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60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Atmospheric, Horror, Psychological Horror, Adventure.

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A contemplative narrative horror experience. Purify cursed objects through rhythmic prayers. Your Faith protects you, your Guilt consumes you. 50 objects will unveil the truth hidden behind the abbey's walls. In the darkness of the Middle Ages, will you find redemption or damnation?

Reviews: Positive — 93% — of 15 reviews
Released: 2026-04-30
Developer: Scriptorium Artis
Genres: Action, Adventure, Indie, Strategy
Platforms: Windows

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    97% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2023
    Dev: ujumiru
    Windows · Mac

    Follow under, to a secretive cult of Icarus filled with lost individuals who seek selfish salvation. At its center lies Haejin, an alluring yet tormented leader whose flesh, when consumed, cures mortality.

    Why similar: Faith 34.5%, Psychological Horror 12.4%, Dark 8.7%, Horror 7.8%, Story Rich 6.8%

  2. #2 EMOTIONLESS : The Last Ticket
    96% matchVery Positive81% of 138 reviews2025
    Dev: X1 Games
    Windows

    Step into a liminal, cosmic horror experience set in an abandoned amusement park. Uncover the haunting narrative behind its twisted rides and empty tunnels to discover what lurks within a reality that shouldn't exist…

    Why similar: Lovecraftian 29.9%, Walking Simulator 14.9%, Psychological Horror 14.5%, Horror 11.6%, Dark 10%

  3. #3 Saint Kotar: The Yellow Mask
    96% matchMostly Positive73% of 345 reviews2020
    Dev: The-Mark Entertainment
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Follow the fear of Benedek Dohnany and Nikolay Kalyakin and play the onset of a dark and chilling narrative adventure. Make decisions and affect the events that precede a macabre series of murders, allegedly related to devil worship and witchcraft.

    Why similar: Lovecraftian 22.4%, Gothic 19.6%, Faith 18%, Horror 8.5%, Dark 7.4%

  4. #4 Blind Hope
    95% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: FalseHope Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    A first-person survival horror with a cosmic twist, where you must blindly navigate a decayed historic manor swarming with warped children with only your vague memories and peripheral senses to guide you. Will your sanity hold? Or will blind hope turn to blind despair?

    Why similar: Lovecraftian 28.3%, Walking Simulator 11.4%, Psychological Horror 11%, Horror 9.4%, Historical 7.4%

  5. #5 The Bloody Cross
    94% matchPositive91% of 33 reviews2025
    Dev: Living Bones
    Windows

    Fight through a haunting journey of sin and suffering in this short top-down story game inspired by Christian themes and the crucifixion.

    Why similar: Faith 34.4%, Gothic 14.2%, Walking Simulator 10.6%, Dark 9.2%, Horror 8.3%

  6. #6 Forsaken Fleet
    93% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Zakym s. r. o.
    Windows

    A first-person pirate horror where a haunted fisherman is drawn into the legend of the Forsaken Fleet. Follow a mysterious compass. Sail through the fog. Explore forgotten places and survive the horrors that should have stayed buried at sea.

    Why similar: Lovecraftian 27.5%, Psychological Horror 16.2%, Horror 13.2%, Walking Simulator 12.8%, Dark 10.4%

  7. #7 Inner Voices
    94% 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 28.2%, Psychological Horror 13.5%, Walking Simulator 9.2%, Horror 9%, Dark 8.6%

  8. #8 SCP: Darkwater
    92% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: Neuroticfly Games
    Windows

    A psychological horror game inspired by SCP-1128. As a young woman trapped in a surreal loop, explore your bathroom and submerge yourself in the bathtub to enter a terrifying ocean dimension inhabited by a colossal entity lurking in the depths.

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  9. #9 Seventh Choir
    91% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Ovsko
    Windows

    Seventh Choir is a horror game about a hunter who is sent to kill an elk deep within a snow covered swamp. Look to those in the heavens and believe the cry of the seventh choir. A short atmospheric horror game inspired by PS2 hunting games and the Book of Revelation.

    Why similar: Faith 31.9%, Lovecraftian 14.1%, Psychological Horror 11.6%, Walking Simulator 10.8%, Horror 9.1%

  10. #10 Tisis
    91% matchNo user reviews
    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: Psychological Horror 21.9%, Lovecraftian 21.5%, Walking Simulator 17.5%, Atmospheric 9.6%, Horror 9%

  11. #11 Backrooms: Exit from Supermarket
    90% matchMixed65% of 60 reviews2025
    Dev: CGI LAB GAMES
    Windows

    In the Backrooms: Exit from Supermarket, you find yourself trapped in a labyrinth of endless, flickering aisles. Unearth dark secrets behind every shelf while evading lurking apparitions and supernatural terrors. Can you survive the haunted corridors and escape before the nightmare consumes?

