- #1 No one lives under the lighthouse Director's cut
97% matchVery Positive87% of 2,402 reviews2020
Dev: Marevo Collective
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 75%
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 30.4%, Horror 11.5%, 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 34.7%, Psychological Horror 11.7%, Horror 9.4%, Exploration 8.7%, First-Person 6.9%
- #3 EMOTIONLESS : The Last Ticket
96% matchVery Positive82% of 136 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 32.9%, Psychological Horror 12.5%, Horror 9.9%, Dark 9.4%, Mystery 8.2%
- #4 The Nameless City
95% matchVery Positive87% of 55 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%, Psychological Horror 12.7%, Dark 8%, Surreal 7.5%, Horror 6.7%
- #5 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 25.4%, Psychological Horror 11.1%, Dark 9.8%, Horror 9.4%, Exploration 6.9%
- #6 Abject Abyss
94% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Anton Bezett
Windows
A horror adventure on a distant world. Explore Luminary Corporation’s most cutting-edge research facility, piece together what went wrong, and survive the horrors that lurk in the dark.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 30.5%, Psychological Horror 13.6%, Horror 11.7%, First-Person 8.5%, Atmospheric 7.8%
- #7 Lighthouse of Madness
93% 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 35.1%, Psychological Horror 12.4%, Mystery 8.5%, First-Person 8.4%, Exploration 7.2%
- #8 The Whisperer | Le murmureur
92% matchMixed68% 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 32.8%, Horror 9.7%, Mystery 8.5%, Dark 8.3%, First-Person 8.2%
- #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 30.2%, Dystopian 10.9%, Dark 8.6%, Mystery 8.5%, Horror 8%
- #10 Crathos Deep
91% 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 33.3%, Horror 11.8%, Dark 9.2%, Exploration 9%, Mystery 8.6%
- #11 The Mariner
89% 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%, Horror 13.8%, First-Person 12.1%, Puzzle 6.4%, Exploration 5.4%
- #12 A Place, Forbidden
90% matchVery Positive85% of 442 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%, Horror 12.3%, Psychological Horror 9.8%, Dark 8.8%, First-Person 8.5%
- #13 The Sleep Experiment
89% 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 27.6%, Psychological Horror 14.3%, Horror 11.2%, Dark 10.7%, Mystery 9.8%
- #14 Backrooms: Exit from Supermarket
86% matchMixed70% of 56 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 30.4%, Psychological Horror 13.4%, Horror 10.3%, Dark 10.3%, First-Person 8.3%
- #15 LoYuno - Horror Escape
87% 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%, Psychological Horror 12.9%, Horror 10.3%, Mystery 9.3%, Dark 8.6%
- #16 Inner Voices
88% 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 32.5%, Psychological Horror 12.3%, Dark 8.5%, Horror 8.1%, First-Person 7.3%
- #17 Dark Lessons
85% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Tall Tide Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Can you survive your teacher in this psychological horror game? With only candles for light and trapped in her home, you have to uncover her family's dark secrets. Solve puzzles, connect the dots and escape. But beware: There is someone else playing games with you, and someone who needs your help.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 33%, Psychological Horror 12.5%, Horror 10%, Dark 7.5%, First-Person 7.3%
- #18 Classified Stories: The Tome of Myrkah
86% 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 28.5%, Psychological Horror 9.9%, Mystery 9.4%, Dark 8.8%, Adventure 8.6%
- #19 Mountains of Madness
84% matchMixed57% of 28 reviews2024
Dev: Deep Dive Project
Windows
A first person horror exploration game set in the frozen wastes of Antarctica. Use your tools to navigate the frozen galleries untouched by millennia and unearth evidence of a dreadful truth while you search for a madman whose ill fate lies somewhere beneath these Mountains of Madness
Why similar: Lovecraftian 34.3%, Mystery 9.8%, Horror 9.8%, Psychological Horror 9.3%, First-Person 8.6%
- #20 6 Floors
82% matchMostly Positive70% of 20 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 34.7%, Psychological Horror 15.2%, First-Person 13.5%, Horror 12.4%, Surreal 10%
- #21 Expired Meds
83% 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 22.1%, Psychological Horror 19.1%, Horror 16.5%, First-Person 12.6%, Dark 9.5%
- #22 AUTO-CRISIS
82% matchVery Positive88% of 84 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 21.5%, Psychological Horror 13.3%, Horror 10.5%, Dark 10.4%, Surreal 8.9%
- #23 Call of Cthulhu®
84% matchMostly Positive79% of 13,295 reviews2018
Dev: Cyanide StudioPub: Focus Entertainment
