- #1 Shopping Nightmares
97% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ElMasterDev
Windows
Shopping Nightmares is a top-down survival horror game. Step into the shoes of an unknown investigator as he is trapped in a dimension known as "The Negative". Fend off enemies, manage your limited resources and discover the secrets of The Negative and its parasite.
Why similar: Survival Horror 21.4%, Inventory Management 21.1%, Horror 11.7%, Stealth 8.3%, Violent 7%
- #2 Dead of Darkness
96% matchVery Positive87% of 211 reviews2025
Dev: Retrofiction Games
Windows
Dead of Darkness is a 2D survival-horror action-adventure. Investigate a mysterious island and unravel its disturbing secret. You’ll have to face grotesque creatures, hurdle deadly traps, solve puzzles, and most importantly, survive.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 17.5%, Survival Horror 16.9%, Inventory Management 11.9%, Violent 10.3%, Horror 9.4%
- #3 Lovelace Case
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: BOK Studio
Windows
Lovelace Case is a Retro Lovecraftian Survival Horror set in the 1900s. Explore the nightmarish Mansion, manage scarce resources and face eldritch terrors where survival means choosing what parts of reality you are willing to lose.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 22.2%, Survival Horror 19.4%, Inventory Management 12.9%, Horror 12.3%, Action-Adventure 8.1%
- #4 Pneumata
95% matchMixed51% of 97 reviews2024
Dev: Deadbolt InteractivePub: Perp Games
Windows
Prepare to question what is reality, and what is insanity in one of the scariest psychological horrors in years. The tenants are going missing, screams echo and blood seeps through the walls of Clover Hill.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 17.2%, Survival Horror 16.6%, Inventory Management 13.3%, Detective 12.1%, Horror 10%
- #5 Claustrophobia
94% matchMixed67% of 24 reviews2022
Dev: Sentinel Studios
Windows
Claustrophobia offers a scary and dark horror experience filled with blood boiling moments, first you will have to silently move your way through the darkness, until you can pick up arms and discover the truth. Can you figure out what is hiding in this grueling subterranean facility?
Why similar: Lovecraftian 18.4%, Survival Horror 18.1%, Violent 14.9%, Horror 11.6%, Dark 10.6%
- #6 The Prospector Odyssey
94% match4 user reviews50% of 4 reviews2023
Dev: Quiet Room
Windows
A lonely trek to a desolate planet unearths a strange anomaly, seemingly causing denizens of a nearby station to become horrifying, violent mutants. Run, think, scavenge and improvise. Only the smartest will survive.
Why similar: Inventory Management 21.6%, Survival Horror 19.6%, Metroidvania 12.1%, Stealth 10.8%, Horror 9.6%
- #7 Pixel Game Maker Series MEDIUM-NAUT
93% match8 user reviews88% of 8 reviews2021
Dev: Gotcha Gotcha Games
Windows
There is no right answer to choose. Will you be able to solve the mystery of the crashed pioneer ship?
Why similar: Metroidvania 28.4%, Survival Horror 20%, Horror 11.3%, Dark 10.6%, Pixel Graphics 8.2%
- #8 Silent Whisper
91% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Chub Nubbs Studio
Windows
Silent Whisper is a single-player horror game that takes you into an abandoned school with a haunting past. What begins as simple exploration turns into a nightmare. Navigate its decaying halls, uncover dark secrets, and do whatever it takes to escape—or risk becoming another victim.
Why similar: Survival Horror 21.5%, Stealth 16.9%, Horror 16.4%, Violent 11.1%, Action-Adventure 11.1%
- #9 VonGarland Castle : Beyond Blood
91% matchMixed64% of 42 reviews2026
Dev: Ash JacksonPub: Monster Robot Studios
Windows · Mac
prepare yourself for side scrolling survival horror action. Ransom VonGarland must journey to Mayhem Island and the ruins of VonGarland Castle to find her brother and uncover the truth of what Plasmadine corporation is doing on the island
Why similar: Metroidvania 19.7%, Inventory Management 15.2%, Lovecraftian 14.8%, Survival Horror 14.5%, Side Scroller 9.4%
- #10 Nakawak: Expanded Color Edition
92% matchMostly Positive77% of 30 reviews2017
Dev: Anxious Neck Games
Windows
Nakawak is a handheld style Metroidvania. Explore! Power Up! Escape! This is a retro game displaced in time. Now features expanded content!