    Why similar: Lovecraftian 27.6%, Psychological Horror 15.4%, Walking Simulator 12.7%, Horror 12%, Dark 10.9%

  12. #12 A Long Dark Night
    89% 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.

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  13. #13 Last Round at the End of the World
    89% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: Ex Ignorantia
    Windows

    Dream the riddle. Question the village. Choose who drowns. A poetic folk-horror game about divine messages, guilty villagers, ritual games, and the terrible cost of keeping a place safe.

    Why similar: Lovecraftian 24.2%, Psychological Horror 14.8%, Horror 11.9%, Gothic 9.9%, Multiple Endings 8.9%

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    88% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2026
    Dev: DarkDomainUniverse
    Windows

    Museum renovation forces a curator, your grandpa in moving biblical relics intracity. His civilian chopper is purposely brought down by wicked Iblis. Relics are snatched for unholy rituals, while Grandpa is taken hostage. Can his grandson walk inside the mysterious temple to pull off a rescue?

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  15. #15 The Rite Holds
    87% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2025
    Dev: PV Development
    Windows

    In this concise first person horror experience, you are trapped in an infinite corridor with nothing but a flashlight. Explore this liminal space, survive the entities that lurk in the dark and complete the ritual to break the cycle.

    Why similar: Psychological Horror 20.7%, Lovecraftian 16.6%, Walking Simulator 14.7%, Horror 14%, Dark 11.9%

  16. #16 Backrooms: Levels of Fear
    86% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: The M.E.G.
    Windows

    A first-person psychological and survival-horror experience. You are lost in the Backrooms and you have to find a way to survive in this dangerous universe. Explore the different levels, meet the Entities and other Explorers, and find clues to reveal the Backrooms’ secrets.

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  17. #17 nan
    85% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: Amar SkPub: Candoria Studio
    Windows

    A first-person psychological horror game about grief, obsession, and love. Sleep to enter dreams, take control of them, and descend into deeper layers where time moves slower. Explore, solve puzzles, and uncover the mystery of a grieving father who created a world frozen in time.

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    86% matchMostly Positive77% of 2,272 reviews2017
    Dev: Stormling StudiosPub: Iceberg Interactive
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.6 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.

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    84% matchVery Positive90% of 160 reviews2020
    Dev: Eric Juvi
    Windows

    A giant cathedral of flesh has appeared in the middle of the ocean on a dying world. A small group of scientists are secretly investigating it when a mysterious woman appears, facing an impossible task.

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    84% matchVery Positive93% of 54 reviews2022
    Dev: the ito project
    Windows

    Alone at night, working at a petrol station deep in the American wheat belt. Something feels off... are you sure you're alone? A short 10-15 minute horror game with multiple endings.

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    83% matchMostly Positive72% of 50 reviews2021
    Dev: 3 O'clock grymlins TeamPub: Gabe Simao
    Windows

    This is a Lovecraftian-inspired tale of a man writing the horrors of the one night he visited his great uncle's mansion to remember what actually happened at 3 am during the visit.

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    81% matchVery Positive88% of 57 reviews2024
    Dev: Paradnight Studio
    Windows · Mac

    Narrative-driven first person horror adventure inspired by Lovecraft's short novel "The Nameless City". Explore the ruins of a city that some say they are older than humanity itself. While you delve deeper into the ancient buildings, reality and visions blend into an indistinct haze.

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    82% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2021
    Dev: Amir Dayyef
    Windows

    An Adventure Game About The Life Of Tash.

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  24. #24 Call of Cthulhu®
    82% matchMostly Positive79% of 13,859 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.

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  25. #25 Separator
    81% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: LehanFox
    Windows · Mac

    «Separator» is a short nonlinear visual novel in the psychological horror genre, inspired by modern occultism and beliefs surrounding mysticism.

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  26. #26 The Chancellor's Plot
    80% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: nLabs
    Windows

    After receiving a letter from a wealthy and powerful benefactor, you journey into the depths of an abandoned mansion to recover a mysterious artifact. But soon you will learn the reason this place has been abandoned.

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  27. #27 The Forest Watches
    78% match9 user reviews89% of 9 reviews2026
    Dev: RanSio
    Windows

    You are the newest member of a forest cult. Complete assigned rituals, obey their rules, and uncover the forest’s unsettling secrets. Every step is watched.

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  28. #28 Dwelling on the Hill
    79% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Apocrifa Labs Interactive
    Windows

    A devout man built his house on top of something older than scripture. He tried to seal the passage. He failed. Now you are inside, and the door is locked.

