- #1 Dead Reckoning: The Long Drift
97% matchVery Positive81% of 104 reviews2026
Dev: Garan LornPub: Selenodrome
Windows · Linux
A dream among the stars — or a nightmare. 1,000 colonists in the dark between stars. Every pragmatic decision rewrites who they are. Discover what your choices mean for humanity, for better or worse.
Why similar: Colony Sim 38.4%, Text-Based 15.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.8%, Choices Matter 9.5%, Multiple Endings 9.3%
- #2 Cultist Simulator
96% matchMostly Positive80% of 14,130 reviews2018
Dev: Weather Factory
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 11.7 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Seize forbidden treasures. Summon alien gods. Feed on your disciples. Cultist Simulator is a game of apocalypse and yearning. Play as a seeker after unholy mysteries, in a 1920s-themed setting of hidden gods and secret histories.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 30.8%, Lore-Rich 15.2%, Resource Management 13.6%, Roguelike 13.4%, Choices Matter 8.8%
- #3 The Tribe Must Survive
96% matchMixed68% of 206 reviews2024
Dev: Walking Tree Games GmbH
Windows · Mac
The Tribe Must Survive is a survival base builder strategy game set in a harsh Lovecraftian Stone Age. Build your camp, overcome disasters and uncover new areas. Manage fears and diminish internal conflicts, as your Tribe grows. Every decision matters. Will your Tribe survive?
Why similar: Colony Sim 28.7%, Lovecraftian 22.7%, Resource Management 10.4%, Roguelike 10%, Dark Fantasy 7.9%
- #4 Endless Dark
95% matchVery Positive99% of 121 reviews2024
Dev: Little Light Studios, LLC
Windows · Linux
An existential horror game in which you are tasked with keeping a sleeper colony ship intact. No enemies or NPCs share the ship with you - only creaking metal echoes and endless dark. Overcome random events, system failures, and the downward spiral of your sanity to see your mission through.
Why similar: Roguelike 26.3%, Choices Matter 24.4%, Multiple Endings 18%, Atmospheric 14.4%, Simulation 10.2%
- #5 Worshippers of Cthulhu
94% matchVery Positive81% of 1,542 reviews2025
Dev: Crazy Goat GamesPub: Crytivo
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 80%
LEAD the CULT OF CTHULHU. Decide the fate of your followers, perform eldritch rituals, and master the art of city-building in a world where the line between sanity and madness blurs. Can you endure the horrors you unleash?
Why similar: Colony Sim 36.4%, Lovecraftian 27.5%, Lore-Rich 9.8%, Dark Fantasy 7.5%, Horror 6.9%
- #6 The Passenger
94% matchVery Positive90% of 130 reviews2022
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Your eldritch existence is threatened when another abomination tries to feast on you. You flee, trapping yourself in human flesh, but will that be enough?
Why similar: Lovecraftian 45.5%, Horror 17.4%, RPG 11.9%, Text-Based 10.1%, Choices Matter 8.4%
- #7 Roots Devour
92% matchMostly Positive73% of 580 reviews2026
Dev: Rewinding GamesPub: GCORES PUBLISHING
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Extend your roots, imbibe fresh blood, and expand without end. Roots Devour is a strategic exploration game centered around a card-connecting mechanism. Drive your frenzied roots through swamps and over frozen mountains, invading human cities until the darkness... descends.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 40.6%, Resource Management 15.9%, Horror 12.9%, Strategy 10.5%, Multiple Endings 9.5%
- #8 Judgment: Apocalypse Survival Simulation
93% matchVery Positive81% of 2,264 reviews2018
Dev: Suncrash
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 25.1 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Build, scavenge, craft, and perform occult rituals to survive in a demon-infested, post-apocalyptic colony simulation. Will you survive Judgment day?
Why similar: Colony Sim 52.7%, Post-apocalyptic 17.4%, Resource Management 9.4%, Procedural Generation 9.1%, Strategy 6.4%
- #9 Anoxia Station
91% matchVery Positive80% of 211 reviews2025
Dev: BonereadersPub: Abylight Studios
Windows
Descend into darkness in Anoxia Station, a turn-based strategy game with puzzle elements. Operate a subterranean mining station, where you'll gather resources, confront horrors, and make life-or-death choices for the survival of your crew.
