoDevPub: AtomicHorde
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 88%
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%
- #10 Cure for Death
90% matchPositive93% of 46 reviews2025
Dev: U4P
Windows
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 48.8%, Text-Based 20.2%, Point & Click 13.7%, Psychological Horror 10.1%, Stylized 4.8%
- #11 Victoriana - Steampunk Text Adventure
91% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2019
Dev: Dr. Cyril Splutterworth
Windows
Gadgets, conspiracy and conquest await you in this steampunk text adventure. An interactive romp through Victorian England and the British Empire.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 35.8%, Text-Based 28.7%, Interactive Fiction 23.7%, Story Rich 10.5%, Singleplayer 1.2%
- #12 Nightmare Tale
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Insanity Notes Studio
Windows
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 48.9%, Interactive Fiction 18%, Text-Based 14.7%, Psychological Horror 7.3%, Story Rich 5.1%
- #13 HPL: Nyarlathotep Rising
88% match9 user reviews56% of 9 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 39.9%, Text-Based 18.2%, Interactive Fiction 14.7%, Psychological Horror 8.3%, Story Rich 8%
- #14 Necronomicon: The Dawning of Darkness
89% matchMixed44% of 207 reviews2014
Dev: Cryo InteractivePub: Microids
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 43%
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 79.5%, Point & Click 20.5%
- #15 The Devilry Reservation
86% matchVery Positive93% of 85 reviews2023
Dev: GentFish
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 47.1%, Text-Based 19.1%, Story Rich 10.4%, Interactive Fiction 9%, Psychological Horror 8.4%
- #16 Divine Favor
87% matchPositive87% of 22 reviews2020
Dev: Samantha Arehart
Windows
A man wakes up in Heaven.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 50.2%, Text-Based 31.4%, Psychological Horror 12.2%, Story Rich 4.6%, Singleplayer 0.8%
- #17 The Last Door: Season 2 - Collector's Edition
86% matchVery Positive94% of 974 reviews2016
Dev: The Game KitchenPub: Phoenix Online Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 92%
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 66.3%, Point & Click 25.5%, Story Rich 6.6%, Indie 0.9%, Singleplayer 0.8%
- #18 The Terrible Old Man
85% matchVery Positive89% of 662 reviews2019
Dev: Cloak and Dagger Games
Windows
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 51.3%, Interactive Fiction 18.5%, Point & Click 15.7%, Story Rich 8.6%, Dark 4.6%
- #19 黑石
84% matchPositive82% of 11 reviews2024
Dev: 非稳态物质-Unstable Matter
Windows
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 64.2%, Text-Based 16.1%, Psychological Horror 10.9%, Story Rich 7%, Singleplayer 1%
- #20 A Place for the Unwilling
84% matchMostly Positive72% of 69 reviews2019
Dev: ALPixel Games
Windows · Mac
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 58.5%, Text-Based 18.5%, Story Rich 11%, Choices Matter 7.6%, Indie 2.8%
- #21 Call of Cthulhu®
82% matchMostly Positive79% of 13,561 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 74.5%, Psychological Horror 10.7%, Story Rich 8.8%, Dark 2.5%, Choices Matter 2.1%
- #22 Queen of Moths
82% matchPositive92% of 26 reviews2023
Dev: Tesseract Games
Windows
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 30.8%, Text-Based 19.4%, Interactive Fiction 18.3%, Point & Click 14.4%, Psychological Horror 9.5%
- #23 The Crimson Call
81% matchPositive90% of 29 reviews2024
Dev: Fatih Mert
Windows · Mac
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 48.1%, Text-Based 21.7%, Interactive Fiction 14.5%, Story Rich 7.9%, Choices Matter 3.7%
- #24 The Stamp
80% matchPositive100% of 11 reviews2025
Dev: Nimavoha Interactive
Windows
Piece together your memories and reveal the truth in this minimalistic Lovecraftian tale of symbols and sentences.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 45.3%, Text-Based 22.6%, Interactive Fiction 11.9%, Story Rich 7.4%, Choices Matter 4.9%
- #25 Gibbous - A Cthulhu Adventure
81% matchVery Positive90% of 2,288 reviews2019
Dev: Stuck In Attic
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 88%
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 49.1%, Point & Click 18.8%, Story Rich 12.6%, Interactive Fiction 8.2%, Dark 7.6%
- #26 Saint Kotar
79% matchMostly Positive75% of 280 reviews2021
Dev: The-Mark EntertainmentPub: SOEDESCO
