- #1 Draugen
97% matchMostly Positive74% of 2,139 reviews2019
Dev: Red Thread Games
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Draugen is a single-player, first-person Fjord Noir mystery set in 1920s Norway. Explore a forgotten coastal village in your search for your missing sister, accompanied by your independent and enigmatic young ward. Norwegian Game of the Year 2019.
Why similar: Detective 16.9%, Psychological Horror 10.9%, Mystery 10.1%, Story Rich 8.3%, Historical 8.2%
- #2 Classified Stories: The Tome of Myrkah
96% 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 20.4%, Detective 17.1%, Psychological Horror 10.5%, Mystery 8.7%, Puzzle 7%
- #3 Call of Cthulhu®
96% 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.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 36.4%, Detective 17.4%, Psychological Horror 12.7%, Horror 7.9%, Story Rich 6.6%
- #4 The Outer Islands
95% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ancient Clockwork Games
Windows
Explore a quarantined island chain and a vast automated hospital abandoned for twenty years. Uncover the secrets of the Malin Corporation while evading the machines that still believe they have patients.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 15.4%, Psychological Horror 13%, Detective 13%, Mystery 11.2%, Investigation 9.4%
- #5 Lighthouse of Madness
94% 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 29.6%, Psychological Horror 14.4%, Puzzle 10.8%, Mystery 8.2%, Story Rich 8%
- #6 Darkness Within 1: In Pursuit of Loath Nolder
94% matchMostly Positive73% of 633 reviews2014
Dev: Stormling StudiosPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 54%
Explore disturbing corners of the human psyche. Delve into a dimension of nightmares, the occult and a tense psychological world created in classic Lovecraftian style. As police detective Howard E. Loreid, you are tasked to solve the murder of Clark Field, a wealthy man involved in the occult.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 32.2%, Detective 14.6%, Psychological Horror 13.3%, Horror 10.2%, Point & Click 7.9%
- #7 The Whisperer | Le murmureur
93% 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.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 25.4%, Psychological Horror 9.4%, Story Rich 9.2%, Historical 9.1%, Mystery 8.5%
- #8 Escapism: The doll house
92% match3 user reviews33% of 3 reviews2026
Dev: Motazin
Windows · Linux
First-person psychological horror escape-room: You're a caregiver in a house where reality fractures and memories melt into the architecture. Read the environment, solve puzzles, and confront the blurred line between truth and illusion.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 20.2%, Detective 11.5%, Horror 9.6%, Puzzle 9.5%, Mystery 8.3%
- #9 Cthulhu: The Cosmic Abyss
91% matchMixed58% of 355 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 26.8%, Detective 14.8%, Psychological Horror 13.5%, Story Rich 8.9%, Mystery 7.9%
- #10 Amatsuko
90% matchVery Positive91% of 155 reviews2025
Dev: ArnauPub: Companyia Catalana d'Orient
Windows
A knowledge-based progression game. Explore and solve the strange misteries of the interconnected fantasy worlds trapped inside an esoteric book and discover the roots of a terrible evil. No stats, no log, no savefiles. Only pure knowledge is your progress.
Why similar: Mystery 15.4%, Lovecraftian 13.6%, Story Rich 11.9%, Puzzle 11.2%, Psychological Horror 8.7%
- #11 Dark Hope: A Puzzle Adventure
91% matchMixed50% of 18 reviews2020
Dev: Broken Bunny Studios, Inc
Windows · Mac · Linux
Dark Hope is a puzzle adventure game set in a steampunk world where electricity started and ended its existence with the light bulb. Towering clockwork puzzles and archaic symbols cover the halls. Strange rifts of light span the hallways.