Why similar: Metroidvania 25.2%, Lovecraftian 21.5%, Side Scroller 13%, Horror 10.2%, Pixel Graphics 7.1%
- #11 Mawgate
89% matchPositive90% of 31 reviews2026
Dev: purrCheeze GamesPub: Lucas Ljunggren
Windows
Maria Moore is wrongfully imprisoned in the dreaded Mawgate Asylum. To survive she must do things she never thought herself capable of. Fight, hide, solve puzzles, and investigate the illusive dark forces behind the asylum. Maria must escape, or be consumed by the madness of Mawgate…
Why similar: Metroidvania 28.6%, Survival Horror 23.4%, Historical 10.2%, Exploration 7.9%, Violent 7.2%
- #12 Heavy in the Hand
90% matchNo user reviews
Dev: randyheart
Windows
Cock the hammer, pull the trigger, count to six. Release the cylinder, eject the shells, count to six again. You hold death in your hand, and death is heavy. Descend to the abyss, shoot the horrors you can comprehend, and survive the horrors you cannot.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 17.3%, Inventory Management 15.6%, Survival Horror 13.3%, Stealth 10.6%, Dark 8.8%
- #13 Wraith Rage: A Shadow's Choice
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Season Zero Games
Windows
They have been waiting for you. To survive, you must unravel the terrifying secrets of a deadly cult, find clues, solve twisted puzzles, and piece together the truth before you become their sacrifice.
Why similar: Survival Horror 21.4%, Violent 16.3%, Horror 12.7%, Inventory Management 10.6%, Action-Adventure 9.4%
- #14 The Coma 3: Bloodlines
87% matchVery Positive88% of 307 reviews2026
Dev: Dvora Studio Co., Ltd.Pub: Headup
Windows
Welcome to the world of The Coma 3: Bloodlines. In this realm of shadows rumors and urban legends become reality, and danger lurks around every corner. If a living intruder dies here, their body will be severed from their spirit and never wake again ...
Why similar: Lovecraftian 24.4%, Survival Horror 22.3%, Horror 16%, Action-Adventure 8.8%, Dark 6.8%
- #15 My Father's House
88% matchNo user reviews
Dev: BadTaste Studio
Windows
My Father's House is a first-person indie survival horror game. The father’s old mansion becomes a maze of nightmares when the secrets of the past are released. Survive, save resources, solve puzzles and stay in the shadows. Ingenuity and tactics are your only way to escape.
Why similar: Survival Horror 20.1%, Inventory Management 19.2%, Lovecraftian 18.6%, Stealth 14%, Horror 11%
- #16 Touch of Madness
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: NLT Productions
Windows
In this 2D Survival-Horror, you switch between two protagonists as you advance through the story: Neo, a man lost in his own mind, trying to survive an endless nightmare, and Lavina, a loyal friend who will do anything to try to save him.
Why similar: Survival Horror 24.2%, Horror 16.6%, Violent 9.9%, Pixel Graphics 9.8%, Dark 8.5%
- #17 My favorite school
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ZHAZH
Windows
My Favorite School is a horror game set in a Russian municipal school. You are a student who stayed after school and witnessed terrible events. From now on, you need to survive, so explore and use the environment, save resources and move.
Why similar: Survival Horror 22%, Horror 17.9%, Violent 11.1%, Pixel Graphics 11.1%, Stealth 10.7%
- #18 Plague of Yamorn
85% matchPositive89% of 47 reviews2023
Dev: DozenByte
Windows
Cleanse the infected in Plague of Yamorn, a 2D metroidvania. Explore the ruined town of Yamorn and uncover the secrets behind its downfall. Find and craft new equipment, offensive and defensive items. Exploit the plagues empowering properties to gain new powers and abilities.
Why similar: Metroidvania 29.3%, Side Scroller 11.9%, Action-Adventure 10.3%, Violent 8.8%, Horror 8%
- #19 Synthetic Captive
84% matchPositive81% of 16 reviews2025
Dev: Seasonbean Team
Windows
Synthetic Captive is a first-person stealth escape game designed to reveal that the most terrifying monsters originate from the human mind. In this dungeon, escape is nearly impossible. You play as the protagonist, exploring the dungeon prison, struggling to survive and escape.