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 89%
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 40.2%, Interactive Fiction 15.8%, Point & Click 14.3%, Psychological Horror 9.5%, Story Rich 8.4%
- #27 珍珠梦Pearl Dream
78% matchPositive93% of 29 reviews2023
Dev: IndieCain
Windows
Cthulhu style AVG. Main gameplay is exploration and selection.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 73.9%, Interactive Fiction 23.5%, Singleplayer 1.5%, Indie 1.1%
- #28 Typing Ritual
78% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2025
Dev: Fridiculous
Windows · Mac
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 40.9%, Text-Based 21.8%, Interactive Fiction 14.6%, Psychological Horror 9.1%, Story Rich 8.3%
- #29 Darkness Within 1: In Pursuit of Loath Nolder
79% matchMostly Positive73% of 624 reviews2014
Dev: Stormling StudiosPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 54%
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 66%, Point & Click 21.2%, Psychological Horror 11.2%, Indie 1.6%
- #30 旧日重返(Mystery of the Past)
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 锁眼工作室
Windows
《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 48.4%, Point & Click 20.7%, Story Rich 11.1%, Strategy 11%, Choices Matter 6.3%
- #31 Mr. Rainer's Solve-It Service
76% matchVery Positive98% of 338 reviews2022
Dev: etherane
Windows
When the last thread becomes entangled, their song will be heard.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 40%, Text-Based 14.6%, Interactive Fiction 14.5%, Point & Click 10.5%, Story Rich 7.9%
- #32 Assassin at Crimson Keep
77% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2022
Dev: Shadow Glass Studios LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 32.9%, Text-Based 20.4%, Interactive Fiction 16.4%, Point & Click 12.9%, Story Rich 8%
- #33 Sclera
75% match6 user reviews83% of 6 reviews2023
Dev: Ryan Boc
Windows
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 42.1%, Text-Based 20.6%, Interactive Fiction 14.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.8%, Psychological Horror 8.6%
- #34 A Long Dark Night
75% 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 51.7%, Interactive Fiction 16.4%, Psychological Horror 10.9%, Story Rich 10.6%, Choices Matter 6.1%
- #35 Inquisitor Shepherd
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Narrowdeep
Windows
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 47.4%, Text-Based 21.2%, Psychological Horror 10.6%, Story Rich 8.8%, Point & Click 6.8%
- #36 At the Mountains of Madness
76% matchMostly Negative34% of 65 reviews2016
Dev: Team Clockworks
Windows
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Play the role of Professor Dyer, a geologist at Miskatonic University who travelled to Antarctica in 1930 as the leader of a research expedition, in this 3D first-person horror survival adventure game.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 97.2%, Indie 2.8%
- #37 Angor
73% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2024
Dev: Puca Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 41.2%, Text-Based 22.8%, Interactive Fiction 16.5%, Story Rich 9%, Choices Matter 5.4%
- #38 The Last Door - Collector's Edition
74% matchVery Positive95% of 2,436 reviews2014
Dev: The Game KitchenPub: Phoenix Online Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 93%
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 56.8%, Point & Click 23.8%, Story Rich 13.2%, Psychological Horror 3.6%, Singleplayer 1.9%
- #39 O.B.O.L
73% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: MrEliptik
Windows · Linux
Play a high stake game of head or tails against a mysterious opponent, trapped under the ocean in a claustrophobic, eldritch, Lovecraftian horror atmosphere, all while slowly losing your sanity.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 59.2%, Psychological Horror 11.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.6%, Strategy 7%, Dark 6.2%
- #40 Hunt of Dusha
71% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2025
Dev: Demigrz
Windows
A Hunter arrives in a small Polish city expecting a routine investigation. What she finds is anything but. Explore, make choices and confront the entities that have claimed this place before the curse spreads further.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 63.1%, Point & Click 16.6%, Psychological Horror 13.5%, Dark 5%, Singleplayer 1%
- #41 Conarium
