- #1 Lighthouse of Madness
97% 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 32.5%, Psychological Horror 10.3%, Puzzle 8.8%, Story Rich 7.4%, Horror 6.4%
- #2 Forsaken Fleet
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Zakym s. r. o.
Windows
A first-person pirate horror where a haunted fisherman is drawn into the legend of the Forsaken Fleet. Follow a mysterious compass. Sail through the fog. Explore forgotten places and survive the horrors that should have stayed buried at sea.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 26.1%, Psychological Horror 11.8%, Horror 9.5%, Dark 7.6%, Atmospheric 7.4%
- #3 EMOTIONLESS : The Last Ticket
96% matchVery Positive81% of 138 reviews2025
Dev: X1 Games
Windows
Step into a liminal, cosmic horror experience set in an abandoned amusement park. Uncover the haunting narrative behind its twisted rides and empty tunnels to discover what lurks within a reality that shouldn't exist…
Why similar: Lovecraftian 29.1%, Psychological Horror 10.8%, Horror 8.6%, Dark 7.5%, Walking Simulator 5.9%
- #4 Dwelling on the Hill
94% 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 25.3%, Psychological Horror 9.6%, Story Rich 7.2%, Atmospheric 6.4%, Thriller 6%
- #5 The Alien Cube
94% matchVery Positive81% of 580 reviews2021
Dev: Alessandro Guzzo
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 88%
A cursed legacy awakens something ancient, revealing a terrifying reality never meant for human eyes. Follow your missing uncle’s trail, uncover forbidden secrets, and face a Lovecraftian cosmic horror in this first‑person adventure.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 28.5%, Investigation 9.5%, Psychological Horror 8.1%, Horror 7.6%, Story Rich 6.4%
- #6 Streamer's Revenge
93% 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 24.2%, Horror 8.4%, Psychological Horror 7%, Thriller 6.6%, Story Rich 6.3%
- #7 The Night Is Long
92% 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 33.1%, Psychological Horror 10.8%, Horror 8.8%, Puzzle 7.4%, Story Rich 5.8%
- #8 Cosmic Fear
91% 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 28.7%, Psychological Horror 9.9%, Investigation 8.3%, Horror 8.2%, Story Rich 6.7%
- #9 Abaddon
91% 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 26.4%, Psychological Horror 10.4%, Thriller 8.8%, Horror 8.1%, Story Rich 7.6%
- #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 27.2%, Psychological Horror 11.7%, Horror 9.1%, Story Rich 8.4%, Dark 8.4%
- #11 Cthulhu: The Cosmic Abyss
89% 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 31.3%, Psychological Horror 10.3%, Story Rich 8.7%, Investigation 7.2%, Atmospheric 7.1%
- #12 Prison Anomaly
89% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Morla Games
Windows
Trapped in a loop in a high-security prison. Inspect cells and surroundings for anomalies, avoid monsters, and press the correct button at the end of the corridor to submit your report and make it to Block A10.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 19%, Psychological Horror 11.3%, Psychological 9.1%, Thriller 8%, Investigation 7.9%
- #13 COLINA: Legacy
88% matchVery Positive81% of 210 reviews2018
Dev: Chance6 Studios, LLC
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Alex wakes up at his grandmother’s, left alone in a silent house. Unsure where his family is, he begins to uncover a dark mystery in an attempt to escape. Facing his fear in an endless nightmare, Alex must survive the dead of night, a cursed forest, and paranormal activities before daylight arrives.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 24.7%, Thriller 10.5%, Psychological Horror 9.7%, Horror 8.5%, Dark 7.5%
- #14 The Whisperer | Le murmureur
87% 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 30.1%, Story Rich 9.2%, Horror 8.7%, Atmospheric 7.6%, Psychological Horror 7.2%
- #15 The Black Pyramid
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: AlphaRedux
Windows
A Black Pyramid materializes across the globe. Dr. Mehdi Algun must decipher why, before its hunger for death and suffering consumes everything. An ancient cycle of cleansing has begun. As madness spreads and humanity tears itself apart, choose: become the destroyer, or join the cleansed.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 31.8%, Psychological Horror 10.6%, Dark 8.1%, Story Rich 7.8%, Horror 6.6%
- #16 No one lives under the lighthouse Director's cut
86% matchVery Positive87% of 2,470 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 30.7%, Horror 11.4%, Psychological Horror 10.1%, Atmospheric 7%, Thriller 6.4%
- #17 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 29.8%, Psychological Horror 11%, Horror 8.8%, Puzzle 7.3%, Dark 6.2%
- #18 Embrace of the Downpour
84% match9 user reviews78% of 9 reviews2023
Dev: Jonathon Baroi
Windows
"Embrace of the Downpour" is a psychological horror experience set in a lonely apartment, where you face an unexpected series of events. Can you handle the unfolding madness?
