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A macabre ritual murder puts Arkham PD detectives Jack Foster and Harvey Whitman to the test. As the investigation progresses, they will unveil a disturbing connection between the Salem witch trials of the 17th century and the end of humankind.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 74.8%, Adventure 17.8%, Indie 7.4%

Why You'll Like It: A modern take on the investigative adventure genre that focuses on uncovering dark secrets in a classic Lovecraftian setting.

Mythos: The Beginning is a survival horror/adventure rpg based on the pulp-horror and monster movies of the 1930s. Set in London in 1934, Mythos tasks you with creating your own paranormal investigator from scratch and guiding them through an exploration of the infamous Harborough Asylum.

Why similar: RPGMaker 41.7% ★, Lovecraftian 26.4%, RPG 20.6%, Adventure 11.3%

Why You'll Like It: A direct thematic match that utilizes the RPG Maker engine to deliver a classic Lovecraftian investigative experience.

After an encounter with a dreadful horror, detective Lone Carter’s investigation leads him to fateful places as Innsmouth, Arkham and the Antarctic, investigating a series of deaths and mysteries. Play also as Abdul Alhazred and H.P. Lovecraft himself in this Lovecraftian point’n’click adventure.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 85%, Adventure 15%

Why You'll Like It: This point-and-click adventure leans heavily into the source material of H.P. Lovecraft with a distinct, moody art style.

Cyclopean: The Great Abyss is a small scale, mechanics driven CRPG/Roguelike in a retro, monochromatic style, that takes place in the underworld of H.P. Lovecraft's Dreamlands.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 63.2%, RPG 27.1%, Indie 9.7%

Why You'll Like It: A turn-based dungeon crawler that emphasizes the dark, cosmic horror elements and challenging RPG progression.

Experience the quiet terror of this 1-bit love letter to Junji Ito and H.P. Lovecraft. Navigate a hellish roguelite reality with turn-based combat and unforgiving choices. Experiment with your deck of event cards to discover new forms of cosmic horror in every playthrough. The inevitable awaits...

Why similar: Lovecraftian 68.4%, RPG 23.2%, Adventure 8.4%

Why You'll Like It: This game perfectly captures the 1-bit retro aesthetic and Lovecraftian RPG mechanics that define the genre.

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 77.1%, RPG 12.7%, Adventure 10.2%

Why You'll Like It: While more cinematic, it provides the definitive detective-focused Lovecraftian experience that fans of the seed game will appreciate.

Step into the role of a faceless detective investigating creatures from Slavic folklore. Explore dialogue-driven mysteries, solve puzzles, and uncover post-Soviet occult secrets in a pixel art housing block full of bizarre residents and hidden truths

Why similar: Lovecraftian 82.4%, Adventure 17.6%

Why You'll Like It: Combines pixel-graphics with a story-rich, Lovecraftian narrative that feels very similar to the RPG Maker style.

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 53.6%, RPG 30.7%, Indie 11%, Adventure 4.8%

Why You'll Like It: A deep, turn-based RPG that fully immerses the player in a decaying, Lovecraftian world where sanity is a core mechanic.

Conquer the ever changing dungeons of DarkEnd and save the fall of humanity! Choose your heroes and venture into a world filled with numerous treasures, mysterious secrets and discover a haunting past in this 10+ hours of retro 2D Dungeon-Crawling!

Why similar: RPGMaker 78.3% ★, RPG 15.3%, Indie 6.4%

Why You'll Like It: A classic dungeon-crawler built in RPG Maker that prioritizes exploration and dark, thematic storytelling.

Enter a bizarre and idiosyncratic world! Adventure into the unknown, and defeat horrid monsters! A story of Love, Loss, and the end of the Multiverse.

Why similar: RPGMaker 51% ★, RPG 25%, Adventure 12.1%, Indie 11.8%

Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric RPG Maker game that shares the same indie, adventure-focused DNA as the seed title.

