- #1 No one lives under the lighthouse Director's cut
97% matchVery Positive87% of 2,429 reviews2020
Dev: Marevo Collective
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 74%
A slow burn retro horror game, in which you arrive at the old lighthouse on a small island near the coast of the United States. After the previous keeper has gone missing, you need to take over his duties and watch after the light.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 30.5%, Horror 11.4%, Psychological Horror 10.2%, Dark 6.8%, Mystery 6.8%
- #2 The Night Is Long
96% matchPositive83% of 41 reviews2025
Dev: TheGamerUrso
Windows
The Night Is Long is a short first-person horror game where a grieving man follows a ghostly vision into an abandoned mansion. Uncover dark secrets, survive atmospheric horrors, and face your past through exploration, puzzles, and subtle scares.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 34.8%, Psychological Horror 11.6%, Horror 9.4%, Exploration 8.7%, First-Person 6.8%
- #3 EMOTIONLESS : The Last Ticket
96% matchVery Positive83% of 137 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 33.1%, Psychological Horror 12.5%, Horror 10%, Dark 9.3%, Mystery 8.2%
- #4 Tisis
95% 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 23.1%, Psychological Horror 18.2%, First-Person 10.7%, Exploration 9%, Atmospheric 8.9%
- #5 The Nameless City
94% matchVery Positive88% of 56 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.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 36.1%, Psychological Horror 12.6%, Dark 7.9%, Surreal 7.5%, Horror 6.8%
- #6 Ignis Dei
94% matchPositive96% of 46 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.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 25.5%, Psychological Horror 11%, Dark 9.8%, Horror 9.4%, Exploration 6.9%
- #7 Abject Abyss
93% matchPositive93% of 15 reviews2026
Dev: Anton Bezett
Windows
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.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 30.6%, Psychological Horror 13.5%, Horror 11.9%, First-Person 8.5%, Atmospheric 7.7%
- #8 Lighthouse of Madness
92% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Flying Jack StudiosPub: Flying Jack Productions
Windows
Embark on this Lovecraft-inspired tale and discover the mysteries that await you in this island. Explore the enigmatic lighthouse, solve challenging puzzles and most importantly: try not to lose your sanity when facing the darkness of your mind.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 35.3%, Psychological Horror 12.4%, Mystery 8.5%, First-Person 8.4%, Exploration 7.1%
- #9 Waking Tides
91% matchMixed58% of 26 reviews2024
Dev: AirshipFx
Windows
Welcome to "Waking Tides," a small but captivating atmospheric adventure game that thrives on experimentation. Delve into a world where augmented reality extends your gameplay, seamlessly blurring the lines between reality and fantasy.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 30.4%, Dystopian 10.8%, Dark 8.6%, Mystery 8.5%, Horror 8%
- #10 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 30.6%, Psychological Horror 13.3%, Horror 10.4%, Dark 10.3%, First-Person 8.3%
- #11 The Whisperer | Le murmureur
91% matchMixed67% of 121 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.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 33%, Horror 9.7%, Mystery 8.5%, Dark 8.3%, First-Person 8.2%
- #12 Crathos Deep
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Hitbox Games
Windows
Descend down the arctic depths in Crathos Deep, a cosmic horror narrative adventure. Explore the vast abyss with your submarine and utilize your expeditionary drone to reach the dark corners of the ocean. Investigate a lost research institute to unravel the unsettling mystery of its downfall.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 33.5%, Horror 11.8%, Dark 9.2%, Exploration 9%, Mystery 8.6%
- #13 The Mariner
88% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Flantastic Games
Windows
Enter into a Horror Adventure Lovecraftian-inspired story. As your sanity begins to erode, and armed with only a oil-lit lantern, work to unlock and uncover the secrets of the ship. Yet be aware, for something ancient and unknowable stirs within the suffocating darkness of the ship's maw...