Why similar: Lovecraftian 23.9%, Psychological Horror 12.4%, Investigation 12.2%, Thriller 11.3%, Horror 9.1%
- #19 Underwater
85% matchMixed68% of 75 reviews2021
Dev: Andreev WorldsPub: Gamesforfarm
Windows
Dive into a world of despair in the world of Underwater. Take the role of an unknown inmate entering the a deep sea prison where mutants roam and barely any traces of human life remain. You will have to use all your ingenuity to escape and avoid becoming the meal of the hideous denizens.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 22.6%, Psychological Horror 11%, Story Rich 9.8%, Atmospheric 7.9%, Mystery 7.5%
- #20 Apothecurse
83% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Lesser Key Studios
Windows
Faced with expulsion from his order, fledgling alchemist Leon must brave the seas and travel to Port Gelour, a plague-ridden city on the brink of revolution. Craft potent potions, befriend quirky locals, and uncover the dark secrets lurking beneath the waves in a quest for alchemy and discovery!
Why similar: Cult 41.5% ★, Lovecraftian 22.9%, Thriller 6.6%, Story Rich 5.7%, Psychological Horror 5.3%
- #21 Abject Abyss
82% matchPositive95% of 22 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 29.3%, Psychological Horror 12.8%, Horror 11.2%, Atmospheric 8.5%, Story Rich 7.6%
- #22 The Lacuna Tapes: Analog Signal Archive
82% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: stygian games
Windows
Operate a modular tape-decoding machine and solve hands-on puzzles to restore corrupted data and reconstruct the story behind a deadly attack.
Why similar: Cult 28.4% ★, Psychological Horror 13.9%, Puzzle 11.1%, Story Rich 10%, Atmospheric 7.4%
- #23 The Nameless City
81% matchVery Positive88% of 57 reviews2024
Dev: Paradnight Studio
Windows · Mac
Narrative-driven first person horror adventure inspired by Lovecraft's short novel "The Nameless City". Explore the ruins of a city that some say they are older than humanity itself. While you delve deeper into the ancient buildings, reality and visions blend into an indistinct haze.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 34.8%, Psychological Horror 12%, Atmospheric 7.4%, Puzzle 7.4%, Walking Simulator 7.1%
- #24 In Vino Veritas
80% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Lesson Not Learned Games
Windows
Explore a desecrated cathedral to find your missing wife in this psychological horror adventure. Uncover the dark truth behind the Elohim, solve ancient puzzles, and survive a chilling journey where faith and reality collide. The Bible was mistranslated; the truth is much darker
Why similar: Lovecraftian 20.2%, Psychological Horror 11.3%, Horror 8.9%, Atmospheric 7.1%, Puzzle 6.5%
- #25 HINGE
79% 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 24.4%, Psychological Horror 11.1%, Horror 8.7%, Dark 8%, Story Rich 7.3%
- #26 Please Duology
81% matchPositive95% of 21 reviews2021
Dev: Somewhat Software
Windows
A compilation of two slow-paced, cosmic horror walking simulators, to be completed in under an hour. Please makes you maintain a power station and ignore the noises from the main engine, while Please Follow has you explore the trenches of a losing war, exposing your mind to visions of another world.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 33.4%, Psychological Horror 10.7%, Horror 7.8%, Atmospheric 7.4%, Adventure 7.3%
- #27 AUTO-CRISIS
78% matchVery Positive88% of 94 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 19.2%, Psychological Horror 11.6%, Horror 9.2%, Dark 8.4%, Atmospheric 6.4%
- #28 Tisis
78% 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: Lovecraftian 22.7%, Psychological Horror 17.7%, Atmospheric 10.1%, Story Rich 7.9%, Walking Simulator 7.5%
- #29 The Wellmonts Case
75% matchVery Positive95% of 233 reviews2026
Dev: Zakym s. r. o.
