Games Like The Stamp

When the last thread becomes entangled, their song will be heard.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 22.6%, Dystopian 13.8%, Surreal 12.9%, Text-Based 9.4%, Interactive Fiction 6.8%

HYPNOS is a first-person adventure and exploration game, set in a lovecraftian megastructure fever dream. Enter the Nameless City at the edge of Dreams. Follow the trail into the shadow of the Holy Mountain. Embrace your destiny.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 30.6%, Surreal 14.3%, Psychedelic 10.7%, Horror 9.4%, Choices Matter 7.5%

Set in a post-apocalyptic dystopian future, two young men set out on a journey to find The Great Appearance which manifests itself inside mankind's mind.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 29.2%, Dystopian 16.4%, Text-Based 15%, Interactive Fiction 7.3%, Surreal 6.7%

A literary machination about corporations, conspiracies, and the unspeakable horrors you’ll commit for minimum wage.

Why similar: Text-Based 17.4%, Dystopian 15.4%, Surreal 14%, Interactive Fiction 9.6%, Choices Matter 8.6%

You take a deep breath of salty air as the first raindrops begin to spatter the pavement, and the swollen, slate-colored clouds that blanket the sky mutter ominous portents amongst themselves over the little coastal town of Anchorhead.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 38.1%, Text-Based 22.7%, Interactive Fiction 13.5%, Horror 12%, Story Rich 5.3%

A gothic short story set in the most Blighted city of the North Kingdom.

Why similar: Gothic 18.2% ★, Text-Based 17.5%, Lovecraftian 17.3%, Interactive Fiction 9.4%, Multiple Endings 7%

Where do you run to when your demons reside within you? Decarnation is a pixel art adventure/action puzzle game with a horrific story inspired by some of the most influential films and novels in the genre. Dive into a breathtaking thriller where nightmares and dreams intertwine…

Why similar: Lovecraftian 24.8%, Surreal 20.8%, Psychedelic 12.4%, Emotional 9.5%, Horror 8%

A compilation of two slow-paced, cosmic horror walking simulators, to be completed in under an hour. Please makes you maintain a power station and ignore the noises from the main engine, while Please Follow has you explore the trenches of a losing war, exposing your mind to visions of another world.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 35.9%, Dystopian 14.4%, Horror 9.2%, Surreal 8.4%, Interactive Fiction 7.4%

A slow and atmospheric retro horror game. These hills hide more than just this congregation. Tend this remote church, give services to the needy and you never know... you might just survive the night

Why similar: Lovecraftian 19.6%, Surreal 17.2%, Interactive Fiction 13.2%, Horror 10.4%, Choices Matter 9.9%

As a psychologist, how would you handle your clients falling victim to their own phobias? Find out in this horror visual novel infused with point-and-click gameplay elements.

Why similar: Gothic 16.4% ★, Text-Based 15.4%, Surreal 12.7%, Dystopian 12.4%, Psychedelic 10.7%

In a Bit of Tales is an episodic "kind of" horror game. Featuring 7 unorthodox stories delivered in an omakase-style experience. While each is untangled, They all feature unique experiences.

Why similar: Psychedelic 18.5%, Surreal 15.5%, Abstract 14.7%, Horror 10.1%, Choices Matter 9.2%

Nightmare Tale is an interactive horror novel with dark secrets and intricate puzzles. Take control of the fate of the main character named Tom, who inherited an old hotel. You will have to keep your sanity while discovering the horrifying secrets of the hotel.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 35%, Text-Based 11.9%, Horror 11.2%, Interactive Fiction 10.6%, Multiple Endings 8.6%

Dive into the world based on the Lovecraft universe and its successors. In immersive visual novel discover the secret of the temple and learn the truth about your companions and your father’s past!