Why similar: Survival Horror 24.5%, Violent 20.1%, Horror 15.4%, Stealth 15.3%, Action-Adventure 7.3%
- #20 Venatrix
84% matchPositive81% of 43 reviews2024
Dev: Playstige Interactive
Windows
Venatrix is a unique hybrid of action-packed and stealth-based horror game. We choose to play as either Matthew or Della, resulting in two different play styles, either third-person action/horror or first-person stealth/horror.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 27.9%, Stealth 16.6%, Survival Horror 14.8%, Action-Adventure 12.2%, Horror 12.1%
- #21 Jungle Shadow
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: sparKlzjunio
Windows
Jungle Shadow is an action-adventure game set in the world's most dangerous Jungle — Platoshira. Explore to uncover your story, your world and what danger lies. Meanwhile, scientists slowly uncover this otherworldly Jungle with their advanced technology and AI. 85% of global travellers won't enter..
Why similar: Side Scroller 18.1%, Stealth 16.5%, Metroidvania 12.3%, Action-Adventure 12%, Pixel Graphics 9.1%
- #22 Silver Pines
82% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Wych ElmPub: Team17
Windows
Silver Pines is a survival horror metroidvania set in small town America. Fight nightmarish terrors and solve puzzles, while carefully managing your scarce resources as you uncover the mysteries that could hold the key to redemption.
Why similar: Metroidvania 23.9%, Inventory Management 17.3%, Survival Horror 16.6%, Side Scroller 12.7%, Horror 10.2%
- #23 Doors of Silence - the prologue
83% matchMixed58% of 12 reviews2019
Dev: Blackbite Interactive
Windows
Built exclusively for VR. Explore a disturbing reality as you try to survive the dark presences. With few resources and weapons available you’ll have to fight for your survival in a mix of horror and action. Face deformed creatures and live into the nightmare where danger is waiting around every corner.
Why similar: Survival Horror 25.4%, Horror 17.3%, Violent 17%, Action-Adventure 12.7%, Exploration 10.8%
- #24 Hell Weaver
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ghostware Interactive
Windows
Misery manifests itself from the darkest and deepest shadows in our minds. Hell Weaver is a 2D dark psychological experience of facing the shadow within us.
Why similar: Side Scroller 17.1%, Survival Horror 14.1%, Violent 12.6%, Action-Adventure 12.5%, Stealth 9.8%
- #25 Exogenesis: The Erebus Cycle
80% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Nostalgic Brains
Windows
A sci-fi survival horror with cosmic dread. A civilization on the verge of synthesizing human life is drawn to a planet that responds… and traps them like prey. Exploration, environmental puzzles, and heavy, clunky combat where every bullet counts.
Why similar: Survival Horror 24.4%, Lovecraftian 21%, Pixel Graphics 9.2%, Exploration 8.9%, Horror 8.6%
- #26 Helltown
81% 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 20.3%, Survival Horror 15.1%, Violent 13.4%, Stealth 12.5%, Horror 10.7%
- #27 The Nameless
79% matchMostly Positive77% of 22 reviews2022
Dev: Sacrosanct Studios
Windows
A classic survival horror game with themes that are loosely based on the works of H.P. Lovecraft.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 21.7%, Inventory Management 17.5%, Survival Horror 16.1%, Violent 13.7%, Action-Adventure 13.4%
- #28 Look Outside
76% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 12,602 reviews2025
Dev: Francis CoulombePub: Devolver Digital
Windows
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 15.1 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Look Outside is a survival horror RPG set in a single apartment building. A mysterious event turns anyone who looks out the window into grotesque monsters, leaving the world in absolute chaos. Scavenge the building to seek food, supplies, and weapons while encountering strange characters.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 24.9%, Survival Horror 24.9%, Horror 13.7%, Pixel Graphics 10%, Violent 7.1%
- #29 Fragments of the Afterlife
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Detreus Studios
Windows
As a horror-based RPG, Fragments utilizes a dynamic camera system as well as breathtaking stylized graphics to enhance the fast-paced combat to the in-depth lore. Traverse four unique domains defeating the lost to grow stronger, learn skills and save the afterlife.
