Games Like This Book Is A Dungeon

Fear & Hunger is a horror dungeon crawler set in the dark and hopeless dungeons of fear and hunger. The game is a hybrid of survival horror and dungeon crawler genres with its influences ranging from Silent Hill to Nethack. There are roguelike elements to the game as well as a heavy foundation of a j-RPG.

Why similar: Horror 33.9%, Dungeon Crawler 29.4%, Lovecraftian 23.6%, Indie 7.4%, Adventure 5.7%

"Choose your own adventure" style nightmares

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 32.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 26.1%, Horror 17.2%, Text-Based 11.2%, Adventure 7.4%

KILL YOUR GOD. BECOME WORTHY. Horripilant is a chilling idle incremental dungeon crawl through the horrors of a forgotten underworld.

Why similar: Dungeon Crawler 60%, Horror 40%

A horrific retro point and click adventure with combat

Why similar: Dungeon Crawler 32.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 29.4%, Horror 26%, Adventure 11.9%

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: Dungeon Crawler 78%, Horror 22%

A dark fantasy RPG dungeon crawler, with challenging real-time tactical combat, a wide variety of spells, and a dark and brooding dungeon full of lethal enemies, sadistic traps, and mind-bending puzzles.

Why similar: Dungeon Crawler 42.2%, Horror 23.2%, Lovecraftian 17.6%, Adventure 9.4%, Indie 7.6%

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

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 33.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 28.6%, Horror 18.3%, Text-Based 15.7%, Adventure 3.8%

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

Why similar: Lovecraftian 27.5%, Horror 22.1%, Interactive Fiction 18.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.9%, Text-Based 7.7%

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 30.5%, Interactive Fiction 29.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.8%, Indie 7.9%, Adventure 6.5%

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: Dungeon Crawler 53.2%, Lovecraftian 38.8%, Indie 8%

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: Interactive Fiction 33.2%, Lovecraftian 21.9%, Horror 20.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.8%, Text-Based 4%

Hellslave is a dark fantasy dungeon crawler where you make a pact with the Devil to fight back a demon invasion. Customize your character with powerful demonic abilities, explore a cursed world, and battle nightmarish enemies to save humanity if you can resist the darkness.

Why similar: Dungeon Crawler 58.9%, Horror 20.9%, Adventure 11%, Indie 9.3%

Play as a mighty Blood Wizard on a quest to escape a death-loop of psychedelic dungeons. Slay disgusting creatures using a large array of bladed weapons and unnerving spells, harness the power of cursed rings, find mysterious treasures, and learn the secrets of the universe you are trapped in.

Why similar: Dungeon Crawler 60.2%, Horror 30.2%, Adventure 9.6%

A highly stylized horror adventure game set in the depths of an ancient dungeon. With torch in hand, explore and find a way to escape before falling prey to the unspeakable horror that lurks within.

Why similar: Dungeon Crawler 64.4%, Horror 35.6%

A 2D exploration adventure game set in a creepy, mysterious art gallery.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 47.8%, Horror 38.6%, Indie 13.6%

Roadwarden is an illustrated text-based RPG that uses isometric pixel art and combines mechanics borrowed from RPGs, Visual Novels, adventure games and interactive fiction.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 32.4%, Text-Based 24.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 24.5%, Adventure 10.3%, Indie 7.8%

A typing-driven Lovecraftian colony sim. You wake inside the corpse of a dead god, adrift in space. Carve a roguelike colony from procedurally generated anatomy. Negotiate with rival alien factions, evolve occult mutations, find your ending. The carcass remembers.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 40.2%, Horror 30.8%, Text-Based 29%

🐙Original сomics style game inspired by the works of Howard Phillips Lovecraft - a recognized master of the horror genre. You have to avoid traps, solve puzzles and react very fast fleeing from Lovecraftian horrors which fill the labyrinth of the Temple of Nameless Cults.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 59.6%, Adventure 21.4%, Indie 19.1%

The Door in the Basement is an atmospheric pixelated horror game set in a mysterious subterranean world.

Why similar: Horror 62.7%, Adventure 20.8%, Indie 16.5%

Every why has a wherefore. You are trapped, and you must escape. But is that really the goal? Centum is an unreliable narrative-driven adventure where everything may be a lie.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 35.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 29%, Horror 19.3%, Adventure 10.1%, Indie 6.3%

M.E.A.T. is a pixel art RPG game in a horror sci-fi setting, with renowned fight, movement and character development systems. Unravel the mystery of a sinister substance and become the hero of a small Canadian city during the Gold Rush era.