Become a Secret Agent and investigate paranormal activities in this dark Lovecraftian universe. This Alternate Reality Game will have you explore complex puzzles in-game but also in real-life; interacting with real websites, companies, and NPCs that we created as part of our universe.

Why similar: RPG 51.6%, Indie 26.5%, Adventure 21.9%

Why You'll Like It: An immersive, puzzle-heavy experience that captures the feeling of a secret agency investigating the unknown.

Something ancient and evil is stirring in Victorian England. Only you can stop it. Journey to the brink of madness and beyond as you set forth alone into the dark.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 80.6%, Adventure 13.6%, Indie 5.8%

Why You'll Like It: This title excels at building atmospheric tension through pixel art, mirroring the investigative mystery found in the seed game.

Try on the role of a Supernatural Newspaper Agency boss and editor. The world it takes place in is a dark and haunted one, with ghosts, zombies, monsters and even shapeshifting murderers, pretending to be human after they have stolen their victims' bodies or infiltrated the humanity.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 47.6%, RPG 25.4%, Indie 13.8%, Adventure 13.2%

Why You'll Like It: A unique simulation-RPG that tasks players with investigating supernatural occurrences, fitting the detective theme perfectly.

In this detective RPG, you untangle a thick web of intrigues, lies, and secrets that surround a mysterious death. Find the origin of eerie telegraph signals, question the villagers, decipher the strange symbols that are suddenly appearing all over town - and hide from the danger lurking in the moor.

Why similar: RPG 63.8%, Adventure 36.2%

Why You'll Like It: A mystery-focused detective game that emphasizes exploration and narrative depth in a dark, atmospheric setting.

A mystery adventure game set in a present-day Lovecraftian universe.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 53.3%, Adventure 38.7%, Indie 8%

Why You'll Like It: A retro-styled adventure game that leans into the horror and Lovecraftian themes of the 1920s era.

Hotel Sowls is an eerie mystery adventure. You are a pharmacist who, after a long and grueling journey, finally acquires a rare and enigmatic stone; only to have it stolen overnight at Hotel Sowls. Can you recover the stone and uncover the secrets hidden within this strange and unsettling hotel?

Why similar: Adventure 50.9%, Indie 49.1%

Why You'll Like It: A surreal, mystery-adventure game that uses a distinct art style to create an unsettling, investigative atmosphere.

Become the custodian of a store dealing in occult antiquities. Explore the quaint and gloomy town of Undermere, where strange goings-on and dark mysteries abound. Find and identify arcane artefacts, use your collection to aid the townsfolk with their unusual problems — and remember to pet your cat!

Why similar: Lovecraftian 80.4%, Adventure 19.6%

Why You'll Like It: A mystery-puzzle game that deals with the discovery of ancient, dark artifacts, mirroring the plot of the seed game.

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 77%, Adventure 23%

Why You'll Like It: A narrative-heavy horror game where choices matter, appealing to players who enjoy the story-driven nature of the seed game.

The Startling Developments Detective Agency springs into action as On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness 3 begins, set in motion by a call from a mysterious source. The ever escalating perils on the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness will season our tender heroes to their very core!

Why similar: Lovecraftian 64.5%, RPG 22.7%, Indie 8.7%, Adventure 4.1%

Why You'll Like It: A turn-based JRPG that surprisingly captures the Lovecraftian detective aesthetic through a retro, 16-bit lens.

Dark Scavenger is a bizarre point-and-click RPG adventure with a focus on exploration, gaining loot, and meaningful choices. Filling the role of a powerful space traveler, you find yourself stranded on a mysterious alien planet. Will you save the world or just yourself?

Why similar: RPG 46.7%, Lovecraftian 28.3%, Adventure 12.8%, Indie 12.2%

Why You'll Like It: A quirky, choose-your-own-adventure style RPG that shares the indie spirit and narrative focus of the seed game.