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 7.3 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 50.2%, Psychological Horror 11.9%, Horror 10.3%, Mystery 6.9%, Atmospheric 5.8%
- #24 The Echo Paradox
81% matchMostly Positive78% of 60 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 27.8%, Psychological Horror 14.1%, Horror 9.8%, Mystery 7.9%, Atmospheric 7.2%
- #25 The Shadows Over Lighthouse
81% 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 38.2%, Psychological Horror 13.4%, Horror 10.3%, Interactive Fiction 10.3%, Exploration 6.6%
- #26 Plura Ingenia: Patient 16
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Oblique Interactive
Windows
A first-person psychological horror game where your personality shapes the experience. Answer unsettling questions, endure disturbing trials, and survive an evaluation that adapts to how you think and behave.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 28%, Psychological Horror 12.4%, Horror 9.8%, Dark 9.2%, First-Person 7.7%
- #27 Lost Sanity: Cthulhu
79% 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 45.7%, Psychological Horror 13.9%, Horror 11.2%, Mystery 11%, First-Person 6.2%
- #28 Venus in Transit
78% match2 user reviews100% of 2 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%, Horror 12.1%, Dystopian 11.1%, Psychological Horror 8.6%, Exploration 8.3%
- #29 Seals of Madness
78% 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 33.2%, Psychological Horror 13.5%, Horror 9.5%, Mystery 7.7%, Interactive Fiction 7.4%
- #30 Conarium
80% matchMostly Positive77% of 2,240 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 54.3%, Horror 11.5%, Psychological Horror 10.4%, First-Person 8%, Adventure 7.7%
- #31 Myth of Valderit
77% matchNo user reviews
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 25.7%, Psychological Horror 15.4%, Horror 11%, First-Person 9.4%, Exploration 9.1%
- #32 CATAFALQUE™
77% 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 32.6%, Psychological Horror 11.7%, First-Person 8.7%, Mystery 7.7%, Exploration 7.7%
- #33 Arctic Grave
76% 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 10.3%, Atmospheric 8.5%, Dark 8.2%
- #34 Streamer's Revenge
76% 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 30.5%, Horror 10.8%, First-Person 9.3%, Psychological Horror 9.1%, Exploration 8.7%
- #35 Dwelling on the Hill
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Apocrifa Labs Interactive
Windows
Sealed inside by a cosmic anomaly. In this house that defies the laws of physics, evade the Entity that manipulates your mind. Your only aid is an experimental device that reveals illusions. A 90-minute, intense, and Lovecraftian psychological horror experience.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 34.1%, Psychological Horror 11.8%, Horror 10%, Mystery 8.5%, Dark 7.4%
- #36 Dagon: by H. P. Lovecraft
74% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 12,107 reviews2021
Dev: Bit Golem
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 29%
Face unspeakable horrors. Succumb to madness. Welcome to a free daemonic narrative experience inspired by H. P. Lovecraft.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 41.5%, Horror 12.1%, Psychological Horror 9.6%, First-Person 6.9%, Interactive Fiction 6.8%
- #37 Static Dread: The Submarine
73% 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 28.7%, Psychological Horror 13.5%, Horror 9.8%, Dark 8.8%, Atmospheric 6.9%
- #38 The Rite Holds
72% 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 19.8%, Psychological Horror 19.4%, Horror 13.1%, Dark 12.2%, First-Person 10.2%
- #39 Dark Fracture: Prologue
74% matchVery Positive83% of 1,356 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 24.5%, Psychological Horror 10.8%, Horror 10.3%, First-Person 8.6%, Dark 8.4%
- #40 Abaddon
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Nice to meet studios LTD
Windows
Abaddon is a first-person psychological horror game steeped in Lovecraftian elements. Descend into a haunting story as you take on the role of Jimmy, searching for his missing brother Georgie while confronting his past in a nightmarish world.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 32.4%, Psychological Horror 13.1%, Horror 10.2%, First-Person 9.4%, Dark 9.2%
- #41 Corpo Connections
71% 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%, Psychological Horror 14.3%, Interactive Fiction 11.9%, Dark 8.7%, Horror 7.9%
- #42 The Cave of Doubt
71% 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 29.3%, First-Person 11.6%, Adventure 10.2%, Psychological Horror 9.9%, Dark 9.9%
- #43 Lobotrypo
70% 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: Psychological Horror 15.9%, Horror 15.8%, Mystery 14.5%, Atmospheric 10.1%, Dark 9.2%