Why similar: Dungeon Crawler 44.6%, Lovecraftian 24.5%, Horror 22.4%, Adventure 8.4%

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 40.8%, Horror 33.8%, Adventure 14.2%, Indie 11.3%

An adult tale of lust and horror in the vein of HP Lovecraft. Take on the part of a former detective who could never let go of the last terrible case he worked. One day his old partner comes knocking, begging for help.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 26.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.9%, Lovecraftian 19.5%, Horror 15.8%, Text-Based 11.9%

Combining its own unique take on the real-time roguelike genre, with a nostalgic 16-bit look and feel, Diehard Dungeon is a game that feels both familiar and quite different at the same time. Followed by a trusty, treasure collecting companion chest, you must make your way through the dungeons many randomly-generated rooms and levels.

Why similar: Dungeon Crawler 42.2%, Indie 31%, Adventure 26.8%

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

Why similar: Lovecraftian 30.8%, Interactive Fiction 29.5%, Horror 19.9%, Text-Based 7.6%, Indie 7.4%

Vlad Circus: Curse of Asmodeus drags you into a sordid world of mirrors and shadows where the demon lurks. Dare to take on this macabre pixel-art graphic adventure of horror and madness. Solve puzzles and explore two parallel timelines.

Why similar: Horror 63.2%, Adventure 25.4%, Indie 11.4%

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: Horror 46.5%, Lovecraftian 45.2%, Adventure 8.3%

I Can't Escape: Darkness is a quicksand trap for the senses - the more you listen and look for clues, the deeper you fall into a damp, living dungeon. Plunge into the depths and scrape together whatever tools you can find, then try to escape one of the most diabolical puzzles of all time!

Why similar: Dungeon Crawler 38.3%, Horror 37.6%, Adventure 13.4%, Indie 10.7%

Take the role of an incubus or succubus. Seduce mortals into perverse servitude. Subject them to monstrous transformations.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 37.8%, Horror 20.6%, Text-Based 20.1%, Lovecraftian 17.8%, Indie 3.7%

The Fortress is a dark fantasy dungeon crawler with turn-based combat, mixing strategy and risk. Choose a class, delve into cursed chambers, roll dice to fight brutal enemies, and grab loot. Face tough choices, survive epic bosses, and fight to escape... or fall to the shadows

Why similar: Dungeon Crawler 57.4%, Horror 25%, Adventure 15.1%, Indie 2.5%

Fight horrific enemies and utilize powerful spell fusions to overcome the cruel fate of mages and see the light of freedom.

Why similar: Dungeon Crawler 50.2%, Lovecraftian 27.5%, Indie 13.9%, Adventure 8.5%

A dark and surreal puzzle adventure set in a decaying town where veins pulse through ruined structures and the night hums with unfamiliar life.

Why similar: Dungeon Crawler 58.4%, Horror 34.9%, Adventure 6.7%

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: Interactive Fiction 38.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 34.5%, Text-Based 16.2%, Adventure 6%, Indie 4.8%

You are a body snatching creature. Capture the body, explore the environment, reproduce.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 50.1%, Horror 34.4%, Adventure 15.4%

Care is an atmospheric first person horror game with puzzle elements, where your choices have consequences. Be observant with your surroundings and unravel the horrific secrets that hide within these walls.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 34.1%, Horror 21.5%, Lovecraftian 21.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.1%, Adventure 4%

A dark fantasy RPG blending dungeon crawling, turn-based combat and roguelike mechanics with hand-drawn art and written storytelling. Part solo tabletop campaign, part choose-your-own-adventure, it offers an immersive experience designed for both quick ventures and night-long sessions.

Why similar: Dungeon Crawler 51.9%, Lovecraftian 24.7%, Text-Based 23.4%

Save people from terrible paranormal dangers as a support operator of a secret SCP-like organization! Ask questions, give advice and watch the consequences of your choices... multiple endings in each story ;-)

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 32.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 29.2%, Horror 16.7%, Text-Based 14%, Adventure 5.4%

Blood Soaked Bastard! Is an RPG set in a dreary medieval fantasy setting. Become a much abhorred Blood Knight and kill monsters in turn based combat, alongside a cast of freakish companions. Draw the blood of wretched monsters, you Bastard!

