- #1 LoYuno - Horror Escape
97% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Maxim Soloha
Windows
You were kidnapped by a crazy girl. And your phone started predicting her future for a short time. It's up to you to find out who she is, why this day doesn't end, and how to get out of this house.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 28.8%, Psychological Horror 12.1%, Dark 9.8%, Cinematic 8.3%, Horror 8.3%
- #2 SANITY
96% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Skorpion Interactive
Windows
A psychological horror where your mind is your worst enemy and reality can’t be trusted. Focus or Doubt what you see, reshape the truth, and decide what’s real before your sanity collapses.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 15.4%, Psychological 11.3%, Cinematic 10.6%, Choices Matter 10.3%, Dark 8.2%
- #3 Lucidus Mortem
96% 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 23.3%, Cinematic 16.3%, Realistic 8.8%, Psychological 7.8%, Dark 7.8%
- #4 EMOTIONLESS : The Last Ticket
94% matchVery Positive82% of 136 reviews2025
Dev: X1 Games
Windows
Step into a liminal, cosmic horror experience set in an abandoned amusement park. Uncover the haunting narrative behind its twisted rides and empty tunnels to discover what lurks within a reality that shouldn't exist…
Why similar: Lovecraftian 34.1%, Psychological Horror 13.5%, Dark 12.4%, Horror 9.2%, Psychological 6.7%
- #5 AUTO-CRISIS
94% matchVery Positive88% of 84 reviews2025
Dev: The Otherworldly Studios
Windows
You're driving away on a forest road, late at night, under a heavy storm. Your car breaks down. Luckily, there might be a gas station nearby. But a misfortune never comes alone. The storm has brought something else, something otherworldly that oddly smells of spilled diesel oil.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 20.1%, Psychological Horror 13%, Dark 12.4%, Cinematic 9.9%, Horror 8.7%
- #6 Plura Ingenia: Patient 16
93% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Oblique Interactive
Windows
A first-person psychological horror game where your personality shapes the experience. Answer unsettling questions, endure disturbing trials, and survive an evaluation that adapts to how you think and behave.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 26.9%, Psychological Horror 12.4%, Dark 11.3%, Choices Matter 8.6%, Horror 8.4%
- #7 Seals of Madness
92% 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 31.9%, Psychological Horror 13.5%, Psychological 11.2%, Horror 8.1%, Dark 6.9%
- #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 30.9%, Cinematic 13.4%, Horror 8.1%, Dark 7.9%, Psychological 7.6%
- #9 SONG OF HORROR COMPLETE EDITION
91% matchMostly Positive78% of 3,017 reviews2019
Dev: Protocol GamesPub: 🚀 Raiser Games
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 22.4 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 24.3%, Psychological Horror 13%, Dark 12.8%, Choices Matter 10.3%, Investigation 8.5%
- #10 IN THE FACADE WE TRUST™
89% matchMostly Positive73% of 166 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 14.7%, Cinematic 13.2%, Choices Matter 13.2%, Horror 11.3%, Psychological 8.7%
- #11 Welcome to Levy
89% 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 33.7%, Dark 13.3%, Psychological Horror 11.8%, Psychological 11.7%, Horror 8.6%
- #12 The Casting of Frank Stone™
88% matchMixed62% of 5,541 reviews2024
Dev: Supermassive GamesPub: Behaviour Interactive Inc.
Windows
Median: 6.8 hrsMean: 9.3 hrs≥1hr: 84%
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 20.9%, Cinematic 13.7%, Choices Matter 11.9%, Psychological Horror 10.5%, Dark 9%
- #13 Inner Voices
90% 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 33.1%, Psychological Horror 13%, Dark 11%, Choices Matter 9.9%, Horror 7.3%
- #14 NEDRA
86% matchMixed68% of 97 reviews2025
Dev: Davit AndreasyanPub: indie.io
Windows
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 29.8%, Cinematic 11.4%, Psychological Horror 10.7%, Dark 8.1%, Horror 7.5%
- #15 The Binding Hour
86% 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 20%, Cinematic 15.8%, Dark 13.8%, Horror 11.3%, Psychological 11.2%
- #16 Lust from Beyond: M Edition
87% matchMixed66% of 352 reviews2022
Dev: Movie Games LunariumPub: Movie Games S.A.