Why similar: Lovecraftian 42.1%, Horror 13.8%, First-Person 12%, Puzzle 6.4%, Exploration 5.3%
- #14 A Place, Forbidden
89% matchVery Positive85% of 444 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.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 38.2%, Horror 12.3%, Psychological Horror 9.7%, Dark 8.8%, First-Person 8.4%
- #15 The Sleep Experiment
86% matchMostly Negative26% of 19 reviews2023
Dev: ClawsDev
Windows · Mac
Experience the horrors of one of the most infamous experiments that ever took place. As a test subject in a top-secret Soviet research facility, you must endure days without sleep while facing unimaginable terrors that lurk in the shadow.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 27.8%, Psychological Horror 14.2%, Horror 11.2%, Dark 10.6%, Mystery 9.7%
- #16 Inner Voices
87% 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 32.7%, Psychological Horror 12.2%, Dark 8.4%, Horror 8.1%, First-Person 7.3%
- #17 Call of Cthulhu®
86% 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 50.5%, Psychological Horror 11.7%, Horror 10.4%, Mystery 6.8%, Atmospheric 5.8%
- #18 Dark Lessons
84% 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 33.2%, Psychological Horror 12.4%, Horror 10%, Dark 7.5%, First-Person 7.3%
- #19 Classified Stories: The Tome of Myrkah
85% matchMostly Positive76% of 55 reviews2021
Dev: RVL Games
Windows
Classified Stories: The Tome of Myrkah is a first-person, micro-adventure game that tells the story of P.I. Jim Morrison's encounters with the occult and the extraordinary. Explore your surroundings and solve puzzles in order to uncover the harrowing story of your friend's descent into insanity.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 28.6%, Psychological Horror 9.8%, Mystery 9.4%, Dark 8.8%, Adventure 8.7%
- #20 LoYuno - Horror Escape
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Maxim Soloha
Windows
You were kidnapped by a crazy girl. And your phone started predicting her future for a short time. It's up to you to find out who she is, why this day doesn't end, and how to get out of this house.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 32.1%, Psychological Horror 12.8%, Horror 10.3%, Mystery 9.3%, Dark 8.5%
- #21 NOITABIL
83% 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: Lovecraftian 18.4%, Interactive Fiction 13.4%, Psychological Horror 12.5%, First-Person 10.3%, Adventure 9.8%
- #22 Expired Meds
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Sinister Cinema Studios
Windows
A first-person psychological horror game where you play as a female protagonist, traversing creepy & atmospheric liminal spaces, solving mind-bending puzzles and ever shifting maze environments to uncover the truth about who you are and how you came to be here
Why similar: Lovecraftian 22.2%, Psychological Horror 19%, Horror 16.5%, First-Person 12.6%, Dark 9.5%
- #23 6 Floors
81% matchMostly Positive73% of 44 reviews2026
Dev: Ghoul World
Windows
You find yourself in a strange place and the only way out is within. Navigate liminal corridors and rooms filled with psychological terrors as you traverse all six floors of this mysterious place in order to save your soul.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 33.9%, Psychological Horror 15.6%, First-Person 13.6%, Horror 12.8%, Surreal 10%
- #24 AUTO-CRISIS
81% matchVery Positive89% of 88 reviews2025
Dev: The Otherworldly Studios
Windows
You're driving away on a forest road, late at night, under a heavy storm. Your car breaks down. Luckily, there might be a gas station nearby. But a misfortune never comes alone. The storm has brought something else, something otherworldly that oddly smells of spilled diesel oil.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 21.6%, Psychological Horror 13.3%, Horror 10.5%, Dark 10.4%, Surreal 8.9%
- #25 The Echo Paradox
79% matchMostly Positive79% of 61 reviews2025
Dev: Virtuzilla
Windows
The Echo Paradox is a first-person psychological horror game. Humanity stands on the brink of an unsettling revelation – alternate dimensions are real, but eerily without signs of life.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 28%, Psychological Horror 14%, Horror 9.8%, Mystery 7.9%, Atmospheric 7.2%
- #26 The Shadows Over Lighthouse
80% 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 38.4%, Psychological Horror 13.3%, Horror 10.3%, Interactive Fiction 10.2%, Exploration 6.5%
- #27 Helltown
82% matchMostly Positive80% of 109 reviews2017
Dev: WildArts Games
Windows
Deliver packages to the weirdly happy folk of Little Vale and discover the terrifying secrets they hide. Are you brave enough to face the many monsters and sinister locations of this first-person horror adventure game? There's only one way to find out...
Why similar: Lovecraftian 28.8%, Psychological Horror 11.4%, Horror 8.9%, Mystery 8.1%, First-Person 7.7%
- #28 Plura Ingenia: Patient 16
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Oblique Interactive
Windows
The system watches you, studies you, and adapts to who you are. Trapped in a hospital, you undergo a mysterious psychological evaluation. Answer unsettling questions, survive disturbing trials, and uncover the purpose behind the experiment in a psychological horror experience shaped by your choices.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 28.1%, Psychological Horror 12.3%, Horror 9.8%, Dark 9.2%, First-Person 7.7%
- #29 Dagon: by H. P. Lovecraft
78% 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 41.7%, Horror 12.1%, Psychological Horror 9.5%, First-Person 6.9%, Interactive Fiction 6.8%
- #30 Lost Sanity: Cthulhu
77% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Manin StudiosPub: ZNT Productions
Windows
On Halloween night, a group of teens tells horror stories, and each one comes to life in Lost Sanity. In the first chapter, Call of the Sea, you play as Megan Claire, trapped in an underground prison while cultists awaken a marine entity; slip through shadows, follow clues, and guard your sanity.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 45.8%, Psychological Horror 13.8%, Horror 11.2%, Mystery 10.9%, First-Person 6.2%
- #31 Venus in Transit
76% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2026
Dev: Gear Flower Games
Windows
The mother vessel is adrift in space, out of fuel and doomed. Your mission is the colony’s only hope for survival. Will you be able to navigate the claustrophobic canyons when your ship begins to fail?
