- #1 Classified Stories: The Tome of Myrkah
97% matchMostly Positive76% of 55 reviews2021
Dev: RVL Games
Windows
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 29.5%, Detective 16.7%, Puzzle 8.2%, Adventure 8.2%, Psychological Horror 8.2%
- #2 Call of Cthulhu®
96% matchMostly Positive79% of 13,959 reviews2018
Dev: Cyanide StudioPub: Focus Entertainment
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 86%
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 53.2%, Detective 17.1%, Psychological Horror 9.9%, First-Person 5.2%, Mystery 4.1%
- #3 The Night Is Long
96% matchPositive85% of 48 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 40.8%, Psychological Horror 11%, Puzzle 9.9%, Exploration 8.5%, First-Person 7.2%
- #4 Sublustrum
95% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Brickworks Games
Windows
Enter a mysterious machine built to explore the human subconscious and complete your brother’s final experiment. Descend into a world where memories become places, solve sound-driven puzzles, and uncover a hidden truth in this first-person narrative adventure.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 29.6%, Detective 18%, Puzzle 11.9%, Psychological Horror 11.8%, First-Person 6.7%
- #5 Lighthouse of Madness
94% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Flying Jack StudiosPub: Flying Jack Productions
Windows
Embark on this Lovecraft-inspired tale and discover the mysteries that await you on this island. Explore the island, solve challenging puzzles, and most importantly: try not to lose your sanity.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 43.9%, Puzzle 12.9%, Psychological Horror 11.4%, First-Person 9.6%, Mystery 5.3%
- #6 Cthulhu: The Cosmic Abyss
94% matchMixed57% of 372 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 38.7%, Detective 14.4%, Psychological Horror 10.6%, First-Person 6.7%, Exploration 6.3%
- #7 Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened (2008)
93% matchMostly Positive74% of 907 reviews2009
Dev: Frogwares
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 11.0 hrs≥1hr: 74%
The Sherlock Holmes series returns with this updated version of The Awakened, which brings a whole new dimension to the original title developed by Frogwares. The game puts the player into an investigation of the Cthulhu Mythos - as imagined by Father of modern horror, H.P. Lovecraft.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 50.5%, Detective 24.7%, Adventure 11.7%, Puzzle 4.8%, Mystery 4.4%
- #8 Please Duology
92% matchPositive95% of 22 reviews2021
Dev: Somewhat Software
Windows
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 40.7%, Psychological Horror 10.7%, First-Person 9.8%, Exploration 8.4%, Puzzle 7%
- #9 EMOTIONLESS : The Last Ticket
91% matchVery Positive81% of 138 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 39.9%, Psychological Horror 12.2%, First-Person 6.7%, Puzzle 6.3%, Dark 6.3%
- #10 Darkness Within 1: In Pursuit of Loath Nolder
91% matchMostly Positive73% of 637 reviews2014
Dev: Stormling StudiosPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 54%
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 47.9%, Detective 14.6%, Psychological Horror 10.6%, Puzzle 9.5%, Adventure 7.4%
- #11 The Mariner
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Flantastic Games
Windows
Enter into a Horror Adventure Lovecraftian-inspired story. As your sanity begins to erode, and armed with only a oil-lit lantern, work to unlock and uncover the secrets of the ship. Yet be aware, for something ancient and unknowable stirs within the suffocating darkness of the ship's maw...
Why similar: Lovecraftian 47.7%, Puzzle 13.9%, First-Person 12.3%, Adventure 5.2%, Exploration 5.1%
- #12 The Fall of Zorata
89% matchPositive91% of 11 reviews2026
Dev: IndieCain
Windows
Free Lovecraftian first-person puzzle game, 20~30 min linear story. Explore an underground palace, collect ritual items, and trigger a golden relic through chain puzzles—never touch it yourself. Includes 12 achievements, 3 save slots, 7 languages, and a full ending cinematic.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 43.5%, Detective 17.1%, Psychological Horror 10.8%, Puzzle 9.6%, First-Person 9.2%
- #13 ECHO OF FEAR: Vol.1 Night Visit
88% 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 35%, Detective 19%, First-Person 6.7%, Realistic 6.5%, Exploration 6.3%
- #14 Arkham Detective
87% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Skellyboy Studios AS
Windows
Arkham Detective is an immersive and captivating psychological thriller that unfolds within the eerie and otherworldly universe crafted by the master of cosmic horror, H.P. Lovecraft.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 40.7%, Detective 21.2%, Puzzle 8.8%, First-Person 6.3%, Exploration 6%
- #15 Exorcist Simulator
86% matchMixed67% of 123 reviews2025
Dev: D.M.G.V
Windows
Exorcist Simulator is a 1‑4 player online co‑op horror where every play asks the same, terrible question: Will you cast out the Devil —or wear his skin?