Why similar: Steampunk 20.7% ★, Detective 18.1%, Psychological Horror 12.9%, Mystery 9.6%, Puzzle 7.9%
- #12 MY FATHER LIED
89% matchPositive81% of 21 reviews2025
Dev: LUNAR GAMES LTD
Windows
“My Father Lied” is a Story-rich Mystery Lovecraftian game that tells the story of Huda, who finds herself following an unfathomable secret regarding her father’s 20 years disappearance.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 24.3%, Detective 14.6%, Mystery 10%, Historical 9.3%, Story Rich 8.3%
- #13 The Night Is Long
88% matchPositive85% of 47 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 30.1%, Psychological Horror 15.1%, Puzzle 9.1%, Horror 8.5%, Mystery 6.9%
- #14 Sherlock Holmes The Awakened
87% matchVery Positive82% of 2,952 reviews2023
Dev: Frogwares
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 8.6 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Experience a nerve-racking Lovecraftian adventure, rebuilt from the ground up with modern graphics and gameplay. Become Sherlock Holmes, and find yourself at the heart of the terrifying Cthulhu Mythos as you investigate a series of mysterious disappearances in Europe and the US.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 24.8%, Detective 20.5%, Psychological Horror 11.2%, Mystery 9.5%, Story Rich 8.1%
- #15 Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened (2008)
89% matchMostly Positive74% of 903 reviews2009
Dev: Frogwares
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 10.4 hrs≥1hr: 74%
The Sherlock Holmes series returns with this updated version of The Awakened, which brings a whole new dimension to the original title developed by Frogwares. The game puts the player into an investigation of the Cthulhu Mythos - as imagined by Father of modern horror, H.P. Lovecraft.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 35.6%, Detective 25.9%, Adventure 10%, Mystery 7.1%, Point & Click 5.9%
- #16 The Occultist
85% matchMostly Positive76% of 357 reviews2026
Dev: DALOARPub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows
The Occultist is a first-person narrative thriller. You play as Alan Rebels, a paranormal investigator who travels to an abandoned British island after his father's disappearance. Explore Godstone island, face supernatural entities, and uncover long-buried occult rituals.
Why similar: Detective 22.6%, Lovecraftian 15.4%, Investigation 10.6%, Psychological Horror 10.5%, Mystery 6.9%
- #17 Call of the Sea
86% matchVery Positive88% of 6,354 reviews2020
Dev: Out of the Blue GamesPub: Raw Fury
Windows
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Join Norah, a woman plagued by a mysterious illness, in her search for her missing husband in this adventure puzzle game set on a lush island paradise. Immerse yourself in stunning visuals and unlock forbidden secrets in a moving tale of mystery and love.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 27.7%, Puzzle 11.2%, Story Rich 9.2%, Mystery 8.8%, Historical 7%
- #18 DESOLATIUM
84% matchMostly Negative28% of 29 reviews2024
Dev: SUPERLUMENPub: SOEDESCO
Windows · Linux
DESOLATIUM is a first-person point & click Graphic Adventure based on Lovecraft Mythos. Live this horror story where you will have to visit mysterious locations, face lovecraftian creatures, find clues and combine objects to solve puzzles.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 18.6%, Detective 17.1%, Psychological Horror 11.2%, Mystery 10.5%, Horror 6.4%
- #19 Syberia: The World Before
84% matchVery Positive90% of 5,031 reviews2022
Dev: Microids Studio ParisPub: Microids
Windows
Median: 6.3 hrsMean: 9.5 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Embark on a quest for identity through time, as you piece together the puzzle of two lives.
Why similar: Steampunk 19.5% ★, Detective 16.4%, Mystery 9%, Puzzle 8.2%, Story Rich 8.1%
- #20 Scrutator Tenebris
83% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Empty Die Studio
Windows
Become a pathologist in a sinister mansion filled with unsolved mysteries. Examine bodies and make decisions that alter the course of the investigation. Your choices shape multiple story endings in this narrative-driven psychological horror — where every secret could cost your sanity.