Why similar: Colony Sim 30.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.5%, Post-apocalyptic 13.4%, Resource Management 11.8%, Roguelike 9.1%
- #10 Stygian: Reign of the Old Ones
91% matchMixed66% of 2,521 reviews2019
Dev: Cultic GamesPub: Fulqrum Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 11.5 hrsMean: 12.2 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Delve into a role-playing game of horror, loss and madness set in the strange worlds of HP Lovecraft. Stygian: Reign of the Old Ones offers a mix of rich role-playing and turn-based tactical combat, represented in an illustrative visual style. Can you find salvation in a dead world?
Why similar: Lovecraftian 53%, RPG 17.6%, Horror 13.2%, Choices Matter 6%, Atmospheric 4.5%
- #11 Voyager-19
89% matchVery Positive88% of 1,014 reviews2024
Dev: MizizizizPub: Deep Root Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 48 minMean: 54 min≥1hr: 30%
A short horror game where you control a decaying spacecraft exploring distant star systems.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 32.2%, Text-Based 27.4%, Horror 21.4%, Retro 14.8%, 2D 4.2%
- #12 Duskers
90% matchVery Positive90% of 2,790 reviews2016
Dev: Misfits Attic
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 10.6 hrs≥1hr: 59%
Pilot drones into derelict spaceships to find the means to survive and piece together how the universe became a giant graveyard.
Why similar: Typing 40% ★, Procedural Generation 15.3%, Roguelike 14.9%, Horror 11.4%, Strategy 7.5%
- #13 Life Eater
89% matchVery Positive83% of 378 reviews2024
Dev: Strange Scaffold
Windows
If you don't sacrifice your neighbors, the world ends. Life Eater is a horror fantasy kidnapping simulator where you must become intimately familiar with your targets' lives one intrusive action at a time... and hope that the dark god you serve is even real.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 29.1%, Text-Based 22.6%, Lore-Rich 12.5%, Horror 11.5%, Procedural Generation 9.3%
- #14 Quasimorph
86% matchVery Positive82% of 7,882 reviews2026
Dev: Magnum ScriptumPub: HypeTrain Digital
Windows
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 27.2 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Take on a role of a hardened PMC fighter in a dark turn-based cyberpunk RPG. Engage in unforgiving combat, manage your ship and pile up the bodies of your clones to unravel the dark mystery behind threat to all life.
Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 22%, Procedural Generation 20.9%, Roguelike 19.3%, Choices Matter 14.9%, RPG 11.8%
- #15 Project Afterfall
88% matchMostly Positive77% of 86 reviews2025
Dev: MuHa Games
Windows
Wake to a brutal world of Thea, bent on destroying your colony. Rebuild, Explore the Wastelands, and Gather scarce resources. Will you strike a deal with the ruthless Baba Yaga - or hack a rogue Cyber-Rat to turn it into an ally? A dark strategy-survival RPG with card-based tactical combat.
Why similar: Colony Sim 44.8%, Post-apocalyptic 18.6%, Dark Fantasy 12.7%, RPG 11.2%, Strategy 8.3%
- #16 Below, Rusted Gods
86% matchVery Positive89% of 309 reviews2026
Dev: FromSouthGames
Windows
You are the lifeline supporting an expedition into the unknown. Keep both yourself and your squad alive by interpreting instrument readings, explore the facilities, and uncover something ancient and eager to be born.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 36.2%, Lore-Rich 17.6%, Multiple Endings 12.2%, Horror 11.7%, Choices Matter 11.6%
- #17 Deadnaut: Signal Lost
87% matchVery Positive86% of 96 reviews2023
Dev: Screwfly Studios
Windows · Linux
Deadnaut: Signal Lost is a sci-fi horror turn-based roguelike where loyalty isn't earned - it's installed. Scavenge derelict ships and abandoned moons filled with hellish creatures, brutal AI and insanity storms. Gather gear and upgrades to fight or evade the hi-tech supersoldiers hunting you down.
Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 21.3%, Roguelike 19.5%, Procedural Generation 14.8%, Horror 11.2%, RPG 10.5%
- #18 Songs of Rats
84% matchMostly Positive78% of 51 reviews2025
Dev: Tesseract GamesPub: Salient Games
Windows · Linux
The Wreckage resounds with the echoes of countless songs, filling the air of a constantly shifting maze where bravery and sacrifice are key to staying alive. Then, without warning, one song goes silent. Will you step into this dicey labyrinth and uncover its secrets in this minimalist and dark RPG?
Why similar: Text-Based 27%, Lore-Rich 19%, Roguelike 17.7%, Post-apocalyptic 16.3%, RPG 10.5%
- #19 The Shrouded Isle
85% matchMostly Positive70% of 1,525 reviews2017
Dev: Jongwoo KimPub: Kitfox Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Your Excellency, in this short systems-management survival game, we prepare for the awakening of our Lord. He hungers for human sacrifice. Sinners try to hide their dark secrets, but all must be purged...
Why similar: Lovecraftian 28.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 16.1%, Procedural Generation 14.3%, Horror 11.1%, Multiple Endings 9.5%
- #20 RimWorld
82% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 245,287 reviews2018
Dev: Ludeon Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 59.6 hrsMean: 266.1 hrs≥1hr: 92%
A sci-fi colony sim driven by an intelligent AI storyteller. Generates stories by simulating psychology, ecology, gunplay, melee combat, climate, biomes, diplomacy, interpersonal relationships, art, medicine, trade, and more.
Why similar: Colony Sim 66%, Procedural Generation 14.2%, Strategy 8.5%, Simulation 4.6%, Atmospheric 3.9%
- #21 Revenge Of The Colon
83% matchVery Positive85% of 419 reviews2023
Dev: Lilou Studio
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 67%
Revenge of the colon is a story driven, single-player, atmospheric, body horror game with multiple endings. Perform colonoscopies on five patients and discover the horrors concealed deep within them. PS1 horror style!
Why similar: Horror 27.5%, Choices Matter 21.7%, Multiple Endings 20.4%, Retro 16.2%, Atmospheric 14.3%
- #22 Dead in Antares
82% matchMostly Positive79% of 199 reviews2026
Dev: Ishtar GamesPub: Nacon
Windows
Dead in Antares is a turn-based survival management game with RPG elements, set on an alien planet. Lead a crew of survivors sent on a mission to save humanity. Manage their needs, strengthen their teamwork, and explore this mysterious world to find a way back home.
Why similar: Resource Management 30.9%, Choices Matter 20.7%, RPG 15.3%, Strategy 14.1%, Multiple Endings 10%
- #23 Mind Lure
81% matchMostly Positive77% of 61 reviews2025
Dev: Little Tiger Game
Windows
A Lovecraftian deck-building roguelike. Collect eerie cards and twisted creatures. Strengthen your deck while battling sanity loss in waters haunted by unspeakable entities.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 38.6%, Roguelike 17%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.3%, Strategy 10.1%, Procedural Generation 8.1%
- #24 This Book Is A Dungeon
84% matchMostly Positive72% of 297 reviews2015
Dev: Nathan MeunierPub: Plug In Digital
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Auto-cannibalism. Demonic Seduction. Occult Rituals. Bloodfeasting Worms. This dark, horrific Twine-based dungeon crawler pairs edgy interactive fiction with grisly pixel art and light RPG elements. Navigate this sprawling narrative-driven labyrinth bristling with otherworldly doom.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 40%, Horror 30.8%, Text-Based 29.2%
- #25 DEAD LETTER DEPT.
79% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 1,847 reviews2025
Dev: Mike MonroePub: Belief Engine
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Working at a data entry job in the big city, you type up and transcribe the lost mail and letters that have nowhere else to go. But as the days carry on oddities in the mail start to emerge, and cracks begin to appear.