73% matchMostly Positive77% of 2,252 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 82.3%, Psychological Horror 9.7%, Story Rich 5.8%, Indie 1.7%, Singleplayer 0.5%
- #42 The Shadows Over Lighthouse
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: BB Interactive
Windows
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 58.2%, Interactive Fiction 19.7%, Psychological Horror 12.6%, Dark 4.2%, 3D 2.7%
- #43 The Black Pyramid
71% 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 56.1%, Psychological Horror 11.8%, Story Rich 10.6%, Dark 7.8%, Choices Matter 5.8%
- #44 The Innsmouth Case
72% matchMixed65% of 199 reviews2020
Dev: RobotPumpkin GamesPub: Assemble Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.9 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 64.8%, Text-Based 22.9%, Story Rich 10.5%, Indie 1.1%, Singleplayer 0.6%
- #45 The Passenger
71% 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 57.9%, Interactive Fiction 27%, Text-Based 9.2%, Choices Matter 4.1%, Singleplayer 0.9%
- #46 Otherworld Chronicles
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Black Planet StudiosPub: EE GAMES
Windows
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 47.9%, Interactive Fiction 20.4%, Text-Based 16.9%, Story Rich 8.5%, Stylized 5%
- #47 October Nightmares | Cauchemars d'octobre
70% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Studio Chien d'Or
Windows
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 58.4%, Point & Click 21.5%, Psychological Horror 6.9%, Dark 4.9%, Story Rich 4.6%
- #48 Signal Creek
68% matchPositive100% of 12 reviews2025
Dev: snacktime games
Windows · Mac
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 38.6%, Text-Based 20.3%, Interactive Fiction 16.6%, Top-Down 8.7%, Story Rich 8.2%
- #49 克苏鲁异闻录
70% matchMixed66% of 250 reviews2019
Dev: LLC Blini GamesPub: Surefire.Games
Windows · Mac
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 97.5%, Indie 2.5%
- #50 Disney Villains Cursed Café
68% matchMostly Positive79% of 52 reviews2025
Dev: Bloom Digital MediaPub: Disney
Windows
Stir up a fresh take on iconic Disney Villains in this rich visual novel.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 31.7%, Point & Click 26.9%, Text-Based 23.1%, Story Rich 10.1%, Choices Matter 6.5%
- #51 Nui Goes to Town!
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Wr41thX
Windows
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 42.3%, Interactive Fiction 24.1%, Psychological Horror 15.6%, Story Rich 7.6%, Dark 6.6%
- #52 Choose Cthulhu Files: The Call of Cthulhu
69% 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 48.6%, Interactive Fiction 16.7%, Point & Click 14.7%, Story Rich 8.6%, Choices Matter 5.8%
- #53 Inflorescences
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: FloriProductions
Windows · Mac
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 24.9%, Story Rich 17.3%, Point & Click 12.4%, Choices Matter 7.7%
- #54 Elder Chaos
69% matchMixed47% of 83 reviews2017
Dev: Emprom Game
Windows · Mac
Elder Chaos is a strategy game based on Lovecraft’s Cthulhu mythos. You are no longer investigators but the eldritch Old Ones in Elder Chaos. Now, it's time to break the seal and reign over the world!
Why similar: Lovecraftian 69.2%, Strategy 26.1%, Indie 4.6%
- #55 Stay
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: GunginStudio
Windows
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 39.1%, Text-Based 14.9%, Point & Click 12.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.8%, Story Rich 6.8%
- #56 Redemption: Under the Tide
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Dissociate Space
Windows
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 56.8%, Psychological Horror 13.8%, Text-Based 13.4%, Choices Matter 6.5%, Strategy 5%
- #57 A Curse From Beyond
67% matchPositive95% of 43 reviews2021
Dev: Cave Ghost Games
Windows · Mac
A text-based cosmic horror adventure game
Why similar: Lovecraftian 36%, Interactive Fiction 28.5%, Text-Based 25.9%, Story Rich 8.8%, Singleplayer 0.9%
- #58 The Bogtavern
67% matchPositive88% of 32 reviews2022
Dev: Bunlysh Studios
Windows
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 35.6%, Interactive Fiction 28.8%, Top-Down 12.6%, Story Rich 8.7%, Stylized 4.6%
- #59 Seals of Madness
66% 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 52.2%, Interactive Fiction 14.7%, Psychological Horror 13.1%, Story Rich 10.2%, Dark 4.4%