Best Lovecraftian Games on Steam

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Play With Me: Escape Room See how a game created by the very Jigsaw would look like! Use the available objects, outwit tricky illusions and optical puzzles and above all, answer the question – will you dare to Play with Me?

Price 2.99€
Rating 6.1
Release 17 Jan 2018
The Land of Pain The Land of Pain is a Lovecraftian horror adventure. After something strange appears in the woods, you'll have to learn how to survive as you fend off a dark and disturbing evil. Flee from an unrelenting enemy, solve puzzles, and unravel the ancient mystery that's befallen this land.

Price -68% 3.89€
Rating 7.2
Release 13 Sep 2017
Darkwood Darkwood - a new perspective on survival horror. Scavenge and explore a rich, ever-changing free-roam world by day, then hunker down in your hideout and pray for the morning light.

Price -95% 0.83€
Rating 9.3
Release 17 Aug 2017
The Shrouded Isle Your Excellency, in this short systems-management survival game, we prepare for the awakening of our Lord. He hungers for human sacrifice. Sinners try to hide their dark secrets, but all must be purged...

Price -95% 0.65€
Rating 6.8
Release 04 Aug 2017
Secret World Legends Secret World Legends is a story-driven, shared-world action RPG that plunges players into a shadowy war against the supernatural, where ancient myths and legends cross over into the modern day.

Price Free to play
Rating 6.6
Release 31 Jul 2017
Sundered®: Eldritch Edition Sundered is a chaotic hand­-drawn metroidvania where you resist or embrace ancient eldritch powers, a challenging and unique take on a classic genre from the creators of Jotun, now with local co-op!

Price -85% 3.06€
Rating 8.0
Release 28 Jul 2017
The Darkside Detective 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.

Price -97% 0.59€
Rating 9.1
Release 27 Jul 2017
qop qop is a minimalistic puzzle which goal is to get the cube to finish using 4 directions in space.

Price 1.99€
Rating 8.6
Release 13 Jul 2017
Conarium 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.

Price -98% 0.41€
Rating 7.5
Release 06 Jun 2017
The Infectious Madness of Doctor Dekker YOU are a psychiatrist, trying to solve a murder whilst treating the unusual patients of the recently deceased Doctor Dekker. Type a question - patients reply in full screen video and have questions for you too but be careful what you say. Your words determine their eventual fates, and your own!

Price -57% 3.91€
Rating 7.8
Release 19 May 2017
Scanner Sombre Scanner Sombre is a 3d horror cave exploration game where darkness is your greatest foe. Illuminate the unseen with your LIDAR scanner, revealing the eerie beauty and peril of the abyss. From the creators of Prison Architect, this immersive adventure uses light and shadow for a haunting experience.

Price -94% 0.44€
Rating 8.6
Release 26 Apr 2017
Card Creator Card Creator is a powerful, deep and easy to use card creation software, the best tool for games designers (amateurs or pro) and fans of card and tabletop games. Card creation made easy, fast and fun!

Price 38.99€
Rating 6.8
Release 18 Apr 2017
Gloom Afflicted by severe amnesia, you drift deep into the Common Dream. You scour for the lost pages of the Necronomicon, while clinging on to any little purpose you have left. Faced with mad dreamers, horrible abominations and eldritch deities, you feel drawn to the dark Abyss deep within.

Price -95% 0.56€
Rating 7.9
Release 13 Apr 2017
Crawl Crawl is the local multiplayer dungeon crawler where your friends control the monsters! Battle through dungeons and power up your hero - if a friend kills you they take your place and it’s their turn to crawl. It's a race to gain enough XP and loot to take on the hulking final boss!

Price -64% 5.46€
Rating 9.2
Release 11 Apr 2017
Narcosis Survival, horror at the sunless depths of the Pacific Ocean: Stranded on the seafloor with low light and few tools, an industrial diver takes desperate steps to surface before his oxygen — and sanity — give out.

Price -95% 0.69€
Rating 7.4
Release 28 Mar 2017
A House of Many Doors Explore the House, a parasite dimension that steals from other worlds, in a train that scuttles on mechanical legs.

Price -85% 1.75€
Rating 7.9
Release 03 Feb 2017
ICEY ICEY is a 2D side-scrolling action game and a META game in disguise. As you follow the narrator's omnipresent voice, you will see through ICEY's eyes and learn the truth about her world. The narrator will constantly urge you in one direction, but you must ask, "Why? Why am I following his directions?“ Obey? Rebel?

Price -91% 1.19€
Rating 8.8
Release 17 Nov 2016
Rusty Lake: Roots Experience the beginning and end of characters' lives and build your own family tree! Rusty Lake: Roots is the second premium point-and-click adventure by the creators of the Cube Escape series and Rusty Lake Hotel.

