- #1 SONG OF HORROR COMPLETE EDITION
97% matchMostly Positive78% of 3,092 reviews2019
Dev: Protocol Games
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 22.2 hrs≥1hr: 66%
A 3rd person, fixed-camera survival horror adventure. Fear the Presence, a mysterious entity you cannot fight: stay alert, hide, breathe slowly... Explore cursed places where unseen spirits and lost souls linger in a true horror story for the ages.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 25%, Cinematic 12.4%, Psychological 10.3%, Psychological Horror 9.7%, Dark 9.3%
- #2 SANITY
96% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Skorpion Interactive
Windows
A psychological horror game that delves into the lives of the Synclair Family, following a horrible tragedy.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 15.4%, Psychological 11.1%, Cinematic 10.7%, Choices Matter 10%, Dark 8.2%
- #3 Lucidus Mortem
95% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Indigo Studios - Interactive Stories
Windows
In the 1930's, Samuel, a man with occult beliefs is contacted by S. Stenfield, an elderly man desperate for the suicide of Alice, his daughter. Through a voodoo ritual, Samuel enters a world that only the dead can access. There he will try to recover Alice's soul... But nothing is what it seems.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 23.7%, Cinematic 16.4%, Realistic 9%, Dark 7.7%, Psychological 7.6%
- #4 EMOTIONLESS : The Last Ticket
94% 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 34.5%, Psychological Horror 13.4%, Dark 12.2%, Horror 9.2%, Psychological 6.5%
- #5 Letherfall
93% matchVery Positive84% of 109 reviews2025
Dev: Mnemonic Monkey StudioPub: AIV - Accademia Italiana Videogiochi
Windows
Letherfall is a first-person horror video game with Lovecraftian elements: the player must make their way through monstrous entities and intricate puzzles while exploring the abandoned village of Letherfall. Some nightmares don’t fade. They’re just waiting for you to open the wrong door.
Why similar: Cinematic 16.4%, Lovecraftian 14.4%, Psychological Horror 13.8%, Psychological 12.5%, Horror 10%
- #6 AUTO-CRISIS
92% matchVery Positive89% of 97 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 20.3%, Psychological Horror 12.9%, Dark 12.3%, Cinematic 10%, Horror 8.8%
- #7 Occupancy
91% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Mawfix
Windows
A detective is interviewing a survivor about a night that doesn't add up. Step into their fading memory, swap between survivor and detective to find what doesn't match the evidence, and help them remember what really happened. Something is keeping the night buried, and it knows you're looking.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 14.3%, Cinematic 12.6%, Dark 10.4%, Horror 10%, Choices Matter 9.2%
- #8 ECHO OF FEAR: Vol.1 Night Visit
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: DEVA
Windows
ECHO OF FEAR is a psychological horror game where you play as a detective who receives a box containing 6 mysterious videotapes. Each tape represents a separate story connected by a common plot. The plot is based on the Cthulhu myths by H.P. Lovecraft.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 31.2%, Cinematic 13.3%, Horror 8.1%, Dark 7.8%, Realistic 7.4%
- #9 Seals of Madness
90% 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 32.3%, Psychological Horror 13.4%, Psychological 10.9%, Horror 8.2%, Dark 6.8%
- #10 Forsaken Fleet
89% 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 12.9%, Cinematic 12.9%, Dark 9.8%, Horror 9%
- #11 Cthulhu: The Cosmic Abyss
88% matchMixed57% of 372 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 36.1%, Psychological Horror 12.5%, Dark 10.3%, Story Rich 7.7%, Choices Matter 7.4%
- #12 Backrooms: Exit from Supermarket
87% 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 32.2%, Psychological Horror 14.4%, Dark 13.6%, Horror 9.7%, Story Rich 7.6%
- #13 Inner Voices
89% 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 33.6%, Psychological Horror 12.9%, Dark 10.9%, Choices Matter 9.6%, Horror 7.4%
- #14 Abaddon
86% 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 31.6%, Psychological Horror 12.9%, Dark 11.1%, Horror 8.8%, Realistic 7%
- #15 Welcome to Levy
86% matchMostly Positive76% of 33 reviews2023
Dev: Sleepy Squids
Windows · Linux
All the women in Levy have disappeared. Why did they leave in bare feet? Discover their story along with 680 CGs and 11 unique endings in this apocalyptic visual novel.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 34.2%, Dark 13.1%, Psychological Horror 11.7%, Psychological 11.5%, Horror 8.6%
- #16 The Casting of Frank Stone™
85% matchMixed62% of 6,021 reviews2024
Dev: Supermassive GamesPub: Behaviour Interactive Inc.
