Best Lovecraftian games on PC
Games tagged Lovecraftian draw on cosmic horror, with unknowable beings, forbidden knowledge, and people facing forces beyond their understanding. Gameplay ranges from horror adventures and RPGs to strategy games, shooters, and simulations.
- Cosmic horror themes
- Unknowable otherworldly threats
- Dark, unsettling atmosphere
Related: Horror, Psychological Horror, Atmospheric, Dark Fantasy
156 games on PC, with requirements, reviews and prices.
Sunless Skies: Sovereign Edition
Top-down exploration RPG about surviving aboard a spacefaring steam locomotive
84% positive
3,483 reviews
Cthulhu Saves the World
Retro turn-based RPG where Cthulhu must become a hero
92% positive
3,479 reviews
Call of Cthulhu®: Dark Corners of the Earth
First-person Lovecraftian horror with puzzles, combat, and sanity effects
68% positive
3,370 reviews
HYPER DEMON
First-person arena shooter where faster kills raise difficulty and score
94% positive
3,370 reviews
Shadows Over Loathing
Prohibition-era comedy RPG about a missing uncle and strange artifacts
96% positive
3,328 reviews
The Excavation of Hob's Barrow
Point-and-click folk horror mystery centered on an English burial mound
92% positive
3,325 reviews
SONG OF HORROR COMPLETE EDITION
Third-person horror investigation where character deaths are permanent
78% positive
3,093 reviews
Endoparasitic
Top-down survival horror where every action uses one hand
94% positive
3,092 reviews
Sucker for Love: First Date
Lovecraftian dating sim where occult rituals lead to kisses
98% positive
3,022 reviews
Sherlock Holmes The Awakened
Detective adventure tracing disappearances to a Lovecraftian cult
82% positive
3,010 reviews
Penumbra: Black Plague Gold Edition
First-person horror adventure about a missing father and underground puzzles
94% positive
2,986 reviews
Home Safety Hotline
Analog horror hotline simulator about identifying strange household hazards
91% positive
2,957 reviews
QUICKERFLAK
Top-down arcade shooter with brutal, minute-long time-attack runs
88% positive
2,943 reviews
Vertigo 2
VR sci-fi shooter battling aliens and robots inside a reactor
95% positive
2,729 reviews
Menace from the Deep
Lovecraftian roguelike deckbuilder with card-based travel and combat
84% positive
2,615 reviews
Stygian: Reign of the Old Ones
Choice-driven horror RPG in an Arkham cut off from reality
66% positive
2,528 reviews
The Baby In Yellow
Comedy horror game where a baby turns babysitting dangerous
97% positive
2,518 reviews
Forgive Me Father 2
Retro first-person shooter with Lovecraftian enemies and comic-book art
82% positive
2,494 reviews
The Last Door - Collector's Edition
Point-and-click horror about a cryptic letter and Victorian secrets
95% positive
2,472 reviews
HellSign
Supernatural action RPG about investigating clues and hunting monsters
67% positive
2,286 reviews
The Chrono Jotter
Horror mystery visual novel about solving murders across time loops
94% positive
2,279 reviews
Eldritch
First-person roguelike with stealth in randomly generated Lovecraftian dungeons
88% positive
2,220 reviews
ZEPHON
Combat-focused turn-based 4X strategy on a ruined, alien-scarred Earth
83% positive
1,926 reviews
Worshippers of Cthulhu
Lovecraftian city builder about growing a cult to awaken Cthulhu
81% positive
1,549 reviews