Dream Sketcher is a 1-4 player investigative adventure game. As an investigator of the special agency Dreamland Security, you will form a team and enter the weirdest dreams to conduct brain-diving investigation. Danger is imminent, investigate, make choices, roll the dice, and fight!

Why similar: Lovecraftian 52.4%, RPG 25.4%, Adventure 12.5%, Indie 9.6%

Why You'll Like It: A dark fantasy RPG that emphasizes character choices and narrative exploration in a mysterious world.

A new kind of detective game that allows you to think and investigate freely. Discover clues surrounding 12 strange and gruesome deaths and build your own theory. Pick your suspect, deduce the motive, unmask the awful truth.

Why similar: Adventure 100%

Why You'll Like It: A brilliant detective game that focuses on piecing together dark, supernatural events through observation and deduction.

Take on the role of a private investigator in this immersive detective simulator. Solve murders and other crimes in a procedurally generated and persistent city where every NPC lives and breathes their own independent lives. Find the killer quickly… or they will kill again!

Why similar: RPG 49.6%, Adventure 26.8%, Indie 23.6%

Why You'll Like It: A procedural detective game that allows for deep investigation, perfect for those who enjoy the detective role in the seed game.

Getting away with murder has never been easy. These three members of a proud and noble family are separated by five centuries, but have in common a vengeful and murderous intent. Plans must be formed, blood must be spilled and evidence must be planted ...

Why similar: RPG 44.9%, Adventure 30.1%, Indie 25%

Why You'll Like It: A dark, story-rich RPG Maker title that focuses on crime and investigation within a constrained, atmospheric setting.

Follow the Dark Path into a world of Druidic lore and Celtic myths. It is the Autumn Equinox on Barrow Hill, a time of great power, when the ancient standing stones are at their most powerful and dangerous. You have one night to make the offerings, follow the Dark Path and escape Barrow Hill.

Why similar: Adventure 55.7%, Indie 44.3%

Why You'll Like It: A point-and-click horror adventure that focuses on uncovering ancient, unsettling mysteries in a rural setting.

Darkest Dungeon is a challenging gothic roguelike turn-based RPG about the psychological stresses of adventuring. Recruit, train, and lead a team of flawed heroes against unimaginable horrors, stress, disease, and the ever-encroaching dark. Can you keep your heroes together when all hope is lost?

Why similar: Lovecraftian 65%, RPG 29.2%, Indie 5.8%

Why You'll Like It: A challenging RPG that perfectly captures the psychological toll and cosmic horror inherent in Lovecraftian settings.

Kill the Shadow is a detective game with multiple endings, featuring 2.5D pixel art and semi-open exploration and investigation. Play as Lucas, a former police officer, alongside a mysterious Shadow who can see the “past.” Remember—every choice you make will change the fate of countless characters!

Why similar: RPG 65.3%, Adventure 34.7%

Lovecraft’s Untold Stories is an action roguelite with RPG elements. Explore randomly generated levels based in Lovecraft's stories, fight cultists and all kinds of monsters from the Mythos, improve your gear, solve puzzles, and find clues and knowledge to defeat the Great Old Ones.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 62.7%, RPG 17.8%, Adventure 10.3%, Indie 9.2%

Why You'll Like It: An action-RPG that brings the monsters and lore of Lovecraft to life with a focus on exploration and combat.

The horribly toxic Swamp King has risen once again! Gather your party and set out on an open world, retro-styled, RPG adventure. Powerful mystical artifacts are scattered about the world, each able to grant you new powers. Which will you choose? What is your destiny?

Why similar: RPG 68.2%, Indie 31.8%

Why You'll Like It: A retro-style RPG that focuses on exploration and the discovery of ancient artifacts in a non-linear world.

In a world filled with yōkai, a surging dark power has overshadowed a Japanese town. A group of 2 developers have produced a Japanese pixel adventure game to tell a tale that dates back to the Heisei era...In the name of dreams and passion.