Windows
Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 9.0 hrs≥1hr: 82%
The shadow of Frank Stone looms over Cedar Hills, a town forever altered by his violent past. As a group of young friends are about to discover, Stone’s blood-soaked legacy cuts deep, leaving scars across families, generations, and the very fabric of reality itself.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 21%, Cinematic 13.8%, Choices Matter 11.7%, Psychological Horror 10.3%, Dark 8.9%
- #17 IN THE FACADE WE TRUST™
84% matchMostly Positive72% of 181 reviews2025
Dev: svklmrtPub: Patchwork Interactive
Windows
You’re torn between a girl who is obsessed with you and a creature. Whose words can lead you out of this endless loop? Trust the right person in the right cycle to get closer to the exit, or be misled by facades, complicating your next loop.
Why similar: Dark 14.6%, Cinematic 13.3%, Choices Matter 12.8%, Horror 11.5%, Psychological 8.5%
- #18 GrimRail
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Infinite Loop Studios
Windows
Step aboard Grimrail, a story-rich psychological horror immersive-sim set on a purgatorial train. Using a cosmic radio fused to your wrist, tune into the memories of the past, confront or avoid abominations, and harness powerful eldritch abilities to navigate this liminal nightmare world.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 25.3%, Psychological Horror 13.2%, Cinematic 11.1%, Horror 8.3%, Dark 8.2%
- #19 The Alighieri Circle: Dante's Bloodline
82% matchMostly Positive80% of 44 reviews2026
Dev: ONE-O-ONE GAMESPub: Entalto Publishing
Windows
The world knows the Divine Comedy as a poem. For your family, it is a prison. As Gabriele Alighieri, you inherit a duty: reseal the gates of Hell. Burdened by fate, you descend into a psychological nightmare where the only escape is to uncover the dark secrets of your ancestors.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 31.9%, Psychological Horror 10.3%, Dark 8.1%, Story Rich 7.7%, Psychological 6.5%
- #20 NEDRA
82% matchMixed67% of 103 reviews2025
Dev: Davit AndreasyanPub: indie.io
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 84%
NEDRA is a story-driven, atmospheric action-adventure blending survival horror with cosmic terror. Set in a Soviet-era Antarctic station, all the explorers have vanished without a trace, leaving you to uncover the chilling truth.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 30%, Cinematic 11.4%, Psychological Horror 10.6%, Dark 8%, Horror 7.5%
- #21 The Binding Hour
81% matchMixed63% of 27 reviews2025
Dev: Crimson Vale StudioPub: Twisted Joy
Windows
The Binding Hour is a first-person psychological horror game set in a forgotten house lost deep in the woods. Explore shifting spaces, confront haunting echoes, and uncover a truth that refuses to stay buried. Every hour binds you tighter—will you break the loop, or become part of it?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 19.8%, Cinematic 15.8%, Dark 13.6%, Horror 11.4%, Psychological 11%
- #22 Lust from Beyond: M Edition
83% matchMixed65% of 369 reviews2022
Dev: Movie Games LunariumPub: Movie Games S.A.