Why similar: Lovecraftian 28%, Online Co-Op 16%, Detective 14%, Psychological Horror 8.8%, Realistic 6.9%
- #16 Abject Abyss
86% matchPositive95% of 22 reviews2026
Dev: Anton Bezett
Windows
A short, atmospheric sci-fi horror experience. Explore an isolated research facility on the edge of charted space, and survive the horrors that lurk there.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 37.3%, Psychological Horror 13.4%, First-Person 9.3%, Sci-fi 7.9%, Exploration 6.4%
- #17 Ignis Dei
84% matchVery Positive94% of 51 reviews2025
Dev: Ghost Orchid
Windows
Heralded by a comet, seen as a harbinger of doom, the Black Death arrived in Florence in 1348. Wander through the woods to escape the plague, face various riddles and encounter mysterious creatures.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 31.5%, Puzzle 11.4%, Psychological Horror 11%, Exploration 7.1%, Dark Fantasy 7%
- #18 The Whisperer | Le murmureur
85% matchMixed67% of 126 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 39.5%, First-Person 8.9%, Psychological Horror 7.8%, Puzzle 7.2%, Exploration 7.2%
- #19 Traumada
84% matchVery Positive93% of 55 reviews2022
Dev: James Horn
Windows
Welcome to the horrific altered memories of my childhood home.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 30.8%, Detective 14%, Puzzle 9.1%, First-Person 7.9%, Psychological Horror 7.5%
- #20 The Tartarus Key
83% matchVery Positive93% of 310 reviews2023
Dev: Vertical ReachPub: Armor Games Studios
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 89%
There’s no way out for Alex Young who wakes up to find herself locked in a strange mansion filled with puzzles, traps, and cameras following her every move. Whether she and her companions live or die, and find the truth behind their abduction, is up to you in this first-person mystery thriller.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 24.8%, Detective 13.9%, Psychological Horror 12.3%, Puzzle 8%, Exploration 7.8%
- #21 Anomalous Object
82% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: AIXLAB
Windows
Trapped in a sealed security office, you must search every corner to find and identify hidden 'anomalous object'. Use limited clues and equipment to uncover their nature. Be careful—while you observe them, they are also watching you.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 34.8%, Detective 18.3%, Psychological Horror 10%, First-Person 7.8%, Realistic 7.4%
- #22 Abaddon
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Nice to meet studios LTD
Windows
Abaddon is a story driven first person psychological horror game. Descend into a suffocating, nightmarish world as Jimmy searches for his missing brother, Georgie. With only a flickering flashlight, solve chilling puzzles, face your past, and struggle to survive.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 36.1%, Psychological Horror 11.7%, First-Person 9.4%, Puzzle 7.8%, Exploration 7.2%
- #23 The Nameless City
81% matchVery Positive88% of 57 reviews2024
Dev: Paradnight Studio
Windows · Mac
Narrative-driven first person horror adventure inspired by Lovecraft's short novel "The Nameless City". Explore the ruins of a city that some say they are older than humanity itself. While you delve deeper into the ancient buildings, reality and visions blend into an indistinct haze.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 45.2%, Psychological Horror 12.8%, Puzzle 10.5%, Dark 5.5%, Psychological 5.2%
- #24 The Shadows Over Lighthouse
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: BB Interactive
Windows
Investigate your grandfather’s mysterious disappearance in Shadows Over Lighthouse, a Lovecraftian survival horror adventure. Explore eerie 1912 America, solve puzzles, and face horrors as reality twists around you. Can you uncover the truth, or will you lose yourself to madness?