Why similar: RPGMaker 69.9% ★, RPG 16.2%, Adventure 7%, Indie 7%

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 73.3%, Adventure 16.4%, Indie 10.2%

Why You'll Like It: A first-person exploration game that dives deep into the lore and atmosphere of Lovecraftian cosmic horror.

An auto-RPG with strategic combat, deep crafting and programming elements, animated entirely in ASCII-art. In a realm of perpetual darkness, a single stone could change everything...

Why similar: RPG 55.2%, Adventure 25.6%, Indie 19.3%

A Lovecraftian investigative gamebook. New York, 1927. A case pulled from real history, wrapped in cosmic horror. His name was Billy Gaffney. The man who took him was real. But his purpose was from another plane of existence. You play a journalist. You make choices. The story remembers all of them.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 100%

A suspense puzzle game that explores scenes, collects objects, solves puzzles, and cracks well-designed organ puzzles. There are different endings depending on the player's choice of branch.

Why similar: RPGMaker 50.2% ★, RPG 24.8%, Adventure 12.9%, Indie 12%

a psychological visual novel where you investigate the souls of the dead. spend time with them, analyze their past, file reports to decide their eternal fate.

Why similar: RPG 56.8%, Adventure 43.2%

You are thrown into a weird world by the machine Garage. Can you escape from it?

Why similar: Adventure 100%

In this game, you will play a policeman who is transferred to Nabos from out of town. The crime rate here remains high all the year round, and ancient gangs and cults are entrenched here. you will be close to the city's innermost and darkest secret. What choice should you make then?

Why similar: Lovecraftian 56.1%, RPG 24.3%, Adventure 10.8%, Indie 8.9%

The Stone of Madness is a real-time tactical stealth game set in an 18th-century Spanish Monastery. Five prisoners pool their skills and resources to face their phobias, stave off insanity, uncover the mysteries of the Monastery, and find a way to escape.

Why similar: RPG 71.9%, Adventure 28.1%

Grab your trench coat, tune your sixth sense and join the Darkside Division as they investigate the outright bizarre, the downright dangerous and the confusing cases of Twin Lakes. Flesh-hungry tentacles, mafian zombies, and the occasional missing sock are no match for The Darkside Detective.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 57.8%, Adventure 24.7%, Indie 17.5%

Ruzar - The Life Stone is a dungeon crawler RPG game in which you play an adventurer who needs to discover the powerful Life Stone. Do you have the skills to survive in the deadliest dungeons of the Mountain of Ruz and recover the legendary artefact?

Why similar: RPG 76.8%, Adventure 23.2%

You play as a young mercenary and travel from soul to soul to avenge your fiance and her family. While finding a way to change the flow of past events, you will encounter many obstacles and meet new allies. Will you be brave enough?

Why similar: RPGMaker 58.9% ★, RPG 27.2%, Indie 7.2%, Adventure 6.8%

Introducing “Dark Grim Mariupolis”, a classic adventure game set in a world, combining noir, Greek mythology, magic, mysticism, hopeless entourage of Greco-Roman Age of Decadence and stifling everyday routine. Encourage yourself and step into darkness…

Why similar: Adventure 53.3%, Indie 46.7%

Navigate the eerie world of Dreams in the Witch House, a unique blend of point-and-click and RPG-adventure. Unravel occult mysteries in Arkham, maintain your sanity, and survive the May-Eve in this Lovecraftian horror game.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 62.4%, RPG 24%, Adventure 13.7%

The Thaumaturge is a character-driven RPG with a rich story, morally ambiguous choices, and turn-based combat. In a city on the brink of change, use your mystical powers to read emotions, uncover motives, and command folklore-inspired demons — while resisting the temptation of your own pride.

Why similar: RPG 75.3%, Adventure 24.7%

A narrative detective game blended with supernatural elements. Play as a rookie investigator, discover vital clues in every case, dive into unscripted interrogations and uncover truths that break minds. But with each revelation, the world feels... less human.