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 63%
Descend into madness in a first-person survival horror inspired by Lovecraft and Giger. Solve the mystery of esoteric cults. Cross the gate to the blasphemous land of Lusst’ghaa. Play the new M-rated cut of the fan-favorite Lust from Beyond.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 29.3%, Cinematic 12.7%, Psychological Horror 9.9%, Psychological 9.9%, Dark 9.6%
- #23 Broken Drive
80% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ferrule Entertainment
Windows
Step into the mind of a grieving father who lost his daughter in a tragic car crash. Trapped in a terrifying loop within an abandoned hospital created by his own dementia-riddled subconscious, you must face your deepest fears. Broken Drive is a first-person psychological horror game.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 15.1%, Cinematic 11.9%, Psychological 11.3%, Dark 10.4%, Horror 9.2%
- #24 Sherlock Holmes The Awakened
81% matchVery Positive82% of 3,016 reviews2023
Dev: Frogwares
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 8.5 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 33.4%, Psychological Horror 10.2%, Choices Matter 8.1%, Realistic 7.7%, Dark 7.6%
- #25 Abject Abyss
79% 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 33.9%, Psychological Horror 15.4%, Horror 11.7%, Dark 10.3%, Story Rich 6.7%
- #26 The Dark Tones: Loss
79% matchPositive89% of 27 reviews2023
Dev: Zero Directive
Windows
An unknown disease, a dark past and a little girl named Katya, what the outcome will be depends on you, because sooner or later we all have to make a choice and live with it. Are you ready to do your own to achieve the goal at any cost, regardless of the consequences?
Why similar: Cinematic 14.1%, Dark 14%, Psychological Horror 13.7%, Realistic 9.6%, Horror 8.2%
- #27 Alone in the Dark
78% matchMostly Positive78% of 4,932 reviews2024
Dev: Pieces InteractivePub: THQ Nordic
Windows
Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 13.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Return to Derceto Manor in this reimagination of Alone in the Dark, a love letter to the 90’s cult classic horror game.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 32.5%, Cinematic 13.5%, Psychological Horror 12.4%, Dark 9.7%, Psychological 8.4%
- #28 NOITABIL
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Airgames
Windows · Mac
A short, slow psychological horror game. You wake up somewhere and a voice tells you what to do. You can listen or not. Nothing jumps out at you. If you want something to shoot, this isn't it. If you've ever felt like your computer knows a little too much about you, it might be.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 19.3%, Psychological Horror 13.4%, Choices Matter 8.9%, Dark 8.4%, Adventure 7.5%
- #29 Blackforest
76% match2 user reviews0% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: Velvet
Windows
A realistic first-person horror game where you explore a dark underground basement, solve puzzles, uncover hidden clues, and escape from a ruthless killer who could be lurking around every corner.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 18.6%, Cinematic 18.2%, Dark 14.1%, Psychological 12.3%, Horror 10.8%
- #30 Dread: The Cold Case
77% matchMostly Negative36% of 11 reviews2025
Dev: WeSummonDemons!
Windows
Dread: The Cold Case: First-person psychological horror blending investigation and intense melee combat. Scavenge, improvise, and survive using everything at your disposal against unimaginable horrors.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 24.4%, Cinematic 14.5%, Psychological 9.6%, Dark 9.3%, Psychological Horror 8.4%
- #31 Backrooms: Reminiscence
75% matchMostly Positive75% of 36 reviews2025
Dev: HNStudios
Windows
Backrooms: Reminiscence is a single-player horror game where you experience something unexpected, and now you're left all alone in the cold world of The Backrooms.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 19.2%, Horror 14.1%, Cinematic 13.8%, Story Rich 9.2%, Realistic 7.7%
- #32 Backrooms: Levels of Fear
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: The M.E.G.