Why similar: Lovecraftian 44.1%, Psychological Horror 12.5%, Detective 10%, Puzzle 9.8%, Exploration 6.3%
- #25 Cosmic Fear
78% matchVery Positive86% of 132 reviews2026
Dev: Alessandro Guzzo
Windows
You’ve discovered evidence of a cosmic presence influencing humanity since its origins. Now something born in the depths of the cosmos is calling again. Investigate, uncover forbidden knowledge and survive a disturbing first person Lovecraftian horror adventure.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 39.3%, Psychological Horror 11.3%, Exploration 7%, First-Person 6.5%, Puzzle 6.5%
- #26 The Outer Islands
80% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ancient Clockwork Games
Windows
Explore a quarantined island chain and an automated hospital abandoned for twenty years. Investigate a returning signal, read the evidence left behind, solve mechanical systems, and evade machines that still believe they have patients.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 25.3%, Detective 14.4%, Psychological Horror 11.5%, Mystery 8%, Puzzle 7.8%
- #27 Sherlock Holmes The Awakened
79% matchVery Positive82% of 3,016 reviews2023
Dev: Frogwares
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 8.5 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 37.9%, Detective 21.1%, Psychological Horror 9.1%, Realistic 6.8%, Mystery 6.4%
- #28 The Alighieri Circle: Dante's Bloodline
77% matchMostly Positive80% of 44 reviews2026
Dev: ONE-O-ONE GAMESPub: Entalto Publishing
Windows
The world knows the Divine Comedy as a poem. For your family, it is a prison. As Gabriele Alighieri, you inherit a duty: reseal the gates of Hell. Burdened by fate, you descend into a psychological nightmare where the only escape is to uncover the dark secrets of your ancestors.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 36.8%, Puzzle 11.2%, Psychological Horror 9.4%, Adventure 7.2%, First-Person 6%
- #29 Conarium
79% matchMostly Positive77% of 2,282 reviews2017
Dev: Stormling StudiosPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 85%
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 62.6%, Psychological Horror 9.6%, First-Person 8.2%, Adventure 8.1%, Puzzle 5%
- #30 Hoton
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: AvvAG
Windows
Hoton is a horror game with various mechanics that will make you feel fear. Run, hide, survive.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 28.4%, Detective 18.2%, Puzzle 10.9%, Psychological Horror 9.7%, First-Person 8.3%
- #31 Dark Lessons
76% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Tall Tide Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Trapped in your teacher's home, your only defense against the dark is a flickering candle. Unearth a family’s twisted history and solve puzzles in this Lovecraftian nightmare to find a way out. But be warned: Something else is lurking in the shadows ... and a voice is pleading for your help.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 39.6%, Psychological Horror 12.1%, Puzzle 10.6%, First-Person 7.8%, Exploration 6.8%
- #32 Anatolian Leopard
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Count Von Claw Games
Windows
Arrive in a desolate Anatolian village as a zoologist searching for the elusive Anatolian Leopard. What begins as a routine expedition soon descends into a nightmare haunted by local folklore, dark secrets, and cosmic horror
Why similar: Lovecraftian 39.3%, Detective 15.9%, Psychological Horror 11.9%, Psychological 7.7%, Dark 5.7%
- #33 DESOLATIUM
76% matchMostly Negative28% of 29 reviews2024
Dev: SUPERLUMENPub: SOEDESCO
Windows · Linux
DESOLATIUM is a first-person point & click Graphic Adventure based on Lovecraft Mythos. Live this horror story where you will have to visit mysterious locations, face lovecraftian creatures, find clues and combine objects to solve puzzles.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 28.5%, Detective 17.5%, Psychological Horror 9.2%, First-Person 8.4%, Exploration 8.1%
- #34 Expired Meds
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Sinister Cinema Studios
Windows
A first-person psychological horror game where you play as a female protagonist, traversing creepy & atmospheric liminal spaces, solving mind-bending puzzles and ever shifting maze environments to uncover the truth about who you are and how you came to be here
Why similar: Lovecraftian 26.3%, Psychological Horror 18.3%, Puzzle 14.6%, First-Person 13.5%, Adventure 8.1%
- #35 October Nightmares | Cauchemars d'octobre
74% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Studio Chien d'Or
Windows
Explore a Montréal neighborhood in the 70s, investigate a supernatural phenomenon that inflicts nightmares on its residents, and delve into the depths of the world of dreams to save their lives. October Nightmares is a point & click cosmic horror game where exploration mixes with puzzle solving.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 44.3%, First-Person 13.6%, Puzzle 13%, Adventure 6.9%, Psychological Horror 6.9%
- #36 Remains of Yith
73% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2025
Dev: Blackmoth Entertainment
Windows
Remains of Yith is a point and click adventure puzzle game inspired by The Shadow Out of Time by H.P Lovecraft, play as Sarah as she explores a mysterious island trying to recover a lost alien artifact