Windows
The Wellmonts Case is a first-person psychological horror game set in 1993, Northern Maine. As a private detective, you explore the abandoned Wellmont farm, search for clues, photograph unsettling evidence, and uncover the truth behind a family's unexplained disappearance.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 12.2%, Thriller 11.7%, Horror 9.5%, Dark 8%, Investigation 7.8%
- #30 Waking Tides
77% matchMixed56% of 27 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 28.8%, Dark 7.5%, Horror 7.5%, Walking Simulator 6.2%, Mystery 6.1%
- #31 Dawn Sanatorium
76% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: BHS GAMES
Windows
A childhood you don't remember arrives on an old film reel. Step into the Dawn Sanatorium — a first-person psychological horror where a projector rewrites reality, a horned figure watches from the dark, and the truth about who you are waits at the very bottom.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 15.7%, Thriller 11.5%, Horror 10.6%, Psychological 8.9%, Atmospheric 8%
- #32 Conarium
79% matchMostly Positive77% of 2,272 reviews2017
Dev: Stormling StudiosPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Conarium is a chilling Lovecraftian game, which follows a gripping story involving four scientists and their endeavor to challenge what we normally consider to be the ‘absolute’ limits of nature. Inspired by H.P. Lovecraft’s novella "At the Mountains of Madness", but largely set after the original story.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 48.1%, Horror 10%, Psychological Horror 9%, Adventure 8.8%, Walking Simulator 6.5%
- #33 INTUS
75% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Nahuel Martinez
Windows
Rent an apartment to finish your work and survive a night that grows increasingly strange. A first-person psychological horror game where routine, silence, and paranoia turn an ordinary place into somewhere impossible to leave.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 13.9%, Thriller 10.3%, Horror 9.8%, Walking Simulator 7.6%, Atmospheric 7.5%
- #34 Call of Cthulhu®
77% 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 46.6%, Psychological Horror 10.6%, Horror 9.5%, Story Rich 7.1%, Atmospheric 6.2%
- #35 Shattered Reflections: The Abyss Within
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Immortal Studios
Windows
Uncover your grandfather's sinister experiments in "Shattered Reflections." Dive into a twisted Mirror Realm, face every-minute terrors, collect Soul Essence, and shape your fate. Are you ready for a psychological descent into darkness?
Why similar: Thriller 11.2%, Psychological Horror 10.9%, Horror 8.9%, Psychological 8.2%, Atmospheric 7.2%
- #36 Don't Remember
76% 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 18.6%, Horror 12.7%, Puzzle 9.7%, Atmospheric 9.5%, Story Rich 8.5%
- #37 Casting Whispers
73% 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 27.7%, Psychological Horror 10.4%, Investigation 10.2%, Story Rich 7.4%, Horror 7.1%
- #38 The Mariner
73% 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 40%, Horror 12.8%, Puzzle 10.7%, First-Person 7.2%, Adventure 6.2%
- #39 Broken Spectre
74% matchMixed64% of 11 reviews2023
Dev: Games by StitchPub: Canada Media Fund
Windows
25 years ago your father climbed the mountain and never came back. Now he’s calling for you. Experience the award winning, narrative eldritch horror game like you haven’t before in the Director’s Cut. Can you unravel the mystery of your father who disappeared in the remote wilderness years ago?
Why similar: Lovecraftian 27.9%, Investigation 8.6%, Horror 7.7%, Psychological Horror 7.6%, Story Rich 7.5%
- #40 DEAD UNIT
72% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Insane Grain
Windows
A titanic complex. An insignificant man. A grim horror thriller where you aren't the savior of the world — you are a prisoner, classified as a DEAD UNIT. Hide. Unearth the truth. Find a way out. Fight for every minute of life while you still breathe.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 32.9%, Thriller 13.8%, Horror 9.4%, Dark 8.2%, Adventure 6.9%
- #41 The Tape: Origins
71% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Alex XPub: Tiny Cup Studios
Windows
The clock is ticking. Investigate real found footage and solve escape-room puzzles to escape the hotel before the cult returns to sacrifice you.