Why similar: Metroidvania 30.9%, Lovecraftian 22.5%, Horror 12.6%, Dark 10.2%, Exploration 7.4%
- #30 Solve or Die
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Sumo Studio
Windows
Your family is gone, but the trail isn't cold. Hunt their abductor through shifting, ritual-scarred locations in this co-op detective horror. Solve puzzles, banish spirits, and find the truth. But stay sharp—your family might not want to be saved. Your choices, your destiny.
Why similar: Survival Horror 23.1%, Detective 20.6%, Horror 14.4%, Stealth 11.7%, Violent 11.1%
- #31 Shadow Of Winter
77% matchMostly Negative24% of 21 reviews2025
Dev: Tucker HolmesPub: CRiT2 Games
Windows
A narrative-driven survival horror set in the frozen wilderness of 1985. Descend into an abandoned Soviet bunker, uncover its dark secrets, and fight to survive the terrors lurking within.
Why similar: Inventory Management 24.1%, Stealth 20.2%, Horror 14.7%, Dark 13.1%, Violent 11.3%
- #32 The Legend of Chalkvania
77% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Crocodilligator Games
Windows
Explore a bite-sized action-adventure RPG brimming with classic charm. Battle familiar foes, uncover hidden secrets, and meet a cast of sketchy characters. Uncover new paths, hoard powerful gear and items, and forge your own legend of Chalkvania.
Why similar: Metroidvania 33.9%, Side Scroller 16.8%, Action-Adventure 11.1%, Exploration 8.7%, Combat 8.5%
- #33 The Consuming Shadow
79% matchVery Positive95% of 421 reviews2015
Dev: Ben 'Yahtzee' Croshaw
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 86%
The Consuming Shadow is a procedural survival horror adventure in which you must explore the land, fight your way through randomly-generated dungeons and try to stay sane in your quest to save the world from the invading Ancients.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 37.7%, Survival Horror 20.8%, Violent 15.7%, Horror 8.8%, Dark 5.8%
- #34 HYPERVIOLENT
75% matchMixed60% of 503 reviews2025
Dev: nfoPRINCEPub: Fulqrum Publishing
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 81%
An ancient evil has awoken in the depths of a remote mining asteroid, stirred from its slumber by man's lust for power. Unaware, you answer a distress call and become stranded, surrounded by monstrous foes. Unravel the mystery of this madness and stop its spread in this horror retro shooter!
Why similar: Lovecraftian 24.5%, Inventory Management 15.4%, Survival Horror 13.7%, Violent 12.4%, Dark 8.2%
- #35 Forgotten house
76% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Kiiega
Windows
Be QUIET, otherwise he will notice you. You want to find a way out of this house? Game inspired by Gnarled Hag and Granny.
Why similar: Survival Horror 21.1%, Stealth 16.8%, Horror 12.8%, Dark 12.1%, Side Scroller 12%
- #36 The Happyhills Homicide 2: Out For Blood
73% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 714 reviews2025
Dev: Copperbolt
Windows
He is back. Once again take control of mass serial killer John Wade. Six years later, the infamous Pale Grin resurrects from the grave to terrorize the broken town of Happyhills. This time he has more on his mind than simple killing.
Why similar: Detective 16.7%, Side Scroller 16.6%, Stealth 11.7%, Action-Adventure 10.8%, Dark 9.8%
- #37 Ritual Tides
74% 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 23%, Survival Horror 21.7%, Horror 14.9%, Violent 9.1%, Stealth 7.6%
- #38 Sur 2D Horror
75% matchMixed69% of 26 reviews2021
Dev: Kaizaki
Windows
Sur is a survival horror game inspired by survival horror classics. Help Vanessa guide her wheelchair to explore the Uroko hospital and escape from creatures that chase her in her biggest nightmare. Whether hiding or shooting firearms. Survive!
Why similar: Survival Horror 22.3%, Stealth 15.8%, Horror 12%, Dark 11.5%, Action-Adventure 8.4%
- #39 Escape from Darkness
74% matchMostly Positive73% of 11 reviews2024
Dev: Tony GeorgesPub: Georges Games
Windows
Escape from Darkness is a single player, first person survival horror game. After waking up alone in a strange, eerie place. You must plunge into the oppressive darkness ignorant to what awaits. Survival depends on the use of stealth, finding limited resources, and quick wits.