Why similar: Lovecraftian 47.8%, Puzzle 14%, Exploration 10.7%, Adventure 6.4%, Mystery 5.8%
- #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 35%, First-Person 9.6%, Puzzle 8.7%, Psychological Horror 8.4%, Exploration 8.3%
- #38 DESOLATIUM: Prologue
74% matchMostly Positive78% of 122 reviews2021
Dev: SUPERLUMEN
Windows · Mac
Median: 48 minMean: 10.1 hrs≥1hr: 40%
DESOLATIUM: PROLOGUE is a first-person point & click Graphic Adventure based on Lovecraft Mythos. Live this horror story where you will have to visit mysterious locations, face lovecraftian creatures, find clues and combine objects to solve puzzles.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 32.7%, Detective 17.1%, Psychological Horror 8.8%, First-Person 8.5%, Exploration 8.2%
- #39 Crathos Deep
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Hitbox Games
Windows
Descend down the arctic depths in Crathos Deep, a cosmic horror narrative adventure. Explore the vast abyss with your submarine and utilize your expeditionary drone to reach the dark corners of the ocean. Investigate a lost research institute to unravel the unsettling mystery of its downfall.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 41.5%, Exploration 9.3%, Puzzle 7.9%, Psychological Horror 7.4%, Dark 6.3%
- #40 Call of the Sea
71% matchVery Positive88% of 6,422 reviews2020
Dev: Out of the Blue GamesPub: Raw Fury
Windows
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Join Norah, a woman plagued by a mysterious illness, in her search for her missing husband in this adventure puzzle game set on a lush island paradise. Immerse yourself in stunning visuals and unlock forbidden secrets in a moving tale of mystery and love.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 43.6%, Puzzle 14.3%, First-Person 10.3%, Adventure 6.6%, Exploration 6.3%
- #41 Shadows on the Walls
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Bowl of Tentacles
Windows
Shadows on the Walls is an immersive game of psychological horror, exploration and puzzles that takes place in the Crystal Palace Museum of London. Put yourself in the shoes of a security guard in charge of watching the new and mysterious exhibit of the museum known as the “Cursed Loot”.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 33.3%, Detective 19.1%, Puzzle 9.1%, Psychological Horror 7.7%, Realistic 6.6%
- #42 Mountains of Madness
71% matchMixed60% of 30 reviews2024
Dev: Deep Dive Project
Windows
From H.P. Lovecraft's work, this walking simulator sends you to the frozen wastes of Antarctica. Use your tools to navigate the frozen galleries untouched by millennia. 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 38.4%, Psychological Horror 9.6%, Puzzle 9.6%, First-Person 8.3%, Exploration 7.8%
- #43 HINGE
70% 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 33.1%, Detective 13.3%, Psychological Horror 12.3%, Puzzle 9.6%, First-Person 9.4%
- #44 Journey To Destiny
72% match6 user reviews67% of 6 reviews2022
Dev: Tree Games Interactive
Windows
You are sent on a mission, alone or in teams, by a secret organization. You'll have to travel using the documents available at your HQ to collect energy stones. But beware, a number of challenges await you. Can you overcome them?
Why similar: Online Co-Op 25%, Detective 19.2%, Puzzle 13.4%, First-Person 10.3%, Exploration 9.9%
- #45 Dwelling on the Hill
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Apocrifa Labs Interactive
Windows
A devout man built his house on top of something older than scripture. He tried to seal the passage. He failed. Now you are inside, and the door is locked.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 37.6%, Psychological Horror 11.7%, First-Person 8%, Realistic 6.6%, Mystery 6.4%
- #46 Lost Sanity: Cthulhu
68% matchPositive92% of 24 reviews2026
Dev: Manin StudiosPub: ZNT Productions
Windows
On Halloween night, a group of teens tells horror stories, and each one comes to life in Lost Sanity. In the first chapter, Call of the Sea, you play as Megan Claire, trapped in an underground prison while cultists awaken a marine entity; slip through shadows, follow clues, and guard your sanity.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 54.7%, Psychological Horror 13.3%, Mystery 7.4%, First-Person 6.7%, Adventure 5.2%
- #47 Seals of Madness
69% 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 39.8%, Psychological Horror 13%, Psychological 8.2%, First-Person 7.6%, Realistic 5.9%
- #48 Magrunner: Dark Pulse
72% matchMostly Positive73% of 1,136 reviews2013
Dev: Frogwares
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 56%
Magrunner: Dark Pulse is an action-puzzle game in which technology confronts the Cthulhu Mythos, penned by H.P. Lovecraft. Equipped with your Magtech glove, you must harness the ability to magnetically polarize and manipulate objects in the environment to survive and surpass challenging puzzles.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 59.6%, Puzzle 19%, First-Person 7.8%, Adventure 7.1%, Sci-fi 5.2%
- #49 Folcroft Monastery
70% matchPositive91% of 47 reviews2023
Dev: Black Knife Games
Windows
You've been hired by an outfit known as SMS Group to retrieve an artifact lost somewhere inside the abandoned Folcroft Monastery. Locals say the place is haunted by restless spirits, but the pay was too good to pass up. You asked little questions. Find the artifact requested and get out alive.