Why similar: Typing 36.3% ★, Text-Based 21.3%, Horror 12.2%, Procedural Generation 11.9%, Multiple Endings 8%
- #26 Organs Please
81% matchVery Positive83% of 334 reviews2023
Dev: TECHHOMEPub: HeroCraft PC
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 82%
A dark and satirical management sim, where you take control of a recycling factory with a twist: it recycles humans. Your job is to decide who gets to escape our dying planet in a cozy spaceship and who sacrifices their blood, sweat and tears for humanity. Literally.
Why similar: Colony Sim 26.2%, Resource Management 17.4%, Multiple Endings 14.6%, Post-apocalyptic 13%, Choices Matter 12.6%
- #27 Void War
77% matchVery Positive94% of 3,953 reviews2025
Dev: Tundra
Windows
Median: 7.6 hrsMean: 15.1 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Command an ancient starship and fight your way to the heart of a dying Empire. Fend off attacks from demented cultists, craven space pirates, and xenophobic Imperial soldiers. Discover powerful artifacts and use them to build your ship into a fearsome war engine.
Why similar: Procedural Generation 20.8%, Resource Management 18.4%, Roguelike 18%, Choices Matter 15.2%, Strategy 10.9%
- #28 Ascent of Ashes
79% matchMixed70% of 303 reviews2025
Dev: Vivid Storm Interactive
Windows
A colony sim set in a post-apocalyptic dystopia. Build and defend your base. Manage your survivors. Engage raiders, aliens, Remnant soldiers and other factions in real-time-with-pause combat. Or use stealth to outwit them. Explore the massive world. Survive at all costs
Why similar: Colony Sim 77.6%, Strategy 14.7%, Simulation 7.6%
- #29 Alder's Blood: Definitive Edition
80% matchMixed61% of 261 reviews2020
Dev: Shockwork GamesPub: No Gravity Games
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Alder's Blood is a tactical strategy game with stealth-based combat, RPG elements, crafting, resources gathering, and management, exploration, and a rich storyline. Set in a grim world, where mankind killed their God and is facing extinction.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 32.3%, Resource Management 11.8%, Dark Fantasy 11.7%, Roguelike 11.5%, Horror 9.7%
- #30 Shambles: Sons of Apocalypse
77% matchMostly Positive79% of 395 reviews2025
Dev: EXLIXPub: GRAVITY
Windows
“The world you knew is already collapsed.”As an explorer in a bunker, explore a new world 500 years in the future and decide its fate. You can lead the world back to doom or bring it to peace. It all depends on your choices.
Why similar: Text-Based 21.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.4%, Post-apocalyptic 13.8%, Roguelike 13.4%, RPG 9.4%
- #31 MY ADAPTATION IN(TO) HUMAN
78% matchMixed66% of 58 reviews2024
Dev: SpoocleMacBoogle
Windows
You are a body snatching creature. Capture the body, explore the environment, reproduce.
Why similar: Horror 39.1%, RPG 23.3%, Atmospheric 14.4%, Simulation 14.1%, 2D 9%
- #32 Cult of the Yellow King
76% matchVery Positive80% of 128 reviews2025
Dev: Metaphor Games
Windows
A cosmic horror idle game where you build the Yellow King’s cult, spread his living mold, and click yourself hollow. Memory by memory. Scream by silent scream, as the sky blooms with eyes watching your beautiful undoing.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 40.6%, Resource Management 23.5%, Strategy 16.2%, Simulation 8%, Atmospheric 6.1%
- #33 Xenopurge
75% matchVery Positive86% of 458 reviews2025
Dev: TrapticsPub: Firesquid
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 2.8 hrs≥1hr: 57%
Xenopurge is a tactical auto-battler where you are a Commander tasked with purging the Xenos threat. Operate from a remote command center, issuing indirect orders via multi-screen interfaces. Plan routes, set priorities, and adapt as missions escalate and feel the true weight of being in command.
Why similar: Text-Based 27.1%, Procedural Generation 23.8%, Horror 15.8%, Strategy 14.5%, Atmospheric 6.8%
- #34 Space Haven
73% matchVery Positive86% of 11,081 reviews2026
Dev: Bugbyte Ltd.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 20.9 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Embark on a space voyage with your ragtag crew of civilians in search of a new home. Build spaceships tile by tile, create optimal gas conditions, manage the needs and moods of their crew, encounter other space-faring groups, and explore the universe in this spaceship colony simulation.