Why similar: Survival Horror 22.5%, Stealth 18.3%, Horror 13.6%, Dark 12.5%, Exploration 8.5%
- #40 Hunted Within: The Walls
72% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2025
Dev: LRDev Games
Windows
Dive into a gripping first-person horror Survival game Where you're trapped in a terrifying towering maze. Explore, craft tools and Fight by day, watch out over night when the Darkness hunts you within the walls. Uncover the truth behind the walls and Escape, or become a part of the nightmare.
Why similar: Survival Horror 18.2%, Violent 15.4%, Horror 14.8%, Stealth 13.6%, Action-Adventure 10.5%
- #41 LABYRISON
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Zephbian
Windows
LABYRISON is a first-person survival horror in a cosmic maze prison. Explore dangerous labyrinths to collect energy and reduce your sentence. Survive by evading predators tracking you with unique senses. Escape to commute your sentence and earn your freedom.
Why similar: Survival Horror 28.7%, Horror 18.8%, Inventory Management 18.3%, Dark 7.6%, Exploration 6.9%
- #42 Westwood Shadows: Prologue
72% matchVery Positive84% of 151 reviews2021
Dev: RedSoup Studio
Windows
A police detective returns to his abandoned hometown, where he must confront his past and an unsolved case draped in shadows. Follow Peter Bennet through a first-person, puzzle-solving horror game, and sample the mystery and heavy atmosphere of Westwood Shadows.
Why similar: Survival Horror 24.1%, Violent 18.4%, Horror 13.6%, Dark 10.3%, Stealth 10%
- #43 Gun Massacre
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: DxŁ
Windows
Return to Survival Horror in decaying mansion filled with echoes of broken glass.
Why similar: Survival Horror 29%, Inventory Management 22.8%, Stealth 12.9%, Exploration 10.5%, Horror 8%
- #44 The Last Cargo
73% matchMixed59% of 32 reviews2017
Dev: Ehnenu
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 85%
The Last Cargo is a dark survival horror - where your road to independence leads through the hell of imprisonment.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 19.5%, Survival Horror 18.5%, Inventory Management 16.6%, Horror 10.9%, Dark 9.5%
- #45 Endoparasitic 2
69% matchVery Positive87% of 631 reviews2024
Dev: MizizizizPub: Deep Root Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Three limbs ripped off, infected with a deadly parasite, you must survive. Drag yourself through the hallways of an infested arcship, fight off twisted eldritch creatures, craft vaccines and ammunition, and escape to civilization.
Why similar: Survival Horror 21.2%, Lovecraftian 21%, Horror 11.3%, Stealth 9.9%, Exploration 7%
- #46 Selenetrope
70% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Verrysoft
Windows
Selenetrope is a survival horror game where you play as a lab grown homunculus struggling to survive in a base below the surface of an exoplanetary moon. Battle your insane and misbegotten brothers and stave off a raging fever that threatens to destroy you from within.
Why similar: Survival Horror 20.8%, Metroidvania 20.6%, Horror 17.2%, Stealth 14.8%, Exploration 10.2%
- #47 Summoner's Mess
71% matchVery Positive98% of 84 reviews2021
Dev: Elendow
Windows · Linux
You've made a mistake trying to summon a beast from the depths. Explore a huge manor to solve your mess. Can you find the sacred grimoires before being consumed by the darkness?
Why similar: Inventory Management 22.7%, Lovecraftian 22.5%, Exploration 10.5%, Pixel Graphics 10%, Action-Adventure 9.7%
- #48 Dualis
70% matchPositive91% of 23 reviews2024
Dev: Constant ArtPub: Constant_Art
Windows
Dualis is a sci-fi horror thriller whose story takes you to an underground research complex. You will have to fight not only for your life, but also to understand if you really exist. What is consciousness and personality are the questions you will have to ask yourself.
Why similar: Survival Horror 21.5%, Stealth 15.5%, Inventory Management 14.4%, Horror 12.8%, Dark 11.3%
- #49 Nanima: Curse of Kalavati
68% match7 user reviews86% of 7 reviews2026
Dev: Nimit Walia Productions
Windows
Your Nani has been possessed by a vetala. Your father went to save her and never came back. Now it's your turn. Explore the house, solve puzzles, and perform a sacred ritual to free her soul — before she finds you. 60+ Hindi voice lines, she talks based on the situation.