Windows
A first-person psychological and survival-horror experience. You are lost in the Backrooms and you have to find a way to survive in this dangerous universe. Explore the different levels, meet the Entities and other Explorers, and find clues to reveal the Backrooms’ secrets.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 21.3%, Psychological Horror 12.7%, Psychological 9.7%, Choices Matter 9.1%, Horror 8.7%
- #33 6 Floors
74% matchMostly Positive75% of 56 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 35.4%, Psychological Horror 16.8%, Psychological 12%, Horror 11.8%, First-Person 9.2%
- #34 Call of Cthulhu®
77% matchMostly Positive79% of 13,959 reviews2018
Dev: Cyanide StudioPub: Focus Entertainment
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 86%
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 53.5%, Psychological Horror 12.7%, Horror 9.8%, Story Rich 6.3%, Dark 4.4%
- #35 The Night Is Long
73% matchPositive85% of 48 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 41.9%, Psychological Horror 14.3%, Horror 10.1%, Psychological 8.6%, Story Rich 5.6%
- #36 Broken Spectre
75% 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 31.8%, Cinematic 14.7%, Dark 10%, Psychological Horror 9.1%, Horror 7.9%
- #37 Habilis
73% matchVery Positive88% of 51 reviews2024
Dev: ODale Studios
Windows
A first person / body cam, Lovecraft style horror experience not for the weak of heart. Descend into the T.R.P Facility while evading monsters by hide in lockers, and discover over 30 minutes of professionally recorded audio logs.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 38.6%, Psychological Horror 14.1%, Horror 9.9%, Psychological 8.2%, Story Rich 7.3%
- #38 St. Agony's Rest
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Huy Ngo
Windows
You were with her. Then you weren't. Push an elderly woman's wheelchair through the shadowed halls of a Croatian monastery turned hospice. She is dying. She sees what you cannot. What do you owe the truth?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 20.8%, Psychological 14.6%, Horror 12.6%, Dark 8.5%, Realistic 6.7%
- #39 The Sleep Experiment
73% 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 30.3%, Psychological Horror 16%, Dark 14.5%, Horror 10.8%, Story Rich 7.5%
- #40 Streamer's Revenge
71% 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 31.4%, Horror 9.8%, Psychological Horror 9.5%, Realistic 9.4%, Psychological 9.3%
- #41 Obey the Voice™
70% matchVery Positive86% of 777 reviews2026
Dev: svklmrtPub: Patchwork Interactive
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 2.1 hrs≥1hr: 74%
You are here to listen to The Voice. Do what he says. But don't listen to other voices... Obey the Voice is a pressure-driven psychological horror experience built on constant threats and rule-based challenges, where survival depends on attention, timing, and decision-making under extreme stress.
Why similar: Dark 16.5%, Horror 15.2%, Cinematic 13.1%, Psychological 8.6%, Realistic 8.5%
- #42 The Whisperer | Le murmureur
74% matchMixed67% of 126 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 36.4%, Dark 11.5%, Horror 9.5%, Psychological Horror 9.2%, Story Rich 8.5%
- #43 Waking Tides
72% 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 34%, Cinematic 15.9%, Dark 12.1%, Psychological 9%, Horror 7.9%
- #44 Anatolian Leopard
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Count Von Claw Games
Windows
Arrive in a desolate Anatolian village as a zoologist searching for the elusive Anatolian Leopard. What begins as a routine expedition soon descends into a nightmare haunted by local folklore, dark secrets, and cosmic horror
Why similar: Lovecraftian 35.7%, Psychological Horror 13.7%, Dark 11.7%, Psychological 11.5%, Cinematic 11.5%
- #45 Nightmare Hospital
69% match7 user reviews71% of 7 reviews2026
Dev: upmupm420
Windows
Nightmare Hospital is a fast-paced horror game focused on chase sequences. You will play as a patient, encountering various entities in the hospital, and understanding and deciphering their rules is the only way to safely leave the hospital.