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 7.0 hrs≥1hr: 64%
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 28.9%, Cinematic 12.7%, Psychological 10.1%, Psychological Horror 10%, Dark 9.7%
- #17 Abaddon
85% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Nice to meet studios LTD
Windows
Abaddon is a first-person psychological horror game steeped in Lovecraftian elements. Descend into a haunting story as you take on the role of Jimmy, searching for his missing brother Georgie while confronting his past in a nightmarish world.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 31.4%, Psychological Horror 13.2%, Dark 11.4%, Horror 8.8%, Story Rich 7%
- #18 Backrooms: Exit from Supermarket
84% matchMixed70% of 56 reviews2025
Dev: CGI LAB GAMES
Windows
In the Backrooms: Exit from Supermarket, you find yourself trapped in a labyrinth of endless, flickering aisles. Unearth dark secrets behind every shelf while evading lurking apparitions and supernatural terrors. Can you survive the haunted corridors and escape before the nightmare consumes?
Why similar: Lovecraftian 31.9%, Psychological Horror 14.6%, Dark 13.8%, Horror 9.6%, Story Rich 7.6%
- #19 Abject Abyss
84% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Anton Bezett
Windows
A horror adventure on a distant world. Explore Luminary Corporation’s most cutting-edge research facility, piece together what went wrong, and survive the horrors that lurk in the dark.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 33.7%, Psychological Horror 15.7%, Horror 11.5%, Dark 10.5%, Story Rich 6.7%
- #20 Backrooms: Levels of Fear
83% 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 20.9%, Psychological Horror 12.8%, Psychological 9.9%, Choices Matter 9.4%, Horror 8.6%
- #21 Backrooms: Reminiscence
82% matchMostly Positive70% of 27 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 19.3%, Horror 14%, Cinematic 13.8%, Story Rich 9.1%, Dark 7.6%
- #22 Cthulhu: The Cosmic Abyss
82% matchNo user 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%, Psychological Horror 13%, Dark 10.9%, Story Rich 8%, Choices Matter 7.9%
- #23 Dread: The Cold Case
81% match9 user reviews33% of 9 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 24.1%, Cinematic 14.5%, Psychological 9.8%, Dark 9.4%, Psychological Horror 8.4%
- #24 6 Floors
80% matchMostly Positive70% of 20 reviews2026
Dev: Ghoul World
Windows
You find yourself in a strange place and the only way out is within. Navigate liminal corridors and rooms filled with psychological terrors as you traverse all six floors of this mysterious place in order to save your soul.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 35.9%, Psychological Horror 16.4%, Psychological 12.2%, Horror 11.4%, First-Person 9.2%
- #25 Silent Anomalies
81% matchPositive94% of 36 reviews2025
Dev: Pryeyes
Windows
Silent Anomalies is an intense surveillance simulator. You are a monitoring operator whose job is to find anomalies. Switch cameras, analyze changes, and detect things that look strange or out of place.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 29.4%, Cinematic 14%, Psychological Horror 12.7%, Dark 10.6%, Horror 9.3%
- #26 Alone in the Dark
79% matchMostly Positive79% of 4,498 reviews2024
Dev: Pieces InteractivePub: THQ Nordic
Windows
Median: 6.9 hrsMean: 13.5 hrs≥1hr: 87%
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 32.6%, Cinematic 13.7%, Psychological Horror 12.8%, Dark 10%, Psychological 8.8%
- #27 The Whisperer | Le murmureur
79% matchMixed68% of 121 reviews2021
Dev: Studio Chien d'Or
Windows · Mac
Investigate an abandoned trading post, explore its surroundings and solve the terrible mystery it holds. The Whisperer is a short story-driven point & click game set in Lower Canada at the beginning of the 19th century.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 36.1%, Dark 11.7%, Horror 9.5%, Psychological Horror 9.3%, Story Rich 8.5%
- #28 The Night Is Long
76% matchPositive83% of 41 reviews2025
Dev: TheGamerUrso
Windows
The Night Is Long is a short first-person horror game where a grieving man follows a ghostly vision into an abandoned mansion. Uncover dark secrets, survive atmospheric horrors, and face your past through exploration, puzzles, and subtle scares.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 41.4%, Psychological Horror 14.5%, Horror 10%, Psychological 8.8%, Story Rich 5.6%
- #29 Broken Spectre
78% matchMostly Positive70% of 10 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 31.4%, Cinematic 14.8%, Dark 10.1%, Psychological Horror 9.2%, Horror 7.9%
- #30 St. Agony's Rest
76% 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 18.4%, Psychological 16%, Horror 11%, Dark 10.6%, Realistic 6.8%
- #31 Call of Cthulhu®
78% matchMostly Positive79% of 13,295 reviews2018
Dev: Cyanide StudioPub: Focus Entertainment
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 7.3 hrs≥1hr: 87%
1924. Private Investigator Pierce is sent to look into the tragic death of the Hawkins family. Plunge into a world of creeping madness and cosmic horror. Cryptic clues, shadowy figures, and pure terror bar your way as you fight to retain your sanity and solve an otherworldly mystery.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 52.9%, Psychological Horror 13.1%, Horror 9.7%, Story Rich 6.2%, Dark 4.5%
- #32 The Sleep Experiment
77% 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 29.9%, Psychological Horror 16.1%, Dark 14.7%, Horror 10.7%, Story Rich 7.5%
- #33 Obey the Voice™
73% matchVery Positive89% of 475 reviews2026
Dev: svklmrtPub: Patchwork Interactive
Windows
You are here to listen to The Voice, do what he says. But don't listen to other voices...