Why similar: Lovecraftian 37.2%, Horror 12.1%, Dystopian 11.1%, Psychological Horror 8.6%, Exploration 8.2%
- #32 Conarium
79% 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 54.4%, Horror 11.5%, Psychological Horror 10.3%, First-Person 7.9%, Adventure 7.7%
- #33 Seals of Madness
77% 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 33.4%, Psychological Horror 13.4%, Horror 9.5%, Mystery 7.7%, Interactive Fiction 7.4%
- #34 Dwelling on the Hill
76% 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.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 31.7%, Psychological Horror 10.5%, Horror 9.3%, Mystery 8.5%, Dark 7.4%
- #35 CATAFALQUE™
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: STUDIO ANNOLUCE™
Windows
Stranded alone in an unfamiliar place, with only a lugubrious coffin at your side. Dive deep into this melancholic and macabre tale of death, grief and despair as you try to piece together the intricate lore while facing entities far beyond human comprehension. A love letter to games of yore.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 32.7%, Psychological Horror 11.6%, First-Person 8.7%, Mystery 7.6%, Exploration 7.6%
- #36 Arctic Grave
75% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Palerite
Windows · Linux
Uncover the mystery of an arctic cargo outpost's lost crew in this horror game. Take in the frozen sea and delve into the depths of the facility, finding items and uncovering new paths with each one to learn what really happened here. But be careful, because something else might be here with you.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 16.5%, Horror 14.8%, First-Person 10.4%, Atmospheric 8.5%, Dark 8.2%
- #37 A Service Call
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Mike Engler
Windows · Mac · Linux
Your first assignment alone. An island where no one has lived for thirty years. A lighthouse that stopped shining. The job was only supposed to take a few hours.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 18%, Horror 15.5%, First-Person 10.3%, Exploration 10.1%, Dark 9.5%
- #38 Streamer's Revenge
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: RailToad
Windows
Feel like a famous streamer determined to put an end to the insults. You set out to take down the main offender and then go into hiding in a sketchy place...
Why similar: Lovecraftian 30.7%, Horror 10.9%, First-Person 9.3%, Psychological Horror 9%, Exploration 8.7%
- #39 Cthulhu: The Cosmic Abyss
72% matchMixed60% of 272 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 37.9%, Psychological Horror 12.7%, Dark 8.6%, Mystery 8.5%, Atmospheric 7.4%
- #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 25.8%, Psychological Horror 15.3%, Horror 11%, First-Person 9.4%, Exploration 9.1%
- #41 Abaddon
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Nice to meet studios LTD
Windows
Abaddon is a story driven first person psychological horror game. Descend into a suffocating, nightmarish world as Jimmy searches for his missing brother, Georgie. With only a flickering flashlight, solve chilling puzzles, face your past, and struggle to survive.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 32.6%, Psychological Horror 13%, Horror 10.2%, First-Person 9.4%, Dark 9.1%
- #42 THE WELL IS NOT EMPTY
72% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: tweakEra
Windows
The well has gone dry. It's up to you to find out why. Traverse through abandoned tunnels. Discover remnants of a ritual never meant to be seen. Power dying machinery to bring light into darkness. Dig into broken earth and crawl your way out. Down here you’re not exploring... you're trespassing.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 22.8%, Psychological Horror 14.1%, Horror 10.4%, Dark 8%, Atmospheric 6.4%
- #43 Static Dread: The Submarine
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: solarsuit.gamesPub: Polden Publishing
Windows
Descend into Lovecraftian horror aboard a claustrophobic military submarine. Assign tasks as a captain’s right hand, analyze sonar signals, make hard decisions, and keep the crew from madness. Dark horrors lurk both within… and beyond the hull.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 29.1%, Psychological Horror 13.4%, Horror 9.9%, Dark 8.7%, Atmospheric 6.8%
- #44 Necrophosis
69% matchVery Positive91% of 791 reviews2025
Dev: Dragonis AresPub: Dragonis Games
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 2.7 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.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 35.5%, Psychological Horror 12.2%, Mystery 9.7%, Surreal 9%, Horror 8.5%
- #45 HYPNOS
69% matchVery Positive98% of 83 reviews2026
Dev: Redlock Studio
Windows
HYPNOS is a first-person adventure and exploration game, set in a lovecraftian megastructure fever dream. Enter the Nameless City at the edge of Dreams. Follow the trail into the shadow of the Holy Mountain. Embrace your destiny.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 36.5%, Horror 10.4%, Exploration 9.1%, Surreal 8.5%, Mystery 8.1%