Why similar: Detective 20.9%, Psychological Horror 15.7%, Lovecraftian 13.2%, Mystery 10.4%, Investigation 8.6%
- #21 Nevrosa: Rescape
82% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: GexagonVR
Windows
Nevrosa 2025 is a meticulously crafted VR puzzle/escape room game where players must solve numerous puzzles, battle mysterious creatures, and uncover a new Misty World.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 21.8%, Steampunk 17.4% ★, Detective 13.7%, Puzzle 8%, Mystery 7.6%
- #22 Necropolis Suite
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Freesphere
Windows
Necropolis Suite, is an immersive narrative-driven cosmic horror game about discovery, knowledge, and the meaning of transcendence. Can you escape the terror that lurks in the suite?
Why similar: Lovecraftian 27%, Detective 22.6%, Story Rich 8.5%, Horror 8%, Psychological Horror 7.3%
- #23 Inquisitor Shepherd
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Narrowdeep
Windows
Become Shepherd, an inquisitor sent to a suspicious village. Unveil the secrets of a world filled with fear, and make an inevitable choice. In this visual novel mystery, your decisions change the world. Can you survive the desperate horror?
Why similar: Lovecraftian 24.5%, Detective 18.6%, Psychological Horror 13.3%, Mystery 9.6%, Investigation 7.6%
- #24 Arkham Detective
80% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Skellyboy Studios AS
Windows
Arkham Detective is an immersive and captivating psychological thriller that unfolds within the eerie and otherworldly universe crafted by the master of cosmic horror, H.P. Lovecraft.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 28.4%, Detective 22.1%, Story Rich 8.1%, Puzzle 7.7%, First-Person 4.5%
- #25 Quest room: Hanon
81% matchMixed65% of 144 reviews2018
Dev: BURRIK
Windows
After 20 years in search of the mysterious Egyptian artifact of Hanon, you managed to find the entrance, but to get inside you need to solve more than one puzzle. You do not have much time, you are locked in 4 walls and oxygen is running out.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 18.7%, Psychological Horror 13.4%, Puzzle 11.6%, Mystery 11.4%, Adventure 9.9%
- #26 October Nightmares | Cauchemars d'octobre
79% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Studio Chien d'Or
Windows
Explore a Montréal neighborhood in the 70s, investigate a supernatural phenomenon that inflicts nightmares on its residents, and delve into the depths of the world of dreams to save their lives. October Nightmares is a point & click cosmic horror game where exploration mixes with puzzle solving.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 29.3%, Historical 12.2%, Puzzle 10.6%, First-Person 9.2%, Psychological Horror 8.5%
- #27 Charon's Staircase
79% matchMixed61% of 77 reviews2022
Dev: Indigo Studios - Interactive StoriesPub: SOEDESCO
Windows
In this first-person horror mystery game, you set out to bury the horrible past of a tyrannical government. Retrieve and destroy the documents that unravel the secrets that lie beneath Oack Grove. Will you discover the terrifying truth and find your way out?
Why similar: Detective 27.1%, Psychological Horror 14.8%, Puzzle 11.6%, Mystery 10.3%, Story Rich 8%
- #28 Who Killed The Streamer?
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Bozhidar Petrov ValchevPub: BossyFi
Windows
Investigate the murder of a famous streamer and find out who the killer is, but beware of people who don't like you meddling.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 26.7%, Mystery 17.1%, Puzzle 11.3%, First-Person 8.7%, Investigation 8.2%
- #29 The Vanishing of Ethan Carter
78% matchVery Positive88% of 8,976 reviews2014
Dev: The Astronauts
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%
The Vanishing of Ethan Carter is a first-person story-driven mystery. Purchase this game to get both the original and the Unreal Engine 4 remaster called The Vanishing of Ethan Carter Redux.