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 39.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 32.4%, Horror 17.8%, Adventure 10.7%

A dungeon crawl RPG set in an otherworldly realm beneath an old school building. Explore again and again, restore your base, and find your way back to everyday life.

Why similar: Dungeon Crawler 79.2%, Horror 20.8%

A surreal dice-based RPG in a cursed city of gut-wrenching suffering. Here, your choices shape your skills and your appearance. Survive the city's hellish trials, meet tortured characters, and develop your own unique identity. Every choice matters as your actions will literally shape you.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 72.3%, Adventure 19.6%, Indie 8.2%

The oldest and most abhorrent Prophecy has become reality. This is endless and merciless warfare for Buriedbornes, army can revive forever.

Why similar: Dungeon Crawler 33.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 24%, Lovecraftian 15.2%, Text-Based 14.8%, Horror 12.1%

You are a monster under someone's house.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 59.7%, Horror 40.3%

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: Interactive Fiction 37.7%, Lovecraftian 24%, Horror 22.7%, Text-Based 15.5%

Gloomgrave is a roguelike turn-based dungeon crawler where you will explore, loot, and fight your way through the ever-shifting dungeon to defeat the evil that lies below.

Why similar: Dungeon Crawler 74.5%, Adventure 12.9%, Indie 12.6%

Wander through intricate maze under the bed, and discover the secrets hidden in the long, dark tunnels. Document the existence of monsters. Retrieve the stolen treasures and memories.

Why similar: Horror 65.7%, Adventure 22.9%, Indie 11.4%

In an AI-powered age where original authors have become largely redundant, play as a dejected writer on the brink of losing their creative drive forever.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 38.9%, Horror 27.8%, Text-Based 21.1%, Adventure 9.5%, Indie 2.7%

Grid-Based First Person Dungeon Crawler set in a Dark Fantasy version of the Imperial Rome. Create and develop your party, explore catacombs, manage your Gladiatorial School and fight demons and undead to free Rome. Inspired by old-school cRPG from the 80s and 90s.

Why similar: Dungeon Crawler 76.9%, Horror 14.3%, Indie 8.8%

An immersive choose-your-own-adventure survival horror with optional adult content featuring hand drawn backgrounds, sprites, and over 150 pieces of full screen art- and 50 endings.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 35.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 35.4%, Horror 28.8%

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: Choose Your Own Adventure 26.6%, Interactive Fiction 23.2%, Lovecraftian 22.9%, Horror 16%, Text-Based 11.4%

Inscryption is an inky black card-based odyssey that blends the deckbuilding roguelike, escape-room style puzzles, and psychological horror into a blood-laced smoothie. Darker still are the secrets inscrybed upon the cards...

Why similar: Horror 88.5%, Adventure 11.5%

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 55.8%, Horror 37.4%, Adventure 6.8%

Endacopia is a Point-and-Click Puzzle Adventure that is visually reminiscent of early computer edutainment games... with underlying horrors.

Why similar: Horror 68.8%, Adventure 31.2%

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 49.9%, Horror 29.8%, Indie 13.7%, Adventure 6.7%

Retro turn-based 2D pixelart RPG. Exploration, character choices, riddles and challenges. 80+ hours of gameplay.

Why similar: Adventure 53.3%, Indie 46.7%

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 41.6%, Interactive Fiction 25.8%, Text-Based 19.3%, Adventure 13.3%

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Why similar: Interactive Fiction 61%, Horror 39%

Doorways: Holy Mountains of Flesh is an Immersive Horror Adventure, featuring a Complex Story and Deep Atmosphere.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 40%, Horror 34.2%, Adventure 14.3%, Indie 11.5%

Roguecraft DX is a turn-based roguelike set in a Lovecraftian dungeon that rebuilds itself every run. Fight tentacled horrors and scary chickens, and free a caged badger who'll fetch loot for you. Compact runs that respect your time: die, learn, and dive right back in!

Why similar: Dungeon Crawler 58.3%, Lovecraftian 41.7%

A pull-apart puzzle visual novel whose fragments stitch the story together.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 35%, Choose Your Own Adventure 31%, Horror 18.9%, Text-Based 15%

You are the Entangled One, a malformed entity. Traverse the flesh wastes under the eye of an eternal eclipse. Delve deep into the planet's guts. Uncover a fleshy ecosystem. Engage in deliberate, challenging combat, using your whiplike arms and collectible sub attacks to augment your combat style!

Why similar: Lovecraftian 59.1%, Horror 40.9%