Why similar: Colony Sim 50.9%, Resource Management 15.3%, Post-apocalyptic 14.8%, Strategy 9.2%, Simulation 4.9%
- #35 Whispers of the Eyeless
75% matchMostly Positive77% of 265 reviews2026
Dev: VenrisPub: Anshar Publishing
Windows
Become a cult leader and unleash divine power in this dark fantasy strategy RPG. You are the villain - you command disciples, outwit enemies in combat, and shape the fate of the fallen city as you awaken the Dead Gods — Wrath, Desire, and Madness.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 33%, Roguelike 17.6%, Dark Fantasy 12.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.3%, Choices Matter 7.1%
- #36 Titan Outpost
78% matchMostly Positive80% of 99 reviews2019
Dev: The Boar Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Titan Outpost is a hard science fiction role-playing game in which you must build a base, manage its crew, develop your character's skills and attributes, and explore Saturn's sixth moon, uncovering its mysteries and harvesting its resources.
Why similar: Colony Sim 49.5%, RPG 25.3%, Simulation 13.4%, Choices Matter 11.9%
- #37 Draft of Darkness
74% matchVery Positive93% of 363 reviews2023
Dev: Crawly Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 11.7 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Draft of Darkness is a survival horror RPG with deck building and roguelike dungeon exploration. Recruit allies, synergize their decks to create powerful card combos. Manage your limited resources and explore procedurally generated maps to determine the story's outcome.
Why similar: Procedural Generation 18.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 15.6%, Post-apocalyptic 14.4%, Roguelike 13.4%, Resource Management 11.1%
- #38 The Deadseat
72% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 647 reviews2025
Dev: Curious Fox Sox
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 2.7 hrs≥1hr: 55%
A horror game where you play a hand-held console in the backseat during a long drive home.
Why similar: Resource Management 22.6%, Roguelike 22.4%, Horror 20%, Lore-Rich 11%, Retro 9.9%
- #39 A Place for the Unwilling
76% matchMostly Positive72% of 72 reviews2019
Dev: ALPixel Games
Windows · Mac
You only have 21 days until this living city dies. The clock is ticking. You can’t be everywhere at once. Decide what to explore, who to meet and see every decision shape the curious stories and terrible secrets of this branching narrative game.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 44.6%, Text-Based 19.7%, Choices Matter 15.4%, Dark Fantasy 11.4%, Atmospheric 5.6%
- #40 Gord
74% matchMixed54% of 1,008 reviews2023
Dev: Covenant.devPub: Team17
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Gord is a single-player adventure strategy. To survive, you must build, but to prevail, you must conquer the darkness beyond the gates. In this dark fantasy world, you must complete quests while managing a populace whose personal stories and well-being decide the fate of your tribe.
Why similar: Colony Sim 37.3%, Procedural Generation 11.9%, Lore-Rich 10.8%, Resource Management 10.5%, Dark Fantasy 10.5%
- #41 Chromosome Evil
73% matchVery Positive82% of 356 reviews2022
Dev: S.C. 16 BIT NIGHTS S.R.L.
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Dive deep into this Lovecraft-inspired RTS survival. Assemble your team using different classes, skills, and weaponry. It's up to your squad to survive the onslaught of nightmares that are surely coming your way. Will you find the source of the darkness?