Price -88% 0.51€
Rating 9.4
Release 20 Oct 2016
Cards of Cthulhu CARDS OF CTHULHU is the Roguelike Card RPG full of madness. Experience the unique combination of strategic deck-building with fast-paced combat and face-off parody monsters from horror B movies.

Price -51% 0.49€
Rating 6.9
Release 11 Oct 2016
Thumper Thumper is rhythm violence: classic rhythm-action, blistering speed, and brutal physicality. You are a space beetle. Brave the hellish void and confront a maniacal giant head from the future.

Price -97% 0.74€
Rating 8.8
Release 10 Oct 2016
Doorways: Old Prototype An immersive and twisted adventure created before the official development of the Doorways saga

Price Free to play
Rating 8.1
Release 05 Oct 2016
Curious Expedition Curious Expedition is a roguelike expedition simulation set in the late 19th century. Together with famous personalities you will venture on unprecedented expeditions to regions never explored before for fame, science and treasures.

Price -80% 2.99€
Rating 8.8
Release 02 Sep 2016
Doorways: Holy Mountains of Flesh Doorways: Holy Mountains of Flesh is an Immersive Horror Adventure, featuring a Complex Story and Deep Atmosphere.

Price -97% 0.75€
Rating 7.5
Release 10 Aug 2016
Mansions of Madness A companion app for the Mansions of Madness Second Edition board game from Fantasy Flight Games. Mansions of Madness is a cooperative game of mystery and investigation inspired by the writings of H. P. Lovecraft. During each game, one to five players explore a location to unravel a mystery.

Price Free to play
Rating 8.8
Release 01 Aug 2016
The Room Two Unique events transport you to the halls of a long-forgotten crypt. The only means of escape lies locked within a stone pedestal, along with a note from your mysterious ally. His words promise assistance, but only serve to entice you into a compelling world of mystery and exploration.

Price 4.99€
Rating 9.5
Release 05 Jul 2016
Skautfold: Shrouded in Sanity Discover the secrets of the estate, as you look for answers among the violent inhabitants. A strange and repelling madness took hold of the servants roaming the halls, and they will attack on sight, for their madness is one rooted in a deeper understanding of cosmic insignificance.

Price -90% 0.99€
Rating 7.6
Release 27 May 2016
The Last Door: Season 2 - Collector's Edition In Season 2 of The Last Door, the search for his missing client will bring psychiatrist John Wakefield deeper into a conspiracy of darkness and closer to the heart of madness than ever before.

Price -72% 2.89€
Rating 8.9
Release 29 Mar 2016
Devil Daggers Devil Daggers is a fast-paced shooter that places you in an abyssal arena to face endless legions of demons. Armed with versatile magic daggers and a fluid movement system, fight to survive as long as you can.

Price -72% 2.27€
Rating 9.2
Release 18 Feb 2016
Layers of Fear (2016) A first-person psychological horror with a strong emphasis on atmosphere and storytelling. Explore an ever-shifting Victorian mansion as a painter seeking to complete his masterpiece, even at the cost of his own sanity.

Price -86% 2.94€
Rating 8.7
Release 15 Feb 2016
Darkest Dungeon® 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?

Price -96% 1.01€
Rating 9.1
Release 19 Jan 2016
Oxenfree Oxenfree is a supernatural thriller about a group of friends who unwittingly open a ghostly rift. You are Alex, and you’ve just brought your new stepbrother Jonas to an overnight island party gone horribly wrong.

Price -56% 4.30€
Rating 8.9
Release 14 Jan 2016
The Consuming Shadow The Consuming Shadow is a procedural survival horror adventure in which you must explore the land, fight your way through randomly-generated dungeons and try to stay sane in your quest to save the world from the invading Ancients.

Price 0.99€
Rating 8.8
Release 20 Nov 2015
Alpha Polaris : A Horror Adventure Game Alpha Polaris is an oldschool adventure game focusing on slow-burning character driven horror and environmental themes. It draws inspiration from such sources as Inuit legends and Cthulhu mythos.

Price Free to play
Rating 7.7
Release 21 Oct 2015
Deathstate: Abyssal Edition Deathstate is a roguelike bullet hell adventure set in a bizarre world of dimensional exploration. Play as a number of unique characters trying to discover the fate of Professor Elinberg who opened a portal to the void. Are you ready to venture deep into the abyss?

Price 8.99€
Rating 8.0
Release 19 Oct 2015
Weapon of Choice DX Weapon of Choice is a high-energy, side-scroller in which each playable character is unique with their own special weapon and abilities! Blast insane aliens, find new player characters, and choose between branching paths!

Price 5.89€
Rating 7.3
Release 23 Sep 2015
SOMA From the creators of Amnesia: The Dark Descent comes SOMA, a sci-fi horror game set below the waves of the Atlantic ocean. Struggle to survive a hostile world that will make you question your very existence.

Price -49% 14.99€
Rating 9.4
Release 21 Sep 2015

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