Why similar: Dark 16.6%, Horror 14.2%, Cinematic 13.5%, Psychological 8.8%, Realistic 8.6%
- #34 Habilis
74% matchPositive87% of 47 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 38.2%, Psychological Horror 14.3%, Horror 9.9%, Psychological 8.5%, Story Rich 7.3%
- #35 Waking Tides
75% matchMixed58% of 26 reviews2024
Dev: AirshipFx
Windows
Welcome to "Waking Tides," a small but captivating atmospheric adventure game that thrives on experimentation. Delve into a world where augmented reality extends your gameplay, seamlessly blurring the lines between reality and fantasy.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 33.6%, Cinematic 15.9%, Dark 12.3%, Psychological 9.3%, Horror 7.9%
- #36 Mountains of Madness
75% matchMixed57% of 28 reviews2024
Dev: Deep Dive Project
Windows
A first person horror exploration game set in the frozen wastes of Antarctica. Use your tools to navigate the frozen galleries untouched by millennia and unearth evidence of a dreadful truth while you search for a madman whose ill fate lies somewhere beneath these Mountains of Madness
Why similar: Lovecraftian 36.6%, Dark 11%, Psychological Horror 10.4%, Horror 9.3%, Story Rich 7%
- #37 Streamer's Revenge
73% 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%, Horror 9.8%, Psychological Horror 9.6%, Psychological 9.6%, Realistic 9.2%
- #38 Bring to Light
77% matchMixed65% of 43 reviews2018
Dev: Red Meat Games
Windows
Trapped in the city subway system due to a sudden disaster, you explore the depths of the tunnels to find your way out. The further you explore, the more you realize there is more to this disaster...and the lurking shadows are following your every move.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 26.3%, Psychological 11.9%, Dark 11.3%, Psychological Horror 11.1%, Horror 8.4%
- #39 Dwelling on the Hill
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Apocrifa Labs Interactive
Windows
Sealed inside by a cosmic anomaly. In this house that defies the laws of physics, evade the Entity that manipulates your mind. Your only aid is an experimental device that reveals illusions. A 90-minute, intense, and Lovecraftian psychological horror experience.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 34.8%, Psychological Horror 12.6%, Dark 9.7%, Horror 9.1%, Realistic 7.3%
- #40 Sherlock Holmes The Awakened
72% matchVery Positive83% of 2,656 reviews2023
Dev: Frogwares
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 9.1 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 33.3%, Psychological Horror 10.6%, Choices Matter 8.6%, Dark 7.9%, Realistic 7.8%
- #41 Into Samomor
71% 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%, Psychological Horror 16.7%, Dark 13.2%, Choices Matter 13.1%, Horror 10.2%
- #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: Psychological Horror 20.8%, Lovecraftian 20.4%, Dark 16%, Horror 12%, First-Person 6.9%
- #43 Clandestine: The Hidden Truth
71% 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 16.3%, Psychological Horror 15%, Cinematic 13%, Investigation 9.9%, Horror 9.9%
- #44 Underworld Dreams: The False King
71% 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%, Psychological Horror 19%, Horror 13.9%, First-Person 6.9%, Action 5.1%
- #45 The Alien Cube
73% matchVery Positive81% of 550 reviews2021
Dev: Alessandro Guzzo
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Worlds collide as your cursed inheritance throws you into the middle of a series of mysterious events. Discover terrifying secrets as you follow your uncle’s disappearance, and confront a terrible truth that will change your life forever in this cosmic horror first-person adventure.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 36.9%, Psychological Horror 11.1%, Horror 8.8%, Investigation 8.7%, Psychological 7.8%
- #46 Backrooms: Exploration
70% matchMostly Positive73% of 73 reviews2025
Dev: HNStudios
Windows
Backrooms: Exploration is a single-player horror game, which takes place in 2020. Two friends have lost their jobs due to COVID-19, but they still have to bring food to the table. After a failed heist, one of them ends up in the Backrooms. Now your only mission is to survive.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 16.4%, Realistic 15.3%, Horror 15%, Dark 13.3%, Story Rich 9.9%
- #47 HINGE VR
74% 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 27.6%, Cinematic 12.8%, Psychological Horror 11.8%, Dark 9.4%, Horror 7.7%
- #48 Hollow Faces
70% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Yellow Basement Games
Windows
Hollow Faces is an atmospheric narrative horror where you step into the role of creators documenting paranormal phenomena. The game blends an intense walking simulator with environmental observation, careful listening, and reacting to threats.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 18.8%, Cinematic 15.9%, Dark 15.7%, Horror 9.8%, Psychological 9.7%