Why similar: Cinematic 14.6%, Dark 14%, Horror 10.6%, Psychological 10.1%, Realistic 9.5%
- #46 Lighthouse of Madness
70% 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 45%, Psychological Horror 14.9%, Horror 8%, Story Rich 7.8%, First-Person 7.1%
- #47 Still Wakes the Deep
69% matchVery Positive87% of 13,247 reviews2024
Dev: The Chinese RoomPub: Secret Mode
Windows
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 85%
1975. Disaster strikes the Beira D oil rig off the coast of Scotland. Navigate the collapsing rig to save your crew from an otherworldly horror on the edge of all logic and reality in this 3x BAFTA Games Award-winning narrative horror experience.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 33.2%, Psychological Horror 13.4%, Cinematic 11.5%, Dark 10.8%, Horror 9.2%
- #48 911 Dispatcher: Unknown Caller
68% matchMixed54% of 39 reviews2026
Dev: Room13Games
Windows
911 Dispatcher: Unknown Caller — a first-person psychological horror game in which you work as a night-shift emergency dispatcher. Take calls, decide when to send a police unit, and get to the bottom of a mysterious call connected to an old closed case.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 19.5%, Horror 14.4%, Dark 12.8%, Psychological 12.4%, First-Person 8.2%
- #49 Casting Whispers
68% matchPositive90% of 41 reviews2025
Dev: Lantern Bay Entertainment
Windows
Sound is your only hope for survival in this first-person psychological horror game. Investigate the mysteries of an apartment block in 1960s America terrorized by a cosmic horror, as you try to save your lost mentor… and yourself.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 32.9%, Psychological Horror 12.9%, Dark 11.1%, Investigation 8.2%, Horror 7.6%
- #50 The Alien Cube
71% matchVery Positive81% of 595 reviews2021
Dev: Alessandro Guzzo
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 87%
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 37.3%, Psychological Horror 11%, Horror 8.9%, Investigation 8.5%, Psychological 7.6%
- #51 Into Samomor
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Sang Hendrix
Windows
Into Samomor is a psychological horror RPG where your choices shape everything: storylines, quests, and intense boss battles. With a branching narrative and multiple endings, each playthrough offers a fresh experience.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 22.3%, Psychological Horror 16.6%, Dark 13%, Choices Matter 12.7%, Horror 10.3%
- #52 Underworld Dreams: The False King
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Drop of PixelPub: Drop Of Pixel
Windows
Underworld Dreams: The False King is the first game in the Underworld Dreams Anthology - the first-person horror series based in the Lovecraftian mythos. Inspired by the works of Lovecraft and Robert W Chambers and set in the 1980s, it sets the stage for the Underworld Dreams experience.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 44.4%, Psychological Horror 18.7%, Horror 13.9%, First-Person 6.7%, Action 5.2%
- #53 The Rite Holds
67% 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 20.7%, Psychological Horror 20.6%, Dark 15.8%, Horror 12%, First-Person 6.8%
- #54 Maximilien — A Psychological Horror Interactive Novel
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Yohan Dupuy
Windows · Linux
A psychological horror interactive novel, Boston 1926. Explore, investigate, lose your footing. Your choices shape a branching story where your mental state governs what you see and which paths open to you. 4 intersecting routes, 12 possible endings, 15 to 20 hours of play.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 37.9%, Psychological Horror 15%, Choices Matter 9.7%, Story Rich 7.4%, Dark 6.5%
- #55 HINGE VR
70% 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 27.9%, Cinematic 12.8%, Psychological Horror 11.7%, Dark 9.3%, Horror 7.8%
- #56 Clandestine: The Hidden Truth
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Silent Solitude Games
Windows
"Clandestine: The Hidden Truth" is a first-person psychological horror game. Investigate a family homicide, manipulate reality with polaroids, and solve puzzles to unveil chilling secrets hidden within this enigmatic home of horrors. Will you come back unscathed?
Why similar: Psychological 16%, Psychological Horror 14.9%, Cinematic 13.1%, Horror 10%, Investigation 9.8%
- #57 HINGE
67% 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 30.1%, Psychological Horror 14.2%, Dark 13.6%, Horror 9.7%, Story Rich 6.9%
- #58 Static Dread: The Submarine
64% matchVery Positive81% of 363 reviews2026
Dev: solarsuit.gamesPub: Polden Publishing
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 75%
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 32.7%, Psychological Horror 14.4%, Dark 11.3%, Horror 9%, Choices Matter 8.3%