Why similar: Detective 27.3%, Mystery 14.2%, Lovecraftian 12.8%, Atmospheric 6.6%, Story Rich 6.4%
- #30 Last Round at the End of the World
77% 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 21.9%, Psychological Horror 15.8%, Detective 13.5%, Mystery 9.7%, Story Rich 9.1%
- #31 旧日重返(Mystery of the Past)
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 锁眼工作室
Windows
《Mystery of the Past》is a detective puzzle game about time loop. You will play as detective Raymond, confronting fears unknown to many. Every time the shadow of death descends upon you, you have the chance to begin anew. Death is no longer the end but a new beginning.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 25.7%, Detective 21%, Puzzle 12%, Mystery 10.1%, Story Rich 9.1%
- #32 DESOLATIUM: Prologue
77% matchMostly Positive78% of 121 reviews2021
Dev: SUPERLUMEN
Windows · Mac
Median: 48 minMean: 10.3 hrs≥1hr: 41%
DESOLATIUM: PROLOGUE is a first-person point & click Graphic Adventure based on Lovecraft Mythos. Live this horror story where you will have to visit mysterious locations, face lovecraftian creatures, find clues and combine objects to solve puzzles.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 21.9%, Detective 17.1%, Psychological Horror 11%, Mystery 10.8%, Horror 6.5%
- #33 Case 32
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: stork game
Windows
A series of mysterious murders takes place in a small provincial town. Detective Cooper must unravel a tangle of mystical, chilling events to get to the bottom of the mystery.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 18.6%, Detective 17.8%, Psychological Horror 12%, Horror 8.8%, Puzzle 8.2%
- #34 HINGE
75% 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 21.9%, Psychological Horror 15.2%, Detective 13.2%, Horror 8.3%, Puzzle 7.9%
- #35 Don't Remember
75% matchMostly Positive76% of 72 reviews2022
Dev: Boo! Games
Windows
In Don’t Remember, some things are better left forgotten. Fight your amnesia in this atmospheric, first person psychological horror game. Solve the mystery of the old mansion in 1900’s England through the use of your lantern’s various colors and face its hidden grotesque visage.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 25%, Horror 11.9%, Puzzle 11.5%, Mystery 9.2%, Story Rich 8.8%
- #36 Joy Land
74% matchMixed66% of 62 reviews2024
Dev: MK Creations
Windows
Lewis, an intelligent detective, finds himself on a mission to uncover the truth behind the many disappearances including his sister's. With the help of Joy, Lewis is going to explore what lies behind these walls. only to realize that there's much more to discover than he initially thought.
Why similar: Detective 28%, Psychological Horror 16.9%, Horror 11.7%, Puzzle 11.6%, Mystery 11.6%
- #37 Cosmic Fear
74% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Alessandro Guzzo
Windows
You’ve discovered evidence of a cosmic presence influencing humanity since its origins. Now something born in the depths of the cosmos is calling again. Investigate, uncover forbidden knowledge and survive a disturbing first person Lovecraftian horror adventure.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 27.3%, Psychological Horror 14.5%, Mystery 8.9%, Horror 8.3%, Investigation 7.8%
- #38 The Whispering Valley | La vallée qui murmure
73% matchVery Positive89% of 174 reviews2022
Dev: Studio Chien d'Or
Windows · Mac
Explore a remote village and solve complex puzzles in The Whispering Valley, a folk horror point & click game. Delve into guilt and depression to investigate the village's deepest secret.
Why similar: Historical 11.3%, Story Rich 10.3%, Mystery 10.1%, Psychological Horror 10%, Horror 10%
- #39 Tisis
73% 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 24.3%, Lovecraftian 20.4%, Mystery 9%, First-Person 8.8%, Story Rich 8.4%
- #40 Blood On The Thames
73% matchPositive94% of 16 reviews2024
Dev: Team Firestorm
Windows · Mac · Linux
A murder mystery puzzle game with visual novel elements in a Gothic, Lovecraftian world. Collect clues, solve puzzles, interrogate suspects, and uncover the mystery surrounding the death of Mini’s husband.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 20.8%, Detective 18.5%, Historical 9.9%, Mystery 9.7%, Investigation 8.5%
- #41 Wrongly Accused
72% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Elomelo GamesPub: SwopBots Ltd.