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  29. #29 The Whisperer | Le murmureur
    79% matchMixed68% of 124 reviews2021
    Dev: Studio Chien d'Or
    Windows · Mac

    Investigate an abandoned trading post, explore its surroundings and solve the terrible mystery it holds. The Whisperer is a short story-driven point & click game set in Lower Canada at the beginning of the 19th century.

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  30. #30 Lighthouse of Madness
    78% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: Flying Jack StudiosPub: Flying Jack Productions
    Windows

    Embark on this Lovecraft-inspired tale and discover the mysteries that await you on this island. Explore the island, solve challenging puzzles, and most importantly: try not to lose your sanity.

    Why similar: Lovecraftian 38.3%, Psychological Horror 15.8%, Walking Simulator 12.7%, Horror 9.9%, Story Rich 8.1%

  31. #31 AMEN: The Quiet Exodus
    77% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: AMENTEAM
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Cursed the womb that bears emptiness beneath its heart. For the child enters the world with the veil upon its face, yet its soul wanders lone in the heavens where God is not. Why then does she not hasten to the place that was prepared for her? Seek the truth in our visual novel.

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  32. #32 Ritus Exorcismus
    75% matchVery Positive99% of 130 reviews2026
    Dev: Dernhelm Games
    Windows · Linux

    Become the exorcist that the world needs! Use Holy Relics and the knowledge from your book to fight demonic possessions. Investigate unholy events and take part in church rituals in this medieval pixel horror game.

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  33. #33 The Lighthouse Whispers
    76% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: HEADWINDS
    Windows

    In this atmospheric, slow-burn horror, you must unravel the mystery of the disappearance of your fellow light keepers. Traverse the island's rugged terrain, discover clues, and make your way through the eerie lighthouse to reveal the dark truth.

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  34. #34 Candle In Darkness
    77% match8 user reviews75% of 8 reviews2023
    Dev: Shub-Niggurath GamesPub: ShopaLover
    Windows · Mac

    People by nature are afraid of darkness, see it as danger. Monsters are lurking. Are they just a fiction or more? Darkness challenges your survival...

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  35. #35 Leviathan: Rhino
    76% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: Amortiz GamesPub: solarsuit.games
    Windows

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    75% matchPositive100% of 15 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 28.4%, Gothic 18.2%, Horror 9.3%, Multiple Endings 7.3%, Choices Matter 5.8%

  37. #37 It Paints Me
    73% matchVery Positive97% of 277 reviews2024
    Dev: ENDYSIS
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Take the role of a painter struggling to finish his masterpiece in this short Gothic horror visual novel about art, pain and love.

    Why similar: Gothic 26.7%, Horror 10.2%, Psychological Horror 9.3%, Dark 8.6%, Historical 8.4%

  38. #38 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.

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  39. #39 Necrophosis
    72% matchVery Positive90% of 875 reviews2025
    Dev: Dragonis AresPub: Dragonis Games
    Windows
    Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 2.8 hrs≥1hr: 77%

    Necrophosis is a first-person horror adventure, plunging you into a nightmarish realm teeming with grotesque forms and ominous visuals. Delve into eerie landscapes and uncover secrets in this atmospheric journey through the macabre.

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  40. #40 Edge Of Evil
    73% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: WRF Studios
    Windows

    Descend into terror in this first-person psychological horror experience as you follow your lost kitten into an ancient pirate crypt. Explore, shoot and dig for clues…literally, while unravelling a chilling mystery, all in a desperate bid to rescue your helplessly curious pet from this dark tomb.

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  41. #41 Rooten
    74% matchVery Positive80% of 111 reviews2021
    Dev: Amortiz Games
    Windows

    There is only you and the Forest. In "Rooten" there are no compulsory tasks, time just goes by, and days pass by independently of you. You can explore the Forest, try to get out, or even do nothing at all. The forest has always been here, and always will be. You won't change it no matter what.

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  42. #42 HINGE
    71% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Spheroom
    Windows

    HINGE is a psychological horror game that draws inspiration from Lovecraft and Bioshock. Delve into atmospheric environments, uncover clues, navigate the chilling nightmare, and find a way out of the time loop.

    Why similar: Lovecraftian 25.5%, Psychological Horror 15.1%, Walking Simulator 12.9%, Horror 11.9%, Dark 10.8%

  43. #43 Flan's MS
    71% matchVery Positive89% of 161 reviews2024
    Dev: Geism
    Windows

    Flan's MS is a 2D story game with some puzzles and gameplay systems. After escaping from everything she is familiar with, Flan needs to retrieve her lost dream diary and find the answers she needs.