Why similar: Lovecraftian 30.2%, Psychedelic 16.6%, Text-Based 12.4%, Horror 9.3%, Multiple Endings 6.6%

A story-driven horror game.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 25.5%, Gothic 21.8% ★, Interactive Fiction 12%, Horror 8.1%, Multiple Endings 7.6%

Not thrilled that fate has led him into the confines of a sinister place, Varlu is left with no choice but to come face to face with many types of demons, including his very own.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 23.6%, Gothic 17% ★, Text-Based 13.9%, Surreal 12.6%, Interactive Fiction 8.2%

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 33.9%, Surreal 12.3%, Choices Matter 10.5%, Horror 9%, Multiple Endings 9%

A rustpunk sci-fi horror game with a touch of dark corporate humor. Operate a free-hanging elevator and explore the depths of a horrific alien world made of living tissue.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 20.6%, Dystopian 18.2%, Surreal 17.7%, Horror 10.4%, Abstract 10.2%

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Why similar: Lovecraftian 35.8%, Surreal 22.9%, Horror 15.4%, Stylized 9.2%, Minimalist 6.8%

Help out a highschool girl as she explores the wonders of social media for the first time, as well as the dangers.

Why similar: Text-Based 20.1%, Surreal 17.1%, Abstract 11.3%, Psychedelic 10.5%, Choices Matter 8.1%

A visual novel about a dystopian country and the things survivors must do to stay alive... The happiest country in the world is now in ruins and only a few remain alive. This couldn't get any worse...

Why similar: Psychedelic 19%, Surreal 17.3%, Dystopian 17%, Text-Based 15.6%, Abstract 9.8%

A top-down psychological horror adventure. After a letter from a lover thought long-lost, a man takes a job as a research scientist in a city torn apart by a strange disease.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 18.6%, Surreal 15.1%, Psychedelic 13.5%, Gothic 11.4% ★, Interactive Fiction 9.4%

The mother vessel is adrift in space, out of fuel and doomed. Your mission is the colony’s only hope for survival. Will you be able to navigate the claustrophobic canyons when your ship begins to fail?

Why similar: Lovecraftian 37.7%, Horror 13.3%, Dystopian 12%, Multiple Endings 10.6%, Stylized 6.5%

Narrative psychological horror in vivid colour. Explore a surreal Icelandic apartment block built by the Devil. Shovel through snow with your bare hands and Converse with other residents while navigating between non-euclidean apartments and gathering money to escape the violence of Grandfather

Why similar: Lovecraftian 25.6%, Surreal 17.7%, Abstract 13.3%, Dystopian 12.2%, Stylized 7.8%

A story about a woman who lives alone near the forest.

Why similar: Surreal 16.4%, Psychedelic 13.3%, Interactive Fiction 10.9%, Horror 10%, Abstract 9.5%

A Place, Forbidden is a first-person, lo-fi horror-puzzle game set in the Library of Ouroboros, a seemingly innocuous library that, rumor has it, contains knowledge not meant for the eyes of mortal man. We hope you enjoy your visit.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 41.2%, Horror 14.3%, Surreal 11.4%, Dark 6.7%, Minimalist 6.3%

Miskatonic is a text-based strategy game where players take the role of an ancient god, determined to harvest fear for power. Incept your victims through dialogues with their psyche, study the limits of their mind by unlocking their stories, and manipulate the maze with powerful abilities.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 45.3%, Text-Based 22.6%, Interactive Fiction 11.9%, Story Rich 7.4%, Choices Matter 4.9%

It's a winter night. You are coming home by train. You have to change trains at a small train station in the middle of the forest.It's not the first time you've traveled this route. But now you feel like something is different.As if something was watching you.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 22.3%, Psychedelic 17.4%, Text-Based 16%, Interactive Fiction 11%, Surreal 8.1%

A visual novel about a girl who escaped from a psychiatric hospital. She is pursued by a strange being from another world — and it seems she’s not the only one who can see visitors from beyond.

Why similar: Text-Based 17%, Surreal 15.9%, Interactive Fiction 11.4%, Abstract 10.2%, Horror 8.7%

Art imitates life. Horrifying, unclean life.

Why similar: Text-Based 19.4%, Lovecraftian 14.2%, Surreal 12.6%, Gothic 12% ★, Interactive Fiction 11.5%

Eyes Over Us is a surreal procedurally generated narrative strategy game were you will play as a Lovecraftian entity watching over two humans being experimented with. The power to change everything it's on your hands..wait? do you even have hands?...tentacles?