Windows
Explore historical locations, find and analyse evidence. Unmask the real perpetrator so that justice can be served and the Wrongly Accused can be found innocent. Use problem solving, deduction and critical thinking skills to uncover the truth and maybe even expose a conspiracy in your own time.
Why similar: Detective 26.6%, Investigation 10.9%, Puzzle 10.9%, Mystery 9.1%, Adventure 7.8%
- #42 No Exit : Anomaly
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Beoru Studio
Windows
A single-player psychological survival horror. At the end of an ordinary day, a routine subway ride leads you into a bizarre, endless alternate reality. Survive against overwhelming dread and surreal creatures by utilizing your surroundings.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 22.8%, Detective 15.4%, Mystery 14.5%, Horror 13.7%, Puzzle 9.3%
- #43 Shadows on the Walls
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Bowl of Tentacles
Windows
Shadows on the Walls is an immersive game of psychological horror, exploration and puzzles that takes place in the Crystal Palace Museum of London. Put yourself in the shoes of a security guard in charge of watching the new and mysterious exhibit of the museum known as the “Cursed Loot”.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 22.3%, Detective 19.1%, Psychological Horror 9.6%, Mystery 9.5%, Investigation 9%
- #44 Fooling Dead
70% matchMixed60% of 30 reviews2026
Dev: Seasonbean Team
Windows
On April Fool’s Day, the protagonist is caught in eerie supernatural events! As you investigate, uncover the truth behind a past tragedy. Explore chilling scenes, solve mysteries, and face unknown fears—can you survive?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 22%, Horror 14.1%, Mystery 13.8%, Puzzle 12.8%, Adventure 9.7%
- #45 Hoton
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: AvvAG
Windows
Hoton is a horror game with various mechanics that will make you feel fear. Run, hide, survive.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 19.7%, Detective 18.9%, Psychological Horror 12.6%, Puzzle 9.4%, Horror 6.4%
- #46 FoldLoop
71% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Keyhole Studio
Windows
FoldLoop is a detective game that emphasizes logical reasoning. To escape the curse of endless cycles, you'll observe the sandbox from a higher dimension, analyze the rulebook, and deduce the secrets of the real world.
Why similar: Detective 23.1%, Lovecraftian 23%, Mystery 12.3%, Puzzle 9.7%, Story Rich 8.9%
- #47 ASYLUM
69% matchVery Positive84% of 496 reviews2025
Dev: Senscape
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 78%
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 17.4%, Psychological Horror 16.3%, Horror 10.8%, Mystery 9.6%, Point & Click 8.6%
- #48 Dear Brother
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Black Kakadu
Windows
Point and click adventure game series! The game consists of 12 gradually releasing chapters. Mystery and mystical story about young doctor and his family is waiting for you. Solve puzzles and uncover the mystery of the Blake family.
Why similar: Detective 21.8%, Psychological Horror 15.5%, Mystery 11.7%, Puzzle 10.4%, Story Rich 8.2%
- #49 Restcue
70% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Seasonbean Team
Windows
You wake up in your familiar home, only to find yourself completely locked inside. Search for clues, evade an unknown presence, and piece together forgotten memories... In this confined space, the real terror is only just beginning. A intense 30-minute psychological horror experience.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 23.3%, Horror 13.2%, Puzzle 12.5%, Mystery 12.2%, Adventure 11.3%
- #50 Michael Test
69% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Fancysquare
Windows
This is a test about sin. An audio-driven horror mystery where you reconstruct the hidden timeline inside a painting through sound and expose the sin concealed within.