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 25.4%, Resource Management 24.3%, Choices Matter 18%, Strategy 14%, Atmospheric 10.6%
- #42 Athanasy
71% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 563 reviews2022
Dev: WirionPub: ST Sinovar
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 11.0 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Deep beneath the surface of the dead Earth, the City, the last refuge of humanity, hides. Engineering genius and efforts of all mankind; a giant structure of steel, concrete, and biopolymers. It keeps the remnants of civilization one step away from total extinction.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 20.9%, Text-Based 20.9%, Lore-Rich 13.9%, Post-apocalyptic 13.4%, Horror 9.1%
- #43 SUNLESS SEA
72% matchVery Positive83% of 9,550 reviews2015
Dev: Failbetter Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 10.8 hrs≥1hr: 79%
LOSE YOUR MIND. EAT YOUR CREW. DIE. Take the helm of your steamship and set sail for the unknown! Sunless Sea is a game of discovery, loneliness and frequent death, set in the award-winning Victorian Gothic universe of Fallen London.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 58%, Roguelike 13.8%, Horror 9.7%, RPG 9.4%, Atmospheric 7.1%
- #44 Starless Abyss
70% matchVery Positive86% of 340 reviews2025
Dev: Konafa GamesPub: No More Robots
Windows
Earth has fallen. Science and the Occult have united forces to brace for the arrival of the Eldritch. But will the efforts against this strange, alien race be enough? Play as one of many Proximae used to help defend humanity in this turn-based, roguelike, intergalactic deck builder.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 37.1%, Strategy 15.5%, Procedural Generation 11.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.4%, Roguelike 10.6%
- #45 Surviving the Abyss
70% matchMixed65% of 1,077 reviews2024
Dev: Rocket Flair StudiosPub: Paradox Arc
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Earth, 1976. You have been tasked with managing a deep-sea science facility working to perfect cloning. Explore the darkness and keep your crew alive in this hardcore survival colony builder. And beware. The darkness hides untold horrors.
Why similar: Colony Sim 55.4%, Post-apocalyptic 16.3%, Choices Matter 10.4%, Strategy 8.4%, Atmospheric 5.3%
- #46 The Banished Vault
71% matchMostly Positive78% of 201 reviews2023
Dev: Lunar DivisionPub: Bithell Games
Windows · Mac
A strategy game of exploration, endurance, and space travel on an interstellar gothic monastery. Explore solar systems, harvest resources, construct outposts, and face hazards in the challenging universe of The Banished Vault.
Why similar: Procedural Generation 34.9%, Resource Management 33.3%, Dark Fantasy 17.7%, Strategy 14%
- #47 The Hive
73% matchMostly Positive72% of 436 reviews2016
Dev: Skydome Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 89%
The Hive is a strategy game with RPG elements where you assume command as the insectoid hivemind. Build and expand your underground colony, harvest resources, and evolve your swarm using DNA. Will you survive in this hostile yet beautiful underworld?
Why similar: Lovecraftian 45.8%, Resource Management 18.6%, Lore-Rich 17.6%, Dark Fantasy 9%, Strategy 8.9%
- #48 Sultan's Game
66% matchVery Positive94% of 34,938 reviews2025
Dev: Double CrossPub: 2P Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 12.4 hrsMean: 24.8 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Survive a mad Sultan's reign in this brutal resource management RPG. Draw a card every seven days and complete its challenge. Make dreadful choices to stay alive: will you die a loyal servant, become a kingslayer, or call down the gods' judgement?
Why similar: Lore-Rich 18.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 18%, Dark Fantasy 13.9%, Multiple Endings 12.6%, Choices Matter 12.4%
- #49 Knock on the Coffin Lid
68% matchVery Positive84% of 2,907 reviews2024
Dev: RedBoon
Windows · Mac
Median: 10.0 hrsMean: 22.9 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Investigate your own death, find ways to break free from a time loop, choose a hero who will ascend to the throne and rule the Northern gate! The fates of whole nations of the land of Midian depend on your choices.
Why similar: Roguelike 31%, Dark Fantasy 30.9%, Strategy 16.4%, RPG 15.5%, 2D 6.2%
- #50 Ragnorium
71% matchMixed59% of 624 reviews2022
Dev: Vitali KirpuPub: Devolver Digital
Windows
Lead a team of cloned settlers and build a home on a new planet. Start from the Stone Age, construct sturdy shelters, hunt for food, and fight off dangers. Make your team stronger and better equipped to survive.
Why similar: Colony Sim 35%, Post-apocalyptic 15.2%, Resource Management 13.2%, Roguelike 11.5%, Choices Matter 7.8%
- #51 Chromosome Evil 2
69% matchVery Positive88% of 269 reviews2024
Dev: S.C. 16 BIT NIGHTS S.R.L.