- #49 Outfield
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Mathis Debaussart
Windows
Outfield is a horror/puzzle game in which you get trapped in a mysterious field of tall grass. Solve the puzzles, discover the secrets of the tall grass and survive the danger around you to hope to survive.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 26.6%, Psychological Horror 14.7%, Dark 11.7%, Horror 11%, Realistic 10.2%
- #50 Protocol Non-Human
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: DreadGear Games
Windows
A realistic first-person horror deduction game. Identify NON-HUMAN entities and navigate critical decisions within the Zone. Earn your survival, upgrade your booth, and-above all-don't let the NON-HUMANS in.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 14.7%, Psychological 13%, Dark 12.9%, Choices Matter 11.6%, Horror 9.8%
- #51 Reality Breach
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: TheBossa Works
Windows
Reality Breach is a first-person psychological horror where your own creation turns against you. Step into the mind of a game developer on the edge of exhaustion, blurring the line between reality and nightmare.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 15.3%, Cinematic 15.3%, Dark 14.1%, Psychological 12.9%, Realistic 10.4%
- #52 HINGE
68% 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 29.7%, Psychological Horror 14.4%, Dark 13.8%, Horror 9.6%, Story Rich 6.9%
- #53 I'm on Observation Duty 7
67% matchVery Positive95% of 421 reviews2024
Dev: Notovia
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 8.2 hrs≥1hr: 85%
As an employee of a mysterious organization your job is to monitor live surveillance camera footage and spot anomalies using your sharp eyes and good memory. Can you survive the entire night shift or will you succumb into paranoia?
Why similar: Lovecraftian 22.3%, Psychological Horror 15%, Cinematic 14.1%, Psychological 12.3%, Horror 10.3%
- #54 Before the Dawn: SENARA Prologue
68% matchMixed69% of 316 reviews2024
Dev: Influsion Inc.
Windows
You must attempt a life-or-death escape from the SENARA — a 6,000-ton vessel meticulously recreated from a real-world ship. This first-person survival horror prologue tells the story of a different survivor, set before the events of "SENARA: The Sacrament".
Why similar: Lovecraftian 28.8%, Psychological Horror 11.5%, Dark 11.1%, Psychological 10.8%, Realistic 8.6%
- #55 Silent Residence
66% matchVery Positive93% of 94 reviews2025
Dev: Woyboy
Windows
Experience Harry's story of battling multiple personalities and his severe case of schizophrenia. In this First-person horror game, you battle the hallucinations and illusions your mind creates. You misjudge reality and quickly lose control over yourself.
Why similar: Cinematic 18.7%, Psychological Horror 16.9%, Psychological 12.7%, Dark 12.1%, Horror 11.1%
- #56 Still Wakes the Deep
66% matchVery Positive88% of 10,965 reviews2024
Dev: The Chinese RoomPub: Secret Mode
Windows
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 84%
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 32.8%, Psychological Horror 13.3%, Cinematic 11.5%, Dark 11.3%, Horror 9.1%
- #57 Hell Dive
66% matchVery Positive94% of 67 reviews2025
Dev: Teacup Games
Windows
Hell Dive is a first-person horror game where you are a Maritime Operative alone aboard a submarine. Sent on a mission to revive an abandoned deep-sea colony, you uncover dark secrets as terrifying and deadly horrors await in its depths
Why similar: Lovecraftian 32.6%, Cinematic 15.3%, Psychological Horror 12.9%, Horror 7.8%, Dark 7.6%
- #58 CALLUS
64% matchMostly Positive77% of 265 reviews2026
Dev: EMIKA_GAMES
Windows
Callus is a short psychological horror (~30 minutes) in the walking simulator genre, featuring jump scares and themes of cruelty and overprotection. It was released as a transitional project between larger releases, with an intentionally simple story and concise gameplay.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 24.6%, Cinematic 21.7%, Horror 15.1%, Dark 13.8%, Realistic 11.9%
- #59 Static Dread: The Lighthouse
64% matchVery Positive91% of 1,290 reviews2025
Dev: solarsuit.gamesPub: Polden Publishing
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.9 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Lovecraft meets Papers, Please. Play as a lighthouse keeper and guide ships safely into the harbor using your radio. Survive the presence of something impossible, and don’t let the shadows consume you!
Why similar: Lovecraftian 29.7%, Psychological 13.4%, Psychological Horror 11.5%, Dark 10.8%, Choices Matter 9.4%