Why similar: Detective 22.2%, Psychological Horror 16.4%, Mystery 9.4%, Puzzle 9%, Horror 7.8%
- #51 A Call From Under the House
68% matchPositive94% of 16 reviews2025
Dev: Party Crasher Studios
Windows · Mac
A short point-and-click Lovecraftian adventure game where the player must investigate a house suspected of cultish activity.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 33.8%, Detective 21.4%, Puzzle 10.7%, Point & Click 8.8%, Adventure 6%
- #52 Ghostlight Melancholia
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Aarre Entertainment
Windows · Linux
Ghostlight Melancholia is a retro horror first person mystery solving game, where you find out what connects the four ghostlights, the evil that is after them and the secrets behind it all.
Why similar: Detective 19.4%, Psychological Horror 12%, Mystery 11.5%, Story Rich 9.5%, Horror 9.5%
- #53 The old house
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Exent
Windows
Repetitive work in the metropolis pushed you to the limit. Vacation and grandfather's inheritance — a house in Gravewood. But the closer you get, the clearer: something is wrong. The road will be your first test. Meet strangers, explore locations, and be ready: silence is only a cover.
Why similar: Detective 27.2%, Psychological Horror 22.5%, Horror 10.6%, Puzzle 10.2%, Story Rich 8.2%
- #54 The Tartarus Key
67% matchVery Positive93% of 303 reviews2023
Dev: Vertical ReachPub: Armor Games Studios
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 89%
There’s no way out for Alex Young who wakes up to find herself locked in a strange mansion filled with puzzles, traps, and cameras following her every move. Whether she and her companions live or die, and find the truth behind their abduction, is up to you in this first-person mystery thriller.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 17.9%, Psychological Horror 16.6%, Detective 15%, Mystery 8%, Puzzle 7.1%
- #55 Forgotten Hill First Steps
68% matchVery Positive94% of 174 reviews2021
Dev: FM Studio
Windows · Mac
The first three games of the Forgotten Hill series joined together with new contents, new locations, new puzzles and secrets revealed: let's follow Larson's First Steps in Forgotten Hill!
Why similar: Lovecraftian 23.6%, Psychological Horror 14.2%, Puzzle 12.4%, Investigation 11.5%, Horror 9.7%
- #56 Set the Record Straight
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Anja Remic
Windows · Mac
A 1998-set deduction game. Trawl a period internet for documents, photographs, and dead ends, then correct the official record: who really wrote, played, drew, or built it. An anthology of credit fraud, set straight one careful search at a time.
Why similar: Detective 30%, Mystery 12.7%, Investigation 12.3%, Puzzle 10%, Historical 8.4%
- #57 Insanity Within
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Derek LarsonPub: D Rock Games LLC
Windows
A psychological-horror puzzle game where after 16 years in prison for a murder you don't remember, you're back at your family's manor as schizophrenia distorts your reality. Manage, or harness, your mental hallucinations to uncover the truth. Will it vindicate you? Or confirm your darkest fears...
Why similar: Psychological Horror 22.8%, Puzzle 13.3%, Story Rich 11.7%, Mystery 11.4%, First-Person 9%
- #58 Apartment203:HongKong
66% matchMixed46% of 12 reviews2026
Dev: Seasonbean Team
Windows
Apartment 203: HongKong is a first-person horror adventure game set in the urban landscape of Hong Kong. The story follows a young man who returns from abroad to investigate his sister's mysterious disappearance by moving into her former residence in an old tenement building.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 23%, Mystery 14.7%, Horror 13.8%, Puzzle 13.5%, Story Rich 7.1%
- #59 Dark Tides
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Hammered Crow Games
Windows
A horrifying point-and-click adventure about a town battling demonic possession. Play as boardwalk psychic Theodora Green and deceive, charm and chat your way into unearthing clues and solving mysteries. The fate of Cape Fortune lies in your hands.
Why similar: Detective 15.8%, Lovecraftian 15.2%, Steampunk 15.1% ★, Psychological Horror 11.9%, Historical 8.4%