Why similar: Detective 14.4%, Psychological Horror 13.8%, Puzzle 11.9%, First-Person 11.7%, Exploration 8.8%
- #50 旧日重返(Mystery of the Past)
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 锁眼工作室
Windows
《Mystery of the Past》is a detective puzzle game about time loop. You will play as detective Raymond, confronting fears unknown to many. Every time the shadow of death descends upon you, you have the chance to begin anew. Death is no longer the end but a new beginning.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 39.5%, Detective 21.8%, Puzzle 15%, Exploration 11.4%, Mystery 6.8%
- #51 The Occultist
67% matchMostly Positive76% of 372 reviews2026
Dev: DALOARPub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows
The Occultist is a first-person narrative thriller. You play as Alan Rebels, a paranormal investigator who travels to an abandoned British island after his father's disappearance. Explore Godstone island, face supernatural entities, and uncover long-buried occult rituals.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 24.6%, Detective 24.4%, Psychological Horror 9.1%, Puzzle 8.6%, First-Person 6.7%
- #52 Hotel Stardust
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Godbey Games
Windows
Would you like to win $1,000,000? Survive the night at the Hotel Stardust, capture every anomaly on camera, and the prize is yours. Be careful, some anomalies aren't very friendly.
Why similar: Online Co-Op 20.9%, Detective 17.7%, Psychological Horror 14.3%, First-Person 9.7%, Puzzle 6.5%
- #53 Necropolis Suite
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Freesphere
Windows
Necropolis Suite, is an immersive narrative-driven cosmic horror game about discovery, knowledge, and the meaning of transcendence. Can you escape the terror that lurks in the suite?
Why similar: Lovecraftian 42.4%, Detective 23.9%, First-Person 7.6%, Exploration 7.4%, Psychological Horror 6.2%
- #54 The Black Pyramid
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: AlphaRedux
Windows
A Black Pyramid materializes across the globe. Dr. Mehdi Algun must decipher why, before its hunger for death and suffering consumes everything. An ancient cycle of cleansing has begun. As madness spreads and humanity tears itself apart, choose: become the destroyer, or join the cleansed.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 44.7%, Psychological Horror 12.2%, Realistic 8.5%, First-Person 7.1%, Psychological 7%
- #55 Case 32
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: stork game
Windows
A series of mysterious murders takes place in a small provincial town. Detective Cooper must unravel a tangle of mystical, chilling events to get to the bottom of the mystery.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 28.4%, Detective 18.3%, Puzzle 10.1%, First-Person 10%, Psychological Horror 9.8%
- #56 The Unluckiest Man
67% matchVery Positive92% of 271 reviews2022
Dev: Darkania Works
Windows
After his wife draws her last breath, Dragomir is devastated. As a poor man with a drinking habit, he must not only manage to hold a decent funeral, but also stand for himself in a small town that doesn't see him with good eyes.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 39%, Detective 15.5%, Psychological 7.8%, Exploration 7.4%, Mystery 6.8%
- #57 The Children of Clay
64% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 4,038 reviews2025
Dev: Balazs Ronyai
Windows · Linux
The Children of Clay is a short stop motion archeology horror game, where you have to study an ancient artefact and discover its dark secret.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 40.7%, Detective 22.6%, Puzzle 11.1%, First-Person 6.6%, Atmospheric 5.2%
- #58 Eresys
67% matchMixed64% of 472 reviews2023
Dev: Ares DragonisPub: Dragonis Games
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 14.5 hrs≥1hr: 67%
Eresys is a co-op horror game inspired from the works of H.P. Lovecraft. Teamwork is a key as players take on the roles of four cultists and face the terrifying entities together. Dynamic AI mechanics and unique enemies, Eresys promises to deliver a thrilling and spine-chilling gaming experience.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 46%, Online Co-Op 25.3%, Puzzle 8.5%, Mystery 5.8%, Adventure 5.7%