- #44 The Land of Pain
73% matchMostly Positive75% of 737 reviews2017
Dev: Alessandro Guzzo
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 92%
The Land of Pain is a Lovecraftian horror adventure. After something strange appears in the woods, you'll have to learn how to survive as you fend off a dark and disturbing evil. Flee from an unrelenting enemy, solve puzzles, and unravel the ancient mystery that's befallen this land.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 31.8%, Psychological Horror 10.7%, Mystery 9.2%, Horror 9.2%, Exploration 7.6%
- #45 HINGE
70% 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 28.9%, Psychological Horror 13.5%, Dark 10.5%, Horror 10.5%, First-Person 9.2%
- #46 Darkness Within 2: The Dark Lineage
73% matchMixed67% of 265 reviews2014
Dev: Stormling StudiosPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows
Median: 1.4 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 48.5%, Psychological Horror 17.2%, Horror 12.9%, Adventure 12.7%, First-Person 7.8%
- #47 ASYLUM
68% matchVery Positive85% of 468 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 22.8%, Psychological Horror 14.3%, Horror 13.6%, Mystery 9.7%, Dark 8.3%
- #48 Ajgal
69% 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 26.4%, Psychological Horror 13.1%, Mystery 9.9%, Dark 9.8%, Horror 8.7%
- #49 Hunt of Dusha
67% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2025
Dev: Demigrz
Windows
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 44%, Psychological Horror 15.2%, Horror 13.6%, Dark 7.1%, Exploration 7%
- #50 Ritual Tides
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Vertpaint
Windows
Ritual Tides is a single-player, narrative-driven first-person psychological horror game set on the isolated British island of Hortus. Explore the island, uncover its dark past, loot food, ammunition and supplies, evade the cult of the Fallow Parish, and survive Lovecraftian horrors.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 33.7%, Psychological Horror 15.4%, Horror 13%, Mystery 9%, Atmospheric 7.3%
- #51 Astray
72% 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 25.2%, Horror 15.9%, First-Person 12.3%, Adventure 10.5%, Dark 10%
- #52 Remains of Yith
68% 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 43.1%, Exploration 11.5%, Mystery 9.3%, Horror 7.6%, Puzzle 6.6%
- #53 Hell Dive
67% matchVery Positive94% of 67 reviews2025
Dev: Teacup Games
Windows
Hell Dive is a first-person horror game where you are a Maritime Operative alone aboard a submarine. Sent on a mission to revive an abandoned deep-sea colony, you uncover dark secrets as terrifying and deadly horrors await in its depths
Why similar: Lovecraftian 31.9%, Psychological Horror 12.1%, Interactive Fiction 9.1%, Horror 8.5%, Dystopian 8.3%
- #54 Amnesia: Rebirth
69% matchMostly Positive77% of 9,173 reviews2020
Dev: Frictional Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 10.0 hrs≥1hr: 75%
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.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 33.4%, First-Person 9.8%, Horror 9.6%, Exploration 8.1%, Psychological Horror 7.7%
- #55 SOMA
69% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 50,500 reviews2015
Dev: Frictional Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 10.2 hrs≥1hr: 89%
From the creators of Amnesia: The Dark Descent comes SOMA, a sci-fi horror game set below the waves of the Atlantic ocean. Struggle to survive a hostile world that will make you question your very existence.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 29.2%, Psychological Horror 12.7%, Horror 11%, Dark 9.2%, First-Person 7.8%
- #56 Forest Asylum
66% matchVery Positive87% of 54 reviews2025
Dev: Michal Piotrowski
Windows
A short Psychological Horror Experience for one night that takes you through the dark corridors of a mental asylum. For best experience a dark room and headphones recommended.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 17.6%, Horror 14.1%, Interactive Fiction 12.5%, Dark 11.9%, Exploration 10.7%
- #57 Helltown
70% matchMostly Positive80% of 108 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 30.2%, Psychological Horror 12.1%, Horror 9.4%, Mystery 8.6%, First-Person 8.1%
- #58 Nightmare Tale
67% 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 38.2%, Horror 11.4%, Interactive Fiction 11.2%, Psychological Horror 9.2%, Atmospheric 8.6%
- #59 Light in the woods
66% matchMixed69% of 16 reviews2025
Dev: BadTaste Studio
Windows
A horror escape room. Trapped by a demonic entity in an old house, solve puzzles in each room before the candles go out.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 27.2%, Horror 10.8%, First-Person 10.1%, Dark 8.5%, Psychological Horror 8.4%