Windows
Dive deep into this Lovecraft-inspired RTS survival for a second time. Assemble your strike team and manage your convoy. It's up to you to survive the onslaught of nightmares that are surely coming your way. Will you find the source of the darkness?
Why similar: Choices Matter 22.7%, Strategy 20.2%, Horror 19.5%, Multiple Endings 15.5%, Resource Management 10.9%
- #52 Omen Exitio: Plague
70% matchVery Positive85% of 638 reviews2018
Dev: Tiny Bull Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Investigate a paranormal disease that threatens to eradicate humanity in this unsettling Lovecraftian adventure, inspired by the choose-your-own-adventure gamebooks of the 80s and 90s. Your choices will determine the story, your character’s destiny… and the future of humanity.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 72.5%, Choices Matter 16.5%, Text-Based 11%
- #53 Shards of Order
65% matchVery Positive90% of 543 reviews2026
Dev: FardustPub: Awaken Realms
Windows
A grim RPG with card-based combat where nothing stays dead. Lead a party of survivors through a world undone by shattered Laws. Restore them and reshape the rules of the game, but be ready to face the consequences.
Why similar: Lore-Rich 29.6%, Dark Fantasy 27.9%, RPG 21.6%, Horror 13.5%, Strategy 7.4%
- #54 Ark of Charon
68% matchMostly Positive76% of 413 reviews2024
Dev: Angoo Inc.Pub: SUNSOFT
Windows
Build a mobile fortress on the back of a giant and mysterious walking Tree and embark on a journey in this merge of tower defense and colony simulation.
Why similar: Colony Sim 66.5%, Strategy 13.6%, Dark Fantasy 12.1%, Simulation 7.7%
- #55 Tomb of the Bloodletter
66% matchVery Positive89% of 116 reviews2026
Dev: Ethan's SecretionsPub: indie.io
Windows
Tomb of the Bloodletter is a strategic word roguelike where your keyboard becomes your arsenal. Use your wit to unleash deadly words through tactical combinations of your letters to defeat the denizens of this dingy tomb and claim the Bloodletter for yourself...
Why similar: Typing 36.6% ★, Text-Based 21.4%, Roguelike 18.5%, Strategy 14%, RPG 6.2%
- #56 BLOODLETTER
66% matchMostly Positive79% of 229 reviews2026
Dev: ALDAMAMI GAMES
Windows
A grim medieval deckbuilder where you use your dubious healing methods to protect bizarre villagers from the corrupting influence of ancient evils.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 49.9%, Dark Fantasy 17%, Choices Matter 14.2%, Strategy 10%, Simulation 5.7%
- #57 THYSIASTERY
66% matchVery Positive82% of 318 reviews2026
Dev: DIRGA
Windows · Linux
THYSIASTERY is a dungeon crawler RPG featuring traditional roguelike and turn-based gameplay. Command a party of bearers of the Brand, drawn into a vast Labyrinth. Recruit while exploring the Labyrinth in hope of finding a way out, and its secrets will be revealed as you delve deeper.
Why similar: Roguelike 24.3%, Dark Fantasy 19.5%, Procedural Generation 19.4%, RPG 14.2%, Horror 9.9%
- #58 Whale Flesh
67% matchMostly Positive72% of 64 reviews2025
Dev: SUPERita
Windows
A short horror game where you dig through the flesh of a giant whale
Why similar: Horror 59.3%, Atmospheric 26%, Retro 14.7%
- #59 NO-SKIN
65% matchVery Positive95% of 1,379 reviews2025
Dev: NoEye-Soft
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Horror Roguelike characterized by an experimental artstyle and storytelling, strategic gameplay and deep mysteries
Why similar: Procedural Generation 16.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 15.5%, Resource Management 14.9%, Roguelike 14.2%, Horror 11.7%
- #60 LONGEYED PROJ
69% matchMixed62% of 103 reviews2022
Dev: wadishTheCreatorPub: WTCD
Windows
Prepare to be assigned to help investigate and identify anomalous creatures called the LONGEYED.
Why similar: Horror 41.3%, Strategy 22.3%, Atmospheric 14.8%, 2D 12.1%, Simulation 9.5%