Why similar: RPG 54.6%, Adventure 28.4%, Indie 17%

Frail Hearts: Versicorae Domlion is an old-school JRPG with a deep and mysterious storyline placed in a fictional dark city of Gris. Explore the story of four troubled souls and kill the abominations that threaten the existence of reality itself.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 63.3%, RPG 23.6%, Indie 13.2%

Classified Stories: The Tome of Myrkah is a first-person, micro-adventure game that tells the story of P.I. Jim Morrison's encounters with the occult and the extraordinary. Explore your surroundings and solve puzzles in order to uncover the harrowing story of your friend's descent into insanity.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 51.8%, Adventure 24.9%, Indie 23.3%

Explore disturbing corners of the human psyche. Delve into a dimension of nightmares, the occult and a tense psychological world created in classic Lovecraftian style. As police detective Howard E. Loreid, you are tasked to solve the murder of Clark Field, a wealthy man involved in the occult.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 69.9%, Adventure 18.8%, Indie 11.3%

California, 1986: A group of friends discover a mysterious pink stone that allows travel between two realms. This gang will live the summer of their lives in an adventure that will get them involved in a government conspiracy. Control five kids with special skills while fighting and solving puzzles.

Why similar: Adventure 55.1%, Indie 44.9%

Your Grandpa descends into madness in a family cosmic horror. Dig cursed relics, meet eldritch beings, and awaken a forgotten God.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 88.4%, Adventure 11.6%

Play the role of Professor Dyer, a geologist at Miskatonic University who travelled to Antarctica in 1930 as the leader of a research expedition, in this 3D first-person horror survival adventure game.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 70.5%, Adventure 15.6%, Indie 13.9%

In a third-person RPG detective story, set in Bavaria in 1866, the medical student Valentin Schmidt travels to Wolpertshofen, when a sudden death causes turmoil in the village. Use your skills, find clues and question the villagers to stop the murders.

Why similar: RPG 58.9%, Adventure 41.1%

Join Terret in his small, but dangerous adventure through a mysterious and forgotten land of Dasthir

Why similar: Adventure 46%, RPG 35.8%, Indie 18.2%

A tactical, turn-based RPG from the makers of Legend of Grimrock games. Every action, every turn counts as you control your party of heroes through challenging, handcrafted missions in the ancient, mist-clad Menhir Forest.

Why similar: RPG 46.1%, Indie 28.5%, Adventure 25.4%

The world is dying. Many years after the banishment of the evil that plagued the land, the world was hit by waves of unbearable heat. Now in order to save the world the band of young adventurers have set upon a quest to vanquish the Sun.

Why similar: RPGMaker 39.6% ★, Indie 30.2%, RPG 20.3%, Adventure 9.8%

Lord Draak's henchmen are spreading chaos in Uma. Are you going to let them get away with it?

Why similar: RPG 100%

A surrealist text-based RPG. You will explore an island, solve puzzles, and fight enemies, all in your attempt to get the Dark Egg.

Why similar: RPG 61%, Adventure 20.5%, Indie 18.5%

Chronicle of Innsmouth is a point'n'click adventure inspired by Lucas' retro classics from the 90s and H.P. Lovecraft's works. Investigate, gather info and solve enigmas to unveil the secrets of the cursed town of Innsmouth, a forsaken place surrounded by horrifying rumors.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 79.9%, Adventure 20.1%

Menace from the Deep is an enthralling Roguelike Deckbuilding card game that unfolds in a dark world, drawing inspiration from Howard Lovecraft and the Cthulhu Mythos.Set against the backdrop of 1920s USA, the narrative revolves around a clandestine occult society.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 77.5%, Indie 11.3%, Adventure 11.2%

Detective Bloodphobia is a black-and-white noir visual novel with point-and-click investigations and deduction gameplay.

Why similar: RPGMaker 75.9% ★, Indie 15.6%, Adventure 8.5%