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    71% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Bigboot Studios
    Windows · Mac · Linux

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    70% matchPositive80% of 10 reviews2024
    Dev: Erik Salin
    Windows

    A gothic short story set in the most Blighted city of the North Kingdom.

    Why similar: Gothic 20.4%, Lovecraftian 17%, Medieval 12.4%, Dark 7.6%, Minimalist 7.3%

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    72% matchVery Positive85% of 456 reviews2020
    Dev: Poison The Inkwell
    Windows

    A Place, Forbidden is a first-person, lo-fi horror-puzzle game set in the Library of Ouroboros, a seemingly innocuous library that, rumor has it, contains knowledge not meant for the eyes of mortal man. We hope you enjoy your visit.

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    70% matchPositive89% of 46 reviews2024
    Dev: J6 Games
    Windows

    A cowboy named John is compelled by an insidious voice in his head to ascend an inverted floating tower. Encounter atmospheric horror, defy gravity, and make impossible choices in this third-person psychological horror game inspired by Stephen King's The Dark Tower.

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    68% match4 user reviews50% of 4 reviews2026
    Dev: Astrolabe Stories
    Windows

    In 1960s USA, Jane Ferguson, a New York restaurant owner, receives an information on her CIA agent husband Mark, who had vanished mysteriously during a Tibet mission. To uncover his hidden secrets, she follows his trail, delving into the enigma of his disappearance.

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  49. #49 Dagon: by H. P. Lovecraft
    69% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 12,342 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.

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    73% matchMixed48% of 290 reviews2016
    Dev: GDNomaD
    Windows
    Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 8.5 hrs≥1hr: 90%

    What does it feel like to find yourself in hell? You don't feel the wind, you don't see the sun. No more hearing child's laughter. No memory of those who once were your friends and family.

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  51. #51 Ignis Dei
    68% matchPositive96% of 49 reviews2025
    Dev: Jam Bell Games
    Windows

    Heralded by a comet, seen as a harbinger of doom, the Black Death arrived in Florence in 1348. Wander through the woods to escape the plague, face various riddles and encounter mysterious creatures.

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  52. #52 Sate
    69% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Neon Raven
    Windows

    As a paranormal investigator, you find yourself taking instruction from a mysterious stranger from a payphone. Chasing the ground breaking coverage to accel your career, you embark to an isolated building in the middle of nowhere.

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  53. #53 Gamebook Edgar A. Poe: The Oval Portrait
    70% matchMostly Positive76% of 59 reviews2022
    Dev: The Midworld
    Windows

    Put on your headphones, close your eyes and watch the story in your imagination. What seems like a game may be something more. Is it a story waiting to be told or... felt? Enter the universe of Edgar A. Poe, where reason, like the devil, says "Goodnight".

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  54. #54 Into Samomor
    68% 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.

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  55. #55 Amnesia: Rebirth
    69% matchMostly Positive77% of 9,319 reviews2020
    Dev: Frictional Games
    Windows · Linux
    Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 10.6 hrs≥1hr: 76%

    A first-person horror adventure. Uncover your past and survive the Algerian desert. Fear is your enemy; stay calm to not succumb to an illness threatening you and your loved one. Avoid darkness, hide from monsters and solve puzzles. Adventure Mode available for a less scary experience.

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  56. #56 Dreaded Wunder
    67% matchNo user reviews
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    Windows

    Dreaded Wunder is a psychological horror game set in a twisted version of Norwich, Featuring local myths and legends with a hint of Eldritch horror. Navigate the contorted world that lies before you and find a way to escape fate by relying on a mobile phone to survive!

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  57. #57 The Lanterne of Light
    67% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: skekpen
    Windows · Linux

    A Gothic horror faerie tale.

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  58. #58 Abject Abyss
    65% matchPositive95% of 22 reviews2026
    Dev: Anton Bezett
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    A short, atmospheric sci-fi horror experience. Explore an isolated research facility on the edge of charted space, and survive the horrors that lurk there.

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  59. #59 Tormentum II
    64% matchVery Positive95% of 228 reviews2026
    Dev: OhNoo Studio
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Wake up inside the nightmare world you created in this standalone, hand-drawn dark fantasy point-and-click adventure with psychological horror elements. Explore islands, solve puzzles, and make morally ambiguous choices that lead to multiple endings. Inspired by H.R. Giger and Zdzisław Beksiński.

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  60. #60 Mines Of Moritania
    66% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Jofer's Games
    Windows

    Experimental, None Linear, Cosmic Horror Game.

    Why similar: Lovecraftian 28.2%, Walking Simulator 15.2%, Psychological Horror 13.7%, Multiple Endings 9.2%, Horror 8.3%

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