Why similar: Lovecraftian 22.6%, Text-Based 14.3%, Surreal 13.3%, Psychedelic 12.8%, Multiple Endings 7.9%

Liquids is a surreal adventure game. When Emma, the actress girlfriend of scientist Albert, dies strangely, police detective Todd investigates the unsolved case, and bizarrely Emma's body appears out of nowhere within many time and space.

Why similar: Psychedelic 16%, Surreal 15.2%, Abstract 9.9%, Interactive Fiction 9.6%, Multiple Endings 9.5%

Necrophosis is a first-person horror adventure, plunging you into a nightmarish realm teeming with grotesque forms and ominous visuals. Delve into eerie landscapes and uncover secrets in this atmospheric journey through the macabre.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 36.1%, Surreal 18.4%, Gothic 10.7% ★, Horror 9.4%, Choices Matter 7.4%

Corpo Connections is a stylistic, narrative-driven, horror adventure game where you match anomalies and their descriptions. Uncover hidden secrets, solve scrambled messages, and piece together the mysterious workings of your new employer.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 30.5%, Surreal 14.5%, Interactive Fiction 12.6%, Horror 8.7%, Choices Matter 8.5%

A Gothic horror faerie tale.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 30.7%, Gothic 15.1% ★, Choices Matter 10.1%, Horror 9.3%, Multiple Endings 9.2%

Biohacker Krimson challenges Visceratum, a biological singularity brewing in the depths of the Soft City. How are the secrets of one's childhood, the rebellion of consciousness, and the plots of deranged corporations intertwined? You are here to unravel this mystery. Or forge a new one?

Why similar: Lovecraftian 19.3%, Surreal 14.3%, Dystopian 11.7%, Horror 8.9%, Multiple Endings 8.1%

Your new colleagues may be demons in disguise. A bleak horror visual novel with point-and-click gameplay.

Why similar: Text-Based 17.3%, Psychedelic 15%, Gothic 10.9% ★, Dystopian 10.4%, Choices Matter 10%

An anthology of 7 horror tales within a connected universe. Join a murderous marshmallow bound by their past down an atmospheric descent, brought into question by an odd game show host. Follow a Witch trying to seduce her love with sweet things. Plus 5 other surprisingly twisted yet emotional tales.

Why similar: Surreal 16.7%, Psychedelic 16.4%, Abstract 12.7%, Horror 10.9%, Multiple Endings 9.9%

Face unspeakable horrors. Succumb to madness. Welcome to a free daemonic narrative experience inspired by H. P. Lovecraft.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 44.3%, Horror 13.8%, Text-Based 12.2%, Interactive Fiction 7.6%, Emotional 5.7%

You will go blind in 291 days. Decide who gets a "Commutator" to survive in the new world. Four endings. Three are pure hell.

Why similar: Psychedelic 17.3%, Text-Based 13.2%, Surreal 12.9%, Dystopian 11.8%, Choices Matter 10.7%

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 29.5%, Psychedelic 13.8%, Dystopian 13.6%, Choices Matter 9.5%, Multiple Endings 9.1%

Enter the loop, explore abstract spaces, find and process bad memories to unfold your story and learn your fate. Fragment tells a story of generational trauma and addiction, you decide whether to break the loop or be consumed by it.

Why similar: Abstract 19.2%, Surreal 17.9%, Emotional 11.2%, Multiple Endings 8.5%, Interactive Fiction 7.9%

Explore the House, a parasite dimension that steals from other worlds, in a train that scuttles on mechanical legs.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 33.9%, Gothic 19.8% ★, Horror 8.5%, Interactive Fiction 8.1%, Text-Based 8.1%

A horror lurks beneath the earth. Terror rises from the past.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 24%, Gothic 21.3% ★, Text-Based 18.3%, Interactive Fiction 10.6%, Horror 7.8%

The Innsmouth Case is a text adventure game inspired by H.P. Lovecraft and the very first text-based adventure to combine horror and comedy in a fit and proper way.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 46.1%, Text-Based 18.6%, Multiple Endings 12.8%, Horror 9.4%, Story Rich 6.5%