Why similar: Survival Horror 25.6%, Horror 16.6%, Stealth 14.3%, Dark 10.6%, Inventory Management 10%
- #50 White Ash Nightfall
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Maison Satoya
Windows
White Ash Nightfall is a 2D pixel-art side-scrolling horror adventure. As Tyler, a man who lost his memory, you must survive until dawn in Forest River, uncover dark secrets, and face monstrous threats.
Why similar: Survival Horror 22.8%, Side Scroller 13.2%, Action-Adventure 12.5%, Horror 11.2%, Violent 10.7%
- #51 The Great Hunt
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: TacoEaters
Windows
You are Ben Stevenson, a forest ranger in a provincial American town. You weren't prepared to combat monsters hunting humans, but preventing this nightmare is your duty. "The Great Hunt" is a third-person survival horror game inspired by horror classics.
Why similar: Metroidvania 22.2%, Inventory Management 18.6%, Survival Horror 14.3%, Dark 10.3%, Horror 9.6%
- #52 SENARA: The Sacrament
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Influsion Inc.
Windows
"SENARA: The Sacrament" is a first-person survival horror aboard a ship. Uncover the truth while escaping fanatics and unspeakable horrors. In a place where blind faith and salvation intertwine, you’ll be forced to make choices that go far beyond survival.
Why similar: Metroidvania 21.1%, Survival Horror 18.6%, Lovecraftian 18.4%, Horror 11.2%, Inventory Management 10.5%
- #53 Voidwrought
67% matchMostly Positive78% of 941 reviews2024
Dev: PowersnakePub: Kwalee
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Voidwrought is a 2D action-platformer set in a hand-drawn world of cosmic horrors. Explore the thawing ruins of the First Civilisation and strike down the gods that dwell there. Grow your powers, uncover ancient artifacts, and expand your shrine amid the wreckage.
Why similar: Metroidvania 28.5%, Lovecraftian 22%, Dark 11.5%, Combat 7.2%, Exploration 6.9%
- #54 Midnight Looters
67% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2026
Dev: ECO Dijital
Windows
Midnight Looters is a 1-4 player co-op horror game where you and your friends explore mysterious forests to find valuable treasures. Face supernatural dangers, collect items, and upgrade your gear to survive the haunted woods.
Why similar: Horror 16.1%, Violent 15.6%, Action-Adventure 12.8%, Dark 12.6%, Pixel Graphics 10.4%
- #55 Night Portable
68% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Pumpkin Miso Studio
Windows
Night Portable is a survival horror mixing retro 2D minigames with 3D exploration. Trapped in a game shop, evade Tsukino, a cursed entity, and survive six in-game hours by hiding, sneaking, and managing scarce resources.
Why similar: Survival Horror 24.9%, Stealth 20%, Horror 16.2%, Inventory Management 9.7%, Violent 9.5%
- #56 Chronicle of Innsmouth: Mountains of Madness
68% matchMostly Positive73% of 117 reviews2021
Dev: PsychoDevPub: AtomicHorde
Windows · Mac · Linux
After an encounter with a dreadful horror, detective Lone Carter’s investigation leads him to fateful places as Innsmouth, Arkham and the Antarctic, investigating a series of deaths and mysteries. Play also as Abdul Alhazred and H.P. Lovecraft himself in this Lovecraftian point’n’click adventure.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 26%, Detective 17%, Violent 15%, Horror 9%, Pixel Graphics 8.8%
- #57 Souls Alive: Origins
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Souls Alive Development
Windows
Souls Alive: Origins is a Lovecraftian survival horror game set in a dark sci-fi future. Explore a world where reality bends, ancient cults return, and Cthulhu stirs once more. With a strong focus on story, atmosphere, and visual detail.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 34.5%, Survival Horror 24.5%, Horror 13.2%, Violent 10.4%, Action-Adventure 5.6%
- #58 Amnesia: Rebirth
66% matchMostly Positive77% of 9,236 reviews2020
Dev: Frictional Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 10.5 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.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 23.5%, Stealth 16.5%, Survival Horror 12.8%, Horror 11.5%, Action-Adventure 10.2%
- #59 Pharos Light
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Alice Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Pharos Light is a survival horror game inspired by “The Lighthouse” and Lovecraft. Upgrade the Lighthouse with unique equipment, develop the island, and survive the night.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 24.3%, Survival Horror 21.5%, Horror 12.7%, Dark 12.2%, Exploration 7.1%