Why similar: Cult 27.7% ★, Psychological Horror 9.6%, Investigation 9%, Thriller 7.4%, Horror 6.9%
- #42 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 17.5%, Psychological Horror 16.7%, Horror 11.3%, Dark 9.7%, Atmospheric 9.1%
- #43 Marmorea
70% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Burning Farmhouse Studios
Windows
Venture into the Tuscan village of Pietralba to solve the mystery of your brother’s disappearance. Uncover the dark secrets buried within the marble quarries and your own family's past.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 18.9%, Psychological Horror 10.9%, Horror 8%, Story Rich 7.9%, Walking Simulator 7%
- #44 Vartio
70% matchMostly Positive78% of 48 reviews2025
Dev: Pepperbox StudiosPub: indie.io
Windows
Patrol a haunted forest as a lone medieval guard in this short psychological horror experience. Leave the safety of your watchtower, listen for threats in the dark, and uncover what's lurking beyond the trees—before paranoia consumes you.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 21.4%, Psychological Horror 8.7%, Psychological 8.3%, Investigation 8.2%, Thriller 7.8%
- #45 Ignis Dei
69% matchPositive96% of 49 reviews2025
Dev: Jam Bell Games
Windows
Heralded by a comet, seen as a harbinger of doom, the Black Death arrived in Florence in 1348. Wander through the woods to escape the plague, face various riddles and encounter mysterious creatures.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 25.6%, Psychological Horror 10.9%, Horror 9.3%, Dark 9%, Story Rich 8.9%
- #46 Luto
68% matchVery Positive85% of 1,351 reviews2025
Dev: Broken Bird Games
Windows
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Luto is a psychological horror experience where you take on the role of someone unable to leave their home. Every attempt to escape will lead you deeper into the unknown, where nothing is as it seems and everything will test your senses.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 13.2%, Story Rich 9%, Thriller 8.7%, Psychological 8.7%, Dark 8.6%
- #47 INVARIANT
69% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Gorgonize Games
Windows
INVARIANT is a first-person psychological horror game. Step into the shattered mind of a mathematician. Rely on your destructive addiction to bend reality, explore ever-changing environments, and hide from the terrifying manifestations of your grief. Truth and lies are a sip apart.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 16.9%, Story Rich 10.1%, Horror 9.2%, Atmospheric 9.1%, Walking Simulator 9.1%
- #48 Implements of Hell
71% matchMostly Positive75% of 104 reviews2021
Dev: PsychoRavens
Windows
Implements of Hell is a first-person psychological horror game. Explore the mysteries, unlock the secrets, and change the outcome in a slow-paced atmospheric, and extremely horrifying experience.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 11.6%, Thriller 10.7%, Psychological 9.1%, Horror 8.6%, Atmospheric 7.4%
- #49 Cabin Heart
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Luney Studios
Windows
A PS1-esque survival horror where your heart arrhythmia reveals you. Your parents dying on the same night, the estate frozen, all that's left is a cabin no one ever mentioned. The paperwork insists you spend one night to take possession. Can you survive until dawn?
Why similar: Cult 33.6% ★, Horror 11.2%, Adventure 8.9%, Walking Simulator 7.1%, Dark 6.2%
- #50 Crathos Deep
67% 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 32.5%, Horror 11.2%, Atmospheric 8.1%, Dark 8.1%, Psychological Horror 7.1%
- #51 Call of the Elder Gods
65% matchVery Positive91% of 361 reviews2026
Dev: Out of the Blue GamesPub: Kwalee
Windows
Journey to the far corners of the Earth and unearth ancient horrors in this Lovecraftian narrative puzzle adventure and sequel to 2020’s critically acclaimed Call of the Sea.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 31.9%, Investigation 10.8%, Story Rich 8.8%, Puzzle 8.7%, Mystery 6.8%
- #52 Creeping Clark
67% matchMostly Positive79% of 34 reviews2025
Dev: NeroGameDev
Windows
After escaping her abusive brother, Sophie seeks a fresh start in a remote house in Hawthorn's forest. But strange events unfold, and her unsettling housemate, Elise, may be hiding something. Is it just her anxiety, or is there something more sinister lurking in the shadows?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 13.1%, Thriller 12.4%, Horror 10.4%, Atmospheric 8.7%, Mystery 8.5%
- #53 Amatsuko
65% 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: Lovecraftian 17%, Story Rich 12.6%, Mystery 11.3%, Puzzle 10.4%, Adventure 10%
- #54 Inner Voices
71% 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 31.1%, Psychological Horror 11.5%, Story Rich 8.4%, Horror 7.6%, Dark 7.4%
- #55 Mountains of Madness
67% matchMixed59% of 29 reviews2024
Dev: Deep Dive Project
Windows
From H.P. Lovecraft's work, this walking simulator sends you to the frozen wastes of Antarctica. Use your tools to navigate the frozen galleries untouched by millennia. 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 29.8%, Psychological Horror 9.1%, Horror 7.1%, Puzzle 6.9%, Walking Simulator 6.8%
- #56 Horror of Minos
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Dgen Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Explore the mythical ancient ruins beneath the island of Minos. Piece together what happened to you and your team. Beware the spirits and beasts that lurk below! A single-player, first-person, horror game inspired by Penumbra and Amnesia.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 28.7%, Investigation 9.6%, Psychological Horror 8.6%, Horror 8%, Thriller 7%
- #57 HINGE VR
69% matchMostly Positive70% of 202 reviews2020
Dev: Arcadia
Windows
HINGE is a psychological horror VR adventure. You suddenly find yourself in an abandoned skyscraper, devoid of all your senses and memories. The laws of physics are distorted, and time has collapsed. The only way out is to step into the terrifying unknown and piece together the fragmented clues
Why similar: Lovecraftian 24.3%, Psychological Horror 9.8%, Investigation 8.8%, Thriller 8.2%, Horror 7.5%