- #46 The Rite Holds
70% 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: Lovecraftian 19.9%, Psychological Horror 19.3%, Horror 13.1%, Dark 12.1%, First-Person 10.2%
- #47 Dark Fracture: Prologue
71% matchVery Positive83% of 1,364 reviews2020
Dev: Twisted II Studio
Windows
Dark Fracture is a psychological horror experience in which you explore an ever-changing world where reality and nightmares collide. Walk on the edge of madness in the shoes of a tormented soul as you descend into the darkest depths of the human psyche, and question everything you see.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 24.6%, Psychological Horror 10.8%, Horror 10.3%, First-Person 8.6%, Dark 8.3%
- #48 Corpo Connections
69% 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 30.2%, Psychological Horror 14.2%, Interactive Fiction 11.9%, Dark 8.6%, Horror 8%
- #49 The Cave of Doubt
68% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: STT GamesPub: Navras Arena
Windows
Lovecraftian horror game with elements of psychological and survival horror genres. Where Allen is lost in a cave and is forced to face horrors beyond his imagination. Survive the cave, solve mysteries, reveal the lore lost in time.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 29.5%, First-Person 11.5%, Adventure 10.3%, Psychological Horror 9.9%, Dark 9.9%
- #50 Lobotrypo
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Skaar Game Productions
Windows
Rumors of a serial killer stalking your local town are all over the news, and you have a meeting with your counselor in an hour. The problem is, the walk there is long and dark.
Why similar: Horror 15.9%, Psychological Horror 15.8%, Mystery 14.5%, Atmospheric 10%, Dark 9.2%
- #51 HINGE
68% 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 29.1%, Psychological Horror 13.4%, Horror 10.5%, Dark 10.5%, First-Person 9.2%
- #52 Hunt of Dusha
66% 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 44.1%, Psychological Horror 15.1%, Horror 13.6%, Dark 7%, Exploration 6.9%
- #53 ASYLUM
66% matchVery Positive85% of 479 reviews2025
Dev: Senscape
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 77%
An epic supernatural horror adventure and the spiritual successor to cult classic Scratches set in a massive, decaying mental institute. Inspired by H. P. Lovecraft, Hammer Films and twisted Euro Horror from the 80s.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 22.9%, Psychological Horror 14.2%, Horror 13.6%, Mystery 9.6%, Dark 8.2%
- #54 Darkness Within 2: The Dark Lineage
71% matchMixed67% of 268 reviews2014
Dev: Stormling StudiosPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 53%
In "The Dark Lineage" you re-take the role of police detective Howard Loreid, a man tormented by the paranormal happenings around him. Howard discovers that his own terrible past has some connection to the madness that is about to swallow him, yet again.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 48.7%, Psychological Horror 17%, Horror 12.9%, Adventure 12.8%, First-Person 7.8%
- #55 Ajgal
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Studio Echo
Windows
Your daughter vanished. You did nothing. In Ajgal, descend into a world shaped by guilt, memory, and flesh—where redemption costs more than blood, and silence always comes back.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 26.6%, Psychological Horror 13.1%, Mystery 9.9%, Dark 9.8%, Horror 8.7%
- #56 The Land of Pain
70% matchMostly Positive75% of 754 reviews2017
Dev: Alessandro Guzzo
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Something strange appears in the woods. Lost in a dark and unknown place, survive an unrelenting enemy, solve puzzles, and uncover the ancient mystery that’s befallen this land in this Lovecraftian Cosmic Horror adventure.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 31.9%, Psychological Horror 10.7%, Horror 9.2%, Mystery 9.2%, Exploration 7.6%
- #57 Remains of Yith
67% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2025
Dev: Blackmoth Entertainment
Windows
Remains of Yith is a point and click adventure puzzle game inspired by The Shadow Out of Time by H.P Lovecraft, play as Sarah as she explores a mysterious island trying to recover a lost alien artifact
Why similar: Lovecraftian 43.2%, Exploration 11.5%, Mystery 9.3%, Horror 7.6%, Puzzle 6.6%
- #58 Astray
70% matchMixed69% of 230 reviews2015
Dev: Aegon Games Ltd
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 56%
Astray is a first-person horror/puzzle game set in an abandoned museum based on unusual cultures, legends, and supernatural themes. But something more sinister lurks beneath the surface..
Why similar: Lovecraftian 25.3%, Horror 15.9%, First-Person 12.2%, Adventure 10.6%, Dark 10%
- #59 Casting Whispers
66% 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 32.5%, Psychological Horror 12.4%, Mystery 9.2%, Dark 8.8%, Horror 8.5%