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Why similar: Text-Based 24.6%, Surreal 20%, Interactive Fiction 15.6%, Choices Matter 13.7%, Multiple Endings 10.7%

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%, Psychedelic 14%, Horror 11.7%, Surreal 9.4%, Multiple Endings 7.9%

Earth's Center of Gravity is a mystic horror visual novel with multiple endings. The story revolves around Tower Antiques. "No one remembers how long Tower Antiques was there. But it remembers everyone. Even the ones who did not visit it yet." Tower Antiques is waiting for you to write your story.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 20.8%, Surreal 18.7%, Interactive Fiction 10.5%, Horror 10.2%, Text-Based 10%

Experience the hunt for the Monster living in your room in this Visual Novel experience. Your choices will determine the fate of both you and the Monster. Will you figure out what the Monster really is?

Why similar: Text-Based 24.8%, Surreal 19.1%, Interactive Fiction 15%, Horror 11.5%, Choices Matter 11%

You are flesh, blood and bones. A fragile mortal, in a land of something far bigger than yourself.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 43.9%, Text-Based 27.1%, Story Rich 7.3%, Stylized 6.5%, Puzzle 5.2%

A short visual novel about the day to day life of a grieving women. Join her story and make the right decisions so she can get out of a cycle that seems to have no end.

Why similar: Text-Based 15.7%, Psychedelic 15%, Surreal 13.8%, Abstract 11.5%, Choices Matter 8.5%

Saint Kotar is a psychological horror detective game set in a cursed valley in rural Croatia. Investigate the disappearance of your relative in the occult-ridden town of Sveti Kotar as you switch between conflicting realities through the eyes of two godly men.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 30%, Gothic 14.5% ★, Choices Matter 10.6%, Interactive Fiction 9.7%, Horror 9.1%

A psychological surveillance adventure. Observe 16 real-time CCTV feeds as TOBOR, a spy unit uncovering secrets in a dystopian bunker. Monitor suspects, collect evidence, and choose who survives. Multiple endings.

Why similar: Text-Based 16.4%, Dystopian 15.3%, Psychedelic 13.2%, Surreal 12.6%, Interactive Fiction 9.3%

The Crawling Horror is dead, but its legacy of madness lives on!

Why similar: Lovecraftian 22.8%, Gothic 22.1% ★, Text-Based 20.6%, Interactive Fiction 12.2%, Horror 8%

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 35.6%, Dystopian 13.6%, Psychedelic 10.9%, Horror 10.1%, Surreal 8%

Does The Moon Dream is a grid-based action horror game. Psychedelic visuals, meaty melee combat, in a cosmic horror fairy tale. The world is falling apart. People are turning into monsters. Rescue survivors, hack apart monsters, and investigate the source of the 'infection'.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 31.3%, Psychedelic 17.9%, Surreal 12.1%, Horror 10.6%, Multiple Endings 9.4%

From killer dolls to lethal furniture, nothing wooden can be trusted!

Why similar: Lovecraftian 24.1%, Gothic 21.8% ★, Text-Based 19.3%, Interactive Fiction 11.3%, Horror 8%

A game about presence.

Why similar: Psychedelic 24.5%, Surreal 16.5%, Text-Based 15.5%, Interactive Fiction 13.8%, Abstract 9.6%

This is a psychological horror in which we play as a girl who has psychological health problems, and her mother has sent her to the store. Our task is to help her buy groceries.

Why similar: Surreal 16%, Psychedelic 12.8%, Interactive Fiction 12.5%, Text-Based 12.1%, Abstract 10.8%

It all began when you opened that letter. Penned by your late master, it details how you are now heir to his mysterious legacy. You set off for the island on which he'd spent his final years... and so a truly unsettling journey begins, a journey into the deepest secrets of magic and the occult.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 22.6%, Gothic 17.4% ★, Text-Based 13.9%, Surreal 11.1%, Dark 7.8%

You are a father. You wake in a hallway that hums. Empty pools. Dead malls. Your four daughters are here. Voice acted by a real father and his daughters. Two endings. No right answer.

Why similar: Text-Based 19.5%, Surreal 15.8%, Interactive Fiction 12.1%, Emotional 10%, Choices Matter 9.1%